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[BigBaloo78]

I recently completed my first Disney World experience with my wife(who has been countless times) and noticed that in large standby entrance, line a portion of a family would get in line and then let the stragglers jump up with them and join their group. One guy basically excused himself through the whole line of Rockin' Roller coaster up to the entrance. Another line had two people hold spots while four more members of their party came 3 min later and jumped in front of about 25 people who had been standing there. I didn't say anything because I didn't want to be accused of ruining anyone's disney experience and I don't know what proper etiquette is at the parks.
I feel that they should have to subscribe to the buffalo theory, being that they only move as fast as the slowest member of their group and they fall back in line instead of letting their slow children or aging parents jump up. Am I out of line with this idea?

 

[Praying Colonel]

I miss the old pre-FP+ days where the big debate threads were about line-cutting, giving up your seat on the bus and pool-hopping. This post harkens back to a more carefree time on the DIS....

You'll find people on both sides of this issue, OP. Our family doesn't get in line until our entire group is ready to go in, but I don't lose much sleep anymore about others who do the opposite.

BTW, I bet we don't get off page 1 before we have the obligatory "kid has to use the bathroom" variant which always makes an appearance.

 

[dprincessmom]

No there is a huge thread about rude behaviors and being that guest.

The consensus seems to be that if it's a parent and child or just one person ducking out for a bathroom break, maybe ok. Half the party, nope - they need to wait at the entrance til all their party is there.

 

[Ismo]

No there is a huge thread about rude behaviors and being that guest.

The consensus seems to be that if it's a parent and child or just one person ducking out for a bathroom break, maybe ok. Half the party, nope - they need to wait at the entrance til all their party is there.

I agree. I'm not going to get annoyed at a little kid needing a bathroom break, because we all know that no matter how many times you as before you get in line they won't have to go. I would probably even offer to hold the spot for someone if it was one adult taking a child to the bathroom quickly. But a whole family jumping in line? Not cool. They basically just had someone get in line for them while they went and did something else.

 

[kj2mom]

We were in line and somehow a family got in between ours (8 people), honestly I have no idea how. My children were in front and I was behind said family. My children were begging us to come up and I said no, it was fine (the line was for Laugh Place so I knew it would be fine once we got in the holding room we would be all together). Ironically, a woman with the family in between us came pushing through to get with her family. My children were about to lose it! How dare the family that came between us have a member catch up when their mom couldn't catch up and stand with them. In typical teenager fashion my children were acting it up more than necessary and I kept telling them it was fine. My children ended up coming back with me to wait. It really was no big deal as we all most definitely were going to get into the next show but with something like that, of course I let the woman pass who got separated from her family although being separated in a crowd is different than cutting in my opinion.

 

[BlackMagicWoman]

I miss the old pre-FP+ days where the big debate threads were about line-cutting, giving up your seat on the bus and pool-hopping. This post harkens back to a more carefree time on the DIS....

You'll find people on both sides of this issue, OP. Our family doesn't get in line until our entire group is ready to go in, but I don't lose much sleep anymore about others who do the opposite.

BTW, I bet we don't get off page 1 before we have the obligatory "kid has to use the bathroom" variant which always makes an appearance.

I thought it was part of the posting Calendar of Contraversial Topics at DIS

January - When will we see Free Dining?
February - Theres nothing to do at Hollywood studios
March - Brazilian tour groups are ruining my vacation!
April- This *insert scheduled rehab* is the worst Disney decision ever!
May - Drinking shouldn't be allowed in Disney
June - Disney is too expensive!
July - Line Jumpers are ruining my vacation!
August - why can people in scooters cut line?
September- they are doing away with EMH!
October - MNSSHP isn't good this year and there are too many people.
November- Kids should have all the front row seats at parades
December - the park is cheaply decorated and not nearly as festive as previous years.

Clearly I hate FP+ is a recurrent theme all year.

 

[caroline1851]

There are so many things that matter more to me in life than family members catching up with the rest of their families, etc., therefore causing a delayed ride experience for me by a minute or 2......
Actually, there are MANY things at Disney that i find WAY more annoying than this, so not a big deal to me.

 

[Tina1]

My strange experience last year as we waited for Jack & sally before the party. Got in line at 6ish, there was a small child in front of us. She looked to be around 6 r 7 years old. I assumed she was with the people in front of her. When the line started moving around 45min later, I noticed this woman pushing her way through the line. She stops because I’m not letting her by us. Then I hear that’s my daughter may I join her. WOW really she had her small child stand in line alone. So politely let her daughter go behind us to join her mom.

 

[AngiTN]

I thought it was part of the posting Calendar of Contraversial Topics at DIS

January - When will we see Free Dining?
February - Theres nothing to do at Hollywood studios
March - Brazilian tour groups are ruining my vacation!
April- This *insert scheduled rehab* is the worst Disney decision ever!
May - Drinking shouldn't be allowed in Disney
June - Disney is too expensive!
July - Line Jumpers are ruining my vacation!
August - why can people in scooters cut line?
September- they are doing away with EMH!
October - MNSSHP isn't good this year and there are too many people.
November- Kids should have all the front row seats at parades
December - the park is cheaply decorated and not nearly as festive as previous years.

Clearly I hate FP+ is a recurrent theme all year.

Gosh, can this win post of the year? Maybe even decade

 

[AngiTN]

As for line hopping groups, WDW has nothing on what we saw at DL. It was 10 times worse out there. I just had to learn to bite my tongue