Is it rude to have husband wait in line to get in the gates while we get a Starbucks?

[Pamela M]

I’d be ok with 2 wait and 2 go.

 

[Shanti]

I agree with a PP that the ideal thing is for one person to get the Starbucks while the others wait in line. That is less likely to annoy others.

 

[Kender]

I'm among those that wouldn't find it rude at all. It's not like you're bringing up a huge group. You're bringing up kids.

I don't judge adults that return to a line with a couple kids especially. Even if they have Starbucks in their hands, for all I know those kids needed the bathroom.

 

[Wubar]

Surefire way to NOT offend everyone?

Bring Starbucks for everyone!!! After all, if you can afford to vacation at Disney...

Never mind. There will always be the one that wanted soy milk or half-caf, or couldn't possibly have a coffee without a scone in the other hand....just forget it then.

 

[mommy2allyandaveri]

I see no issues at all with this.

 

[tnzzz]

We do this often, where I order online when we get in the bag check line then my wife takes our kids and gets in line while a grab our coffees. I’ve honestly never thought some would view this as rude, but then I’ve had groups of 3+ join a friend in line last minute and thought that was rude. I suppose it’s not very different.

ETA: there are also times she sits to the side with the kids, instead of in line, depending on how early we are. Either way we have littles and it saves them some walking first thing in the AM.

 

[StageTek]

How about...

Head to Starbucks half an hour earlier than you originally planned, get your drinks an all get in line at the gates at the same time.

 

[avalon451]

Yes, I would find that rather rude.
BTW, You can get SB's inside the park.

Yes, but you can't mobile order at the one inside the park. You can at the DTD one. The big advantage of mobile order is putting it in 15 minutes before you get there, and walking past that huge line and just picking it up.

Again, don't see a problem with this if just one person goes to get the coffee while the rest of the fam stand in line. It's no different than taking a kid to the bathroom.

 

[WonkaKid]

In my opinion having a "place holder" is not cool.

I totally get this and it sometimes annoys me when I see it happen especially if it's a large party -- that doesn't seem fair. However, a party of two or three doesn't feel like a big deal to me and I see it happen all the time. Accordingly, I simply let it go. Everyone seems to do it and I've even done it myself. Moreover, when this happens and I'm still the first on PP (and I almost always am), I feel that there's no real harm in it. So two or three people got ahead of me by joining their party. I still got what I arrived early for -- first in line on PP.

One thing that really irks me and several other people I know that are AP holders, however: when a child runs to be first on PP... and then his/her family of like six then saunters up and joins the kid in question. That is definitely not cool. If a single parent wants to join them, sure. By all means. But not an entire family. I feel that there should be a rule against this.

 

[JeninBrant]

Mobile order is how we do it! We order right after we go through security, take the tram and grab our coffee at SB. I wouldn’t have a line holder.

 

[HuskyGal]

I did something similar - one day when they had the no bag security line they told people to separate and meet their parties on the other side. My daughter and I went ahead and got in the gate entry line while DH and DS went through a stroller/bag security line. They met us in line as they were letting people in the gates. I feel like people didn’t like that especially when they saw a double stroller coming. One time my kids and I got in a ride line while DH was parking the stroller, the fantasyland lines ended up being too skinny for him to pass people in line so I told people to go ahead of us.

 

[Whistlebee]

I don’t find it rude at all. Depending on how early you line up you could be there an hour. I don’t think the entire group needs to wait together. If 10 of your closest friends joined you in line...ok...I might think it was rude...but it’s not like it’s going to ruin my day or anything. I don’t think it’s that big of a deal, honestly.

 

[gottalovepluto]

Do it. It's your vacation what others think doesn't matter. Might you tick off the person behind you? Yep. Ya might. Odds say they won't say anything and therefore you won't have an issue. If ticking someone off matters enough to drag the whole family out of bed a half hour earlier to you that's your business & I don't judge. Personally, the person behind me can just deal with it. After all, when is the last time a fight was reported anywhere over this? Never. (The person behind you is stuck because if they say something & it starts a fight you'll both be pulled from the line.)

 

[isabellea]

I would leave the kids with your husband and join later or leave early and all go to Starbucks.

 

[cruisehopeful]

It happens all the time. It's not that big of a deal, but when 10 people ahead of me do it with 3 , that's another 30 people who end up in front of me when I've scoped out the shortest line. Once I get in the park, it's over and I don't care about it anymore.

 

[piccolopat]

We're a family that stays together. If one person from a party that was already in line opts to leave, get coffee and come back, I wouldn't have a problem. If a parent has to leave a line they were already on to take a child to the bathroom, again I have no problem. I do think it is rude for people that were never in the line in the first place to think they can saunter on up and bypass people that were there just because they had a placeholder family member and they wanted/needed to do other things. I don't let it ruin my day but yes, I think it is rude.

 

[sherilaine]

Do it. It's your vacation what others think doesn't matter. Might you tick off the person behind you? Yep. Ya might. Odds say they won't say anything and therefore you won't have an issue. If ticking someone off matters enough to drag the whole family out of bed a half hour earlier to you that's your business & I don't judge. Personally, the person behind me can just deal with it. After all, when is the last time a fight was reported anywhere over this? Never. (The person behind you is stuck because if they say something & it starts a fight you'll both be pulled from the line.)

You see a lot of this attitude at the parks, and pretty much everywhere in life, it's rude and it's selfish but it's there and you are right, people don't usually push the issue.

I like that the OP was trying to ask and sniff out what is considered rude behavior and trying to be considerate.

 

[VandVsmama]

It is not a big deal since there's only 4 of you. DH and 1 kid stays in line at the gate, you and other kid go to Starbucks. Use mobile ordering so you don't have to wait in the long line to order and get your drinks.

This is not much different than people who have family members in >1 line at the turn stiles in the morning. You know, 1 person is in 1 line and another person is in the line next to them and then their whole party switches over for whichever line is going fastest. There's nothing wrong with doing that either unless you have a small army of people with you.

 

[3TinksAndAnEeyore]

I’d care in an attraction queue, but not in the line at the front gate. Especially if it’s a parent walking up with a couple of kids. That said, when staying at one of the Disney hotels, my family just orders ahead on the Starbucks app about 10 minutes ahead and we all stop in to grab our stuff on the way. It only takes an extra 1-2 minutes since the food and drinks are waiting for us on the counter. Next month, we will be staying at PVI on Harbor. We will try to do PVI’s free breakfast, but if we decide to do Starbucks because PVI’s breakfast isn’t ready when we leave, probably two of us will wait at the gate and send the other two to pick up the order.

 

[gottalovepluto]

You see a lot of this attitude at the parks, and pretty much everywhere in life, it's rude and it's selfish but it's there and you are right, people don't usually push the issue.

I like that the OP was trying to ask and sniff out what is considered rude behavior and trying to be considerate.

To each there own. I hope that's what OP gets out of the discussion.