WARNING-Laser Pointer incident in 2000 Loop

[snowmedic]

But later the banging on our camper as we were going to sleep was just another example of bad camping neighbors.

About 4-5 years ago we bought a new car and stayed in the 2000 loop, the car might of had 1600 miles on it when we got to the Fort. Well about 6:30 on morning, we where staying in a tent,we woke up to a kid screaming “ wheels coming through “ and then a load thud. This went on about 2 - 3 times and I got out of the tent to some kid from across the road ramming his big wheel into the front passenger side fender of our new car.

Confronted the parents and they laughed it off and said kids will be kids. And ever since then we have stayed in the full hook up sites and never had a problem.

 

[SL6827]

Banging on your camper as you were going to sleep. Do what? I would be worried I would be confronted by someone packing heat.

 

[tiggerdad]

nope

Oh well.

Couldn't hurt to try.

 

[team bradfield]

Oh well.

Couldn't hurt to try.

you know I had to try, right?

 

[rdaky]

I wonder if the kids banging have been camping before? Maybe they were in a rented trailer and the family was unaware of campsite etiquette. I'm not excusing them at all, but I've met people who had no idea that it's rude to cut through someone else's campsite. We were at a pull thru campsite a few months ago and had people from the TT next door with multiple vehicles and had one car parked in front of our picnic table and they had no idea they shouldn't be parking on our site, and no idea that they shouldn't be setting up their things on our side, too. It was crazy, but they were new to camping and they seemed to have no idea. Now the banging on the camper itself is a whole other issue. My kids have been camping enough to know the invisible boundary lines at campsites and would never touch someone else's RV.

 

[rideswithchrist]

Y'all- this post is making me feel like I need to make a sign with some campsite etiquette rules...not for my kids- but for those others!

We have had to tell kids before to not walk through our site. (We have also had some jerk kids knock on our hotel doors at 2-3 am before though)

here is my opinion:
Kids that grow up with walls to tell them where not to go (backyard fences, school fences, etc) do not actually have a built in observation of invisible boundary lines...that is actually a proven fact from studies of Preschoolers in America vs in Finland or Sweden where schools have no fences around them and recess is often done out in the woods, the kids don't wander off because they have mental boundaries of how far is ok (not just chain link to forcibly retain them).

So yup- some of these "camping families" have never been outside of an apartment or their suburban lot before and it is not like there are camp guidelines.

The moral of the story is that more people (with kids especially) need to go camping and hiking.

The one that bothers me the MOST though is loud music.
I DON'T GO CAMPING TO LISTEN TO YOUR POPRAPHIPHOPOREVENCOUNTRY.

 

[rideswithchrist]

Actually, I could keep ranting that kids that point laser pointers LIKELY spend 80% of their "free time" on some sort of alternative life digital game or phone, where life is a reset button.

 

[tiggerdad]

I DON'T GO CAMPING TO LISTEN TO YOUR POPRAPHIPHOPOREVENCOUNTRY.

That's right!

Its METAL or nothing at all!

 

[Part-Time Paradise]

I DON'T GO CAMPING TO LISTEN TO YOUR POPRAPHIPHOPOREVENCOUNTRY.

Its METAL or nothing at all!

I just got home from camping at a local State Park and this is too familiar. I was flanked by one group listening to metal non-stop and the other side was some fellas on a boys weekend listening country until about 930 pm and they retired inside...until about midnight when they got a second wind and started in again hits and yelled all of the 4 letter words they knew to each other.

Frustrating behavior in a private campground in town, but even more frustrating out in the boonies with nature. I belong in USFS and BLM land permanently I think.

 

[FtW Mike]

...

I DON'T GO CAMPING TO LISTEN TO YOUR POPRAPHIPHOPOREVENCOUNTRY.

That's right!

Its METAL or nothing at all!

Call me relic call me what cha will
Say I'm old fashioned say I'm over the hill
Today's music ain't got the same soul
I like that old time Rock and Roll

Still Likethat OLD TIME ROCK AND ROLL

 

[Tallis]

Just don't play any Neil Diamond right now -

 

[rideswithchrist]

Call me relic call me what cha will
Say I'm old fashioned say I'm over the hill
Today's music ain't got the same soul
I like that old time Rock and Roll

Still Likethat OLD TIME ROCK AND ROLL

Just don't try to take me to no disco...

 

[Boopuff]

Camping etiquette has gone out the window. Especially at places like the Fort. People who've never camped show up to their previously backed in unit and let the kids loose. They have no idea about walking through sites, where to park, hours etc. I love some of the nice campgrounds where a host escorts you to the site, goes over the park rules etc. I don't recall, but does the Fort include "basic campground courtesy" in any written literature? We gave up on some private campgrounds years ago do to the "hey we're camping let's be a**holes and holler, play unbearable loud music, build a campfire that could burn a city...." Now we stick to public lands. Peace and quiet and mainly filled with respectful campers who enjoy the great outdoors.

 

[jbehr12]

Actually, I could keep ranting that kids that point laser pointers LIKELY spend 80% of their "free time" on some sort of alternative life digital game or phone, where life is a reset button.

So... like the entire population that was born after 1994?

 

[Coffee66]

About 4-5 years ago we bought a new car and stayed in the 2000 loop, the car might of had 1600 miles on it when we got to the Fort. Well about 6:30 on morning, we where staying in a tent,we woke up to a kid screaming “ wheels coming through “ and then a load thud. This went on about 2 - 3 times and I got out of the tent to some kid from across the road ramming his big wheel into the front passenger side fender of our new car.

Confronted the parents and they laughed it off and said kids will be kids. And ever since then we have stayed in the full hook up sites and never had a problem.

Any damage?
How old was the kid?
Did the parents pay?

 

[Coffee66]

About 4-5 years ago we bought a new car and stayed in the 2000 loop, the car might of had 1600 miles on it when we got to the Fort. Well about 6:30 on morning, we where staying in a tent,we woke up to a kid screaming “ wheels coming through “ and then a load thud. This went on about 2 - 3 times and I got out of the tent to some kid from across the road ramming his big wheel into the front passenger side fender of our new car.

Confronted the parents and they laughed it off and said kids will be kids. And ever since then we have stayed in the full hook up sites and never had a problem.

Any damage?
How old was the kid?
Did the parents pay?

I wonder if the kids banging have been camping before? Maybe they were in a rented trailer and the family was unaware of campsite etiquette. I'm not excusing them at all, but I've met people who had no idea that it's rude to cut through someone else's campsite. We were at a pull thru campsite a few months ago and had people from the TT next door with multiple vehicles and had one car parked in front of our picnic table and they had no idea they shouldn't be parking on our site, and no idea that they shouldn't be setting up their things on our side, too. It was crazy, but they were new to camping and they seemed to have no idea. Now the banging on the camper itself is a whole other issue. My kids have been camping enough to know the invisible boundary lines at campsites and would never touch someone else's RV.

Is their any mouse police on-site?

 

[Coffee66]

Wednesday night around 9:00 we were riding our bikes thru the Group Camping path, behind the Comfort Station, back to our site in the 2000 loop. The campers next to us who were watching their “outdoor movie” pointed a “green laser pointer” at us as we passed their site. This is an extremely dangerous behavior on their part but I’d like to give them the benefit of the doubt that they were trying to keep us away from the back of their site and the hammocks they had hanging in the trees. But later the banging on our camper as we were going to sleep was just another example of bad camping neighbors. The incident has been emailed to the manager of The Fort as at the time it was obvious we didn’t need to escalate their dangerous inconsiderate behavior. I would like to see The Fort have a rule concerning laser pointers including a lifetime ban from DW. Harsh, yes, but a major safety issue for fellow campers.

has Disney mouse police ever removed campers at night for bad behavior?

 

[Breezy2]

has Disney mouse police ever removed campers at night for bad behavior?

Not to my knowledge.

 

[Coffee66]

Not to my knowledge.

That's bad.

 

[Tallis]

has Disney mouse police ever removed campers at night for bad behavior?

I don't think they've ever removed anyone at any time of day or night. I know of an incident where some campers at the Fort set their neighbor's site on fire. Fire department had to come and all. The victim got moved to another site. Fire starters stayed put.