7 Types of Annoying Theme Park Guests- Confessions of a Theme Park Worker
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- Опубліковано 2 сер 2024
- Most guests at theme parks are great. But there are some that as a guest just try my patience and when I'm trying to enjoy my own visits can make it difficult sometimes. These are 7 of the worst...
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As a former park worker, I hated parents that were always screaming at their kids everywhere they went in the park
First off, cool shirt. Slow walkers and those who stop in the middle of the road drive me nuts. There should be a slow lane, like on the freeway.😀
As a fast walker myself, I can definitely identify with points 1 and 2. UGH!
Families that wait until they’re at the register before discussing, at length, what each member wants to eat.
The worst is when a guest decides it’s ok to take their phone out on a lift hill and the ride has to stop and everyone has to wait for the ride operator to find the person with the phone for the ride to start.
This video literally reminds me of people on roller coasters at Busch gardens they literally have a sign that says “The ride always wins” at every single roller coaster with smashed phones just to remind you what the ride will do.
Walibi Holland also has this at most rides
The people who stop in the middle of the walkways... I just can't. The people who kill a little piece of my soul, however, are the ones who leave their empty drink cups and things sitting on benches, planters, and whatnot.
The ones that annoy me are the families trying to figure out if they want to ride while blocking the ride's entrance...or the entire group huddled at the entrance to measure 1 kid, holding back the rest of us wanting to get through.
Regarding phones, I've had 2 instances where I had a phone land within a few feet from me on the midway. One was last year, had just walked out onto the midway from backstage only to see this "brick" hurtling toward my left. The phone surprisingly survived - had turned it in.
Another one wasn't so fortunate, was heading up our park's service road where one of the ride's brake runs follow it and as the train hit the brake run, I saw a phone go flying and smack the road. That phone was toast. I had turned it into lost and found just as the guests who lost their phone had come to lost and found to report the lost phone. Turned out they also lost their keys on the catwalk.
The people at theme parks that are annoying are those teenage girls that are like "OmG stAcY, I'M liTTEraLlY gOInG To fLY oUT tHe RIdE," while in line for a B&M or a kiddie ride
Ugh, this is so frequent on the coasters at Alton Towers; the Smiler queue is so bad for it.
Yes the Smiler had a significant crash several years ago, no it won't kill you.
@@starlettdragon the funny part about that crash is that flying out of it was definitely not the main problem
One time I was working on Pandemonium at SFNE and was actually hit in the head by flying cell phone. (Thankfully I was wearing a thick ski hat because it was cold out, and the phone hit me at an angle where I only needed an ice pack.) It bounced off the back of my head and landed in the infield grass (a restricted area)-so when its owner asked me if I had seen it, I asked her if it flew out of her hands. She said “yeah, I’ll take it back now,” I explained “your flying phone, which you’re not supposed to have on the ride in the first place, flung out of your car and hit me in the head, landed in a restricted area, and NOW you have the nerve to ask me to just hand it back to you? Not only do I know whether it’s still in one oiece having fallen twenty feet to the grass below, but it’s so dark out here I can’t even SEE the d*** thing!” (I was in so much pain that I didn’t realize ‘til everyone around me started laughing and applauding that the swear word slipped uncensored, thankfully therevwere no children present.)
As a former park worker, i hate it that whenever i had to close the queue due to technical issue or lightning alert, the guests would crowd around the main entrance scolding and shouting at me, demanding for it to be open, or push and shove me or others just to try to get into the queue regardless of me directing them to the other rides that were open . Sometimes they will get so close to my face that I had to ask them to kindly back off. I also hate it when they open queues ropes to cut queue and mess up the whole line, there was once where our single rider queue and regular queue got merged together. Not to mention there will be guests sleeping at random areas such as the exit of our attraction by lying flat on the floor. I love my job but the guests drive me nuts sometimes.
When I worked on big rides that went 65ft up, with multiple directions and multiple G's. We had signage all over the ride, "Not Responsible for Lost or Stolen Items!" In other words, if you lose it, you will NOT! get it back!
I love your shirt Sir Willow!
one pet peeve is when people false advertise rides, for example when I was young and I went on the dinosaur ride a animal kingdom, they said it wouldn't scare kids, but when my sister and I went on it, it terrified us, we never went on it again
Oh my! The line cutters drive me crazy too. I got quite a few leg bumps by strollers in our last visit to Disneyland; since it was a week day there was an overflowing amount of moms bringing their little lovely twerps and not paying attention to our pained ankles. I pushed my wife through Disneyland a couple of times in a wheelchair and oh gosh trying to get through without killing her and smashing into others was as much of a problem as being run over by granny in her power chair. In other words I can relate very much to these. Oh and speaking of flashers...well I've come across both types at theme parks! Unintentional of the other type you didn't mention. I can't stand people taking flash pictures on the dark rides too. Thanks for the video!!
My sister and I went to Catalina Island about 4 years ago. She's been on dialysis for over 2 decades now and long walks are not possible for her. So we rented a wheelchair and I pushed her all over the island. (What a workout!!!) We were squeezing our way into one of the gift shops, talking loudly to one another (she's deaf in one ear, thanks to a nasty virus), and this woman turned just as we were passing her and kneed the metal wheelchair HARD and almost fell into my sister's lap. The woman yelped, items went tumbling out of her hands, and my sister yelled in surprised. It took a minute or so for everything to right itself and the woman apologized all over herself (while rubbing her knee), "I am so sorry! I should be watching where I'm going!" Um...yeah! ;-)
I HATE when people talk during preshow (ex Haunted Mansion). This happens ALL THE TIME. It’s not nice for people who are experiencing the ride for the first time.
Whenever I see someone cut the line up ahead of me I’ll usually turn to the people behind me and loudly say, “It will be a little longer wait folks because those folks there just cut in line.” Yes, I can be a bit of a rabble rouser but you had to expect to be called out if you decide to cut a line!
2 pet peeves 1.Inappropriate attire. I could go into detail how how negatively this has changed in the 43 years I have been going to WDW.
2. The people who jump on the trams after the attendant says “No more more boarding”. Thankfully they changed the rules of playing the safety message before moving. Used to be if somebody jumped on after final call while the safety message had to be replayed .once waited for the safety message to be played 4 times. The jumpers and the Rolls Royce strollers that had be collapsed.
I bumped into a girl once that stopped in the middle of the exit ramp of a ride, she was probally waiting for the rest of her group. I must admit that I wasn't really paying attention and was looking arround, but I didn't expect somebody to stop right there.
OMG! You are so right. Reminds me of a Pet Shop Boys song.. "They talk too fast and walk too slow," Self-awareness, peeps!!
The thing about most of this annoying behavior is it’s so entitled. No man is an island. Be courteous to others. It’s ridiculous how so many don’t use their manners.
My Pet Peeves: Line cutters, rude people, people who swing their strollers around and almost hit me, people blocking my view i'm on the short side, all the people who won't shut up when you're trying to hear, etc
Some you missed,
1. The complainers: the people (mostly at disney) that complain about EVERYTHING. The wait is HOW LONG?!? A soda is HOW MUCH?!? Question: did you leave the house today not knowing that Disney was pricey and had long lines? It breaks my heart when I see a kid in a gift shop ask for something and the parent tells them flat out "It's too expensive." If you can barely afford tickets just to get into Disney, just go to a different, more affordable park. You will enjoy yourself more not having to budget dinner.
2. The entitled people aka passholes:
My family were APs, and we would go out of our way to tell people where the bathrooms were or how to get to small world. We took ownership of the park and understood the park is for EVERYBODY. Then you have the people who want special treatment because they've "been a passholder for 15yrs" or my favorite, "I've spent [insert dollar amount] on tickets..." Yeah lady, so did everyone else. You're not special.
3. The talker/historian/one-upper:
This one is just a pet peeve of mine but the people who won't SHUT UP. They have to comment on everything! "Oh, this queue is pretty. Did you know that this used to be golden circle? I remember going to the parks back when it was $20."
Nobody cares!
Anyway, sorry for the massive post but annoying guests is a topic I could talk about for hours. Keep up the good work sir.
I love your comment about taking ownership of the park and understand that it is for everyone. And how helpful you were. I love when I see people like that in the parks. Those were the ones that we loved to give magic moments to when we saw them- not because they expected them or thought they deserved it, but exactly because of they didn't think that and then acted so nicely to others. :-)
#1 Preshow spoilers have to be the Annual Passholders in Huanted Massion narrating the whole stretching room.
Does that count people who lip-sync to the Ghost Host's narration (something I like doing)?
My kids have caught me doing that and told me I was actually whispering it when I didn't think I was saying anything. so it might. :-)
@@SirWillow Well when I do it, I try not to let people notice me. Once someone did, and was kind of impressed I knew it by heart.
Sometimes I rush up to my family when we get separated but usually it's only 1 or 2 people.
I'll never forget the time I went on Space and called out a pest to the cm for cutting. That pest's description was passed on to the load position and when the guest got up to the front of the line, they got sent to the back of the line.
That’s what I call Karma.
Your pet peeves are spot on…..my top three all time pet peeves…PEOPLE WHO LEAVE THEIR TRASH ON A TABLE…..THOSE WHO MISS THE TRASHCAN….THOSE POTTY MOUTHS THAT TALK LOUD AND USE OBSCENITIES (Eff this…eff that)!! I mean, come on!! There are children and grandparents visiting!!
How about the people who chant along with the haunted mansion stretching room soundtrack? Ugh!, ruin someone’s first time. Passholders are mostly to blame hence why they are referred to without the P!!
When me, my mom, and sister went this past February, if we were going to stop to look at the park map; we would stand to the side of something to get out of anyone’s way. Also we walked at a good pace, but not too slow.
I was pregnant with twins and had debilitating back problems and was driving straight ahead when a family walked diagonally in front on me (can't stop on a dime!) Of course I hit the husband's ankle and the whole family got mad at me. Seriously, I'm 4'10" pregnant with twins, is it really appropriate to be intimidating as a grown man to someone like me?
The wife holding a toddler after they started walking dead stopped to glare at me. I did fuss that time. I can't stop on a dime and you're holding a small child!
Line cutters, defiantly my #1 pet peeve! (when you first said flashers I first thought of something else but I won't go there..lol)
hehe, I figured that would get a laugh.
On a recent trip with some friends, we went on the haunted mansion and my friend decided it would be funny to scream as loud as she could THROUGH THE WHOLE ATTRACTION. Preshow to exit. I was fuming, because not only did she ruin it for us, she also ruined it for everyone around us because it’s an omnimover system! She also tried to line cut to us while we were in line for It’s a Small World, but an older gentleman told her off, and she had to wait with her other friends at the exit for us. Yeah, she will not be joining us again.
There was a group of teens (mostly guys) who did the same thing to us at Gringotts Ride at Universal. Ruined the ride and it’ll probably be the last time we got to ride. Then when other riders called them out, they acted offended and innocent.
As an Audio Engineer I get irked by The Smart Phone/Tablet User: A) Talking on the phone (often on speaker phone) during preshow or show/ride B) Taking video of the show or ride (especially with a tablet) held up over the audience C) Ringers and/or Flash Ringers on during a show or dark ride D) Texting during the show E) Watching sports or other videos during the show/ride E) Facetimers on ride/during show.
that's actually a good reminder of one other thing I do in the parks to help prevent a couple of those things- put my phone on silent, and during rides and shows I'll often put it on airplane mode as well to prevent call ins and disturbing those around me
Line cutters are the absolute worst, and are entitled/selfish human beings. I think the worst groups by far though are the Brazilian groups at Disney. They act like straight savages with no home training! I've seen like 100 try to cut in line at once! They scream and chant, to where no one can hear anything, constantly cut lines, don't care who they trample including children, handicapped, and elderly people, and act like they own the park. Disney needs to make them abide by park rules like everyone else, or kick out the ENTIRE group. They never follow any of the rules, and ruin everyone else's very expensive day. The cheerleading squads are extremely annoying as well, but don't behave nearly as bad as the others.
About the line cutters -
The bad: While at Disneyland Paris, my friend and I were waiting in line for their Indiana Jones coaster. That line is almost always short, so it wasn't a big deal, but this girl runs through the line and looks like she truly was getting to her party. NOPE! Turns out she wasn't. She was able to get all the way to the front of the line. Granted, it was maybe an extra 10 seconds onto our wait, but my friend and I were very confused.
The "good": When I was around thirteen, I went to Disneyland with a couple of my friends. A celebrity I loved at the time happened to be there. Being thirteen, I went to follow him onto a ride (funny enough, the Indiana Jones ride). I was NOT expecting to get through the line AT ALL because he went through the fast pass line. But the fast pass people let us through! The celebrity went to have their own Jeep to themselves but it was fun being able to follow him and get onto Indiana Jones in record time. I would never suggest someone doing this but it's a fun memory to look back on!
Most of the worst line cutting I've noticed has also been at Disney Paris. I suspect they might be a bit less strict about it there so I have seen several line cutters get away with it. If they are called out, it's usually by the people waiting in line, not the CMs. Hope they'll change it and get more strict. Generally with most rules the CMs seem to be more lenient there. There have been a few times where I just thought: Oh c'mon, you can't NOT have seen that.
In one of your videos, can you talk about how their disability stuff works? Like renting wheelchairs, how to be in line while in a chair, what do they accept as a disability etc. I have bad arthritis in my knees and ankles so I can't walk or stand long and even though it might be awhile before I can go, I would love to know how it all works.
Outside of helping them board at the SDC train and letting them through the exit gate I really haven't dealt with disability access and how it works. To make it even more challenging, it can change from park to park and company to company. What Disney does is different than Universal, which is different than 6 Flags, Herchend, Cedar Fair and others. And it can also vary based on the disability as well. With all of those various differences and factors it makes it nearly impossible to do a video for an area I don't know well in a way that will give good accurate information. :-(
The best thing to do is to check the individual park's websites or contact their guest services and talk to them and they can give you the best, most accurate information.
Thank you for calling out those "red rover" lines of people
Once leaving the Magic Kingdom after the fireworks the person in front was in a mobility scooter and he just stopped. Only issue was he stoped on my dads foot and when my dad told him. He refused to move.
And another time so we sat down on soarin got in the air and a man in his 60s on the other side of the room started whistling the whole ride. Thankfully that wasn’t my only ride on it I got another ride on it that was normal with no whistling.
line cutters are always the one thing that makes me mad and i would add one onto the list even thought its not as big of a problem now because its banned but people smoking outside the smoking areas that always pissed me off because it made you who smoked in the right areas look bad and i bet that was part of the reason they banned it
Great list and ones you encounter all too often. I would add, though, the people who take the opportunity to drink to excess. Not a few drinks and having a good time ones, but the stumbling, sloshing their drink, loud with no filter ones. These I've seen most often at Epcot as they try to meet the drinking around the world challenge. Just... why?
Slow walkers, about two or three people holding & swinging hands, right in the middle of a walkway. 🚶🤝🚶
It's like they create themselves an invisible chain where you can't get through.⛓️
Drives us nuts, especially on our way to a cool ride that we desperately want to try out.🏃🏃☄️
I hated the people who stopped or cut in front off me and then slowed down. ESPECIALLY when I was pushing a stroller. I would get the dirty looks when I hit them.
One guy was holding his phone above his head (filming, I guess) and he couldn't walk straight. I stopped (which makes me guilty) and he still walked into the side of the stroller.
I think he was also with a lady who had cut me off and then I had run into about two minutes earlier. She gave me the dirtiest look from the entire trip.
A couple of these are my movie theater pet pieves (talking and cellphones)
You know what people don’t talk about? The riders that mess with the restraints and causing them to be checked over and over again
The slow movers! Please move to the right! The scooters, I just hope when it comes time that I need a scooter I don’t interfere with other people. What bugs me with the scooters are the scooters that think they have the right of way all of the time. I realize the a persons need to need a scooter and I try to give a scooter the right of way. But they don’t own the road! People who talk. Please let everyone enjoy the show.
My pet peeve is when a large group goes to a ride and one person in the group asks the Cast Member a question. Then the whole group stands right in front of the entrance, blocking it. Can you stand to one side please?
Oh yes! I notice this always happens at the Indiana Jones ride in Disneyland no matter when I ride it. It never fails 😡
Walking walls drive me crazy, especially during races!
I wasn't there but am told my mom accidentally bumped into several people with a rental scooter once because her blood sugar was dropping and while heading to a restaurant she got confused and wanted to slow down since they were approaching a crowd but got confused and was thinking pull the handle to stop like on a bike, but for anyone who doesn't know on most ECVs that makes them go faster! Luckily no one was really hurt.
There are times when you're loud? Not sure I can picture that... As long as you aren't singing it's all good!
Yes we need to keep that in mind thanks!
In a case like that its understandable. Things happen.
Its the ones that dont have a reason behind it other than they cant drive. :-)
Line cutters are one of my least favorite, especially when I'm fairly certain they don't have any family or party members a head in the line. And people stopping in the middle of a path when its crowded out is really annoying to, if its a single person its generally ok but I really hate it when a huge group just stops in the middle for no reason and is talking creating a big roadblock.
Scooters are hard to get around in. I had to use a scooter when I had foot surgery and it SUCKED having to use a scooter. I am much happier being able to walk.
Queuejumpers. The people that annoy me the most are the litters. OMFG. How pathetic to leave the garbage all over the place and make it turn a theme park into a dump. Every respects to cleaners.
#4 I want to apologize as New Yorker I’m guilty of talking loud at times ..
It's not a problem with talking loud (I do it as well). But do you do it during preshows and shows? :-)
SirWillow I have but to tell people to put the phone away and take the flash off
I think 1-3 would also apply in the real world as well, besides just st thene parks. No telling how many times I get slow walkers on a side walk or at the local grocery stores and have people randomly stop in front of you. I have been ramed in to by not only scooters and strollers by people in a store, but also by people pushing shopping carts. I am a speed walker myself and I just love to b line my way to where I need to go. Lol.
And it´s much safer because mostly you should hold you strong with your arms on some rides for extra safety.
7 Types of Annoying Theme Park Guests
#7 People who think the world revolves around them.
#6 People who think the world revolves around them.
#5 People who think the world revolves around them.
#4 People who think the world revolves around them.
#3 People who think the world revolves around them.
#2 People who think the world revolves around them.
#1 People who think the world revolves around them.
All 7 of these are great examples of terrible park guests. I have done a couple of these by accident in the parks such as stopping in the middle of walkways. But I think besides Illegal Line Jumpers as I usually I am one who will pay for that perk in parks that I don’t get to very often. The one type of guest that annoyed me as a employee was a guest is didn’t have any clue about the park. I worked at Kings Island in Mason Ohio, people would not have any clue of what rides they had or even what kind of experiences that parks offered. While it is understandable for some guests to not know too much information but I would have guests who didn’t have any clue about where they were going and not have a map on them. In the 3 months of working in a park I have had guests that just followed us employees sometimes backstage when there was a sign saying authorized personal only, Guests who would be violent with other guests and employees. Whenever I visit a park I read up on it first get the basic gist of things that the park offers (ticket information, fast track upgrades, Attractions, dining) prior to my visit
8. People that make out against the line holding everyone else back.
At a Halloween Party last year I saw a scooter gang!! Like 8 if them almost ran me over trying to go into Pirates cue!!
I agree with this as well. I have seen this all the time
Number 1 is my biggest pet peeve anytime I go to Disneyland it’s super irritating
Line cutters are the worst. Once at Disneyland we had a few people in front of us and all of a sudden a guy in front of us started waving. Turns out he was holding a place in line for a group of 10 adults and kids. I wish the cast member would have said something.
did the cast member see them? Or did you let one of them know? Sadly not all of them will say something because they figure the confrontation isn't worth it. But many will if given the opportunity.
A couple cut in front of me at Sea World and laughed about it. Don’t they teach not to do that in Kindergarten?
-People going on rides only to make fun of them all the way through, often in a very load voice so that everyone can hear their delightful commentary. As if they automatically think that since they don't enjoy it, no one does, so they better provide some other form of entertainment to the people around them less they get bored. They don't. Other people still like it. The others really don't care about the opinion of a random stranger. It's just attention-seeking. No one thinks you are being brave or cool or funny if you're making a point of demonstrating how you are so above that ride.
-Pointing out everything, throughout the whole ride, without thinking about maybe lowering your voice. Mostly a parent with children. The kids though hardly ever talk and look around and see everything on their own, they're not the problem, but somehow the parent still needs to explain everything as if they were blind. "Look there is Jack Sparrow! Do you see him?!" "Oh looks the dog has the keys! They are in his mouth you see it? Haha-See how they try to get him to come over?" "It's not gonna work'' ''Oooh, spooky, did you hear that?" "Ooh fireflies" "Do you see that pirate? Here behind the...". Up until the very end of the ride. Every few seconds they point out the next thing like a tour guide. It's one thing to point out something really awesome if you see your kid is looking at the wrong direction. But why can't you just tap their shoulder or point your finger, or gently elbow them or whisper? And why not just pointing out the things that are hard to miss, not everything right in front of you- How are they supposed to miss some of that? Can't you just wait a few minutes until you get off?
-People who use their phones during a dark ride, so bright that even rows behind them it's almost blinding. And mostly not just for a few seconds. All the time without ever looking up. If you're that bored why are you even on the ride? It certainly would have been more fun for the others without you and your phone.
-Flash photography.
-Line cutters of any kind. The "I'm just joining my friends'' kind but also: (this is true especially when you are alone and there is some space to your left and right) those who, if you you leave but an inch of space between yourself and the person in front of you, or anywhere on the side, they will suddenly not be behind you anymore but almost next to you, then next to you, then slightly in front of you, then directly, then they will be in front of the person in front of you, then the next..and so on. Ever so slightly sneeking forward, just a teeny bit at a time, without ever being obvious, so that, just in case someone said something, they can act if it was by accident. And usually people don't say anything because the line cutters only move such a tiny bit closer at a time that it could be unintentional and they don't want to be rude. And these line cutters know it. They exist in parades too. Leave some respectful distance between you and the people in front of you-not even enough space for a child even, they will immediately squeeze in, usually in groups so that now your whole view is blocked. If you don't almost kiss the back of the person in front of you, count on them to see this space occupied.
-People who stand so closely in line behind you that they constantly run and bump into you. Especially if you wear a bagpack. Just standing there and WOM, something bumping against your back. Probably unintentional, you brush it off. BUMP, again a minute later. Another accident probably. BUMP. BUMP. BUMP. BUMP-BUMP. So often that you actually turn your head just to make sure they don't do it on purpose as a way of tapping you to get their attention. Nope. And it goes on. After an hour you almost go nuts. Like, you don't get on the ride earlier this way. It doesn't matter whether you leave a handbreadth of a distance or 20 feet! The distance until the ride starts is not the problem, it's the people you are waiting for.
It leaves you no choice but to move closer to the person in front of you but behind you they keep pushing so you need to keep moving until you are almost squeezed to their back. And then usually, if they wear a backpack to, I also get bumped in the face by their backpack whenever they move just the tiniest bit back. And now you get bumped into from behind and from in front of you. Fun. Result: People bump into me from behind, I have no choice but to move forward to avoid it and inevitably bump into the person in front of me, they move forward too because they are bumped into by me now, and now there is too little space between them and the person in front of them and now they are getting bumped into, so they move forward too and it spreads through the whole line just because one person or one group of people couldn't keep any distance. Or at least they could get the hint once I move away further and further from them to the front, but they just close the space and don't even notice. Maybe that's even what they want.
Forgot too mention they would use the flash at the Lion King and on the great movie ride when it was there
Even before you mentioned the first one, I thought of those annoying guests that are walking, then stop, as if they are the only ones in the park….no consideration! Yes, I normally walk fast and those who turtle walk really bug me.
I have a recent personal story involving line jumpers: when I was in line for Rock n Roller Coaster recently, a group of teens barrels through me to catch up with the group directly in front of me. In the load area, I reported them to a Cast Member, who then gave the hooligans a stern talking to... only to let them on the ride.
Based on that experience, Disney needs to be stricter about line cutting. I'm not saying that line jumpers need to be taken backstage to have their kneecaps broken, just remove them from the property without refund.
I'd be curious if the CM followed up on that. I've seen them let them on rides only to get to meet some security when they get off. Otherwise that's to bad.
@@SirWillow From what I saw, they just disappeared into the park after the ride was over.
I was shouting out “YES!” to every single one of these, especially towards to beginning (I have little tolerance for oblivious people).
Fun fact for #2: your “wall walkers” will almost always be women (example in your photo). Men and women will tend to walk differently in a group (women abreast to one another; men in a cluster). Something I recall from the psychology courses I took in college (and I notice whenever I run into “wall walkers”).
Regarding line skippers, I do the exact same thing to block them. When I see them in action, you can find me maneuvering the “pushovers” in my group into position and then me glaring at the line skippers (I can be intimidating when I want to). 😄
Bruh yesterday I was at Sea World Orlando, and a bunch of people were line cutting on Mako, it got so bad that I just said F it and got a Quick Queue. (Sea World's FastPass system)
Saw some taking a picture once on the little mermaid ride with flash on😱😡 People do the same thing in movie theaters with phone screen being too bright 😡
As for parks not allowing recording on phones and cameras on roller coasters, I filmed on most of the coasters at Kennywood in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, they never told me to put the camera away and I was sitting in the front row. The ride operators on the coasters at Kennywood, never told me to put the camera away.
you recorded with your phone? Shame on those ride ops. It's not allowed at Kennywood per their rules www.kennywood.com/plan-a-visit/park-policies (see safety first)
And remind me not to ride behind you on a coaster. :-)
No, I had my camera (a canon g7x) on a mini tripod and the ride ops at Kennywood didn’t say anything about me filming on the rides. They didn’t say put the camera away. I only filmed on the wooden coasters, I didn’t film anything on the metal roller coasters.
5:00 Grand theif scooter XD
Agreed with these 'annoying' guest choices. Shame we have to share the park with, well, some vile people.
I don't know if I would go so far as to say 'vile' - but clueless and selfish, sure! :-)
When you said flasher, I thought you ment a different kind of person
If you had to choose one character from each of the parks you have worked at (All 4 at Disney World, Silver Dollar City etc.) would you want to spend the day with? I am just interested in your opinion.
top of my head, the Tremaine sisters, Drizzella and Anastasia. They would be an absolute hoot all day.
You sound like john sturges from young sheldon
1:24 Oh god that's me. Damn. I don't even remember that. I honestly don't even remember where that is and I work in Disney. I've also literally been hit by someone driving a scooter while working. I was just standing there at the entrance to my ride and someone ran right into me. They were really sorry though. It was a sweet old lady and I felt bad.
Wait, no, really? Is that seriously you? LOL That's taken in front of the Tower of Terror, where the road "T"s between Tower, Rock Courtyard and Sunset.
In fairness, you are just a bit out of the main walking way because of how traffic flows around the T. A bit of cropping exaggerates it a little bit for sake of illustrating my point. :-)
@@SirWillow Hah, of course. Yeah, that was me. That might have been whenever I went to meet you in front of Tower that one time. I'm the cast member who traded you those snow white cast member pins from Company D.
@@jackskellingtonsora That's right! I probably took this then when I was arriving to meet you and didn't know who you were yet, so shot a couple of quick photos. :-)
you think thats bad when people wouldn't look where they was going well try driving at a college where i work. them damn students don't watch where there going and they think they have the right away. i work at a dorm dinning hall and i have a cart trying to put dishes away and i ask them to please move and they don't move at all. all they do is stand in line like i ain't moving they think if they move they lose there sport in line and there not going too. or they walk slow to get to the tables or to get food or they don't tell me what they want. i'm like are you eating hear or do you want a to go box and they know i'll be asking so tell me before i ask. or if they want a sandwitch. they say can i get a sandwitch. well duh your at the sandwitch bar i know you are getting one so tell me white or wheat. like wth man. so it don't just happen at a college lol
The people that recite the script of the ride or sing along loudly. Like I PAID TO HEAR DISNEY SAY IT, NOT YOU. That annoys me so much
Where did u get the phone holder with the strap? Could u post a link to it?
It's in the description of the video listed in the gear. It's 2 pieces- the clip for the phone and the pistol grip.
Number 4 is me and my family but we wispher so lowly sometime is have to whisper “WHAT”
You ticked most of my worst list as well and my fav hate object are sir talkalots with kids of million question that are obvious to that other can be disturbed. They can ruin a movie.
And smartphone photos in theatres are nothing besides social media users during show or precshow when its dark in the auditorium. I want to take those cell phones and throw them against a wall. Its one thing during intermissiond but It kills youre night vision for a lot of people behind you and why do you pay dozens dollars to go to a show if you cant leave youre phone in da pocket? Johan.
When you have two or more people exit a ride or a building everybody seems to stop right in front of the exit and nobody can else can exit because you are in the way. 😖😤😠👿👿😤😠😖
Here's something I have to deal with on a daily basis. In fact, has in fact, cost me 2 jobs so far, since the start of COVID. I am deaf, and I lip read and I sign. I am unable to understand what you are trying to tell me if your face and mouth is all covered up!
I wish Disney world 🌎 would bring back the parking lot trams to Epcot and Hollywood studios because I have high blood pressure and I can't walk too fast as I used to I need to loose more wait I miss the double decker bus at Epcot and the magic kingdom I miss seeing the magic kingdom
That clamp you showed might be interpreted as a selfie stick by Disney, which is not allowed.
Not at all. It doesn't extend out, so therefore it's not a selfie stick. A selfie stick extends and expands out so it can hold the phone a few feet away from your body, which is not what my grip does at all.
I've had several parks that don't allow selfie sticks at all in any form have no issues at all with my pistol grips or mini tripods.
Here's the link to Disney's official rules: disneyworld.disney.go.com/park-rules/
Their definition, "Selfie sticks, hand held extension poles for cameras and mobile devices, flags, and banners, are not allowed..."
If it doesn't extend, it's ok.
Nice shirt
Amen
How about people at shows that stop right in the middle of the rows instead of filling up every available seat???? UGGGHHH!! I finally stepped my 210 pounds right on a guys right foot (sorry-wink wink...)
8:18 same
I like the cell phone tips but I don’t think an iPhone 7 is dimmable.
Yes, it is. I have to use one for the census and it does have an option where you can adjust how bright the screen is and dim it pretty dark.
Do you know or think that if Disney World will have relaxed the Mask restrictions by October 2022? I would love to spend my 40th Birthday in Disney World, but I would love to go again.
by 2022? I sure hope so! Hopefully by then the vaccines will have been used widely enough to give "herd immunity" and knock this stupid thing down.
One type of Annoying theme park guest is when the parent or parents are cursing 🤬 at their children come on now how is that going to give a example to people around you and to your poor kid. It breaks my heart when this happens.
What about the foreign tourist groups that you e discussed I the past?
Outside of Disney, I don't have issues with them when I'm visiting other parks. The ones in the video however I see everywhere I go.
How about ones who hit you with strollers and don't say sorry or people who go in front of you when you got to a show early
covered both of those in the video. :-P
Hi George I'm still catching up on your videos.. But hear is some trivia for you . did you no Thomas Jefferson invented mac & cheese
You know you talked about people jump lines will at six flags over Texas my home park they is a number you the guest can call for just that people that are Line jumping. And when i was at Disneyland one of my trip to Disneyland my friend and i where on pirates of the Caribbean and they was a grown man on he was talking throw the entire ride. So i am with you if you want to talk do not talk on a ride at six flags and or at Disneyland
This is not just a theme park problem. But i hate it when people take speaker calls or facetimes. Its so annoying. USE EARBUDS. WE DONT NEED TO HEAR YOUR CALL
That’s just an invitation for you to join into the conversation
I disagree, the line cutters are bad at Disney World. It's all I can do not to cause a scene when they push me out of the way.
And people can be Rude at a theme park Like what the heck