do people frown on you doing this?

[bstnsprts]

Actually I don't feel that is being a line cutter. I was really referring to when there are not any fastpasses because we get to a park later in the day and I have 3 antsy kids (one that is too young to ride). Plus I was just asking!

I so sorry. I didn't realize that you had three antsy kids. This is unusual at Disney. What you need to do is go to guest relations and ask for three AKP passes. (Antsy Kid Pass) This will allow you to the front of every line in which there are no antsy kids. Good luck finding one and once again sorry I didn't realize your situation.

 

[marathonmommy]

A version of what the OP is asking about (and she was just asking, so some of you don't need to be so harsh) is actually a strategy written about in a guidebook, called "Chuck Bubba Relay". I am now curious to hear opinions on this. Is Bubba "cutting"?

from "The Unofficial Guide to WDW":
a. Mom and little Bubba enter the waiting line.
b. Dad lets a specific number of people go in front of him (24 at Dumbo), then gets in line.
c. As soon as the ride stops, Mom exits with Bubba and passes him to Dad to ride the second time.


(Again, this won't work on indoor lines.)

 

[3kidz4dis]

I so sorry. I didn't realize that you had three antsy kids. This is unusual at Disney. What you need to do is go to guest relations and ask for three AKP passes. (Antsy Kid Pass) This will allow you to the front of every line in which there are no antsy kids. Good luck finding one and once again sorry I didn't realize your situation.

No need to be sarcastic. I have not been to Disney with kids yet and wasn't sure if people would rather not have us in line or not. I was mainly thinking of Space Mountain since my DH and young daughter and other son would not ride anyway I could wait in line by myself. So they would be waiting in line and not even riding. I thought maybe the other one could get out of everyones hair while I was waiting. My reasoning for not feeling it was line cutting is because when the other child gets to me, it would not be making the people in line get to their ride any later. They just wouldn't have my kids in line the whole time. I was just asking a question and didn't realize everyone would jump down my throat!

 

[OKW Lover]

Well, I'm at least glad that the OP was sensitive enough to ask about this beforehand.

Without trying to be too insensitive, I'd say that I (not speaking for anybody else) do frown on this. The general rule we try to follow is to keep your party together when entering a queue - that way you'll be together throughout the attraction.

 

[tink 2257]

Actually I don't feel that is being a line cutter. I was really referring to when there are not any fastpasses because we get to a park later in the day and I have 3 antsy kids (one that is too young to ride). Plus I was just asking!

Again, this is why we get up early (6 am) to take advantage of the EE park.
We realize that if we're arriving later in the day, we must be prepared to wait in line for the rides!

 

[marathonmommy]

No need to be sarcastic. I have not been to Disney with kids yet and wasn't sure if people would rather not have us in line or not. I was mainly thinking of Space Mountain since my DH and young daughter and other son would not ride anyway I could wait in line by myself. So they would be waiting in line and not even riding. I thought maybe the other one could get out of everyones hair while I was waiting. My reasoning for not feeling it was line cutting is because when the other child gets to me, it would not be making the people in line get to their ride any later. They just wouldn't have my kids in line the whole time. I was just asking a question and didn't realize everyone would jump down my throat!

Also, if you have a young child who can't ride due to size you can take advantage of baby swap. This is an allowed practice and is not cutting even is people think so here. You would find an attendant before riding and tell them you need to do a "baby swap" or "rider switch". You will usually be handed a ticket then and there (you will need the "baby" with you). Then you or hubby can go on the ride (waiting on line first), while the other waits with the little ones who can't go on. When hubby and older child get off, you take your ticket and the child who can go on and ride. The older child gets to go twice and you don't have to miss the ride. I hope this helps. Sorry you felt people were jumping down your throat. Sometimes people jump on a bandwagon . . .

 

[ptslp]

I agree that all people riding the ride should have to wait in line. There is an exception when a small child has to use the restroom (we will be testing this next week-this is ds's first trip without diapers), but otherwise, anyone riding the ride should have to wait. If part of your party is not riding, don't make them stand in line- meet them somewhere at the end of the line. If one of your kids wants to ride with you, then he/she should have to wait with you.

As for the UG suggestion, I don't think that in the scenario posted it is wrong- it won't take up another car- people don't have to wait longer to ride, since it is just the dad waiting. Unless of course the mom is trying to push through everyone to get ahead to the dad.

I just can't stand it when people push through the line. If my little kids have to wait, then why shouldn't your family/kids have to wait also?

 

[zuzu310]

I also have to respectfully disagree with you. As children if we wanted to ride something, we always had to wait in line and at a major thrill park like Cedar Point that can sometimes be 1.5 to 2 hours or more. We found ourselves being very resourceful (playing I see something, etc.) and just made the best of it. I guess the best way to think of it is to ask yourself how you would feel if someone did that to you, and then the people in front of them did it, etc. etc. I don't know but it would really start to add up on wait times and with Disney's great Fastpass system I think it is uncalled for.

 

[Luv2Roam]

I would say it depends on what que you are letting the line holder stand in. As someone mentioned, some ques are not visible, nor easy access for someone else, esp with young ones in tow, to catch up to.
And you would find guests who just would not let you pass. I have seen this. Sadly this is due to people witnessing those asking to catch up with others, and flat out be lieing about it. They are line cutters who just want to see how far up the line they can get without being stopped.
Personally, I rather have a family do this than stand in line with fussing, crying kids, or those who climb, stomp, kick and fall on us. (Which is not uncommon.)
But if all parents had a line waiter and caught up later, the que lines would be a mess, and very potential unsafe. It can be too hard to crowd in a family of five where one person once stood.

 

[Merriwind]

No need to be sarcastic. I have not been to Disney with kids yet and wasn't sure if people would rather not have us in line or not. I was mainly thinking of Space Mountain since my DH and young daughter and other son would not ride anyway I could wait in line by myself. So they would be waiting in line and not even riding. I thought maybe the other one could get out of everyones hair while I was waiting. My reasoning for not feeling it was line cutting is because when the other child gets to me, it would not be making the people in line get to their ride any later. They just wouldn't have my kids in line the whole time. I was just asking a question and didn't realize everyone would jump down my throat!

If I am reading this post correctly, just you and one DK will be riding Space. DH and the other DKs won't. In that case, why don't you and the riding DK wait for Space, while the rest of your family does go enjoy rides without a wait? TTA is a nice ride and never a line. It keeps everyone close; no hiking across MK to find each other. Plus, the Space queue is pretty interesting--lots to look at. Between that and excitement, I'll bet your DK would do fine.

I would really try to get to MK early enough for Fast Passes; they make life much easier. Actually, we always try to get to the parks (MK especially) for park opening. It makes a huge difference in wait times and what we get to do.

To answer your orignial question, I do think that your DH and three DKs would have a very hard time pushing through the Space queue to try and find you. People who had been waiting would see them as cutters and likely not let them through easily.

Enjoy!

 

[opal]

Other than a potty-run, I agree that it is line cutting. If you want to ride the ride, you have to wait your turn. Having your group meet you in line will lengthen the wait of everyone in line. Not fair to those who have waited. WDW is not really the place to practice instant gratification.

 

[Aristomommy]

I feel that in Fantasyland, it is more accepted than elsewhere in the parks. Ride like Dumbo has an outdoor line and I see parents handing their preschoolers towards the end of the wait. Since parent and child occupy one Dumbo, most people don't care.

This tends to happen less in other rides, but every once in a while people will try to join their party way ahead of them. Most of the time they will make it while people give them dirty looks. But then again, I have seen people refuse to let them trough as they have been waiting in line for a long time.

I haven't personally done it with my kids. We go early in the morning and have been able to go to all the Fantasyland rides with little wait. DD knows that waiting in line is part of the game and if she wants to ride something, she will have to wait. To prevent "antsyness" we bring lots of things to keep her entertained (when she was smaller) or play I Spy.

 

[DisDarling]

I did this in line for Playhouse Disney, kids and their Dad went to the Animation Building for awhile, they came back and came up to me in line- noone said anything to me or any looks. I think most people realize it will happen often with long lines.
D.D.

 

[pepperw23]

If you are in a long line and say I wanted to wait the time by myself but my DH takes the kids on a ride say that doesn't have a wait, and then they meet you in line, is this something that is frowned upon?

Honestly it really does not bother me. I remember those days of having young kids, you gotta keep em' happy. . Some of the lines may be hard to get back in to though because they go inside and stuff.

 

[ptslp]

No need to be sarcastic. I have not been to Disney with kids yet and wasn't sure if people would rather not have us in line or not. I was mainly thinking of Space Mountain since my DH and young daughter and other son would not ride anyway I could wait in line by myself. So they would be waiting in line and not even riding. I thought maybe the other one could get out of everyones hair while I was waiting. My reasoning for not feeling it was line cutting is because when the other child gets to me, it would not be making the people in line get to their ride any later. They just wouldn't have my kids in line the whole time. I was just asking a question and didn't realize everyone would jump down my throat!

Don't know how old your kids are, but if any are not tall enough to ride the ride, I believe the CM at the end of the line where you go in for a ride with a height limit won't even let the child stand on line. That is what happened to us- we thought we would child swap, but they wouldn't even let my kids on the line, so if your younger kids aren't tall enough, they couldn't even get on the line to wait with you and bypass the ride.
As someone else said, there are tons of ways to entertain your child while in line and if only one is riding have dh take the others on another ride or to a store or something.

 

[scoolover]

I think that if fewer people are waiting than join the line it is not right. If there are more people waiting than join -- not so bad. Unless there are like 30 people or something. Come to think of it, I would probably be annoyed either way.

 

[appraiserguy]

Amen to the thought about cheerleaders and large groups. My feelings are if 1 or 2 family members want to join there group.........Go for it! Folks sometimes forget that this is the Happiest Place of Earth! So lets act like it.

 

[allegracristina]

Actually I don't feel that is being a line cutter. I was really referring to when there are not any fastpasses because we get to a park later in the day and I have 3 antsy kids (one that is too young to ride). Plus I was just asking!

I will agree with what an above poster said: This is why we get to the parks AT OPENING, because we know that by later on, the FP will be gone, and we will have to wait on long lines. Sorry, it's just not right.

 

[CarolMN]

A version of what the OP is asking about (and she was just asking, so some of you don't need to be so harsh) is actually a strategy written about in a guidebook, called "Chuck Bubba Relay". I am now curious to hear opinions on this. Is Bubba "cutting"?

from "The Unofficial Guide to WDW":
a. Mom and little Bubba enter the waiting line.
b. Dad lets a specific number of people go in front of him (24 at Dumbo), then gets in line.
c. As soon as the ride stops, Mom exits with Bubba and passes him to Dad to ride the second time.


(Again, this won't work on indoor lines.)

That wouldn't bother me. Dad is waiting his turn in line. Little Bubba isn't going to be riding by himself - he'll be in the same Dumbo as Dad. No one else in line would be riding with Dad anyway, so it isn't going to make my wait any longer than expected.

 

[jackmac]

Line cutting is one of the most frustrating aspects of WDW, no matter how you do it. I agree with everyone else, if a child needs to go to the bathroom that's one thing (usually everyone in line can see the parent leave the line with the child in tow). To have a family join another family member forward in line is rude. I've seen this worked many ways and they are all disrespectful to the people that are waiting. If half of the family chooses to do another attraction while your waiting for a ride, fine. But don't expect them to join you.
Lines are long, especially during the summer. If you choose to wait for an attraction, wait with your group. Personally, I don't let people cut in front of me. If you try it, you will be spoken to and embarrased.