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If we all "pee-pee" BEFORE we get in line, there is no excuse to leave an hour long wait to go "pee-pee" again...the only exception, a potty training child...if we can't hold our "pee-pee" we get out of line and re-join the end when we are finished...just like the rules say :thumbsup2

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Right on!:thumbsup2
I would kill my husband if he tried to leave a line we had been standing in for a half hour to use the potty.
 
I really don't get this at all.

My point was that there a many adults who will push their ways up to the front of the rope right past children. If and when a CM sees something like that they should walk up and move the child back up in front of the adult and move the adult back to the back!

Not only did it happen to our children last year, I have seen it happen numerous times - IMO, those type of adults deserve a whack up side the head! I dont have any respect at all for selfish adults who cry its not just for kids...

And while I wouldnt expect anyone who has waited and/or is already seated to have to move; I would expect them to consider it. I know if I was seated and I seen a kid struggling to see standing behind me I would get up and move back even if I had waited hours for that seat!

It's not about me ...
 
If you see that you're about to go into a long line, say an hour or more, shouldn't YOU as an ADULT know to go to the bathroom BEFORE you get in line?!?!?!?! And what are you going to do if someone doesn't let you by?!?!?! Rough somebody up????? Haha you're so funny. If you did anything you could be sued for assualt. If you have an issue like that, then you need to tell a CM to help you find your family because you don't want to be a line cutter. And that is what I would tell you if you were trying to cut in front of me. Let a CM know so they can help you find your family.


I never said I'd asault somebody, I just said there would be trouble - like an ugly scene with yelling and such. No, I always me sure that I've done my "pee-pee", as another poster so eloquently put it, before I get in a long line. I make sure my daughter's done that too. I'm just saying that there if there were ever a situation where I'd have to leave a long line, and I'd expect a bit of decency, or common courtesy, to be allowed to re-join my family. These blockade-building, self appointed mayors of the line are going nuts on this thread; hopefully it isn't happening in real life.
 

I never said I'd asault somebody, I just said there would be trouble - like an ugly scene with yelling and such. No, I always me sure that I've done my "pee-pee", as another poster so eloquently put it, before I get in a long line. I make sure my daughter's done that too. I'm just saying that there if there were ever a situation where I'd have to leave a long line, and I'd expect a bit of decency, or common courtesy, to be allowed to re-join my family. These blockade-building, self appointed mayors of the line are going nuts on this thread; hopefully it isn't happening in real life.

Sorry you feel this way...it is just part of the rules that are part of everyday life at every theme park on the face of the earth...I teach my children we must not cut line for any reason (because Walt says so in his list of "rules" :goodvibes ), I expect others to do the same. No disrespect intended, I just think if you teach your children to break or bend the rules to your liking, they will never know where to draw the line. By the way...sorry about the "pee-pee" talk...some people are just not getting the rules so I thought I would explain it in easier to understand terms:rotfl2:
 
I never said I'd asault somebody, I just said there would be trouble - like an ugly scene with yelling and such. No, I always me sure that I've done my "pee-pee", as another poster so eloquently put it, before I get in a long line. I make sure my daughter's done that too. I'm just saying that there if there were ever a situation where I'd have to leave a long line, and I'd expect a bit of decency, or common courtesy, to be allowed to re-join my family. These blockade-building, self appointed mayors of the line are going nuts on this thread; hopefully it isn't happening in real life.

You would yell??? Make an ugly scene? What a bully. Something to make your family proud of I'm sure. All you would have to do would ask a cast member to escort you to your family. That would be so much easier and peaceful. Hopefully you don't come up behind me.
 
My point was that there a many adults who will push their ways up to the front of the rope right past children. If and when a CM sees something like that they should walk up and move the child back up in front of the adult and move the adult back to the back!

Not only did it happen to our children last year, I have seen it happen numerous times - IMO, those type of adults deserve a whack up side the head! I dont have any respect at all for selfish adults who cry its not just for kids...

And while I wouldnt expect anyone who has waited and/or is already seated to have to move; I would expect them to consider it. I know if I was seated and I seen a kid struggling to see standing behind me I would get up and move back even if I had waited hours for that seat!

It's not about me ...

If adult push past kids to get a front row seat...SHAME ON THEM! However, I do not expect adults to give up the seat that they have been saving for an hour for my children if we get there 15 minutes before the parade starts just because they are adults...they worked for that seat.
 
Sadly, for a lot of people, that's all its about. And I'm getting the feeling from this thread that these are the same people who are encouraging reckless line vigilanteism.

Totally agree - I cant believe all the self righteous attitudes. :confused3 Oh well - it takes all kinds, I know that and I can live it.
 
My point was that there a many adults who will push their ways up to the front of the rope right past children. If and when a CM sees something like that they should walk up and move the child back up in front of the adult and move the adult back to the back!

Not only did it happen to our children last year, I have seen it happen numerous times - IMO, those type of adults deserve a whack up side the head! I dont have any respect at all for selfish adults who cry its not just for kids...

And while I wouldnt expect anyone who has waited and/or is already seated to have to move; I would expect them to consider it. I know if I was seated and I seen a kid struggling to see standing behind me I would get up and move back even if I had waited hours for that seat!

It's not about me ...

While I agree that if a child has waited and is pushed from the front, the offender should be removed and the child given their place back. However that is not what you said in your previous post. I have no respect for people who name call and accuse others of being rude just because they failed to plan ahead. If you want your child to have a seat on the curb-get their early and wait. Stop teaching your child they are entitled. Teach them to work for what they want and to earn things.
 
While I agree that if a child has waited and is pushed from the front, the offender should be removed and the child given their place back. However that is not what you said in your previous post. I have no respect for people who name call and accuse others of being rude just because they failed to plan ahead. If you want your child to have a seat on the curb-get their early and wait. Stop teaching your child they are entitled. Teach them to work for what they want and to earn things.



This is excatly how I feel. My DH works very hard to be able to pay for a Disney vacation. If he goes and waits he deserves to keep his seat. We do teach our DD to wait as well. When she sees others pushing their children in front she gets upset at how unfair it is. I tell her all the time that we do what is right even when other people dont.

Is it right for me to let a child in front of me? Depends. How long have I been waiting? Is the child and parent being sweet and hanging back or trying to push in front? How tired am I? Do I feel like standing? I can choose to give up my seat but it should be something I offer if I feel like it. Not something that if forced upon me by someone that did not wait.

I look around at all these self indulgent children and I worry about what type of adults they will be. Meanwhile my family will continue to teach our children that if something is that important you have to wait. If you don't want to wait than its not that important.

By the end of Kindergarten children know not to cut in front of others. It is sad that adult cannot seem to grasp that concept.

-Becca-
 
This is excatly how I feel. My DH works very hard to be able to pay for a Disney vacation. If he goes and waits he deserves to keep his seat. We do teach our DD to wait as well. When she sees others pushing their children in front she gets upset at how unfair it is. I tell her all the time that we do what is right even when other people dont.

Is it right for me to let a child in front of me? Depends. How long have I been waiting? Is the child and parent being sweet and hanging back or trying to push in front? How tired am I? Do I feel like standing? I can choose to give up my seat but it should be something I offer if I feel like it. Not something that if forced upon me by someone that did not wait.

I look around at all these self indulgent children and I worry about what type of adults they will be. Meanwhile my family will continue to teach our children that if something is that important you have to wait. If you don't want to wait than its not that important.

By the end of Kindergarten children know not to cut in front of others. It is sad that adult cannot seem to grasp that concept.

-Becca-


:worship: Thank you, thank you. I applaud your parental guidence!

My parents raised my sister and I the same way. We also had to earn our own money to use at the parks, me starting at 8 yrs old and my sister starting at 4. We were not allowed to beg for things, we had a certain amount of money that we had done chores and small jobs for throughout the year and that's what we got to use to buy the item we wanted with. My first was a Mickey Doll! We never got any of those things off of the glowing carts because we wanted the good stuff.

I remember once where I had to leave my family in line because I got sick, I was probably 12 or 13. My mom went with me, and we waited in the TOT gift shop for our party to finish.

It's definitely all about how your parents raise you!
 
:worship: Thank you, thank you. I applaud your parental guidence!

My parents raised my sister and I the same way. We also had to earn our own money to use at the parks, me starting at 8 yrs old and my sister starting at 4. We were not allowed to beg for things, we had a certain amount of money that we had done chores and small jobs for throughout the year and that's what we got to use to buy the item we wanted with. My first was a Mickey Doll! We never got any of those things off of the glowing carts because we wanted the good stuff.

I remember once where I had to leave my family in line because I got sick, I was probably 12 or 13. My mom went with me, and we waited in the TOT gift shop for our party to finish.

It's definitely all about how your parents raise you!


Thank You!:flower3:

We make DD6 earn her own money too! She get money for chores but is expected to do several things without any sort of reward, playing with her little brother, helping when asked, working hard at school. Because she has her own money she has never begged for anything. I do not buy her stuff when we go out. If she wants something bad enough she will wait and work for it.

If you want to see a Disney parade bad enough I think adults can do the same.

-Becca-
 
Wow....now I now which of you are the truly rude ones and which actually have the Disney spirit! Walt would be SO disappointed in many of you. :sad2:
 
Thank You!:flower3:

We make DD6 earn her own money too! She get money for chores but is expected to do several things without any sort of reward, playing with her little brother, helping when asked, working hard at school. Because she has her own money she has never begged for anything. I do not buy her stuff when we go out. If she wants something bad enough she will wait and work for it.

If you want to see a Disney parade bad enough I think adults can do the same.

-Becca-


Yes most of the household chores were things we were required to do, but my mom owns her own business so we did odds and ends up at her work that we got paid for, like shredding, or filing, super easy stuff for kids. Also if it was harder like raking leaves, we got compensated for that.

Your parenting style and my parents parenting style are very similar. Look forward to successful kids!
 
Don't cut. If you have a reason to move to the front of the line I'm sure a CM will be happy to help you.

If you come up and start yelling in my face, again I'm sure a CM will be happy to help you. Yelling at me won't change the simple fact that if you have a reason to be doing what you're doing you can go about it the proper way and talk to a CM to get you back in your place.

If you try to step in front of my family or children at a parade or other place that we have shown up and waited for prior to your arrival then again find a CM. You won't find space in front of us.

Not happening.

No one who needs to move forward needs to explain themselves to me because they should not need to push past me. If you have a legit reason to move to the front of the line then you should have no issues speaking to a CM about it. Your inconvenience of being out of line and needing to get back to where you started was neither caused by me nor should it become my issue. SPEAK TO A CM Yelling at me because of an issue YOU created is unacceptable in any situation and makes me wonder how well you really thought out your response. I can assure you that in any case you wouldn't find yourself wanting to yell up in my face ;)

If you follow that simple idea there will be no problem and others won't need to worry about your situation. No need to consider people rude because you feel you are above the concept of lines. Lines are in place to maintain a sense of order. If you feel you are above that simple concept and feel you don't need to go about things the proper way to get back to your place in line, then who really has the problem?

If you want to maintain some order, keep things calm and happy then do things the right way and SPEAK TO A CM. Every situation can be handled without threatening to yell or throw fits in a place like WDW.

There is no place in this world for people be upset at me or consider ME rude because I'm questioning why they are moving past others in a line. I'm standing in line following the basic rules. If you are pushing past us, you are the one disrupting the rules. Even if you feel you are obligated and have the right to break the rules you can again see a CM. Speaking with a CM will assure that no one will be concerned or worry the potential idea that you are trying to cut because you will have gone about correcting the issue the proper way.

Again let me be clear - Your inconvenience of being out of line and needing to get back to where you started was neither caused by me nor should it become my issue on ANY level. This is not about you proving to me your legit reason for leaving and coming back to the line. This is about why I have to be put in a place that I'm having to question it in the first place. Just remove that entire inconvenience to everyone and speak with a CM. If you need to leave the line then do what you need to do and get back in line the proper way.

I love Disney and my entire family is all about spreading the Disney cheer. I'm not out to Judge others but why put people in a place that in turn causes them to need to justify judging your intentions. This isn't a debate for me about you being allowed to go to the bathroom or to gain access to your family again. I'm not asking to see proof of a medical issue. Nothing that I'm saying here is about me telling people what they can and can't do. Nor am I telling you that you shouldn't be allowed to to rejoin your family after you leave the line for WHAT EVER REASON..... I'm simply saying why not avoid conflict and issues by speaking to a CM and having then allow you access back to your place in line. What makes it ok for someone to invalidate the concept of a line? Who is the right person to decided that? Certainly not me, so why put me in that position in the first place? Go to a CM, have them lead your to place and everyone will be happy :). I'm not wrong for standing and staying in line. I'm not wrong for wondering why you are trying to move past me in the very same line. This by it's very nature is the purpose of a line. People stand behind one another in order of arrival in order to gain entrance to a specific location. If someone passes us in the line without a good reason it brings into question why anyone should have to stand in line. So by stopping you from passing according to some I'm in the wrong. Also asking what you are doing is also according to some wrong.

Isn't cutting in line sometimes wrong? Should we just let everyone push through the line and question nothing. Please tell me that this really isn't what you're getting at. If thats the solution, to not worry about it and just let people pass.... EVERYONE on this board and at WDW knows where that would lead. If people will cut in front of children to greet characters and get a good seat at a parade what on earth has you convinced that people wouldn't abuse the good nature of people?

Why is the idea hard to understand that while YOU might not be doing anything wrong it doesn't mean that OTHERS might not be. Those are the people the real issue is about. Everyone who has issues with this whole concept has been trying to explain that. It's not about the people who have real reasons. It's about the people that don't have legit reasons and make everything hard on all of us. And in that most of the people who have expressed dismay with our opinions regarding line cutting have been trying to defend line cutters who are cutting with reasons that don't apply to the problem.

And please as you're reading this thread don't be offended when someone calls you a line cutter. Even if you have what most call a legitimate reason by definition you are still a line cutter. If you speed to the hospital because someone is hurt and you are taking them to the hospital it doesn't make you wrong but you are still a speeder. I think thats also where some of the anger and stress of this thread is coming from.

Just because you have a legitimate reason doesn't mean someone else does. You're not wrong but not understanding that others are makes the issue worse. So if you can be responsible and understanding enough to ask a CM for assistance then NO ONE would need to push through the lines and there would NEVER be a question about the issue.

I have three kids. So I understand and have been in the situations that require leaving line and attempting to return we found a CM and had them lead us around to drop a chain and allow access in a safer manner the rest of the family

Asking someone consider EVERYONE IN THE LINE above whatever issue has driven them out of the line and to take the safer, simpler and less conflicting action isn't outside the Disney spirit. It's common sense.

You might even find the route the CM's have open for to rejoin your family you is easier and safer for all involved.

"Reckless line Vigilantism" shouldn't be your first thought as you push forward past others waiting in a crowded long line. Visiting a CM to gain access back to the spot you left for whatever reason should be.

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Disclaimer: If you choose to quote something I stated above I ask that you quote the entire post and bold out the portion you have a problem with. This will avoid my comments being taken out of context. Thank you.
 
I just don't get it. I really don't. I could care less if someone joins their family in line. I look at it like this. I have no idea why they were not in line with their family. Maybe they are a doctor and were consulting on a patient. Or maybe they were checking on their sick parent, or maybe they were ill and have a urinating issue. I don't look at it is as bad manners. I teach my children that we should not judge others and by being rude to someone else joining their family in line is simply not appropriate, regardless if my child feels slighted by someone "cutting." I just don't see how not allowing someone trying to join their family is considered proper. I just could not stand there and block someone from joining their family and it is something I would never want to teach my children, or allow them to watch me act in that manner.
 
If someone wants to join their family in line then I will happily let them. I have certain..how shall we say...digestive issues that flare up from time to time. I do not require a disablity card but it is annoying at times. I am trying to get it under control and figure out what food sets it off. However there are times when I have just gone to the bathroom and find myself having to go again...fast! I would like to think that if this happens at Disney some kind souls in line will allow me to rejoin my husband and children.
In turn I will do that for others. I don't like line cutters anymore than the next person but I will give someone the benefit of the doubt. If they say they are joining their family then I chose to believe them. Does that make a sucker? Maybe..or maybe I am just choosing to spread a little Disney cheer.
 
I've only scanned this thread and probably only read about half the posts. I just want to say that I will be celebrating my 50th birthday at WDW next month. In my 50 years, I have raised 4 children (too many WDW trips over the years to even keep count of), and in the last few years, taken 3 grandchildren to WDW a total of 8 times. On each trip there has almost always been at least one incident when some child in our group needed to leave a line for an emergency potty break. That's life as a parent and grandparent and we did what we needed to do, which was that we ALL left the line as a group and ALL re-entered it as a group.

Still, I always allow a parent with a small child to cut in front of me to rejoin their group after their potty break, but if I make a silent mental judgment about their parenting skills, that is my right as well. While my children and grandchildren are certainly all special to me, I don't want to teach them that they are more specail or entitled than any other child. If others choose to think that I'm a mean parent because of my choices, I'm fine with that too.

The interesting thing about my parenting choice is that in my 30 years as a parent, and with 4 kids and 3 grandkids, they ALL so far, by the age of about 8, were capable of knowing to go to the potty before we entered a line.
 
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