Christmas Time at Disney is just as good if not better than always. I got to spend Christmas Day at Magic Kingdom with my Sweetie what a wonderful time together… but that’s a separate entry.
FACT: Christmas Cheer: Disney was wonderful.
FACT: Lot of Guests. So many they closed the park by 1pm.
OBSERVATION: Probably 80%+ Foreigners
Disclaimer: Now I NOT saying or grouping All Foreigners Together, but when an overwhelming number of incidents happen (as in gee… 80% of the experience), and each is caused by the same guilty parities in a wholesale fashion… well… facts are facts… and a spade is a spade.
Christmas Jeer…
FACT: I have never experienced a more rude interaction with or by guests.
FACT: I have never seen so may people leave dinner trash (counter service – no waiters) on the tables, chairs, and floors around their table. ( most civilized people usually take their own trash to the trash can ). It’s like they purposely tried to make the biggest mess possible.
FACT: I have never seen so much trash along the parade route after a parade. Its was shameful and disgusting to see tons of trash, food, sodas, and bottles (even used diapers) everywhere. It was like a riot had taken place and this was the aftermath.
(There’s always some trash after a parade, some people don’t care to use a trash can just 20 feet away… but this was monumental in comparison… on a scale of 1 – 10 … 1 being the normal trash left behind… this was a disgusting 20!)
FACT: The posted rules don’t apply to them… or so it seems they believe so.
FACT: No consideration for anything or anyone but themselves.
FACT: Push their way to the front of everything rather than waiting their turn or respecting anyone else’s space.
FACT: Seem to actually take pride in their disgusting behavior towards the park, it’s other guests, and the cast members.
FACT: There seems to be no social educate, manners of any kind, or respect for themselves or others.
FACT: Most seem to disregard any verbal instructions given to them from cast members.
( it’s like… sorry I don’t understand, I don’t speak English, cause I want to do what I want to do! and NOT what you are telling me)
Makes me wonder if they live like this in their country, their towns, their communities, their homes.
If they do, why can’t they at the least respect being some place else… being a guest.
If they don’t live like this at home… than why be that way here or any where else.
Why is there such a total lack of respect, consideration, manners, and just plainly being rude to others.
Why would they expect anyone to treat them well, or be considerate of them when they have no consideration for anything or anyone else.
So, having said that, facts and observations aside… you can still have a wonder time at Disney… rides, shows, attractions, and parades. Just be mentally prepared for what you are going to see. Don’t fall to the ground in the crowd… I believe they would just walk on and over you… leaving you to be picked up in the aftermath like the rest of the trash left in their wake.
Shameful and disgusting that those who are “guests” here or any where else would act this way. No Social Conscience.
I am generally very easy going and non judgmental and let most things slide by not bothering me. I don’t let things like this ruin my day, but they certainly don’t enhance the experience either. But when a bad situation, elevates itself to be over whelming and disgusting… some times ya just gotta get it off your chest.
Options are one thing, factual observations are another. If it acts like a pig, looks like a pig, smells like a pig, leaves messes like a pig, and as not to insult pigs… but has no manners, educate, or social conscience… well… I guess that’s actually worse than a pig… and how much respect or consideration should they be entitle to?
Just remember the Disclaimer: It doesn’t take but a lesser percentage of bad apples… or in this case pigs… to reflect badly on the whole. Social conscience has to start somewhere… and usually in the home… or in this case… the home country. Prior to the past couple of months, most had my respect… the downhill slide on behavior reaching it’s lowest point yesterday on Christmas Day. You get what you earn, and earn what you get… Good or Bad. I believe this on an individual level… but too many bad apples does make the whole barrel seem rotten to the core. So my apologies to those that do not belong in the category… this is not aimed at you. You know who you are… and you certainly know who they are… even if you only see the disgusting trashing left on their wake. Yes… it’s surely a real shame. It all takes a bit of the luster off of the Disney Magic.
