Cutting in Line

[Rosetta89]

honestly have seen this done a few times, it is annoying when they are rude about it, but really who cares! one person is not gonna set you back very far. and if it is to join there family it shouldnt matter. as long as your with your party. stop being so grumpy it is the happiest place on earth! now if they are rude about it, trip them! lol Magical Wishes

 

[brunette8706]

Last year I worked at Indiana Jones. On crowded days we warned people entering the queue that the entire group had to stay together and catching up was not allowed.

In the theater, two of the assigned positions are "Left Packer" and "Right Packer" and the duties are to make sure all seats are filled in. When working those positions, or any of the other in-theater positions, we would not allow saving of seats for people who had not yet arrived.

If a person said the people had been there and left for the restroom I would make a mental note of the time and location.

There were many times when I announced to other Guests in the row that saving seats was not permitted and please move in and fill all available space toward the center of the theater.

And the nice thing was the managers did back me up as I was doing my job properly. The funniest was one Guest who complained to a manager, agreed that I was right in what I did, but that I could have been a bit more polite about it!

I hope this is mandatory on all stage shows. We were at FAntasmic last year when this woman was saving 20 seats for her friends/family. Talk about annoying! Then they wanted me to move further down the bleachers so all her 20 friends could get a seat! Well I didn't budge. She was one of the most rude people I have ever ran into at WDW.

 

[pixiefairy]

I *try* not to get irritated when I see people cut. If they are straight forward with me and it's one or two people....not AS bad, but it still bothers me a little. I'd be lying if I didn't say that. I watched this woman in line for TSMM in November squirrel her way further and further up the line. I swear, she was like a magician....one second there, the next second...how'd she get waaaaay up there? It's almost like none of us even noticed until it was too late. I've witnessed a kid being beckoned to meet up with his school trip in line at Splash Mountain...and these were the teachers who were telling him to join them. In my opinion...as far as a school trip goes...they should have waited for everyone to be there before entering line. And they were the worst behaved bunch I'd seen in a long time.

What really peeved me off was in line for the fairies. This man was standing in line two people ahead of us. We were noticing that he wasn't with anyone, no kids or anything...although that's not a big deal in and of itself. However, here comes, mom, dad, kid #1 and kid #2 up the princesses line and under the rope . Now you've just pushed us all back a whole group...why was that ok? Because mom and dad decided to take the kids elsewhere and thought uncle Bob should go hold the line? What would he have done if he got all the way up to the entrance? Held us all up waiting? I was irritated...and I wasn't the only one. It wasn't so much that we had to wait...it was the principle of the thing. I have a family of 7...we made darn sure we were all prepared to get in line at the same time. When my boys had a bathroom emergency in line for ToT...my teen took my younger boy, and dad rode alone. The boys got back at the end of the line with me. They didn't try to find dad in line.

 

[Praying Colonel]

For those who took the over: winner, winner, chicken dinner!

 

[ShannonMB]

my goodness - reading through this thread it sounds like a bunch of kindergarten kids...
line cutting? seriously? sure, it's not cool (and yes I am a FP runner for our huge family), but it's not stepping on your kid's foot or poking you in the eye with an itzakadoozie stick, or licking you on the back of the neck...
I know, I know - if everybody did it then it would be crazy...and how many is too many...I get it. But at the end of the day, you're at DISNEY WORLD! Have a good time and relax a bit - it will make for a much better trip. I just make a point to be as tolerant as possible and I ask my wife and kids to do the same - otherwise it's just thousands of sweaty, stinky strangers trudging around a big carnival - and that's no fun. I prefer to make Disney even better by being just a bit nicer than normal - you never know when you might turn someone's hot, cranky day into a magical Disney day.

sorry for the Mr. Rogers rant, just had to throw in my $0.02. hehe

Relax, just let me cut in front of you and everything will be just fine! How about relaxing a bit and having your party wait for you at the next attraction? Reading the thread over, I see that you've had nothing but good luck nudging past people when you do this. But hopefully now that you've read through, you'll see that just because no one has *challeneged* you on your strategy, you are more than likely annoying some people. Does that not bother you at all?

 

[ElliePeters]

Its an ongoing issue. We let them pass because its not worth them huffing and puffing behind you in line because you didnt let them pass. Choose your battles.

 

[desert_starr_57]

I think the OP is complaining about this scenario:
Family X gets in line for Pirates. The runner goes to BTMRR to get FPs and then goes back to meet Family X in the line for Pirates, cutting all the people between the entrance and his party.

TisBit is saying Family X gets in line for Pirates. They ride while runner is getting FPs for BTMRR (he doesn't care about riding Pirates). After the ride, they all meet at Jungle Cruise at the entrance to the ride.

The Bubba Swap is sort of cutting. Let's use Dumbo for example. (And yes, it's possible that I've memorized most of the UG )Mom and Junior get in line for Dumbo. Dad lets 24 people get between him and mom. By the time dad gets to the entrance gate, mom and junior will be at the exit. Mom hands Junior over the railing to Dad, so Junior can ride again. I don't think this is quite as obnoxious. Whether Dad rides Dumbo by himself or with Junior, they're still only taking up 1 elephant.

Personally...I don't have a problem with any of those. Or the bathroom break thing..kids may not have to go and 1/2 hour later they do..that is just how they work. As a parent, I have NO problem if someone's child has a bathroom emergency. I would even hold their place. I DO agree that groups that come in and cut line should NOT be allowed to do that. It is just rude and will make the line much much longer.

The story about the little kid between the legs so the parents can skip line is appalling. Since it happened 2X you KNOW it is a scam. BUT..I worry about it happening for real and no one helping that child because of scammers. Totally sad! It is NOT worth it. People need to learn to wait their turn.

 

[purplepixiedust]

Considering the number of times on our trip a few weeks ago (mind you it was SO SLOW in the parks) we were waiting in line and people (somettimes as many as 6-8) met up with their group member holdin a place in line for them it is just a fact of the parks. I try not to be bothered by minor things such as this, but when I am going to my bus line or getting in line for a ride and people run past us or go through the chained off area to beat us to the line, it annoys me and yet, makes me thankful I am not that rushed in my trip.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

There is one foolproof way to avoid this: don't stand in lines.

 

[jpolak]

Not to go to far off topic but, how do you handle having to get off line say for a child bathroom break or a diaper that has to be changed right now? Does one parent go with the child and the other wait right there and let others by? Or does the line waiting paerent continue to move with the line and the returning parent catch up with them where ever they may be?

 

[CapJack]

SPEAK UP PEOPLE! Bathroom break parent & kid. OK. 1 FP runner joining larger party. OK. 2 or more teens or older saying excuse me as they pass an hours worth of wait time. HELL NO! While I cannot physical stop them I will not move to side and will say NO. We have all seen the cutters mostly teens I say the end of the line is the other way. When they say going to meet up with my family. I say funny thing I have been standing here 30 min. an hour whatever and don't remember you bumping and grinding through the line to exit. Usually they have nothing to say and try to move through the crowd another way. It is total BS.

 

[archimedes76]

SPEAK UP PEOPLE! Bathroom break parent & kid. OK. 1 FP runner joining larger party. OK. 2 or more teens or older saying excuse me as they pass an hours worth of wait time. HELL NO! While I cannot physical stop them I will not move to side and will say NO. We have all seen the cutters mostly teens I say the end of the line is the other way. When they say going to meet up with my family. I say funny thing I have been standing here 30 min. an hour whatever and don't remember you bumping and grinding through the line to exit. Usually they have nothing to say and try to move through the crowd another way. It is total BS.

Agreed. Simply put it's rude and we should all abide to the same rules.

 

[jenrose66]

I don't agree with a party not all getting in line at the same time. I also find it annoying when people push thru the queue to join their party.

However, it's just not worth it to get too upset about this. I mean, they are riding with their party so we'll assume they won't be slowing down your getting on the ride unless for some reason the person will be riding alone...because there are too many people to evenly fill up any ride car/cars.

 

[Suellen]

Not to go to far off topic but, how do you handle having to get off line say for a child bathroom break or a diaper that has to be changed right now? Does one parent go with the child and the other wait right there and let others by? Or does the line waiting paerent continue to move with the line and the returning parent catch up with them where ever they may be?

For our family ~ the diaper changing/bathroom running parent and child either get in the back of the line or wait for our family at the exit

 

[itchin2go]

my goodness - reading through this thread it sounds like a bunch of kindergarten kids...
line cutting? seriously? sure, it's not cool (and yes I am a FP runner for our huge family), but it's not stepping on your kid's foot or poking you in the eye with an itzakadoozie stick, or licking you on the back of the neck...
I know, I know - if everybody did it then it would be crazy...and how many is too many...I get it. But at the end of the day, you're at DISNEY WORLD! Have a good time and relax a bit - it will make for a much better trip. I just make a point to be as tolerant as possible and I ask my wife and kids to do the same - otherwise it's just thousands of sweaty, stinky strangers trudging around a big carnival - and that's no fun. I prefer to make Disney even better by being just a bit nicer than normal - you never know when you might turn someone's hot, cranky day into a magical Disney day.

sorry for the Mr. Rogers rant, just had to throw in my $0.02. hehe

Of course you want everyone to chill out because you've admitted to cutting. How are you being "nicer than normal" by cutting? You will not make my "hot, cranky day into a magical Disney Day" by cutting. And just pointing out that there are worse things doesn't make cutting right. And it doesn't make you Mr. Rogers.

Is it ok when someone cuts? No.
Does it irritate me when someone cuts? Yes.
Am I gonna threaten them or raise a stink? Probably not.
Do I dwell on it? No.
Does it ruin my vacation? No.

But back to the OP, and since we're just chatting on a message board, when a FP runner joins (not rejoins) his family in line, is it cutting? Yes it is. Pretty sure Mr. Rogers would back me up on that.

 

[momtolots]

Its an ongoing issue. We let them pass because its not worth them huffing and puffing behind you in line because you didnt let them pass. Choose your battles.

I agree 100% . Life is too short. Dawgdad, my DD17 is our FP runner. and then we wait by the chains for her. I'm too old for all that running

 

[ckey]

But at the end of the day, you're at DISNEY WORLD! Have a good time and relax a bit - it will make for a much better trip.

OK, to all you who don't seem to mind and just say "don't sweat the small stuff" and don't worry about line cutters, why don't the line cutters relax and enjoy their time and not try to cheat and scheme to save themselves a little time in line? Seriously--use the runners to get all the fast passes you want, but don't line up until everyone in your party is together! No biggie--you can "relax" and enjoy the view while you wait for your fair turn in the line.

 

[Rosetta89]

Magical Wishes

 

[JennyMP03]

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[Hannathy]

I have a 16yr old younger sister and when we are down there sometimes our parents will be in line and we might get out of line another way and go to the bathroom or go get a snack or something along those lines. I think your very judgemental you do not now what we were doing and it does not concern you. if you wouldnt let me and my younger sister through to go back up to our parents i am sorry to tell you that you would be in for a rude awakening. I think the fact you are saying a kid and a parent can go and not 2 teens or older is BS.
Magical Wishes

And what would that rude awakening be?

At BTMRR we did exactly that did not let 2 people up to their group, and everyone in front of us chimed in when we said no. We all offered to let the group back but not them forward. The group ended up doing what they should have in the first place wait till the stragglers caught up to them in line. All it usually takes is 1 person to speak up and then others will join in.
If you want to ride and the ride has a line then do what everyone else is doing wait in it you aren't special.