Syndrome
12-14-2005, 01:01 PM
This one's a long one, but I just wanted to share a story from this past weekend. Me and the wife were in DLR to celebrate our 1st anniversary - we're Disney freaks! :D I've also never been during the holidays, so I was looking forward to seeing the tree and decorations. (It was beautiful by the way.) Anyways, here's my question.
Has anyone here ever sat in the firetruck on Main Street to watch a parade?
For some reason I thought that this was something a lot of us did. I know my wife and her family has been doing it since she was a child, and alot of people I know have done this. That's why I was kind of surprised, and upset actually, that a CM made us get off during the Christmas parade this past weekend.
Me and my wife were at the park on 12/10 and decided to watch the evening Christmas parade. We got there a little earlier and noticed that no one was in the firehouse. So we decide to hop on the truck to get a good view. With about 5 min. left in the parade, a man asks us if we were taking a picture, we said no and told him we were watching the parade. He asked if we could get down so he could take a picture and we told him sure, once the parade was over in 5 min. we would get off. He then went up to the security guy/CM, who witnessed the whole thing, and asked whether or not we were allowed up there. The CM gave us this real annoyed look and said "No, get down." The annoyed look being directed at us.
Again, we've always thought that this was something normal, but apparently not. We felt really crummy afterwards and kinda ticked actually, the CM was really rude to us and treated us like children. I know it's a park for everyone, but we felt like this situation would be the same as if we were sitting in front of the castle, or on the rocking chairs on Main St. If we staked this place out for the parade, and just the parade, why are we forced to move? I don't just walk up to people during the parade and ask them to move just because the location is a good photo-op. The CM was standing in front of the firehouse the whole time and actually went inside a few times and didn't say a word to us. We kind of felt like he viewed us as some "punk kids" afterwards due to our age, and thought that if we were an older couple he wouldn't have bothered us.
What do you guys think? I have a feeling you guys will think it was our bad, but just wanted to get opinions on it. Again, I don't want it to seem like we think we own the place and can sit wherever we want, quite the opposite - we view the park as a place where everyone can have fun and experience something magical. It's just kind of been a tradition and now we're unable to do it.
Honest opinions are welcome, I promise you won't hurt my feelings! :)
Has anyone here ever sat in the firetruck on Main Street to watch a parade?
For some reason I thought that this was something a lot of us did. I know my wife and her family has been doing it since she was a child, and alot of people I know have done this. That's why I was kind of surprised, and upset actually, that a CM made us get off during the Christmas parade this past weekend.
Me and my wife were at the park on 12/10 and decided to watch the evening Christmas parade. We got there a little earlier and noticed that no one was in the firehouse. So we decide to hop on the truck to get a good view. With about 5 min. left in the parade, a man asks us if we were taking a picture, we said no and told him we were watching the parade. He asked if we could get down so he could take a picture and we told him sure, once the parade was over in 5 min. we would get off. He then went up to the security guy/CM, who witnessed the whole thing, and asked whether or not we were allowed up there. The CM gave us this real annoyed look and said "No, get down." The annoyed look being directed at us.
Again, we've always thought that this was something normal, but apparently not. We felt really crummy afterwards and kinda ticked actually, the CM was really rude to us and treated us like children. I know it's a park for everyone, but we felt like this situation would be the same as if we were sitting in front of the castle, or on the rocking chairs on Main St. If we staked this place out for the parade, and just the parade, why are we forced to move? I don't just walk up to people during the parade and ask them to move just because the location is a good photo-op. The CM was standing in front of the firehouse the whole time and actually went inside a few times and didn't say a word to us. We kind of felt like he viewed us as some "punk kids" afterwards due to our age, and thought that if we were an older couple he wouldn't have bothered us.
What do you guys think? I have a feeling you guys will think it was our bad, but just wanted to get opinions on it. Again, I don't want it to seem like we think we own the place and can sit wherever we want, quite the opposite - we view the park as a place where everyone can have fun and experience something magical. It's just kind of been a tradition and now we're unable to do it.
Honest opinions are welcome, I promise you won't hurt my feelings! :)