How to handle line cutting?

[Pea-n-Me]

My kids know that it’s not okay (by our family’s standards) because my husband and I always hold them back from getting in the line until our total party (sometimes as large as 9 people) is there.

They also know that when cutting happens we choose to ignore it, because it’s not our job to police it and we don’t want conflict on vacation.

Admittedly, my husband is better at all of this than I am, and really sets the tone. I am grateful for the example he has set in that regard. I have a more fiery personality and did kind of get into it at the airport once with another entitled family…but afterwards I realized it wasn’t worth it, and travel sometimes brings out the worst in people, self included. Since then I try to give grace all around.

Naturally my family has standards too. But it makes an impact to see it in action.

 

[Mr_Woodchuck]

I give them the stink eye and then let them go ahead.

 

[georgina]

I'm not a fan. Wait for your group and get in line together. Last AH at MK that I went to, at least 8 teens pushed past everyone in the Space Mtn line to get up to where their friends supposedly were. And they were pushy. Near the end, because I was solo, I got to push past all of them. Gave them the same 'excuse me' line they used on all of us peons. It was somewhat satisfying.

 

[ML_LovesDisney]

I just read an article about a gentleman that was arrested for supposedly pushing a 18 year old female when she and her friend tried to get past him “to meet up with a friend” farther up the line. I am not condoning his actions but it got me thinking how do you keep people from cutting front of you in a cue line- not a merge point line where you have to fill in all available space?
Is there a proper way? I have been known to announce loudly that they should have all gotten in line together and sorry but they arent getting in front of me and just because all the people behind me didnt mind them getting in front of them i am not allowing it and they can stand behind me. Is that correct or should just let them go in front of you?

I also don't say anything and just let them pass in regular lines (I'm always in LL queue) because I don't know the situation (maybe they had a bathroom situation, etc). What gets me is when people start aggressively pushing past you at GoTg as you make your way from show to ride queue. breaking up my larger party, I will say excuse me, this is my party and I'm trying to stay with them. As others have said, its pointless to let it ruin my day, but if you start tromping on smaller children in my group to push past, I can't let that go as easily.

 

[Lumpy1106]

Disney definitely knows people do it and aren’t going to do much because they don’t want to create a situation for a public altercation. But the attitude that it’s “just one more” I do not get. When multiple people cut, it’s lots of people, which makes the line that much longer for those of us following the rules.

In what other situation is line cutting okay? Do you go the grocery store and just cut in front of people in the checkout line? If there’s a wait at a restaurant do you just push past people when their table is ready and take it instead? Like…what? It’s straight entitlement, which people are apparently justifying at Disney and teaching their kids is ok.

You missed my sarcasm in the "what's one more" statement. I'm not a fan of LL - to me it's just paid line cutting. Clearly I am not winning that argument - so be it. AM I happy about the unpaid line cutters? No, but I wasn't happy about the paid ones either...so...not really sure how to put that into words, but not going to let it ruin my day, either way.

 

[RivGirl]

I also don't say anything and just let them pass in regular lines (I'm always in LL queue) because I don't know the situation (maybe they had a bathroom situation, etc). What gets me is when people start aggressively pushing past you at GoTg as you make your way from show to ride queue. breaking up my larger party, I will say excuse me, this is my party and I'm trying to stay with them. As others have said, its pointless to let it ruin my day, but if you start tromping on smaller children in my group to push past, I can't let that go as easily.

Concerning GotG: we now always wait to the left side of the room and let everyone else funnel themselves ahead into the tiny, cramped hallway of doom. It doesn’t add but maybe a few minutes to the overall wait, and you get a blissfully uncrowded hallway to yourself and plenty of space in the loading room, too, until the next group funnels in.

 

[_19disnA]

I think it depends on how confrontational you want to be. Situations can easily escalate into something much worse if you try to handle it on your own. Perhaps someone did need to use the rest room, I doubt there is any way to prove that. I would be more inclined to inform someone from Disney controlling the waiting area, I am sure they are trained on how to deal with such situations.

In all the years of going to Disney, I can't recall ever running into anyone trying to cut in line, but likely it has happened to some.

 

[lovethattink]

I applied for DAS and was denied. The accommodation they suggested was that my party wait in standby queue, call me when near boarding and I meet them in line. So in effect, I’d be line cutting as my accommodation.

 

[BrianL]

Concerning GotG: we now always wait to the left side of the room and let everyone else funnel themselves ahead into the tiny, cramped hallway of doom. It doesn’t add but maybe a few minutes to the overall wait, and you get a blissfully uncrowded hallway to yourself and plenty of space in the loading room, too, until the next group funnels in.

I don't know if they do anything at Cosmic Rewind, but I love it when there is a little detail that you miss if you run out as soon as the doors open. At GotG Mission: Breakout, if you hang back in the pre-show room, you can see Rocket grab Peter Quill's walkman, which plays into the story too.

 

[Becky2005]

I applied for DAS and was denied. The accommodation they suggested was that my party wait in standby queue, call me when near boarding and I meet them in line. So in effect, I’d be line cutting as my accommodation.

I think that is what makes it harder now. I legit don't know if the people are just pushing past being line cutters or if they weren't able to get the DAS and this is the accommodation that Disney themselves have told them to use.

Only on Rise have I seen a CM on occasion accompanying a guest while trying to get through the line (I assumed it was an accommodation type situation), otherwise I think you are on your own to get through the line to meet back up with your party.

I just let people go not knowing the situations and it only happened a very few times on my last visit.

 

[RivGirl]

I don't know if they do anything at Cosmic Rewind, but I love it when there is a little detail that you miss if you run out as soon as the doors open. At GotG Mission: Breakout, if you hang back in the pre-show room, you can see Rocket gran Peter Quill's walkman, which plays into the story too.

That’s awesome! I haven’t noticed anything like that at Cosmic Rewind, but I’m also busy hanging on to the collars of my kids and hissing at them to wait.

 

[nduckles]

I let them pass but have been known to say loudly, "Oh, they must be VERY important."

 

[team bradfield]

were usually LL, really don't see many line cutters, but we go at slow times, jan/feb, we always hang back on Rise and GotG and let the crowd clear, much more enjoyable

 

[Tatebeck]

If it's one person I let them through. Maybe 2. Because they could have left the line to go to the restroom just before we entered the line and are coming back. Other than that if we have been in line for a while and it is a large group with apparently someone else saving a spot ahead I would consider that saving a place in line, which is not allowed per their rules. So I may tell them that they cannot skip ahead of me but the rest of their group is free to come back and join them back here.

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/park-rules/#guest-courtesy-and-attire-policies

• Please show common courtesy to fellow Guests and our Cast Members by not using profanity or engaging in unsafe, illegal, disruptive or offensive behavior, jumping lines or saving places in lines for others. For your safety and the safety of others, please refrain from running except in designated areas.

 

[MinnieMSue]

I’m an autistic rule follower and my mind can’t wrap itself around people “cheating”. I have always mentally had a hard time with it. But I usually just let them go and hope that fate at some point balances it out. Now if I personally am starting to spiral it can be a problem and it can be the straw that breaks the camels back and I cannot handle it so I would have to leave the line before I lose it in an embarrassing way. It is a me problem and unfortunately it is what it is. I was given a weird alternative to DAS and I can’t use it because of fear of them making us cut the line like this.

 

[gottalovepluto]

I applied for DAS and was denied. The accommodation they suggested was that my party wait in standby queue, call me when near boarding and I meet them in line. So in effect, I’d be line cutting as my accommodation.

A VERY good reminder! This accommodation is recommended to a lot of old DAS users.

 

[georgina]

I also don't say anything and just let them pass in regular lines (I'm always in LL queue) because I don't know the situation (maybe they had a bathroom situation, etc). What gets me is when people start aggressively pushing past you at GoTg as you make your way from show to ride queue. breaking up my larger party, I will say excuse me, this is my party and I'm trying to stay with them. As others have said, its pointless to let it ruin my day, but if you start tromping on smaller children in my group to push past, I can't let that go as easily.

That's a hard one as a solo also. I just walk along, if I get in the middle of a family I will let them get together, but there are also many entire groups just pushing ahead of me

 

[CAPSLOCK]

I absolutely do not believe that Disney's return to queue alternative involves having people wade through the entire standby line to meet their party all the way at the end. They may not specify over the phone, but in reality I am sure you are meeting up via the LL queue or another alternative meeting method. There is just no way that they are requiring/advocating for someone to maneuver past a 2hr queue to join up. Catch up at the LL merge or get let in a side door near your party makes perfect sense.

 

[cheryl.UK]

I applied for DAS and was denied. The accommodation they suggested was that my party wait in standby queue, call me when near boarding and I meet them in line. So in effect, I’d be line cutting as my accommodation.

This! This is exactly why the new DAS system doesn't work. My adult DD can't wait in line due to what they consider to be mild autism. Yes, it's mild in that she lives what most people would recognise as a normal life but at the cost of crippling anxiety sometimes and the thing that triggers her most is people touching her, even accidentally. Can you imagine her making her way through a line of people who think she's just cutting in. We haven't been able to take her since the changes in DAS and doubt she will ever be able to go unless something changes.

 

[Rory607]

I let them pass but have been known to say loudly, "Oh, they must be VERY important."

Lol. Not the same situation, but we did a vip tour at Epic and it was the best day, but I truly felt incredibly uncomfortable going to the front of the line. It wasn’t obvious at every attraction, but some it was and I’m sure people were annoyed. It was large splurge we did for a few reasons that we’ll likely never do again. I can’t imagine just cutting when it’s actually breaking the rules