Recession? Not in WDW! But the Crowd BEHAVIOR is What was So Bad

[Maleficent's Dad]

My parents are currently down and they, too, are finding the parks to be a LOT more crowded than in previous years, for comparable weeks.

It's hard to believe that we're hearing about "streamlining" and "cost-cutting" when it seems the people who go year-after-year are experiencing larger crowds than normal!

That was part of my OP.
We go every year during President's Week - and while we expect crowds, this year was by far, the most crowded we've ever seen it that week.

Recession, huh?

[Ksmith75]

Hope we dont see this when we are there the end of next month. Last year - we didnt notice to many rude people at all. Aside from parents pushing their kids to the limit and yelling at them - not to much drama. We have gone the past 2 years and I only noticed a handful of kids misbehaving - I expected lots more. The only problems we had were with a group of teens and a mean waitress....

[jimsgal05]

But anytime Disney, or anyone else, is forced to make special accomodations for those who behave badly, the rest of us pay a price. If Disney if forced to position more cast members to handle the out of control crowd at rope drop, then there are fewer cast members some place else. Shouldn't it be basic human nature to NOT run over another person in order to gain a few places in a line, or a few minutes in a queue?

That's what I mean by "should they have to". When and why did it become commonplace and acceptable to behave so poorly.

And now that they are being tasked with attempting to control such things, they are limited in the methods they can use partly based on what the liabily lawyers advise. Just because something might make more sense, does not mean it is a choise that will best limit liability.

Even though it often seems folks make great sport out of blaming corporate giants for everything that goes wrong, and think it perfectly acceptable to attept to pick those those deep corporate pockets whether it's justified or not, it still remains our own responsibility how we behave.

It is also our own responsibility how we react to that behavior. But again, just my opinion, no one has to agree.

I totally agree with what you are saying..people should take more responsiblity for thier own actions and not place blame on "big corp" that is already trying to do the correct thing. People have changed over the years we have lost the human touch....So sad...but least there are a few of us that know how to act in a crowd setting.....

have a good time at WDW the next time you ALL go!!!!
Lori