Are lines usually longer to the left or to the right?

[Spoisal]

I remember reading about human nature & how left lines are usually longer than right lines .....or are lines on the right usulally longer than left lines? I can't remember?! Anybody out there know this tid bit of trivia?

 

[safetymom]

Lines are usually longer to the right so they say.

 

[ChrisAlli]

We tried this and went left every time last trip, food lines, rides, shows and it was always better. We even got our own boat on POC, when the other 10 people entering with us went right.

I'm a go left believer!!

 

[Dznefreek]

In my many years of riding this does apply to all rides but:
Splash Mountain
ToT
ET at USF

 

[diznygirl]

This was mentioned in Birnbaum. My cousins used to go by the book, and I picked it up from them. So now we have a catch-phrase, "Birnbaum says go left!"

 

[bicker]

The problem is that this aspect of human nature is so well-known that sometimes so many people are deliberately going the "other" way that the queues to the left end up longer. The advantage of going left is pretty-much neglible these days.

 

[ellyn2000]

We also head left when we enter the parks. It may not always work to our advantage but it's kind of become a superstition to us. Not that we put any stock in superstitions...........

 

[DanaHesson]

at the Magic Kingdom and MGM for getting through the gates. I did not notice much of a difference any where else...

 

[bcsmom]

We also head left when we enter the parks. It may not always work to our advantage but it's kind of become a superstition to us. Not that we put any stock in superstitions...........

My family always go to the left side of the park too. It just does not seem right to go the other way

 

[FigmentGuy]

We did the whole "go left" motto this trip... haha... Everytime we tried the left line idea...the left line was 2x as long. We were like.. Right side it is! lol So... it appears everyone is cutting against the grain now? So we just eyeball the lines as we approach.

 

[michaelwilliammidd]

The Unofficial Guide claims that there is no noticable difference in going left or right. They said that they tested the theory many times and found the waits to be too close to tell a difference. They also mentioned Disney's hi-tech ways of monitoring and filtering guests where they want them in order to keep levels balanced.....very interesting.

 

[spot28]

I believe the original idea was that people, in general, travel on foot the way they would in a car... so for Americans we tend to go to the right staying on the "right side of the road." I suppose the Brits would gravitate to the left. I've done the "to the left" anytime we have that option, not sure it has ever blatantly backfired but it does reduce the waffling factor.

 

[Lucky4me]

I can't tell you how many times I've walked into MK and MGM and the turnstiles to the far left were empty. I haven't noticed at the other parks.

 

[allaboutmm]

Lefties here. Because of the guide books, its kinda of just what we do now. We always give a little giggle and go left!