lighting lane

This is not a bash on people who pay for lightning lane, but instead a criticism of how Disney is devaluing park tickets for profit. Image waiting in line at a movie theater, DMV or grocery store, and then someone cuts in front of you? Other than disappointment, what happens? In short.. you...

First-timer question. What is your wait time threshold for doing a LL vs the standby line? I assume that even the LL has some wait (5-10 min??) so you'll waste the LL if you use it when the standby time is short. My question is how short? For context, we're going the week before Christmas...