Does line jumping/saving bother anyone else?

[mingo77]

we just returned from a great trip last week. The parks seemed crowded but what we experienced at Disney Quest ruined my whole day. Waiting in a very slow moving line for Pirate , I began to notice that parents were saving a space in line for their children. Once they got near the front of the line they would call out to them to "jump in". this happened several times as I told my children waiting endlessly that no they had to wait and not run and play while my DH and I waited. What are the thoughts out there on this practice.??? We didnt notice this at the Parks as much.
Am I just an old fuddy-duddy

 

[cleo]

Just a friendly reminder to keep replies 'friendly'!

 

[JennaTX]

I have a DS who is 2 1/2 and a DD who is 5. We plan on either me or my DH to stand in line with DD while the other is with DS on the rides that we can "cut" into. This is as much for us as the people standing around us, he is your typical 2 year old boy, wild and crazy! I would much rather have someone "cut" into the line, then standing with a crying toddler next to me. It would bother me if people did this who had older children or no children at all. But this is just my opinion, and I understand why it might upset some people.

 

[A Mickeyfan]

I see nothing wrong with the parents on line & maybe 2 or 3 children joining them when they get closer, what I don't like is people who have 1 person waiting & then 6+ people join in. What is even worse is no one waiting and people just out right trying to sneak infront... and I have seen that happen

 

[Wish I lived in Fl]

It it was 4 or less people per group on line it wouldn't bother me. Think it would be easier on line experience without kids crabbing, twirling around, being reprimanded. But if it was 15 or more waiting offside then it would seem that your turn would be next when in reality you had many more people in front of you.

 

[rascalmom]

I've seen this at DQ too. It really doesn't bother me - I'm waiting the same amount of time either way. Wouldn't it be nice if they could give out those little pager thingies like restaurants use for the slow moving attractions at DQ. There's a lot to explore there & just standing in line seems like a waste. How about FastPass?

 

[lclark0621]

I think it depends on the age of the child.

I remember when I went with my family, there were many times my Mom would have me wait out of line with my little brother as she moved through the line. Then when she got close we would jump in.

My brother was a crazy child. There is no way he would have stood still in line for long. He would annoy everyone in line if we had made him wait. So for his, ours' & everyone else's in line sanity, my brother and I would wait elsewhere while Mom moved through the line.

I think we stopped doing this when he was around 7 or so. That was when he had the capicity to wait for a ride.

Now I have a 18 month old DS. He will be 21 months when we go back to Disney. I forsee many lines where DH or I will take him out of line to walk around as the other waits in line.

I just don't think really young kids have the mental capicity to stand still as you go through a line. I think if we tired to make our DS wait for to long as we moved through the lines, the screams alone would be enough for the people around us to ask us to take DS out of the line to wait.

Now if you are talking about older kids and teens, then yes, I agree they should wait in line like everyone else.

But I have no problem with letting kids run off their excitment as Mom or Dad wait in line. After all they are on vacation to & should be enjoying themselves.

 

[CherCrazy]

Saving spaces for someone is OK by me...sometimes you just haveta go potty!! Especially when you are stuck in a REALLY long line with no Fast Pass!!

But I hate it when people cut in line!!

 

[A Mickeyfan]

I think it depends on the age of the child.

I just don't think really young kids have the mental capicity to stand still as you go through a line. I think if we tired to make our DS wait for to long as we moved through the lines, the screams alone would be enough for the people around us to ask us to take DS out of the line to wait.

Now if you are talking about older kids and teens, then yes, I agree they should wait in line like everyone else.
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I hate to have to disagree with you here, but many older children don't have the ability to stand in line long either. Have you ever been behind children that are say 7-10 & they are swinging on the ropes or flipping over the bars? They would be better off waiting off-line and joining parents later, not only better for them, but better for you as well. You can't fault them, nor the parents for the behavior. There is only a small time frame that any child can just stand and do nothing. Also there may be a hidden disability that we don't know of on the older child or teen.... so to be fair to someone, I give them the benifit of the doubt.... when it is just a few...

 

[lclark0621]

I think it depends on the age of the child.

I just don't think really young kids have the mental capicity to stand still as you go through a line. I think if we tired to make our DS wait for to long as we moved through the lines, the screams alone would be enough for the people around us to ask us to take DS out of the line to wait.

Now if you are talking about older kids and teens, then yes, I agree they should wait in line like everyone else.
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I hate to have to disagree with you here, but many older children don't have the ability to stand in line long either. Have you ever been behind children that are say 7-10 & they are swinging on the ropes or flipping over the bars? They would be better off waiting off-line and joining parents later, not only better for them, but better for you as well. You can't fault them, nor the parents for the behavior. There is only a small time frame that any child can just stand and do nothing. Also there may be a hidden disability that we don't know of on the older child or teen.... so to be fair to someone, I give them the benifit of the doubt.... when it is just a few...

You know, you are absolutly right! I mis spoke. It totally depends on the individual child, not nesecarily age.

Some 7 year olds can wait in line. Some 10 year olds cant. Just depends on the child.

But I do think, that one adult waiting in line while 6 or more teenagers pal around outside the line can be annoying. As long as they are healty & able, they should be in line to.

 

[rkmassa]

We have always taught our children to wait in line. We explained about lines and having to wait. From the time my daughter was 2 she was in line waiting for rides no matter how long it took, and there was no FP then. I remember my DH standing in line, out in the sun, for almost an hour waiting to meet Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, and Eyeore. The character greeting was at the old 20,000 Leagues place. My daughter stood with him-wearing her sun hat of course. My son, who does not have the patience of his sister, also has learned to wait. Same explanations to him about waiting and long lines. We tell them if they can't wait in line and be good, they don't get to ride. It is just that simple. We choose not to reward bad behavior. If my kids are too tired to wait in line, then that tells me to take a break and do something else like go back to the room and swim or take a nap. I am not saying that this works for everyone. This is just our own personal practice. So yes, it does bother me a bit to see children jump in line at the last minute. Of course potty emergencies are another story. I have those myself.

 

[Princess Wannabe]

Gosh, sometimes I have DH stand in line so I can run over to an interesting shop, and pick up that perfect souviner "in private" so I can hide it and surprise either him or the kids later! Again, I don't mind when I see a small group jump back in, but I never really thought I could be offending someone when I 'slipped' over to a store for a quick purchase....!

 

[CourtasanSatine]

If it's little kids or someone hitting the bathroom,no harm done

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

It it was 4 or less people per group on line it wouldn't bother me. Think it would be easier on line experience without kids crabbing, twirling around, being reprimanded. But if it was 15 or more waiting offside then it would seem that your turn would be next when in reality you had many more people in front of you.

This is the way I feel... especially if it's not going to effect the outcome for me anyway. Like at DQ there are a lot of things that I'm NOT going to be doing with that person anyway! So they are still taking up "one spot". (like that raft thing- I'm not getting on with that dad and mom anyway- so it doesn't bother me if their children show up to get on the raft with them- yanno?)

I WISH we could do it that way- but our kids are too young to go running off to do other things and come back to get in line when we're closer to the front of the line. So we, and everyone around us, have to endure my children standing in line- and believe me... sometimes it's not pretty. LOL

At the parks it is rare that it's even possible to have part of your party leave the line and then regroup when the others are close to the front of the line. The only time we've done this was for Big Bear (line is outside so we could "cut" back in) and only because my youngest two had to go "potty" - we'd already waited a long time in line... there was no way I was going to get us all out of line again and wait for the next show and spend half the day waiting for that one show. So I just cut out- took the younger two to go potty- and cut back in. (my husband and oldest child kept the place in line). If anyone had a problem with it- they SHOULDN'T have... nothing changed for them. We were in front of them to begin with, had waited longer (even if just a few minutes- doesn't matter) than them anyway (had to, for us to be in front of them) and our leaving/returning didn't *change* their status in line at all. I guess that wouldn't have been the same if my DH and oldest had gotten in line and waited and we just showed up later to cut though....

(ps. there were LOTS of other people that did the same thing as we did in that line that day. When people have to "go" they have to go. LOL)

 

[valandemmy]

I dont think it matters that much.... personally, I think i would rather stand behind a screaming child (im used to it) than I would a group of Teen/preteen's, that are roaming the park with out supervision, they tend to be louder and more obnoxious

 

[Jamesbyr]

Where do the Brazilian tour groups come into play here?

 

[luvthatduke]

I'm surprised no one has offered this scenario:

When waiting in any line, anywhere (not just WDW),
if someone in our party is missing and going to be hopping back in
I make it a point to smile at the person behind me
and explain that "__________________" (fill in the blank).
This applies to potty breaks, or calming a young child down,
or running over to a store, etc.
To me that is just common courtesy,
and most people are very nice about it, say "no problem,"
and are thankful that I cared enough to mention it to them.
I really think it takes any "edge" off of a potential situation
if the people behind us were to be annoyed.
Just a thought...

ETA: Jamesbyr, you're a naughty DIS'r!! But funny

 

[Figment_Faerie]

If you are old enough to ride the ride, then you are old enough to stand in line for that ride. If you do not have enough mental and/or physical energy to withstand a wait in a line, then I don't think you should be in that line (yes, I know there are special circumstances with the handicapped, where I am happy to let people line save). When I have kids, which won't be soon thankfully (im 17), they will stand. If they want to ride, they have to wait just like every other paying "guest" does. If they don't want to wait, then we can leave. MHO

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

Said like a 17yr old who doesn't have children that need to go potty.

LOL

 

[karensi]

If you are old enough to ride the ride, then you are old enough to stand in line for that ride. If you do not have enough mental and/or physical energy to withstand a wait in a line, then I don't think you should be in that line (yes, I know there are special circumstances with the handicapped, where I am happy to let people line save). When I have kids, which won't be soon thankfully (im 17), they will stand. If they want to ride, they have to wait just like every other paying "guest" does. If they don't want to wait, then we can leave. MHO

It's very easy to talk the talk, MUCH harder to walk the walk.