Magnoliafan
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Feb 5, 2017
This happened to me on BTMRR once. Just as the train was pulling up, a young man was directed to my row. It was obvious (to me, at least) that he was supposed to wait for the next train and ride alone, but he misunderstand and got in the ride with me. I was surprised and I said something to him, but he just grinned at me and I realized that he was from another country and had no idea what I was saying. So I just shrugged, thought "why not?", and rode with him - trying my best not to slide into him during the ride. Lol. It was awkward for like a second and then it was totally fine. Just two solo strangers sharing the wildest ride in the wilderness.If someone is trying to sit next to you on those (not sure about Splash), the people sent into the line behind you have misunderstood completely.
Honestly, I'm pretty sure that CMs are directed to seat solos alone for most rides. I've twice been asked if it was okay to sit someone with me. Once was at FEA, when there was another solo rider near me in line and the CM asked us if we would mind riding together. (We both said it would be fine, by the way). And the other time, I was directed to the front row in a car at Journey into Imagination and a group of four adults were directed to sit behind me. I could tell that they were pretty cramped, so I told them that it would be okay if one of them wanted to sit in the row with me. The CM seemed shocked for some reason and said "Are you sure?" I said something like "yes, I think I'll be fine sitting with a stranger for three minutes" and one of the women in the other party moved to sit next to me. In retrospect, I think that my comment to the CM was a little more sarcastic and borderline rude than it should have been, but I was genuinely surprised by her response. Seating us by numbers instead of parties had obviously never been a consideration, even though it meant one person sitting in a row alone and four people crammed in a row together.