Line cutting

[mickeymom1]

i just returned from the world and our line cutting experience was horrible!! i am not an aggressive person, but by the end of the week i was sick and tired of feeling invisible !! and i am not talking about line cutting to join someone else in your party, but just flat out weasle your way in front of people. the worst was when we were checking in for our cinderella lunch at the castle. a women stepped in front of me in line and i kindly said to her, excuse me but i was in line here. she stepped back to her husband with a horrified look on her face and then before i knew it her husband was suddenly checking in at the desk in front of me!!! why do some people feel like they are so important that waiting in line does not pertain to them????? it just got very frustrating by the end of the week .

 

[Fitswimmer]

I'm just saying that IMHO sometimes its kind to be a bit accommodating (not to rude people who push and scam) but to the one adult who had to get out of line, the parent with a small child that had to get out of line, or the parent with a special needs child who couldn't wait in a long line. I guess these circumstances may still be considered cutting but can't it be overlooked for the sake of spreading a little pixie dust that can't be found anywhere else???

I don't really think anywhere here has a problem with the issues you describe. What gets under everyone's skin is that because guests are willing to accomodate people in those situations, others see that and then feel that line cutting is acceptable for any reason. Me standing in line in Splash while my other 10 friends and family ride BTMRR is NOT the same as a bathroom issue or even a situation where someone just can't stand that long. My Dad is getting older and long lines are hard on him. I would be very appreciative of folks that would let him join me when the line goes to a shorter wait. We've never done it, because we're sensitive to the whole line cutting thing, but it would be nice.

 

[TheLittleRoo]

Seriously, people would PREFER standing next to my whining toddler or 4 y/o for 20-30 minutes in the heat, than just my husband holding a place for him and/or our DD4? I ask because this was my master plan for WDW in September... We purposely chose a "slow season" to minimize wait times in line but it's still hot and he's still almost 2... I thought the Hail Mary strategy is brilliant, and now I'm reading that it's likely to start a riot behind me?

To me, line cutting is when someone cuts anywhere in line with no one there to save a space for them (most blatant form). Next in the pecking order would be one person holding a space for 10 (or whatever large number you wish to insert). Next to last in the order would be a Hail Mary pass, and the least offensive would be allowing someone to rejoin their party...

Do people really get that angry over Hail Marys?

 

[mickeyluv'r]

a women stepped in front of me in line and i kindly said to her, excuse me but i was in line here. she stepped back to her husband with a horrified look on her face and then before i knew it her husband was suddenly checking in at the desk in front of me!!! why do some people feel like they are so important that waiting in line does not pertain to them????? it just got very frustrating by the end of the week .

I have this happen to me all the time. Somtimes I feel invisible. What's worse, often when I do speak up, I'm treated as if I was the rude person who cut in line - How dare I speak up to say I was there first- by the CM! (or cashier, deli person, pharmacy tech, etc.)

I am curious though about all these people who get out of line for their kids to go potty....it seems to me that for many rides, this simply wouldn't be possible. If you leave to go potty, you have to FIND a potty, walk to it, wait in line, go, and come back. Some places do have a potty nearby, but many do not. If you have to leave for 20 minutes, then maybe that is too much of a gap to get back in line in the same spot with your party. In many queues, it would be difficult to join your party after leaving.

 

[splashmtnman]

As a father of two young children and they have been twice now, we have had very few instances when we needed to get out of line to go potty, but it has happened. I would expect a little courtesy when returning w/ my child in tow, especially because we would not be increasing anyones wait time behind us just returning it to where it originally was. I can tell you this, anyone laying a hand on my child would get something other than pixie dust spread on them. Really, speak up when you see blatant examples of cutting but keep in mind there are special circumstances( bathrooms,illness) I havn't experienced it as much in the ride lines but have seen it often at character lines and places where there is nothing that keeps people in set lines. That could be due to the fact that we only go during the slower times.