do people frown on you doing this?

[Michelle2]

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!

I totally agree. If someone gets there later in the day and the fastpasses are gone--no one's fault but their own.

 

[Bob NC]

The answer is......Yes, people frown upon this.

 

[jann1033]

Make that 6 kids! Mine are now 11 & 6 and they know I will make them try to potty, been doing it for years!

Is too late for the carnival circuit?

maybe not for yours but since mine are 28 and 26, it's probably lost some of it's "charm"

 

[jann1033]

Actually for the feat of trying to Potty First you can make it 7 kids (probably a lot more than just 7 if you ask the members on the board) TRYING to potty first and actually getting some potty out is something that I always do with my DS 3. What you aren't allowing for is emergencies. I maintain in case of emergency I wouldn't have any guilt leaving for a quick potty in the middle of a long wait and then rejoining my group. This hasn't happened to us as of yet, but I allow for it being a possibility.

no i mentioned dire emergencies since i figure that can in compass sickness, age the whole gamut of reasons why you might have to occasionally leave the line and usually mention "not at toddler age due to recent training" but was to lazy so mentally add it to may post( )and was more making a wise crack having the recent hot soarin line cutters thread in mind. definitely not trying to start that up again

 

[3kidz4dis]

i think any "rude "comments come from your op...you didn't say anything about them not riding( which i don't really understand why you would have them come meet you in line then not ride..why not meet them outside after you get off?) then you said only 1 child would ride, so evidently dad and others don't get in line, just one child...sorry but i sure didn't get that from the op. and you said 3 antsy kids would be in line so i think you might have added to the rudeness by people not being able to figure out what you meant still think who ever rides gets in line and stays there barring some dire emergency

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Sorry, was I RUDE? I really do not think I was. And I apologize if you think I added to everyones rudeness by people not understanding what I meant. My first question was more general and then when everyone started mentioning potty breaks and why not use fastpass ect., that is when I mentioned what I meant specifically. We are not going to be in MK until later on in the day because we are coming to see Wishes, there will probably not be any FP left and my DD and I would like to ride the Space Mountain. I have 2 othe children are too young/short to ride and was just asking if I could wait in line my myself and then the other one would come later after waiting with the others. The antsy kids would be mainly the ones not riding but my husband may or may not want to ride when we get there but he will be with the 2 who can't ride. The reason I felt I was not cutting is because no one is waiting any longer because of me. We are still only taking up one car/ride. That was my reason for feeling that it may not be considered cutting because I am not bringing a whole group of people. A lot of people on this board are making me sounds arrogant and rude and I SWEAR really, I WAS JUST ASKING A QUESTION. My question did change slighty because I was starting to ask it as a general and then got specific. I apologize.

 

[3kidz4dis]

Why not just wait to go to WDW until the kids are old enough to "handle" waiting in line?

This was the kind of comment I really didn't expect to get by starting this thread. WOW!

 

[Deb & Bill]

Sorry, what you are doing is line cutting, no matter how you phrase it. If your husband lined up with the entire family, and you left with the youngest one to go to the bathroom and tried to rejoin the family, that would not be considered as rude. Yes, some will still consider it rude. But for one person to hold the space in line while the rest of the group plays somewhere else? That's line cutting.

The best way to avoid this problem is to go when the park opens, do those attractions that have the long lines and leave as soon as they start getting too long. Come back or stay a while longer and do the things that don't require a long wait in line.

 

[ptslp]

Sorry, was I RUDE? I really do not think I was. And I apologize if you think I added to everyones rudeness by people not understanding what I meant. My first question was more general and then when everyone started mentioning potty breaks and why not use fastpass ect., that is when I mentioned what I meant specifically. We are not going to be in MK until later on in the day because we are coming to see Wishes, there will probably not be any FP left and my DD and I would like to ride the Space Mountain. I have 2 othe children are too young/short to ride and was just asking if I could wait in line my myself and then the other one would come later after waiting with the others. The antsy kids would be mainly the ones not riding but my husband may or may not want to ride when we get there but he will be with the 2 who can't ride. The reason I felt I was not cutting is because no one is waiting any longer because of me. We are still only taking up one car/ride. That was my reason for feeling that it may not be considered cutting because I am not bringing a whole group of people. A lot of people on this board are making me sounds arrogant and rude and I SWEAR really, I WAS JUST ASKING A QUESTION. My question did change slighty because I was starting to ask it as a general and then got specific. I apologize.

I have been following this thread and posted earlier, but want to add something now. You can do a child swap with your dh. All of you go the the CM at the entrance (the one who measures the kids)- if one or more of your kids are not tall enough, they will give you a child swap pass (similar to a fast pass). You wait on line with the child who wants to ride while dh occupies the other kids elsewhere. When you are done riding, your dh gives you the kids and takes the child who can ride to the CM at the entrance with the child swap ticket and they will let them in the fast pass. This way, only the child who is riding waits in line and they can ride twice!!

I hope this helps and it works out for you!!

 

[Tricia1972]

...was more making a wise crack having the recent hot soarin line cutters thread in mind. definitely not trying to start that up again

I know what you mean! The poor OP here is really bearing the brundt of all of the pent up hostilities from Soarin I think. (Hopefully not 3oo posts of line cutting bashing though


To the OP - You were in no way rude. I think the comment regarding rudeness was made towards the replies you received. Now that everyone is clear on your intent, I think this has less to do with you and more to do with a person's feeling regarding cutting in general.

 

[3kidz4dis]

I have been following this thread and posted earlier, but want to add something now. You can do a child swap with your dh. All of you go the the CM at the entrance (the one who measures the kids)- if one or more of your kids are not tall enough, they will give you a child swap pass (similar to a fast pass). You wait on line with the child who wants to ride while dh occupies the other kids elsewhere. When you are done riding, your dh gives you the kids and takes the child who can ride to the CM at the entrance with the child swap ticket and they will let them in the fast pass. This way, only the child who is riding waits in line and they can ride twice!!

I hope this helps and it works out for you!!

I wasn't sure that would work at Space Mountain because DD couldn't see when me and DD get to the front to swap?

 

[sleepyone]

I wasn't sure that would work at Space Mountain because DD couldn't see when me and DD get to the front to swap?

When we did the child swap at Space Mountain, we told the Cast Member who was outside the queue. He gave me a little ticket (like a FP). My dh and dd went on the ride. When they came out, dd and I went back on. When you want to do child swap, tell a Cast Member before you get in line for a ride and they'll let you know the procedure for that particular attraction.

 

[RN2BIA]

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.

BRAVO - Take it in stride - These boards are supposed to be fun, and light hearted. With some of the responses that I have read today... I would hate to be at the most magical place on earth with some of you guys. I got an email that said something about 20 people in line... if you let 20 people in line. Please... OP didn't say she had 20 kids and if she did she would I doubt she would be standing in a line at WDW. I know some folks that won't be getting Pixie Dust the next time they go to the parks.

 

[rigs32]

The seats on Space Mountain are not two across - you sit single file. So you would actually keep someone else from that seat.

 

[kaytieeldr]

You can do a child swap with your dh. All of you go the the CM at the entrance (the one who measures the kids)- if one or more of your kids are not tall enough, they will give you a child swap pass (similar to a fast pass). You wait on line with the child who wants to ride while dh occupies the other kids elsewhere. !!

Yeah, that's one of the basic requirements of child swap - waiting in line with the child who's going to ride. Not waiting in line alone and having the child (or the rest of the family) catch up when it's convenient for them. Also, Space Mountain is individual seats, not one car per party so yes, you could well be delaying someone else who waited in line as Disney intended.
If you want to ride Space Mountain with one of your children, you and that child will have to wait in the line the entire length of it just like all the other Guests who want to ride Space Mountain. Your husband and the other children can go do something else and meet you at the exit; or he and all three children can do that if no child wants to ride Space Mountain. But no, you cannot hold four places in line for them, whether they're riding or not.

 

[taximomfor4]

i agree and have said this probably on every thread bout this subject..guess your kids and mine are the only 4 on the face of the earth that are capable of this ammazzing feat..wish i had known, could have made a million taking them on the carnival side show circuit

I have to just toss in here that some of us have children with health issues. My dd was born with a kidney abnormality. She can go potty, then have to go again 10 minutes later. She is almost 8 yrs old now, but KNOWS when she will not be able to wait. Yes, she has had accidents. One was last week. I would hope that most people in a line would let a parent and child who had to run to the bathroom back in with the rest of the family. You never know when the child you are shaking your head at is mine, or one like mine, who is just trying to be as typical as they can. I know that I am getting slightly off the topic, but just felt that perhaps I had something to contribute that was not thought of before.

As to the OP, I would not let my kids go on another ride while I held their place in line. If I were in line behind a family who did that, I would think it was very rude. I want to wish you a wonderful vacation. Plan it out, have fun, and take time to smell the roses.

 

[SnackyStacky]

I think the OP has their answer. And I think this horse has been beaten to death, so I'm going to close this one.