Have to get this off my chest, was I wrong?

[kaybird]

I would have not only waited, but offered to take a group shot of all of them together. The queue is part of the fun! Use a FP if you want to avoid all of the things people want to take pictures of. No one takes a picture on the stairs.

 

[mackay_j]

If someone is taking multiple photos, they are out of the line and I would have This is the same thing as entering the FP return queue and the people in front of you realize that they need to start searching for the tickets, *****. At that point, though they are technically standing in front of you, they are out of the line and can be passed.

?????? - Do you feel the same at supermarkets when someone starts looking for their purse at checkout- Is this for real.

 

[atp]

I would have pointed out to them politely that the line was moving and would hope that would be enough to either get them moving or get them to tell people to go around them if they needed a lot more time.

I get that it seems to not make a difference.

However, consider this: at the haunted mansion line, or winnie the pooh, or even the TSMM one. IF say, 30% of the line wants to spend 5 minutes at each of the interactive/picture areas, and no one is supposed to go around them...can you really say that will not affect the lines and wait time? Sure, if it's ONLY one person, there is no difference. But if a lot of people do it, and I'm pretty sure there's a considerable amount who do, then it adds up, don't you think?

Why should the people who are not interested in taking pictures or playing in line, be held up by all the people in front of them who are interested?

The way I see it, those areas in line are for when the line is NOT moving. To make your WAIT better. If the line is moving, there's no wait, there's no need to hold everyone up. One could also argue that this takes away the opportunity for others to enjoy that part of the line, since once you start moving again, everyone will have to rush on by or the same issue will happen again.

 

[Reddog1134]

I would have pointed out to them politely that the line was moving and would hope that would be enough to either get them moving or get them to tell people to go around them if they needed a lot more time.

I get that it seems to not make a difference.

However, consider this: at the haunted mansion line, or winnie the pooh, or even the TSMM one. IF say, 30% of the line wants to spend 5 minutes at each of the interactive/picture areas, and no one is supposed to go around them...can you really say that will not affect the lines and wait time? Sure, if it's ONLY one person, there is no difference. But if a lot of people do it, and I'm pretty sure there's a considerable amount who do, then it adds up, don't you think?

Why should the people who are not interested in taking pictures or playing in line, be held up by all the people in front of them who are interested?

The way I see it, those areas in line are for when the line is NOT moving. To make your WAIT better. If the line is moving, there's no wait, there's no need to hold everyone up. One could also argue that this takes away the opportunity for others to enjoy that part of the line, since once you start moving again, everyone will have to rush on by or the same issue will happen again.

It would only have an effect if there was no one in line from the loading area to the first stationary person.

If guests are constantly being loaded without interruption than it has no effect.

 

[BrerNashville]

But the minute that it impacts the people behind us, we have a choice to keep taking the photos, or to keep moving with the line. . . .

What everyone has to remember is that everyone is on their own vacation and what you do on your vacation shouldn't impact others negatively. The OP didn't want to have to stand in that spot so there is no reason for him to wait more than the reasonable time it takes for one photo.

How does it negatively impact you? If they don't stop to take the photos, it will be exactly 8 minutes and thirty nine seconds for you to get to the FP merge point. If they *do* stop to take the photos, it will still take 8 minutes and thirty nine seconds to get to the FP merge point. What does it matter if you spend two minutes of that time standing still, followed by fifteen seconds of fast walking (they take the pictures), rather than two minutes and fifteen seconds of shuffle-step, shuffle step, stop, shuffle step, shuffle step, stop (no picture taking).

You get to the same place at exactly the same time.

 

[Love Tink]

Concise...courteous....reasonable.

 

[Wadecool]

 

[atp]

Yes, but say you are further behind in line, and 10 people in front of you want to spend 5 minutes in front of Mr. Potato Head. That's 50 minutes. Usually the time it takes for everyone in the stand by line to board the ride from that point on. Which would then make the delay very real. I mean, I'm sure they would be letting in lots of people from the FP line in, so the ride wouldn't be empty or anything like that. But people in the stand by would be waiting much longer. Not the person right behind the picture taker, that wait is irrelevant to that one person. But it can be very relevant to someone 30 spots behind her.

 

[mesaboy2]

Yes, but say you are further behind in line, and 10 people in front of you want to spend 5 minutes in front of Mr. Potato Head. That's 50 minutes. Usually the time it takes for everyone in the stand by line to board the ride from that point on. Which would then make the delay very real. I mean, I'm sure they would be letting in lots of people from the FP line in, so the ride wouldn't be empty or anything like that. But people in the stand by would be waiting much longer. Not the person right behind the picture taker, that wait is irrelevant to that one person. But it can be very relevant to someone 30 spots behind her.

As long as each dawdler catches up to the person in front of them before the FP merge point--which is still quite a ways up--there is zero impact to anyone's wait time to get on the ride.

 

[walkdmc]

?????? - Do you feel the same at supermarkets when someone starts looking for their purse at checkout- Is this for real.

I don't, because by that time, all their stuff is on the belt. And let's be clear, they're usually looking for their check book, pen, and reading glasses. The purse is found easily.

 

[grimley1968]

I guess I come down in the camp of waiting for them to take photos, even if people are taking a ridiculous amount of time taking them. Like another poster said, I'd offer to take a group photo of them altogether, especially if that means they'll be done with it after that.

It would be annoying, yes, but that's probably better than having to wait the rest of the line with the photo hogs glaring at you, yelling at you, etc.

I don't blame the OP, though. I guess I'd just "try" to be the bigger person. (Try is in quotes because I'm not always personally successful in these attempts).

 

[TravelGrl]

?????? - Do you feel the same at supermarkets when someone starts looking for their purse at checkout- Is this for real.

Give me a break! The whole transaction at a supermarket takes much longer than waving the FP tickets to the cast member and walking on. There is no comparison here to what I was describing. What I meant is not if someone just goes into their pocket and hands the tickets to the CM, when they need to start searching through multiple bags - yup sorry they are out of the line. The cast members also ask "Please have your tickets ready".

 

[nytimez]

Yes, but say you are further behind in line, and 10 people in front of you want to spend 5 minutes in front of Mr. Potato Head. That's 50 minutes. Usually the time it takes for everyone in the stand by line to board the ride from that point on. Which would then make the delay very real. I mean, I'm sure they would be letting in lots of people from the FP line in, so the ride wouldn't be empty or anything like that. But people in the stand by would be waiting much longer. Not the person right behind the picture taker, that wait is irrelevant to that one person. But it can be very relevant to someone 30 spots behind her.

That's a theoretical and you can use any number you want. In theory, 10 people want to spend 10 hours in front of Mr. Potato Head and you'll never get to the ride.

The reality is that the "natural" flow of the line usually gives most people all the Potato Head they want and when people occasionally stop in front of it the gap between them and the next group is seldom more than anything from a few feet to a few dozen feet.

But even if it's 50 feet, does it matter? It will take them all of 10 seconds to close that space and bring everyone to where they "should" be in line without anyone suffering a delay in actually boarding the attraction. Unless, of course -- as mesaboy points out -- the people stopped at Potato Head are literally the only things standing between you and boarding the ride, or at least the FP merge point.

 

[SOnotLayuh]

When people do this it's definitely annoying, but I agree with PPs who say that they'd wait unless the rest of the line was empty up to the FP merge.

 

[Hooked On The Mouse]

I guess I come down in the camp of waiting for them to take photos, even if people are taking a ridiculous amount of time taking them. Like another poster said, I'd offer to take a group photo of them altogether, especially if that means they'll be done with it after that.

It would be annoying, yes, but that's probably better than having to wait the rest of the line with the photo hogs glaring at you, yelling at you, etc.

I don't blame the OP, though. I guess I'd just "try" to be the bigger person. (Try is in quotes because I'm not always personally successful in these attempts).

I agree with this; also with what people have said about an empty queue as opposed to one which only has a gap due to picture-takers. I would have waited; but I think the other person was extremely rude in their reaction. I also like to take pictures, sometimes in queues, but I think people should always be quick and mindful of those who may FEEL that you are holding them up, whether or not that is objectively the case.

 

[thomas998]

Remember you are on vacation and its YOUR TIME to enjoy... if someone wants to use there time to pose for pictures let them... politely tell them the line is moving... if they don't stop taking picture and move then you pass them by... if they want to have a stare down, give them the bird or some choice words.

There is no real rules to lines, as you find when the groups of Brazilian teenagers arrive, it is a survival of the fittest.... last time I checked there was no federal or state law on line etiquette, nor are there any posed rules so it really is a matter of you and what you want to do.... but don't let someone giving you the evil eye ruin your day... at the very least smile and laugh at them - it will really tick them off.

 

[BrerNashville]

There is no real rules to lines

There's at least one rule -- No cutting in line.

And if you agree that it is cutting to jump in front of somebody to fill a two foot gap between them and the next person in front of them, no matter the reason for the gap, I don't see the difference in jumping in front of them to fill a thirty foot gap, when their dalliance will not affect, in any way, the time you get on the ride (or, in TSM case, to the FP merge point).

 

[KellyNY]

There's at least one rule -- No cutting in line.

And if you agree that it is cutting to jump in front of somebody to fill a two foot gap between them and the next person in front of them, no matter the reason for the gap, I don't see the difference in jumping in front of them to fill a thirty foot gap, when their dalliance will not affect, in any way, the time you get on the ride (or, in TSM case, to the FP merge point).

There is also a rule to move instead of stopping and creating gaps.

 

[chimo2u]

I don't understand why my question would be considered harassing. He said they should rejoin the line and could easily do so. I'm wondering if it's really that easy. Has ANYONE here ever been in that situation, where you've let someone who stepped out of the line rejoin it in front of you? Is it really fair or accurate to say they can easily rejoin the line?



See? Was that so hard? Why did this question bother you so much?

Sorry Harrassing, was probably a harsh choice of words.....I merely meant to question why you kept asking the same question over again...glad the poster your question was aimed at found the humour in the question and kept us awaiting his reply, LOL.... no harm meant, I am definitely not a mind reader...

 

[BrerNashville]

There is also a rule to move instead of stopping and creating gaps.

Really? Where is that rule posted?