Is this acceptable or considered cutting in line?

[metchick]

If me and the kids jump in line for The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and send DH to get Fastpasses for Peter Pan - on his way back, would he be able to get back in line with us? Or is this frowned upon or considered 'cutting'?

I have no problem with this. There is no difference than you DH taking your child to the bathroom while you wait in line for them to return.

 

[Shelton123]

If it's a parent with a little kid who needed to go to the bathroom, or needed a diaper change, then I think it's fine. What are you going to do? Let him go in the line? Let him go through the ride with a dirty diaper? NO! I would MUCH rather you cut in line, than have to smell that. I am fine with waiting 1 more minute.

 

[Kelblum]

I would have no problem with it at all. Also I would not have a problem with a child and parent joining their party. Sometimes a small child just can't hold it, what's the big deal??

 

[inkkognito]

If it's a parent with a little kid who needed to go to the bathroom, or needed a diaper change, then I think it's fine. What are you going to do? Let him go in the line?

Sadly, yes, many people do. I wish I were making that up, but I'm not.

 

[chrismass]

I don't see that as a problem at all - it's only one person, besides they're all going in the same car, it's not like it would make your wait any longer! I've seen it happen all the time and most people just step aside and let you catch up to your party.

 

[KigerKat]

Geez, people! Relax!! I can imagine that the OP didn't know what she was getting into when she proposed this scenario, and everyone has blown it waaaaayyyyy out of proportion. We've had the scenario change about a hundred times here, and I would say in each one it's pretty even on both sides.

So to the OP - do what you want to do. If you get funny looks or someone says something, then don't do it again. But if all goes smoothly, then no harm done.

For such a happy place, this sure is filled with a bunch of grouches!

 

[lovemyguys]

You can always make sure you don't schedule your Disney trip in the middle of the summer, if you think any family member might have a problem being out in it for too long. Honestly, I think the sun is more of a problem just walking around the parks than it is waiting in the lines.

And the people that try to save 10 spots on the curb with bags and stuff before the parade starts bug me too. We could start another thread, if you want to chat about that one!

The thing is, many of us could find some excuse or another for not waiting in line. Little Johnny is too young to wait in a long line. It is too hard on little Cindy to stand in line for that long. My dad and I are going to Disney this July, and we already know it will be hot. Dad also will be 70yrs old, so I suppose I could say that he could sit on a bench and then just join me in line later. Seems reasonable. And I suppose most families could say the same about various family members. But what is the point of having lines if so many people can't be bothered to wait in them?

I would hate for Disney to end up so strict on waiting in line, like many other theme parks are. At Cedar Point, you don't leave the line for anything, and there is no cutting at all. There is a 2 hour line, and you leave to use the restroom? Too bad, you start at the end. I think it is nice that Disney lets people leave with their little ones to use the restroom. But if too many people start thinking that they are too special to wait in line, I can see them becoming more strict. And that would be a shame.

If you had looked at my siggy you would have seen that I DON'T schedule my Disney vacation in the middle of the summer. That is fine if you find the sun more of a problem walking than standing in one spot. my kids do not and in the end they are what matter to me. It is kind of sad that you are so against people leaving the line, going who knows where and, why does it really matter where they are going, then coming back to rejoin their group. I say it is sad b/c you would sit and complain about my husband leaving an hour long line for 10 but yet my family would happily let you or your dad rejoin each other if for some reason on of you had to get out of line for a little bit. To each their own.

 

[tomu570]

The sheer amount of responses in this thread are a good indication that there are very strong feelings about this.

Line cutting has been the subject of many a closed thread.

 

[WillCAD]

Okay, I have a situation that nobody has mentioned yet - and this is not hypothetical, it happens to me all the time:

I go to WDW solo. I have nobody to save my place in line if I have a potty emergency. What should I do? Can I get out of the line to potty, then slip my way past 100 people to get back to the place I was in before?

What happens if I'm near the front when I have to leave the line? By the time I get back, my place has already passed, and the folks who were in front of and behind me have already gotten on the ride. Can I simply go right to the front of the line?

How about if I want to get a FastPass? Can I get in the line for a minute, then get out, cross the park to get a FP for another ride, then jump back into the line where I was before?

Why should I be penalized for being in the park alone? Why can I not do the same things that Daddy and Mommy do? Am I not just as valuable a human being as a Mommy or Daddy or Kiddie? Do I not have all the same rights, privileges, and responsibilities in our society? Should I not be held to EXACTLY the same standard as everybody else?

FYI: What I actually DO, in the above situations, is to get out of line for a potty emergency and get back in at the end. I also get my FPs in advance and then just get in the line at the end.

 

[Markstudy]

I don't see that as a problem at all - it's only one person, besides they're all going in the same car, it's not like it would make your wait any longer! I've seen it happen all the time and most people just step aside and let you catch up to your party.

Because the con men have caught on. For every person that really need to catch up, I had 3 or 4 teens playing this game just to cut the line. Or "don't speak English" fake families taking advantage of people trying to be polite.

That is why Disney makes the line very complicated and snake back and forth and in different rooms. They know people will try and break the rules, so they design many rides to make it difficult enough so the majority of people don't even try. Expedition Everest is a great recent example, of how Disney engineers lines now, to act as a passive barrier to cut down on the cheaters.

 

[mamagoose]

Besides, I assume you and the children would be taking up one honey pot anyway, so if you add an extra person, it wouldn't lengthen my wait.

Exactly. They are all getting in the same honey pot or car, etc, it is not making the line any longer for anyone else.

Now if 4 or 5 more people jumped in line with you taking up extra honey pots, I'd be upset.

One parent joining the rest of the family doesn't bother me.

 

[danabalana]

Wheew!! It's all OK. I love going to WDW sooo much that I want everybody to have a great time. If that means that a person in a party takes longer to get there and needs to catch up with their family then so be it. It just doesn't happen that often, and we can all tell the obnoxious unsupervised kids from the missing family member. Can't we all just get along I can't wait to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[buffettgirl]

can we all please talk about something more pleasant...like ECV or Stroller attacks?

 

[Friendly Frog]

WOW, I didn't read the whole thread, but I did read enough to see that opinions really vary. Me, I think it is absolutely fine if one person stands in line someone else leaves to go to the bathroom, gets a drink, takes a break from the sun...whatever needs to be done. My mom is 70, I personally think it would be rude if you did not allow my mom to make a run to the batrhroom if she got the urge in line...while I continued to stand in line. to make us start over, really?

I guess the real issue for me is that if the people start into the line together as a group, and someone needs to leave briefly for something, even to get everyone a drink, really how is that any different that if they had stood there together the whole time?

It is another story to me if one person shows up, and others join later.

In example one, the line in front of me never grew as a result of the coming and going. It remained a constant.

In example two, the line in front of me did grow. That is the difference to me.

Did I explain this where it made sense?

 

[monkeybug]

Okay, I have a situation that nobody has mentioned yet - and this is not hypothetical, it happens to me all the time:

I go to WDW solo. I have nobody to save my place in line if I have a potty emergency. What should I do? Can I get out of the line to potty, then slip my way past 100 people to get back to the place I was in before?

What happens if I'm near the front when I have to leave the line? By the time I get back, my place has already passed, and the folks who were in front of and behind me have already gotten on the ride. Can I simply go right to the front of the line?

How about if I want to get a FastPass? Can I get in the line for a minute, then get out, cross the park to get a FP for another ride, then jump back into the line where I was before?

Why should I be penalized for being in the park alone? Why can I not do the same things that Daddy and Mommy do? Am I not just as valuable a human being as a Mommy or Daddy or Kiddie? Do I not have all the same rights, privileges, and responsibilities in our society? Should I not be held to EXACTLY the same standard as everybody else?



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Well if you needed to use the restroom, and very politely explained that you were alone and had nobody to hold your spot and you had already been waiting x amount of minutes then I would guess 90% of people would happily allow you to return to the line in front of them (at least I Know my family would)

 

[Cinderella94]

can we all please talk about something more pleasant...like ECV or Stroller attacks?

Only if we can talk about refillable mugs and pool hopping too.

 

[P.I. Squirrel]

Only if we can talk about refillable mugs and pool hopping too.

EXACTLY!! Can we also throw in free parking at DTD to ride the transportation? The HORROR!

The fact is, if you are at WDW and are bothered by line cutters or pool hoppers or mug 'thiefs', you are not relaxed and are missing the entire point of spending thousands to go to WDW. Whether you or I like things or not, others feel different. Relax and go ride the ride already.

Last year, at rope drop, several of us hurried to Dumbo. the CM said walk, so that's what DW, DD, and DS and I did. I was last in our party. Just as I got to the queue, three others jumped in front of me. When we all stopped at the end, I casually walked by them and rejoined my family. One of that party, the mom, said something sarcastic in front of everyone, and sneered at me. I almost said something in return, but then i thought "I am on vacation, nothing is gonna bother me." I went on with my day, and she fumed. She was upset with me, when they did just what she accused me of doing.

I know there will be others who will say to me, "Your party should have waited for you." That's life. We won't agree, so get on with your vacation and RELAX.

 

[kirasmom]

Not cutting.

 

[kaytieeldr]

You obviously don't have toddlers. I do agree it could be annoying if a bunch of people showed up and cut in front, but there are circumstances (ie. a toddler who can't hold it after waiting in line for an hour to see Peter Pan). I really don't find this the end of the world and wouldn't ruin my vacation.

Respectfully, you have misread the post to which you have responded:

If I get in a line, and your DH is not in the line when I get into it, then he is obligated to get behind me when he arrives. Going past me, if he had never been ahead of me in the line before, is line jumping or line cutting.

Honestly, how much more difficult is it for your family to take a bathroom break, get a snack, or simply sit down and rest for a few minutes while one member of the party goes to get FPs?

As you can see, WillCAD is recommending ways that the rest of the family can fill the time that it takes for the one member to obtain the FastPasses, then they can all enter the Winnie the Pooh line together. Mom taking the kids on a bathroom break while Dad is getting FastPasses is just one of several alternatives.

 

[kaytieeldr]

Chill. If the "Dad" gets back in line

Key word being "back". He was never in line, therefore he cannot get back in line.