Is this acceptable or considered cutting in line?

[Justsyd2]

Disney's answer to your question is this; "please have all of your party together before you get in line."

 

[CLR4321]

I would not consider that cutting in line as long as your intentions are to go and get in line with your family. I have done this many times, as I need to use the restroom a lot, and the other people will go get in line when I am using the restroom. I meet up with them in line when I get back. No one will say anything, and as a matter of fact CM's will tell you the fastest way to get through the line to find them if you ask.

 

[WillCAD]

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? Just have a little patience and wait till your party is together before you enter the line. You'll avoid causing bad feelings among others in the line and it won't delay you more than a few minutes, and you can actually use the time productively if you use it for a bathroom or snack break.

 

[avahoneybee]

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? Just have a little patience and wait till your party is together before you enter the line. You'll avoid causing bad feelings among others in the line and it won't delay you more than a few minutes, and you can actually use the time productively if you use it for a bathroom or snack break.

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.

 

[Krisy1301]

If it is one person or two, I'm cool with it. If it's more than that then it becomes a problem. For instance, if I saw a mother with her kids in line in front of me and the husband came up and joined them then I wouldn't care. I think it is pathetic if people have a problem with that.

 

[WALTSAGOD]

If 5 people are waiting in line, and 1 jumps in, I don't really care, but if 1 is in line and 5 jump in, I speak out.

 

[MarkFL]

I would definitely consider it cutting, but I wouldn't get mad about it. 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.

 

[vicki_c]

I think it's best if your family waits near the standby line for the FP runner to come back and all get in line together.

And who waits in line for PP for an hour as someone posted above - not any good DISer I hope!

 

[may_baby06]

people do it all the time. I dont mind when there is 1 or 2 people catching up with the rest of their family, sometimes things happen and you have to split up like potty breaks. I do get mad when there is like 5 people trying to "catch up" with the rest of their family.

 

[lvheliofan]

If it were only the father catching up to the rest of the family, I wouldn't have a problem with it. However, if the father were in line & the rest of the family came to catch up with him, then I'd be cranky. I guess it's a numbers game to me.

I agree totally!

 

[selina4disney]

I guess it depends on how many families do it. If everyone added two extra family members in the line, then suddenly a line with 50 people ahead of you is 150 people ahead of you.

We don't do it. If I still had toddlers, we still wouldn't do it. Either DH or I would take the toddler to the bathroom and meet up with the parent and kids that went on the ride after they got off. As for getting a fast pass or any other reason...we would also wait until we could get in line together.

 

[bwilcox]

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.

Wow, your toddler will wait in line for an hour?!! We don't get in a line with a wait longer than 20 minutes with ours, but maybe that's a difference in children. Personally, I feel like taking a toddler to the restroom might be the one instance where this would be acceptable, but I would either get at the back of the line or save the ride for later. I would be too embarrassed to push past a hundred people saying "Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me!" Exactly why my (just recently) potty-trained 3-year-old will be wearing pull-ups when we go in June.

 

[NuttyDisneyMom]

This is a touchy subject, with LOTS of different opinions. I'm actually quite surprised, more like saddened, by some peoples responses If my child had to go potty in line, I would absolutely jump out and take her! It's not good for a child to "hold it" and I'm not going to tell her no, she can't go because we're in line. That's horrible IMHO! Granted, we never wait in lines that are posted longer than a 20-30, wait so it's never been an issue for us. I wouldn't say anything to the person except maybe tell them where the nearest bathroom is I really wouldn't mind if it was a dad catching up with his family because he went to get FP's for them either. The kiddos are occupied going through the cattle rows at least, instead of fidgeting and whinning about why they can't get in line at the entrance to a ride. What's waiting for one more "car" on the ride before you get on, really? Again, this is all just my 2 cents

 

[honugirl]

I don't have a problem with someone taking a toddler to the bathroom. Most people know that when they have to go, they have to go. But I do have a problem with dad going to get fastpasses and joining them in line. Two totally different things. The bathroom one is an emergency. Fastpasses are not an emergency. You can get them anytime.

Take the mother and small children out of the equation for a minute. How would you feel if a group of adults or teenagers did the same thing? 3 got in line and one went to get fastpasses, then tried to push through the line to rejoin their party? Most would consider that rude and unacceptable. I think most people would tell the group to wait at the queue for the person getting the fastpasses.

 

[fan1080]

You are not saving much time by getting in line while someone else in your party gets a fastpass.......

You are not saving much time by getting in line while someone else in your party goes pottie.....

Toddlers needing a Bathroom break after you've been standing for an extended period in a long line is acceptable (IMO).......

There are very few circumstances where re-joining your party in line is acceptable (ie pottie breaks for the little ones as mentioned, etc).

When we were as DHS last month, CM's where making announcements that quests who were getting in line while another member of their party went for fastfasses, they will not be allowed to re-join their party already in line.

Last month, while we were standing in line for Splash Mountain, a Mon, Dad and their two toddlers were making their way through the line. Why? Because their folks were up ahead (I asked, but did not attempt to stop them)...... way up ahead. No one reported them, and they remained there.

Last month, at RnRC, a couple teens jumped the line to join their friends. They were reported to the nearest CM and removed from the line; after a rather unpleasant exchange I might add.

Line jumping is against Disney policy.

 

[HayGan]

Disney's answer to your question is this; "please have all of your party together before you get in line."

 

[Nikisha421]

Disney's answer to your question is this; "please have all of your party together before you get in line."

the official answer always seems to be best for me!!!

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.

I dont know if this person has toddlers or toddler, but here is what I say to having children...I personally dont care what people do as long as they dont push or shove me or my DD out of the way then by all means go ahead. HOWEVER, on our trips its mainly just me and DD...and she knows that before we get on a line to a ride or the fastpass lane...she better go to the bathroom and or clear up any issue she has bc if we have to get off then we have to start all over again...Im not an out right aggressor so I would take her if she needed but WHO WOULD I TELL TO HOLD the space in LINE...THE STRANGERS (maybe but I wouldnt really take that risk/chance). now maybe if my if I were with a group or crowd I wouldnt really have to be like that, but since we are mainly solo travelers then we are well trained...my point is not matter if you have child, children, toddler, or toddlers you may not necessarily have to get on and off line and then try to get back to the rest of the party if you have a system in place b4 u enter a ride.

...now the whole fast pass thing is kinda different I think if you want fastpasses go get them and then join the line together, but who would know if daddy was a fastpass dad, or a bathroom break dad?

so does it really matter?

 

[disneynut67]

funny that the original poster used Winnie the Pooh as the example. I was in disney for xmas when my dd was 3. We got in line for this ride and 1/2 way into it, she says those magic words, I gotta go potty. So my hubby & mom stayed in the line but stopped and let people go ahead of them. Once we were done I got back in line and then when we met up with them, continued on. I like other pp's don't have a problem if it 1 or 2 people but when it is like 5, come on people!

 

[Praying Colonel]

OP didn't ask about toddlers and potty breaks, which seems to be everyone's favorite exception to the cutting rule. OP asked:

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'?

Different situation than the toddler/potty situation. Just wanted to point that out before this thread spins out of control, as every thread about line cutting inevitably does.

 

[kymom99]

I also think it's a funny coincidence the OP mentioned the Pooh ride. We were in the FP line when a grown man excused his way to the front. A CM told him to go that way to catch up with his family. He kept apologizing and saying he needed to catch up to his family. They were just getting on the ride when he caught them. He squeezed into a seat with 2 other ADULTS! It was kind of funny to me. I just wondered why he didn't skip the ride and meet them at the exit. It didn't bother me though. Just gave me a chuckle!