bumbershoot
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 5, 2007
I see rude but unless something was changed after the original posting I am not seeing bullying.
Same.
Nor do I see rude.
So....when we were interested in watching fireworks at DisneyLAND, we were not allowed to sit when watching from Main Street. (back behind the castle looking in the direction of Small World, where they are shot from, is different...much smaller crowd) Sitting on Main Street at DL, as explained by the CMs, is INCREDIBLY unsafe and risky. It would be horrible enough if, say, a fire broke out during the fireworks and everyone was standing. If people were sitting, it would be a bloodbath. It's utterly and completely ridiculous that WDW allows sitting. I will NOT watch the fireworks there, it's too unsafe.
I felt the same on our first Disney Dream cruise. We were standing with family during the pre-show stuff for Pirate Night. Some started sitting down. We were dressed for dinner; I was in heels and a skirt. DH was in his nice pants. We were tired. Some started calling for everyone to sit down. WHY? The show is *up above*. If we're all standing, we can see. So stand. Fireworks are in the air. Look UP. People got super-rude and bullying about it, and we ended up going to the side of the area. Where we asked a CM, and he said "oh absolutely, they'll be asked to stand soon". But they weren't. They all sat all through it.
Of course, Dream's Pirate night fireworks are dreadful, for anyone who has seen a proper fireworks show (like the old ones at Disneyland, or even Tacoma's July 4th show), so we don't care anymore. But it sticks in my craw.
So...we could have been the ones you were talking to, OP. I didn't *want* to sit. It would have been awkward in my clothing to sit or, worse, to get up. I was tired and sore. It was OK that I didn't want to sit. I wasn't rude or bullying (and from your description, neither was the woman who clearly explained to you that she didn't want to sit), but the group-thought running through the crowd that we SHOULD sit sure felt rude and bullying to me.
It's ridiculous that people sit during fireworks. What a silly thing for them to allow. Next time, imagine a fire breaking out. Imagine a panic sweeping through. Imagine everyone who can get to their feet quickly (young, fit, NO kids) running and running over all the rest who cannot. Imagine it, just put yourself there. You'll never want to sit again, during fireworks, if you really put your mind there.
But I find Wishes to be a poor excuse for a fireworks show, and we don't watch it after the first 1.5 times, so you won't have to worry about us there!