Cutting in line....?

[momrek06]

We were at DL on Friday night!! It was pretty crowded but IMO very doable. Wait times were 15-30 minutes for most attractions.

Anyway, Friday night it appeared to my family as we got into lines that were long...IASM, POTC, Matterhorn, people were letting family/friends cut into the line as they are just about to board the attraction.

One family in IASM got very irate when people waiting in line in front of them, then allowed a large number of family members to cut in. Some words were exchanged and something about family members needing to use the restroom. The irate person suggested that "everyone use the facilities before getting in line" which made the "cutting in family" very mad and words went back and forth.

As we were standing there in line behind all this DH whispered to me "you should ask your Disney Board about cutting in line"....!!!

Just wondering what DL DISer's thought of "cutting in lines"????

 

[PrincessSitka]

I was in Disneylnd in April, and found that there was a problem with people cutting in line. Not sure how to solve this.

 

[BC Disney Lover]

Personally it would depend on how many people they were letting in. When we lined up for nemo one morning my hubby went to SM for fastpasses and joined us in line so there was already 5 of us in line. And with toddlers sometimes they don't tell you they have to go until your in line so if a parent stepped out for that I wouldn't mind. Overall, we had a good experience and didn't notice too much cutting. Now people butting in front of me at the parade while I've been waiting 45 minutes is a whole other thread

 

[DizNee Luver]

Wow, that's a shame that they exchanged words in front of kids and all......
I've seen family members hold spots in the line for other family members before (little kids don't do well & usually need to use the restroom if the line is long) but also for someone that was older or had an injury & such. I don't have a problem with it. The ones that bug me is when one person gets in line & then a dozen people come join them that didn't fall into any of the above mentioned. I think that's a bit unfair....but....... I would never be rude about it & cause a scene. Ok, its unfair to those of us that have been standing there, but going to Disneyland is about the fun, the magic & letting go of the big cruel world around us.
Most of us get that.....some people never will!! (and then, they're totally missing out on what Walt really wanted)

 

[Teki]

I hate when people do that, everyone who wants to ride the ride should be in line for it. When my family goes we all pee before we get an hour long line.

 

[drag n' fly]

What is odd is that I have noticed this way more at DL than WDW. I never say anything if it is a Mom or Dad joining in line with their young children (young kids cannot wait in long lines IMO). Once a parent gets near the front the other parent and child join them Etc. Where we have said something is when 2 or 3 family members hold the line for approx 8-10 adults and let them in. The bathroom excuse is the oldest one in the book. The bum leg in the wheelchair trick is often used by teenagers also to go up the exit line. There will always be people like that unfortunately. IMO what goes around comes around.

 

[momrek06]

Actually this was at IASM....and they had no children with them. All adults. The ladies all needed to use the r.r. as was "screamed" to the irate person waiting in line after he questioned all these "cutters".

My family saw it all as the women all came closer and closer to the line. Then those that were in the line already let them in. We were seconds from boarding and this probably was the longest line of the evening...(you know being all renovated)!

As they went to board it appeared the cutters and the irate family were going to actually end up in the SAME boat....well the irate family TOLD the CM at the boat what happened and requested a different boat. The CM obliged them.

 

[wazowskiLOVER:)]

I get pretty cranky when its been a long day and you spend your time in line while others go off and have fun, then join their party to get in the line after; especially when its like 1-2 people in line and 5 or more people jumping in. It would piss me off personally.

 

[Peace.love.mickey]

What is the difference really? If they were there from the beginning it would be the same wait time, etc. Plus it is not like you see a friend and jump in line, they obviously planned it out. We did this on Friday 6 of us were waiting for Toy Story and 1 went to get us something to eat, since the line was at least 60min!

The lines on Friday were pretty long for a Friday in February. At about 10PM the matterhorn line wrapped all the way to the back and a little around. SW was about a 40min wait. Thunder was backed up PAST the exit and of course Indy brokedown for at least the 2nd time that day (that we saw)... It was crazy!

I overheard a CM saying they were not expecting these sort of crowds!

 

[charmama4]

I get pretty cranky when its been a long day and you spend your time in line while others go off and have fun, then join their party to get in the line after; especially when its like 1-2 people in line and 5 or more people jumping in. It would piss me off personally.

I agree HOWEVER, please don't hate me if I need to leave the line when one of my kiddo's is doing the *peepee* dance and have to excuse ourselves then come back.

 

[audrabolster]

What is the difference really? If they were there from the beginning it would be the same wait time, etc. Plus it is not like you see a friend and jump in line, they obviously planned it out. We did this on Friday 6 of us were waiting for Toy Story and 1 went to get us something to eat, since the line was at least 60min!

Yes, it would be the same wait time, however if they were there all along, you would be eexpecting an extra wait. It's so frustrating to know that while you were spending your time in line, someone in front of you was holding a place for all their family members while they were off riding something else.

I don't mind if its 1 or two people, but often times I notice a mom or dad waits in the line, while everyone else goes off to do something else. Plus, some of the line queues are not that roomy, and I hate having to smoosh against it to let these people go by!

 

[imjen]

I don't mind if it's 1 or 2 people joining their party or a parent with young children. It only bugs me if the amount of people butting through are greater than the amount saving their spot in line (say 1-2 people in line, 4 or more squeezing through to join). In that case, I think the people saving spots in line should have just waited for the group to be ready to get in line together. And it especially bugs me (if it's a large group) when the group joining the line are squeezing through at the last minute after everyone else has waited a long time.

 

[disneydreamerbelle]

I have to say I think it is rude. I have 2 small children and we have always managed to get in line together - though I have had to leave the line on occasion. When this happens most people understand when we come back because they saw me leave.

On our last trip we went with another family who would frequently "join us" in line. I never told them they could, they just felt entitled to. It would literally make me sick to my stomach every time they did it, and I just wanted to crawl under a rock. It ruined the rides for me because all I could think about was how embarrassed I was.

I wish people could be courteous.

I would also like to take this moment to apologize to those who were in line behind me in the above mentioned situations.

I feel better now.

 

[evandmp]

It wouldn't bug me unless it was happening constantly throughout the day. Like someone said the space in the line can be very tight and it can be hard to squeeze people through. As for my family there's no way we would do that. I think it's too much of a pain in the butt to attempt to squeeze through and I wouldn't want to inconvenience everyone else in line.

 

[Eeee-va]

I'd be annoyed if someone cut in line, but wouldn't have the guts to call them out on it. I wouldn't honestly mind it all that much if it happened a couple times in a semi-open queue (like when the Matterhorn lines winds around the mountain). But I hate when people push past other people in a closed-in line. Even if you have people waiting for you up ahead, I think it's just rude to expect someone to step aside for you to walk through the queue, and some of the people I've encountered seem very entitled when they expected to be let through. (Sometimes even trying to cut ahead a few people to meet their friends, when I would think the polite thing to do would be for the friends in front to wait for others to go by until the ones in back meet up with them again--that's what I'd do.) But again, I wouldn't actually call anyone out on it, and I know sometimes there are good reasons.

I do want to apologize for probably "cutting" the Matterhorn line, though. It was back in 2005, and I hadn't been to Disneyland in a few years. It seemed like they were shorthanded with loading (or do they always just have one CM trying to count/direct/load people all at once?). Anyway, since there was no CM to tell us when to come forward and no one was doing anything, I think we ended up going ahead a whole row of people earlier than we were meant to. It didn't occur to us until after we left the ride that we had probably cut the line.

So if I made you wait an extra few minutes to get on the Matterhorn, I'm sorry!

 

[TinkSassy]

Doesn't bother me for one or two. I'm used to WDW where one runner going for a FP is joining the family in line. It's a must in some situations. If one was waiting and 5 tried to join with no kids - that would irritate me. When it's kids I understand - they surprise you sometimes.

 

[Sherwin]

I tend not to have a problem if a family member is holding a spot for 3 or 4 more folks. But sometimes you have an outsider who tries to sneak in with those family members, and you gotta throw out your arm to catch them.

 

[Peace.love.mickey]

I think sometimes at DL people just need to chill...it is FUN...happy...magical....not fighting for an extra 30 seconds...so people cut...oh well, getting upset and ruining your happiness is not worth it to me...

Some people just have plans and strategy about their lines! What I think is silly is when people don't get FPs! That is way faster!

 

[kiwitravel]

It would be nice if DL had some sort of policy on this.... We sometimes would have one person join us in a queue (toilet or FP gathering) but we used to let people go past us if we got into the situation where the catchup person would have to push through people. So letting someone join the queue by hopping the chain is OK. Also think they could have the policy that the number waiting in the queue must be more than or equal to the number joining.

Last trip I used to purposely block the queue if I saw someone pushing through so they would have to ask me to move (young child and parent excepted of course). I would tell them that they can't just push their way through and their friends will have to wait for them, most did so without any problem.

 

[kaoden39]

I think everyone has had something like this happen. But I cannot see getting into an arguement over it. If it is someone with children I really understand it a whole lot more. But adults? Come on lady you can hold it a little longer or you can wait to get in line.