Groups skipping through lines...

[piccolopat]

It is already a big problem and has been for years. CM's won't address it, because they don't want to upset guests.

Disney's priorities are all wrong on this. If the CM's won't address it because they don't want to upset quests, then they are prioritizing rude guests who skip the line over those guests who wait patiently. They should be more concerned with making sure the rule breakers aren't upsetting other guests by their selfish and rude behavior.

 

[verleniahall]

I will admit that I worked my way back up to my DH, but I was having a bathroom emergancy of my own.

So I apologize if I offended anyone!!

 

[DisBuckMan]

I agree it's very rude for someone to get in line and then have others push their way through the line to join them. However, we need to be understanding when one needs to leave the line and later reenter. My DD 17 has a health condition that requires her to use the restroom every 20-30 mins. so at times she has to leave the line and then return. I'm sick of the dirty looks!

I don't think most REASONABLE people have a problem with what you're describing.

 

[MariMama]

Disney's priorities are all wrong on this. If the CM's won't address it because they don't want to upset quests, then they are prioritizing rude guests who skip the line over those guests who wait patiently. They should be more concerned with making sure the rule breakers aren't upsetting other guests by their selfish and rude behavior.

I agree with you. They are prioritizing rude guests over guests who do what they are supposed to do and follow the rules.

 

[piccolopat]

I agree it's very rude for someone to get in line and then have others push their way through the line to join them. However, we need to be understanding when one needs to leave the line and later reenter. My DD 17 has a health condition that requires her to use the restroom every 20-30 mins. so at times she has to leave the line and then return. I'm sick of the dirty looks!

I have no problem when someone who has been on line has to leave for a few minutes to attend to needs like this. I would object if there is a 90 minute standby line and the kids leave to go on another ride and then want to return to their place. It's hard to tell sometimes and I'd rather give someone the benefit of the doubt in these cases unless I know for sure (like overhearing Mom tell them to come right back after riding "X"). I do notice people who leave the line so it's easy to know when someone who wasn't there before tries to go ahead of me.

 

[DisBuckMan]

I will admit that I worked my way back up to my DH, but I was having a bathroom emergancy of my own.

So I apologize if I offended anyone!!

If you were already in line, then left due to the emergency and rejoined him, I don't think most people would have a problem with that. Now, if you had a bathroom emergency before he entered the line, then you caught up with him later in line, that's kinda rude.

 

[wondermama16]

I won't speak up, but I appreciate when others do.

On this trip a grandma and her kids pushed ahead of a family who was waiting to board a very full train. (A cast member had told them to wait as they checked for seating availability). The grandmother just pushed past and was looking for a seat on her own. Another guest stood up and told them to go back. The grandmother looked shocked, but should have known better. The hot tired family who had been waiting looked very thankful!!!

 

[verleniahall]

If you were already in line, then left due to the emergency and rejoined him, I don't think most people would have a problem with that. Now, if you had a bathroom emergency before he entered the line, then you caught up with him later in line, that's kinda rude.

Nope - I was already in line! it was the gut hurting, painful emergancy, so i wove my way out, and wove my way back - i think he moved 2 steps??

 

[Tonka's Skipper]

Yeah, I made two particular groups REALLY mad with me week before last in the line for jungle cruise. One was a family of 5 directly in front of me, where only the mother entered the line...and 10 minutes later the rest of the family comes pushing through others in line. I told them I don't know how the folks behind me felt about it, but the other 4 weren't getting in line in front of me. Apparently, the rest of the folks behind me were ok with it, since the mother simply moved behind me and the rest of the family joined her.

Not 5 minutes later, there was a cheer/youth groups (teenage girls with all the same shirts) that attempted the same thing. There were TWO of them in line several spots ahead of us. Next thing I know, there are about 10 more of them pushing their way through the line, saying they needed to catch up with their "group". It just so happened that the two that thought they were saving a spot to the others had wrapped around the queue, and were standing right beside me in the next row over. When the 10 others got to me, I simply told all of them that they were welcome to get in line together, but it would be at the back of the line...not in front of me. They were pissed, but I stood my ground and they all ended up leaving. I got lots of support from others around me on that one.

I just don't understand the way people think on things like this.

I do the same thing, especailly if we had been waiting a long time in line..........if they want to get with their *group*, their group can move back with them!. Yes they were not happy, but they moved back.

However there is also some folks with health issues and required bath breaks where it should not be a problem to move out and return.

AKK

 

[OKW Lover]

At what point did it become ok for one or two people to get in a stand-by line, then the rest of their group to "catch up" with them later, thereby skipping past lots of people.

It hasn't become OK.

 

[Gracie09]

I agree it's very rude for someone to get in line and then have others push their way through the line to join them. However, we need to be understanding when one needs to leave the line and later reenter. My DD 17 has a health condition that requires her to use the restroom every 20-30 mins. so at times she has to leave the line and then return. I'm sick of the dirty looks!

Disney has a program for people who have a problem that can prevent them from waiting in line. I would suggest she look into it. That way she no longer has to deal with dirty looks. Dh gets annoyed with line cutters and had been known to politely but firmly say no. He do any touch them or raise his voice just politely says all of these people have been waiting patiently on line. If you need to ride as a group they can join you back here. He can even say it in Spanish in case they pretend not to understand

 

[anniemae]

We have yet to experience this. I think everyone is okay with someone briefly leaving the line to use the restroom or take a child to the restroom.

What isn't okay is a group saying, "Hey mom, you get in this 60 min line and we are going to get ice cream. Text us when you are almost to the front and we will meet you."

I honestly don't know how to stop it other than one person has to stand their ground and say "you are not getting past me, if you want to be with your party, they will have to come back and meet you." I find this so difficult to do because people are so confrontational these days and I would be afraid of a fight. I suppose you could try to tell a CM, but I don't know what the policy is on this.

 

[MaryLovesPoohBear]

I agree it's very rude for someone to get in line and then have others push their way through the line to join them. However, we need to be understanding when one needs to leave the line and later reenter. My DD 17 has a health condition that requires her to use the restroom every 20-30 mins. so at times she has to leave the line and then return. I'm sick of the dirty looks!

Have you looked into getting a DAS?

 

[maltdizzy]

I have no insight of the circumstances that bring people to join/re-join others in line, neither do CM's. Some may be emergencies...bathroom, medical, sensory, hydration,...I don't care, they don't owe my an explanation and I don't owe them. If a family member or two wait at a convenient place and join their party, I don't assume they are being rude.

But that's not really the cases the OP is referring to, large groups joining one or two placeholders is much different. I know why CM's don't intervene, it's easy to act on cut-and-dry like simple line cutting, but if you have to get in a situations were excuses/reasons have to be judged, it creates a hospitality nightmare.

Still, worrying or get upset about someone "getting one over on me" or getting away with breaking the rules, isn't healthy or conducive to my vacation mindset. I've learned not to give a damn.

All I can say is never go to DL Paris, French and German cultures are famously queue-adverse. Neither the guests nor the CM's handle lines well. It does make for great entertainment value to watch though.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

Yeah, I made two particular groups REALLY mad with me week before last in the line for jungle cruise. One was a family of 5 directly in front of me, where only the mother entered the line...and 10 minutes later the rest of the family comes pushing through others in line. I told them I don't know how the folks behind me felt about it, but the other 4 weren't getting in line in front of me. Apparently, the rest of the folks behind me were ok with it, since the mother simply moved behind me and the rest of the family joined her.

Not 5 minutes later, there was a cheer/youth groups (teenage girls with all the same shirts) that attempted the same thing. There were TWO of them in line several spots ahead of us. Next thing I know, there are about 10 more of them pushing their way through the line, saying they needed to catch up with their "group". It just so happened that the two that thought they were saving a spot to the others had wrapped around the queue, and were standing right beside me in the next row over. When the 10 others got to me, I simply told all of them that they were welcome to get in line together, but it would be at the back of the line...not in front of me. They were pissed, but I stood my ground and they all ended up leaving. I got lots of support from others around me on that one.

I just don't understand the way people think on things like this.

To be honest, it bugs me. I tend not to say anything because I figure that in the grand scheme of things, it's not worth it. BUT... if I were there when YOU said something, I'd be grateful and supportive!

 

[DisBuckMan]

Still, worrying or get upset about someone "getting one over on me" or getting away with breaking the rules, isn't healthy or conducive to my vacation mindset. I've learned not to give a damn.

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That's fine, and judging by the inactivity by others every time it happens, there are many who either share your attitude, or they're too afraid or non-confrontational to say anything.

I go a different way, and guess what....it doesn't get in the way of my vacation, either.

 

[Jules76126]

I cannot stand when people try to cut the line by having one person be a placeholder. I think we can all tell when someone legitimately needs to leave the line for an emergency. I have actually had guests in line in front of me, politely ask if it is okay if they leave the line and come back as their child needed to use the restroom. There is nothing wrong with that. However, we can always tell the ones that are deliberately cutting the line. There is usually more than one person and they push their way through as the member of their party that had been is placeholder waves at them. If you had already been in line and needed to leave for a moment, you would have already known where your party was in line and wouldn't need them to flag you down.

 

[MaryLovesPoohBear]

I cannot stand when people try to cut the line by having one person be a placeholder. I think we can all tell when someone legitimately needs to leave the line for an emergency. I have actually had guests in line in front of me, politely ask if it is okay if they leave the line and come back as their child needed to use the restroom. There is nothing wrong with that. However, we can always tell the ones that are deliberately cutting the line. There is usually more than one person and they push their way through as the member of their party that had been is placeholder waves at them. If you had already been in line and needed to leave for a moment, you would have already known where your party was in line and wouldn't need them to flag you down.

Exactly.

And we would have seen you leave. Especially if we are close to where you are heading.

 

[MinnieSweetheart]

Really?

Cast members will actually tell you to allow people to cut into line? That the policy of Disney is to allow whomever wants to cut in line, to do so?

We have seen issues where the CMs don't want to step in right away, but I think it's because they know the cutters are the screamers and scene starters and will make everyone more miserable. Very few people want to deal with people like that. There was a thread last year about the man who was pushed down and a lot of posters said "This is why I just let people cut, because I don't want people screaming in my face."

 

[MinnieSweetheart]

I agree it's very rude for someone to get in line and then have others push their way through the line to join them. However, we need to be understanding when one needs to leave the line and later reenter. My DD 17 has a health condition that requires her to use the restroom every 20-30 mins. so at times she has to leave the line and then return. I'm sick of the dirty looks!

Maybe she should get a Disability card so you don't have to deal with it. Disney has a program for people with health conditions for exactly reasons like this.