Generally, individuals behave badly at Disneyland. This covers the sorts of guests who’ve earned the doubtful distinction of being the worst sorts of visitors at Disneyland and Disney California Journey. It’s a just-for-fun “high” 10 checklist that ranks obnoxious conduct, and vents, however shouldn’t be taken too critically.
The rationale it shouldn’t be taken too critically is as a result of we’ve all been unhealthy visitors. Now, it’s honest to say that there are various levels of “badness” and ingesting illicit substances or in any other case breaking the legislation at Disneyland might be a little worse than, say, speaking loudly within the Haunted Mansion Stretching Room or recording the fireworks in your telephone.
However the level is that no person is ideal. Not you and definitely not me. We’ve all been overly drained, excited, confused, and so on., and completed one thing that received on one other visitor’s nerves. Actually, it’s most likely a daily incidence! You by no means know what’s going to trouble another person, and we’re all “in the best way” of each other sooner or later. Such is the character of visiting theme parks filled with individuals!
It’s additionally honest to say that the super stress of planning and executing a “good” Disneyland trip raises the stakes and places everybody on edge. That’s confounded by the excessive prices, complicated techniques, chaotic crowds, and extra. Even in the event you’re attempting your finest to have a fantastic day, once in a while, that stress can overwhelm even visitors who’re absolute angels.
If you happen to’re considering this publish sounds just a little acquainted, that’s as a result of this can be a sequel to our Listing of the “High” 10 Worst Company at Walt Disney World. Since we want sequels with originality and that don’t simply rehash or remake the superior supply materials, each single entry on this checklist is new. With that stated, there may be overlap between unhealthy behaviors on the 2 coasts, and what already made the Walt Disney World checklist nearly assuredly would if we began with Disneyland as an alternative–and vice-versa.
Right here have been the principle and ‘bonus’ entries on the Walt Disney World worst visitors checklist:
- The Ones Who Have By no means Walked in Public
- The Mall Walkers
- The Highway Ragers
- The Line Jumpers
- The DAS Abusers
- The Ones Whose Trip “Value A Lot”
- The Flashers
- The Ones Who Don’t Need To Be There, And Need Everybody To Know
- The Ones With Different “Message Shirts”
- The Passholes
- The Ones Who Pillage and Plunder
- The Get together Animals
- The Dad and mom of Shoulder Children
- The Meltdown Dad and mom
- The Ones Who By no means Labored a Day in Buyer Service
For this checklist, we’re additionally attempting to maintain issues recent by specializing in a minimum of some unhealthy behaviors which can be extra widespread in California. However nearly all of those are additionally questionable conduct you’ll additionally encounter at Walt Disney World. Anyway, on with the checklist of the “high” 10 worst visitor sorts at Disneyland…
The Planners – In our politically-charged instances, “Don’t California My [Insert State]” has grow to be a well-liked message. I can solely assume these persons are protesting gentle climate, seashores, various delicacies, sunshine, state and nationwide parks, relaxed vibes, and In-N-Out Burger. (I’m kidding–no want to clarify what you hate about California.)
Effectively, turnabout is honest play, so right here’s one: “Don’t Walt Disney World My Disneyland.” Which is to say that there are legitimate fears amongst locals about Disneyland turning into a bona fide vacationer vacation spot like Walt Disney World. Decrease visitor expectations and blander meals are two huge ones, however a essential concern for me is ruining the laid-back vibe.
One of many issues that makes Disneyland is nice is how far more relaxed it’s. Longtime Walt Disney World followers routinely reward this, and but, many of those identical individuals wish to actively undo that by elevating the stakes on planning–extra aggressive eating reservations, pre-booking Lightning Lanes, and simply extra data (and earlier!) about every little thing. (It might appear that you just’re successful this conflict, as Disney has already launched the Full 2024 Calendar of Occasions at Disneyland.)
By all means, plan to your coronary heart’s content material–we get why some individuals love doing it–however don’t ask Disneyland to vary its fashion to go well with planners. That won’t finish nicely, and can erode one of many very qualities just about everybody appears to like about Disneyland!
The Magic Keymasters – Turnabout is honest play in additional methods than one, and it could be not possible to criticize the planners with out additionally setting my sights on the locals. Once more, Disneyland has a very completely different vibe from Walt Disney World, and in some ways, that’s for the higher. A technique it’s not so nice is within the sense that many Disneyland locals deal with the parks as leisurely hangout spots.
A laidback locals’ tradition is nice, however Disneyland must be particular–not an alternative choice to visiting Irvine Spectrum or the Grove. Though this has modified a bit within the period of reservations and most tiers of Annual Passes charging for parking, it’s nonetheless widespread to have Annual Passholders who loiter about Disneyland just like the native mall–displaying up for just a few hours at a time to easily hang around, clogging up walkways and seating areas regardless of having no objective for being there.
Worse but are the locals who actively diminish the visitor expertise for first-timers, erroneously assuming that as a result of they’ve skilled Disneyland or an attraction a whole lot of instances, so too has everybody else. Amongst different issues, these Magic Keymasters have unusual conversations by means of points of interest and quote experience dialogue to “show” their expertise (in the event you do that, I’d implore you to cease–nobody is impressed by your data).
On the whole, locals generally is a little too laid again at a spot that’s magical and memorable for Disneyland first-timers and rare visitors. Disneyland is a particular place, and shouldn’t be taken as a right. Walt could have had the inspiration for Disneyland whereas sitting in Griffith Park, however I don’t assume he ever supposed for it to be an alternative choice to that municipal park, the place locals would go for informal recreation.
The Ones Who Battle – Name me a sq., however nobody ought to get into bare-knuckled brawls on the Happiest Place on Earth. Disney appears to agree with me, as the corporate kicks out and trespasses visitors who throw fists. (Taking these “Most Costly Day Ever” shirts to a completely new stage.) That makes this one of many few entries on this checklist with precise penalties.
Visitor-on-guest violence isn’t distinctive to California. Though there have been some, ahem, memorable melees in Toontown and outdoors Tower of Terror (two particular examples that I keep in mind seeing/listening to about), I’d really say that this appears barely worse at Walt Disney World. The warmth and better stakes are a powder keg for one of these factor.
I might go a step additional and say that these feuds, fights, fracases, free-for-alls, and fisticuffs most likely aren’t as unhealthy or widespread as they could appear. Everybody has a pc of their pocket with a video digicam and limitless movie, so it’s a lot simpler to seize and add that to the web in seconds.
None of that was potential throughout the “Yippie Invasion” again in 1970 when radical activists stormed Disneyland, tried to overthrow Metropolis Corridor and liberate Minnie Mouse. (None of that may be a joke.) Fights broke out between the Yippies and vacationers, the park needed to be closed, and a whole lot of riot police needed to be known as to revive order. Hmmm…maybe “The Yippies” ought to’ve made our checklist!
The Gangs – Talking of gangs inflicting a ruckus, the religious successors of the Yippies are Disneyland social golf equipment. For many who have by no means heard the time period, these are primarily golf equipment of like-minded people who put on matching denim jackets or vests with patches, just like the Hell’s Angels, however make it dorky.
Disneyland social golf equipment vehemently deny that they’re gangs, however they’re gangs. Most are nonviolent gangs, certain, and for probably the most half they don’t seem to be prison enterprises. However there’s been sufficient controversy, bizarre and questionable conduct that the “gang” label matches. Then once more, possibly I’m simply bitter that I’ve by no means been invited to affix one of many gangs…or that nobody joined my crew, the “Sons of Eisnerchy.”
There are primarily two points with the Disneyland gangs. One is that they’re possessive and aggressive gatekeepers. They take up plenty of area in widespread areas of the park, get confrontational and condescending, and act like they personal the place. The opposite is that they, fairly actually, costume like they’re in a motorbike gang.
Personally, if I have been actually defensive about my posse being dubbed a gang, you understand what I wouldn’t do? Gown in stereotypical gang wardrobes. Sure, maybe it’s true that not all Disneyland social golf equipment are unhealthy or annoying or no matter, however while you costume precisely like the opposite gangs (and actual world ones!), don’t feign shock or outrage when outsiders assume you’re a part of a gang.
The Potheads – This can be a uniquely California one. A minimum of, in my olfactory expertise. That is much like “The Get together Animals” from our Walt Disney World checklist, besides as an alternative of collegiate ingesting groups at EPCOT, we’re speaking about smoking the reefer. Means too typically, the skunky scent of mary jane lingers within the parking zone or quiet pathways between Tomorrowland and Fantasyland.
It ought to go with out saying, however doing medicine in a family-friendly theme park isn’t cool. On the plus aspect, we have now noticed safety (presumably) intervene on a couple of event when this has occurred, and I’m guessing these visitors get kicked out of the park. It’s considerably ironic, although, for this to be Disney’s response to pot, whereas “monetize it!” is their angle in the direction of alcohol. It’s most likely a matter of social stigma…so possibly you may sit up for a dispensary on Major Avenue within the 2030s.
The Bridge Trolls – That is one other sort of “The Ones Who Have By no means Walked in Public” from our Walt Disney World checklist. Once more, that is individuals who have, seemingly, by no means navigated in public. The principle distinction is that entry utilized primarily to movement: zig-zagging throughout, altering a number of ‘lanes’ with zero discover, swerving round with out being attentive to oncoming site visitors, transferring considerably slower than the velocity of site visitors, and a celebration of seven stroll side-by-side holding arms, taking on your complete walkway.
This is applicable to the lack of movement. There’s nothing fairly like encountering an extended line of site visitors on the parking buildings, slicing over to the ‘quick lane’ and blowing previous a bunch everybody else…solely to come back to a screeching halt as a result of the automotive on the entrance of the road has determined to ask the attendant each single conceivable query about Disneyland. If you happen to’ve by no means pushed to the parks since you all the time keep on the inns on Harbor, certainly you’ve had this very same expertise on the turnstiles. Pay no thoughts to that line of individuals or automobiles behind you!
If in case you have, in some way, by no means skilled both of these blockages, certainly you’ve encountered the one that stops in the midst of a doorway, stairs, or another level of ingress and egress. One among my private “favorites” is stopping on the high of an escalator…what’s each behind you speculated to do, fall down? One other favourite is those that cease in the midst of Disneyland’s many slender bridges, blocking all site visitors and successfully turning into bridge trolls.
The Grads – Regardless of doing common updates on crowds, I can’t let you know what number of instances we’ve visited Disneyland over the past decade and upon arrival one in all us has stated, “ah shoot, it’s a Grad Nite!” Generally we’re unhealthy about following our personal recommendation. Ask just about any native Disneyland fan what they consider the parks throughout Grad Nites and also you’ll hear just about the identical complaints about vulgarity, line-cutting, rubbish on the bottom, inebriated youngsters, loud and disrespectful conduct, and so on. The checklist goes on and on.
The factor is, in the event you ask these identical locals about their Grad Nites, they may regale you with fond reminiscences and tales of the perfect nights of their lives. I’m certain they have been full angels, and people reminiscences are all squeaky-clean! So yeah, the Grads annoy us. But additionally, my very own Grad Nite was at a neighborhood go-kart course and I keep in mind (for probably the most half!) precisely what sort of shenanigans occurred. I can solely think about how a lot better/worse that will’ve been at Disneyland.
So I even have a little bit of a ‘let youngsters be youngsters/you’re solely younger as soon as‘ angle in the direction of the occasion. Besides when it’s time for Megatron’s Grad Nite, which we will probably be supervising to make sure there’s no humorous enterprise happening!
The iPhoneographers – This can be a difficult one for me, a photographer and blogger. I’m all the time taking pictures at Disneyland, however I attempt to be cognizant of the way it may impression first-timers or rare guests. Nonetheless, others most likely hear my shutter once in a while on “it’s a small world” or surprise what the heck I’m doing taking so many pictures of a random churro.
Level being, I’m conscious this entry may make me a hypocrite. These in glass homes shouldn’t throw stones and all that. Nonetheless, I’ll by no means perceive why so many different visitors–particularly first-timers and rare guests–expertise a lot of their trip by means of the display on their telephones.
To make certain, I completely get it when it’s of their youngsters and households–however random rides and fireworks exhibits? I’ve been behind these individuals and have additionally skilled this stuff by means of their screens (not by selection), and I can say with full confidence that there are literally thousands of higher recordings on YouTube. That’s, except they’re going for a shaky ‘discovered footage’ or avant-garde fashion video, by which case, mission achieved.
The Cursers – No, we’re not taking challenge with Mama Odie casting curses on passing boats on Tiana’s Bayou Journey. Which may really be kinda cool relying upon what the curse entailed. As an alternative, we’re speaking about swearing–foul language within the parks. These are family-friendly locations, and I don’t assume any mum or dad needs to clarify what X or Y means, or worse but, have their youngsters repeat it.
Not solely is that this not distinctive to Disneyland, however I really feel prefer it’s one thing we really hear much less at Disneyland than at Walt Disney World. After performing some in-depth investigating (two Google searches) and studying the analysis (three extremely suspect “research” and a Buzzfeed article), I’m fairly satisfied that Disneyland’s core demo is definitely much less more likely to curse than Walt Disney World’s.
To be sincere, this additionally doesn’t actually trouble me. I watch HBO and am married to Sarah (most of you might be by no means going to imagine this, however she swore quite a bit previous to this yr), so I’m numb to expletives. But it surely nonetheless doesn’t have a spot within the parks. With one of these stuff, our rule isn’t say, do, or put on something to Disneyland that you just wouldn’t be comfy along with your grandma listening to or seeing. She’d be beside herself with plenty of what’s stated, completed, and worn at Disneyland, I’ll let you know that!
The Ones Who Streak – If I had a nickel for each specific video of a unadorned man streaking by means of “it’s a small world” that I’ve seen, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t quite a bit, however it’s bizarre that it occurred twice, proper? I most likely ought to’ve stopped watching social media after the primary video auto-played in my feed, however I didn’t presumably assume there can be two cases of full entrance male nudity on “it’s a small world.” I used to be very unsuitable.
I truthfully nonetheless can’t recover from the truth that this occurred within the first place, and even the way it performed out as soon as it did occur. It was a veritable comedy of errors and poor judgment, by all events concerned. By comparability, the entire different entries on this checklist are small potatoes. Far and away the worst visitor (singular at this level, fortunately) at Disneyland is the one who streaks by means of “it’s a small world.” Since I do know copycat crime is an enormous drawback, let me be the primary to beseech you: don’t do that at Disneyland, it’s unhealthy conduct. If you happen to should streak in an amusement park, a minimum of have the decency to take it to Magic Mountain.
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