Is this acceptable or considered cutting in line?

[KSDisneyDad]

It is really amazing to see how many people get upset over little things? Why bother going to Disney on vacation if little things bother you so much and make you so miserable. All that bad energy vibe can't be good for you or you family. Life is way too short to make such a big problem out of this. Enjoy your vacation and the time with your family, let people catch up with their family, because one day that might be you. And I don't understand why people pay attention so much to what other people are doing Be the better person and enjoy your time at Disney.......

Personally, I don't think that most people get upset while at WDW when people cut in line, even those who have expressed displeasure on this thread. Like bad drivers on the road, you just let it go even if you're slightly upset at the time. As you said in your post, and I have said in my past posts on this thread, life's too short.

IMO, it's generally considered poor queue etiquette to save a spot in line, but that everyone should enter at the same time. Granted, I'm not going to let someone ruin my vacation because they choose to do it themselves. Like many others, I said that I won't stop you, but won't do it myself. The OP asked everyone for their opinion before the trip. Giving your opinion here is not the same as "getting upset" at someone while at WDW. To paraphrase your post, many posters politely responded to the request for an opinion by opining to the OP to "be the better person and enjoy your time at Disney" by not engaging in poor queue etiquette.

 

[maxiesmom]

It is really amazing to see how many people get upset over little things? Why bother going to Disney on vacation if little things bother you so much and make you so miserable. All that bad energy vibe can't be good for you or you family. Life is way too short to make such a big problem out of this. Enjoy your vacation and the time with your family, let people catch up with their family, because one day that might be you. And I don't understand why people pay attention so much to what other people are doing Be the better person and enjoy your time at Disney.......

Someone cutting in front of me in line won't ruin my vacation. At the most, I might roll my eyes, but I wouldn't cause a commotion. But I can say without a doubt, I won't one day find myself line cutting. To me, it is just totally inappropriate behavior. I wouldn't dream of thinking that I was more important than the other people in line, and I think that is what line cutting really says. The cutter is saying that their time is more important than the time of the people they are cutting in front of. It is not a nice attitude to have.

 

[debit34]

Just back from Disney and saw way too much of this going on. It's cutting, no matter how you try to slice and dice it. My family sticks together - if someone is getting fast passes or going to the bathroom, we wait until that person is finished and get in line.

 

[LuvAriel]

On my last trip, my family & I were standing in line for the Pooh ride. My 4 yo spilled her drink & I got out of line to throw it away.

I was gone for seconds...when I came back to climb over the chains, a women was walking past me on the fastpass line, she stopped, looked at me & said "Do you really think you should be doing this".

I was FURIOUS with her because she had no idea what my situation was, she just assummed I was cutting the line.

I looked her straight in the eye & said "Do you really think you should MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS"

I understand that cutting is wrong, but people shouldn't assume the worst!!

Just my 2 cents!!!

 

[christa112]

Honestly, if it was one or two people and it is not going to delay my wait I really don't care. Unfortunately, there are people out there that will hold a space for 4 or 5 people and no, I don't think that is fair at all.

 

[Tinkerbelle's Mom]

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 do see this as cutting and do frown upon it.

Does it ruin my vacation -- nope. Do I argue or fuss over it -- nope. Does it seem unnecessary -- yes!

Get the fastpasses together and then get in line as a group.

 

[yitbos96bb]

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'?

Yes. Its cutting in line. If your entire party is not there, you should step out until they get there. It really is unfair to the people not doing it and does tend to make people angry.

NOW, that being said, in my experiences from witnessing this rather rude behavior... people avoid confrontations. You'll get glares and passive aggressive comments maybe, but I doubt anyone will make an issue or grab a cast member unless something got escalated.

Should you do it? No... its rude and teaches a bad message to kids. Can you get away with it without any kind of consequence? Yes.

 

[yitbos96bb]

On my last trip, my family & I were standing in line for the Pooh ride. My 4 yo spilled her drink & I got out of line to throw it away.

I was gone for seconds...when I came back to climb over the chains, a women was walking past me on the fastpass line, she stopped, looked at me & said "Do you really think you should be doing this".

I was FURIOUS with her because she had no idea what my situation was, she just assummed I was cutting the line.

I looked her straight in the eye & said "Do you really think you should MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS"

I understand that cutting is wrong, but people shouldn't assume the worst!!

Just my 2 cents!!!

Yeah, I'm not quite sure why the lady who isn't in front or behind you said anything... although your response was equally as rude as her initial query.

 

[yitbos96bb]

It is really amazing to see how many people get upset over little things? Why bother going to Disney on vacation if little things bother you so much and make you so miserable. All that bad energy vibe can't be good for you or you family. Life is way too short to make such a big problem out of this. Enjoy your vacation and the time with your family, let people catch up with their family, because one day that might be you. And I don't understand why people pay attention so much to what other people are doing Be the better person and enjoy your time at Disney.......

Perhaps the bad example being set for children is what bothers people. In my experience, most people glare but don't confront the issue as most people want to avoid confrontations. Doesn't mean its not wrong and not rude. Basically an adult should know better.

 

[yitbos96bb]

I haven't read every response in this thread so this may have already been mentioned, but...was in line at Test Track a couple of days ago. After 45 minutes or so we got to the front of the line. A mother and her 7 or soish daughter were in the single rider line. They got called and were obviously not seated together as the purpose of the single rider line is to fill single seats. Predictably the daugher started crying and screaming. The mother insisted they be seated together. The CM, to his credit, asked the irate mother to step aside and let others take the seats they didn't want. Last I saw was this mother yelling at a different cast member with her daughter in tears. Daughter must have been extremely proud of her mom for making such a scene. I can only hope the CM stuck to his guns and asked her to leave. The purpose of the single rider line is very clear. Abuse of this line would only make every one elses wait far worse. That said, any differing opinions?

I agree... Its CLEARLY posted you probably won't sit together. I really have no sympathy.

 

[yitbos96bb]

I can't believe this is still going on.

I'll make what is going to be a pretty unpopular statement to many. This thread reminds me of what I see as one of the big problems with our society today - the entitlement factor and total disregard for others. Honestly, I try to live my life and teach my children to follow rules and be observant of how their actions effect others. It really is sad that so many people just don't care because they are going to do what they want to do regardless if it is against the rules or if it negatively effects others. WillCAD made a well thoughout and clear description of how line jumping impacts others but so many choose to ignore it.

I'm not going to start an argument in line over someone ignoring the rules - not worth ruining my vacation. Just don't be surprised when I point out to my children that some people choose to ignore the rules and exactly why they should not do what the line jumper just did.

I agree with you on all of this... but never though of pointing out to the kids why you shouldn't do it. I don't do it and hate it, but using at as a life learning lesson is a great idea... I'm stealing it as my own.

Seriously, Kudos for the suggestion.

 

[yitbos96bb]

That is kind of funny. I have never met up with my family while waiting in line. If I was alone, and meeting up with my family a few people in front of you, I would push my way through you. Try, and stop me. If I saw someone not allowing a mom, dad, or what not through to meet up with the rest of their family, and they called a CM, I would defend the person trying to meet their family. No having a child doesn't make you special. I am glad that you feel that if your grandchild has to pee, after waiting in line for an hour, that you should HAVE to wait at the back of the line, but that is you. What I would do, is contact the first CM I see, and explain the situation, and I bet they would be able to help us out. As a parent, I would make my child use the restroom frequently so hopefully this wouldn't happen. As a human, I know that sometimes you do number 1, and 30 minutes later you need to do number 2. Right, not right, whatever it may be, it is allowed. What one person allows their child to do, another person would not. I am not saying that line joining should be a free for all. I agree with you, everyone should wait in line together if the ride together. There is just so many senerios that could happen that either Disney makes a no catching up policy, or everyone hopefully uses their best judgemnt. Say a group is walking towards an attraction to get in line. One of the kids (say 10) stops to tie his shoe, and the rest of the group doesn't hear them, and enters the line. The kid runs up to the line, screams, "mom", and mom is about 20 people deep in the line. Would you let the kid go to his mom, or would you insist the whole group get to the end of the line?

I'll tell you this right now Tara. You physically touch me or my family while pushing your way through line, not only will I get a Cast Member to eject you from the park and hopefully ban you for life, I will also have you arrested for assaulting me or my family. You want to ask nicely if you can go by or jump a chain, that's one thing. The moment you physically touch me or my family, the consequences will be most dire. So next time you want to be an incredibly rude person at a park, remember what can happen. And yes, it HAS actually happened as well.

 

[khertz]

To the OP, yes it's cutting, and I find it to be in bad taste. Send your DH to get the fastpasses while you make your way with your child(ren) to Pooh, meet up at the end of the line, and join the line together.

 

[disneycrazy2004]

Personally, I don't think that most people get upset while at WDW when people cut in line, even those who have expressed displeasure on this thread. Like bad drivers on the road, you just let it go even if you're slightly upset at the time. As you said in your post, and I have said in my past posts on this thread, life's too short.

IMO, it's generally considered poor queue etiquette to save a spot in line, but that everyone should enter at the same time. Granted, I'm not going to let someone ruin my vacation because they choose to do it themselves. Like many others, I said that I won't stop you, but won't do it myself. The OP asked everyone for their opinion before the trip. Giving your opinion here is not the same as "getting upset" at someone while at WDW. To paraphrase your post, many posters politely responded to the request for an opinion by opining to the OP to "be the better person and enjoy your time at Disney" by not engaging in poor queue etiquette.

You are right there is poor etiquette in many situations, but from the looks of it this is upsetting a lot of people. And you can't really judge people if you don't know the story behind. If you have been waiting on a 30 minute line and your kid has to use the bathroom half way thru the wait, would you pull out your whole family of the line so that your kid can use the bathroom or would you take him and catch up to them assuming it will only take 5 minutes to use the bathroom. They are so many situations....Simply if you have to catch up with your family it would not bother me at all - I will actually move out of the way and let them go
But again that is just me

 

[disneycrazy2004]

Someone cutting in front of me in line won't ruin my vacation. At the most, I might roll my eyes, but I wouldn't cause a commotion. But I can say without a doubt, I won't one day find myself line cutting. To me, it is just totally inappropriate behavior. I wouldn't dream of thinking that I was more important than the other people in line, and I think that is what line cutting really says. The cutter is saying that their time is more important than the time of the people they are cutting in front of. It is not a nice attitude to have.

Never say never, you never know what situation you might find yourself in one day

 

[cinderlexa's mom]

If your DH joining you in line doesn't change the amount of ride "vehicles" your party will require, it really isn't cutting the line.

However, if DH joining you requires an additional vehicle for your party, thus putting every person behind you one "vehicle" behind their original position--it's very rude.

Now many in line behind you will not know either way if this changes their original position--so they may be upset no matter what...but an "excuse me, I've been separated from by party" might help.

 

[maxiesmom]

Never say never, you never know what situation you might find yourself in one day

I can honestly say I would skip a ride insead of pushing my way past people who are waiting in line. I am clausterphobic to the point that sometimes it is hard to wait in a long line. If I have to leave to feel better, then I leave. I wouldn't dream of cutting back in. To do so would be rude, imho.

 

[buffettgirl]

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people...remember...we're in WDW. Chill. out.

 

[disneycrazy2004]

I can honestly say I would skip a ride insead of pushing my way past people who are waiting in line. I am clausterphobic to the point that sometimes it is hard to wait in a long line. If I have to leave to feel better, then I leave. I wouldn't dream of cutting back in. To do so would be rude, imho.

That is different....I am claustrophobic too, so I can relate to that.Anyway, enjoy you time while there, it is WDW after all.
I personally can't wait to go back

 

[all4disney98]

Kind of off topic but my family and I went to Six Flags today. Something that bothered me is when my family and I were going through the line, the children from a family behind us cut under the rail and skipped ahead of us. I figured, no big deal their Mom is still behind us so I am sure when we catch up to the rest of the line she will tell them to come back to her. Nope, she said to me "excuse me, I need to catch up to my kids that are in front of you". I said it the nicest voice possible, "Oh you mean your kids that just cut us and now you are going to to?" She said "yes". I let her go past because that is the most confrontation I usually have. Usually leave it with a wise remark but it really bothered me. Everywhere today I saw signs that said leaving the line for any reason was considered cutting and the person would be ejected from the park. I think this is kind of harsh because I don't mind if people leave and come back. It is the obvious cutting that bothers me.