Etiquette cards for queues

[spaceacewannabe]

I agree with this one.

And I'd also like "No Farting"

Just wait to fart until someone is standing too close

 

[Dorisk3]

You have got to be joking- do you realize how many people you would offend by being Miss Manners of the Line Police?

 

[notnothin]

let the CM's do their job.

Oh, wouldn't it be great if they would actually ever do something about the line jumpers, rather than stand there and smile?!

And I'd also like "No Farting"

Now that one is choice!

The other side should say 'You have fat rolls, please avoid cropped tops'. I would never say that or hand a note to someone that said it, but I wish I could.

omg, I am rolling after reading that one!

 

[purpliequeen]

OK I get the gist but I don't think it would work. People can be really evil sometimes and they'll just do whatever they're doing or exaggerate it even more. I think you're just provoking anger. I agree, even though the CMs tend to have a blind eye, I think it's up to them to solve the situation. If it's really that bad, call the CM over or report it to the general manager. However, I don't think handing out little cards are going to solve the problem. If it did, people all over would be handing them out- in supermarkets, on buses, in the subway.

Another one of my pet peeves is littering. Keep the parks clean by throwing out your junk. It's not that hard considering the amount of trash cans around the parks. However, if you hand out cards, they are most likely going to be ripped up and dumped on the ground. Now are you going to pick up the little pieces? Your whole line will be littered with little cards here and there. I don't think that's solving any situation in the long run.

I do understand your frustrations- I feel them too. I get annoyed really easily. However, I learn to deal with them. Not everyone is raised the same way we are.

 

[Hooked_on_Mickey]

I would add

Also posted outside restaurants:
Please refrain from nose-picking until at the privacy of your resort room.

and...

Scratch that itch elswhere.

 

[Disneyrsh]

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[tkitty]

Nice thought, but bad idea in reality. Hows about printing the rules on the back of your T-shirt. At least those behind you might get the hint!

 

[Allison]

Me, I'd probably laugh at you if you handed me a card for one of the trangressions. Which would inevitably make you even madder than the trangression itself.

I was thinking the same thing and I'm a rule follower.

 

[flyinglizard]

Stupid idea.

The people you want to give a card don't care about etiquette, courtesy, rules or you. Most of them probably can't read english, including the Americans.

I do suggest the cards be printed on edible paper...

 

[sjcmi]

Wow I never expected such replies. I was only joking about the cards, more wishful thinking than anything else. I know that the people who jump lines and smoke outside of the designated areas dont give a flying flap about anything I say or give them printed on a card.

The last time I was at Animal Kingdom I kept a family from joining two kids they had run ahead to get into line from cutting ahead of me on Primevil Whirl. It got very heated and came very close to blows, There were two cast members at the start of the queue and both were aware of what was going on and did not offer any help. I am not a small or timid person, but someone who follows the rules and expects others to do the same.

I paid just as much as these other people to enjoy the parks, I don't care to wait any longer than they do. But when I book my trip to Disney I accept the fact that yes, I am going to have to stand in lines, its just a different sort of price we have to pay.

I think if more people spoke up for what they know is right and at least tell they people who are breaking the rules to stop, Disney would have to enforce the rules instead of turning a blind eye. On reflection I should have asked the two cast members who observed the incident to speak to thier supervisor, but hindsight is 20/20.

 

[Disneyrsh]

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[MidgeD79]

sjcmi Welcome to the boards from another michigander! Please don't take things say on here to personally. Things do get lost in translation when people are trying to write. It is VERY frustrating when people cut in line. If the cms were more vigilant about their job (preventing line-cutters etc) then we wouldn't have to do it. Let's stop to think for a moment what would happen if nobody stopped linecutters......

 

[Disneyrsh]

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[maxiesmom]

I just wonder why Disney has rules, yet doesn't bother to have their CM's enforce them??? I'm not saying that there still wouldn't be problems, but if the CM's would politely say something to the offenders, how nice it would be!

 

[disneyjunkie]

I just have to point out here, you turned what was a minor annoyance into a MAJOR scene!

I can't remember how many times I've been cut in line at Disney, but if I had done what you did, every time I think about it my blood pressure would go up and it'd stress me out and I'd now have some long-term bad memories.

You totally activated your "fight or flight" instinct in your body, and that's VERY stressful and damaging. Now every time somebody tries to cut by you, instead of being annoyed, your body now goes into FIGHT mode. What's next, FIGHT mode over mugs? Parking?

There are some things that I will absolutely fight over, like kids at movie theaters kicking the back of my chairs (I stand up in front of the parent, blocking their view, and wait until they either discipline the kid or move), but 99% of the time you gotta let it go or it'll make you sick!


Do you really think you're doing yourself any favors by being so militant?

This is the reason line cutting continues to be a problem in the parks. The cutters know that the 9 times out of 10, the person they are cutting, will just ignore it.

If more people would speak up, cutting would be such an issue.

OP I'm surprised by the replies you're getting. I thought it was obvious that you were joking about passing out etiquette cards.

 

[sjcmi]

Maybe you are right, maybe we should just let all the ignorant and rude people walk all over us. Its much better to let our anger just stew inside of us, instead of having the courage to stand up to these people. If we start to confront these people about thier behavior they will finally realize that they are not going to be able to cut in line etc. and follow the rules like all the other decent people at WDW.

I am not militant but I will not let other people take advantage of me either.

 

[hamlet35_2000]

I literally had to block an entire group of Brazillians from cutting in front of me...it gets very annoying, and Disney really turns a blind eye on the Brazillian Tour Groups...they are loud and obnoxious, and they cut in front of lines all of the time thinking that because they have one person in the line (usually one of the flag wavers) that 30 0r 40 0f them can get into the line as well. And Disney allows this all of the time. But generally, people do know how to behave and families with kids that might have problems waiting in the line and so rejoin the rest of their familes towards the front is not an issue.

My suggestion...use Tour Guide Mike (see up top banner ad) and don't wait in lines at all. We just got back a couple of weeks ago, and never waited in a line more than 10 minutes.

 

[hamlet35_2000]

Maybe you are right, maybe we should just let all the ignorant and rude people walk all over us. Its much better to let our anger just stew inside of us, instead of having the courage to stand up to these people. If we start to confront these people about thier behavior they will finally realize that they are not going to be able to cut in line etc. and follow the rules like all the other decent people at WDW.

I am not militant but I will not let other people take advantage of me either.

Or so many fights will begin to break out that WDW will have to do something...that will surely make it "the Happiest Place on Earth".

 

[seashoreCM]

I have been toying with the idea of printing up a small business card size list of ride queue etiquette to pass out to those who are "challenged" when it comes to waiting in line.

90% of those who appear to be challenged are not challenged; they are challenging.

90% of driving infractions are intentional.

I just wonder why Disney has rules, yet doesn't bother to have their CM's enforce them??? !

(copied from another post)
Disney has lost control over the matter. Disney needs FAM's (q.v. via Google) not CM's to bring about improvement.

Disney hints:
http://members.aol.com/ajaynejr/disney.htm

 

[sjcmi]

I am not encouraging fighting at WDW, I enjoy the peacefullness of the parks as much if not more than the next person. I want to maintain the quality of the parks for everyone to enjoy. But rude and inconsiderate people should not be able to do more things or wait less time than the rest of us.
Its not just at Disney either, I see this behavior everyday, in almost every situation. A friend of mine used to say that people are like this because they are allowed to get away with it. I have taken the "Just say NO" attitude. I will tell a person who tries to line jump on me "NO". If they have a problem with that they can go get a cast member.