Line jumpers, or "I'm just catching up to my party"

[dvczerfs]

I would probably have replied back (loud enough so most could here): "Oh honey, that's because their moms and dads did not teach them well. No one told them that it's rude."

Actually, my son had asked me something similar to that effect and that was my answer. I have always explained to my children that not all moms and dads are alike. Some teach their children to respect and be polite to others while others just don't care. My children know why some children are allowed to be rude and disrespectful while others are not.

the old im sorry step on the toe works good to. helps being 280lb and size 13 shoe sometimes. oops, i didnt see you there, im sorry.

 

[dvczerfs]

this used to annoy me until my trip a couple weeks ago, when a young boy probably around 12 was cutting through the line........he got to me and I have him that 'another line cutter look', and his line back to me was nothing short of priceless:

He said "hey man, I had to poop, now I have to catch up to my family".......even if he was lying, just the fact that he used that excuse is enough for me to turn my head to any line-cutting offenses. From that point on, I promised myself to never ever question another line cutter for fear of hearing what they just got done 'doing'. LOL.

thats good!!

 

[1hero2princesses]

Wow, there are some pretty strict people here. I agree I don't think it is fair for a huge party to cut in front of people, that would drive me nuts... but now you guys have pretty much made me very nervous.....I have a 5 year old, newly 3 year old (potty training now) and a 17 month old. After reading this, by a number of peoples standards we are probably going to have a challenge. So if we wait in line for 45 minutes and suddenly the 3 year old yells out she has to go to the bathroom the whole family must then leave the ride? I supposed I could leave with the 3 year old and the 17 month old (too young to protest she is missing the ride), all three of us forfitting the ride because a 3 year old must pee (and believe me it is hard to hold it at 3), but let her brother go with his dad... Now if the baby dirty's her diaper after lets say, hmmm an hour wait...Perhaps I should just change it in line! I can only imagine what everyones thoughts would be on that (lol). I agree with those letting a parent back in with a child or two, especially if they left the line and came back. Sometimes nature calls for little kids and believe me they can't wait to answer! I pretty much guarentee it will happen to us. Even if I have them go right before we go into every ride..

 

[Tissa]

Who waits in lines? We either use fastpass or or go first thing when there is little wait.

 

[MelanieC]

Wow - I can't believe some people get so upset on thier vacation. Most of the time it's not a problem and I only get annoyed when its a huge group like the kids from Brazil and the first person who runs up lets all of them in.

But for those that won't let someone through. What about the time when my family of 4 waited in the outdoor heat for Mickey's Philharmagic and my kids were so thristy that my DH ran to get a drink over by Pooh. We had sat outside without the line moving for a LONG LONG time. Unfortunately it started to move while he was gone and by the time he came back with the drink we were in. Would you not of let him in? It wasn't like he was out partying and it wasn't like he didn't wait. Should we all have to get out of line because the kids are literally baking in the sun and need a drink?

Seems a little harsh and a little mean to say I'm not letting ANYONE in. Geez -its a family park - sometime families have issues with kids that arise. Its not a one size fits all issue. Why get like that - its a vacation - just relax and enjoy yourself. In the overall picture - its not a big deal. Why harrass everyone when you don't know what the circumstance is.

 

[MelanieC]

Wow, there are some pretty strict people here. I agree I don't think it is fair for a huge party to cut in front of people, that would drive me nuts... but now you guys have pretty much made me very nervous.....I have a 5 year old, newly 3 year old (potty training now) and a 17 month old. After reading this, by a number of peoples standards we are probably going to have a challenge. So if we wait in line for 45 minutes and suddenly the 3 year old yells out she has to go to the bathroom the whole family must then leave the ride? I supposed I could leave with the 3 year old and the 17 month old (too young to protest she is missing the ride), all three of us forfitting the ride because a 3 year old must pee (and believe me it is hard to hold it at 3), but let her brother go with his dad... Now if the baby dirty's her diaper after lets say, hmmm an hour wait...Perhaps I should just change it in line! I can only imagine what everyones thoughts would be on that (lol). I agree with those letting a parent back in with a child or two, especially if they left the line and came back. Sometimes nature calls for little kids and believe me they can't wait to answer! I pretty much guarentee it will happen to us. Even if I have them go right before we go into every ride..

I wouldn't stress too much. Most people are nice and understanding.

 

[USCGamecocks]

I would probably have replied back (loud enough so most could here): "Oh honey, that's because their moms and dads did not teach them well. No one told them that it's rude."

My DD when she was 4 made a similar remark. She was in 4k preschool and we went to a theme park. We had a DW and DS in front of us and a DH and DS trying to catch up. They went right on by and my DD said "Daddy, can they do that? I thought getting in front of people in line was wrong. That's what they tought us in school." The family all turned red and asked if we wanted to move in front. We politely declined because we had been completely vindicated.

 

[dvczerfs]

Wow - I can't believe some people get so upset on thier vacation. Most of the time it's not a problem and I only get annoyed when its a huge group like the kids from Brazil and the first person who runs up lets all of them in.

But for those that won't let someone through. What about the time when my family of 4 waited in the outdoor heat for Mickey's Philharmagic and my kids were so thristy that my DH ran to get a drink over by Pooh. We had sat outside without the line moving for a LONG LONG time. Unfortunately it started to move while he was gone and by the time he came back with the drink we were in. Would you not of let him in? It wasn't like he was out partying and it wasn't like he didn't wait. Should we all have to get out of line because the kids are literally baking in the sun and need a drink?

Seems a little harsh and a little mean to say I'm not letting ANYONE in. Geez -its a family park - sometime families have issues with kids that arise. Its not a one size fits all issue. Why get like that - its a vacation - just relax and enjoy yourself. In the overall picture - its not a big deal. Why harrass everyone when you don't know what the circumstance is.

wear your steel tips!! IM JUST KIDDING!!! i never stopped anyone from getting threw. im on vacation, im havin fun, if you want to limp around thats your problem.JUST KIDDING!!! you can go get a drink as long as you bring me a beer on the way back!

 

[bicker]

Seems a little harsh and a little mean to say I'm not letting ANYONE in. Geez -its a family park - sometime families have issues with kids that arise. Its not a one size fits all issue. Why get like that - its a vacation - just relax and enjoy yourself. In the overall picture - its not a big deal.

I agree, but I also respect that the other perspective is reasonable as well, especially since laissez-faire attitudes like yours and mine only reward transgressors. There are a lot of things I do consider important enough to make a big deal about -- line jumping happens not to be one of them, for the reasons you mentioned, but everyone has their own priorities.

 

[janloz]

We were at our local amusement park on Friday for "school days" and DH and DS10 were in line for the bumper cars with many middleschool boys that were unsupervised by teachers. As they waited in the long line, many of the boys "friends" started cutting the line. My DH is very quite and normally won't say anything about such behavior but after about 10 of their friends started cutting, he finally lost it and told them to take their "butts" (not word actually used) to the end of the line. My DS had never heard him speak that way and was wide eyed. When more "friends" tried to cut, the kids in front of DH said "oh, no" and they went to the end of the line. DH is 6'2" and 225 so not intimidated by 12-14 year olds.

 

[Stinky_Pete]

And to be clear, I'm talking about people catching up with their party b/c they had to run to the restroom real quick or get a FastPass or something. I don't see what the big deal is, as it happened several times to me and it's not like it drastically changed my wait time. Also, folks were polite enough to allow me to catch up if something happened.

Obviously, it's rude to cut in line just to get ahead.

But I see your examples as cutting in line "just to get ahead." Hang back and let others pass until the rest of the group catches up. Otherwise it is certainly "just to get ahead."

It may not be a big deal to you, but it seems that is is to many others.

 

[mygirl]

The only time I think it is justified is if a family is already IN the line, then a young child needs to use the bathroom. I think it is OK for 1 parent to exit the line with the child and then catch back up with the family. Sometimes these lines are very long, and for a just potty-trained child...well, they may not make it! Or if a baby (and I mean baby) is having a crying/screaming meltdown (and too young to discipline). Better for the parent to take the baby away then everyone in line have to listen to it, and then if they baby does calm down, catch back up. But, in both these cases, you would see the parent/child Exit the line and when they return you would know they had already been in the line and understand.

I do not think it is right to enter a line as 1/2 a party and then have the others come later. If this is done, the party should stay outside the building, as mentioned above, and let others pass by until the rest of the party arrives.

well said! we had this very issue last fall. we got in line at dumbo and, of course, there was a wait of 20 min or so. asked dd (who had just turned 3) if she needed to "go potty" - and got a "no" so we got in line. after about 10 or so min, she decides she needs to suddenly go. great. a couple of families behind us heard this and told us to go ahead and take her and come back and join your family. so dh and ds waited, and i took dd. we re-joined the guys a few minutes later with NO problems. everyone was very understanding .

 

[AKBAFB]

this used to annoy me until my trip a couple weeks ago, when a young boy probably around 12 was cutting through the line........he got to me and I have him that 'another line cutter look', and his line back to me was nothing short of priceless:

He said "hey man, I had to poop, now I have to catch up to my family".......even if he was lying, just the fact that he used that excuse is enough for me to turn my head to any line-cutting offenses. From that point on, I promised myself to never ever question another line cutter for fear of hearing what they just got done 'doing'. LOL.

That's the best excuse ever! Now, whenever I see line-cutters, I'm going to think of this and chuckle! And if it's a large group of line-cutters, I'll just imagine them all in one bathroom together, stinkin' it up!

 

[jdd]

I have a great story related to this.

My sister and her family were in DW about a month ago. While waiting in line for Dumbo (very long line...) her youngest daughter commented that she would really like to see the Little Mermaid, which they could see had no line. As they were discussing this, the family in back of them said "go ahead and run over and we'll save your place". Well, they went over to Ariel, but my sister felt really funny about jumping back in line, so she told they kids that it really wasn't right, and they shouldn't do it. They all agreed, and decided to head over to Goofy's Barnstormer instead.

As they got off GB, they were handed Dream Fastpasses!! She told the kids that was their reward for not doing "the wrong thing" by cutting in line.

 

[dvczerfs]

I have a great story related to this.

My sister and her family were in DW about a month ago. While waiting in line for Dumbo (very long line...) her youngest daughter commented that she would really like to see the Little Mermaid, which they could see had no line. As they were discussing this, the family in back of them said "go ahead and run over and we'll save your place". Well, they went over to Ariel, but my sister felt really funny about jumping back in line, so she told they kids that it really wasn't right, and they shouldn't do it. They all agreed, and decided to head over to Goofy's Barnstormer instead.

As they got off GB, they were handed Dream Fastpasses!! She told the kids that was their reward for not doing "the wrong thing" by cutting in line.

very nice. as they say here in pa dutch area, "what goes around, comes around." i cant spell it in pa dutch if anyone can help, go ahead.

 

[Matt'nMeg'sMom]

I have a great story related to this.

My sister and her family were in DW about a month ago. While waiting in line for Dumbo (very long line...) her youngest daughter commented that she would really like to see the Little Mermaid, which they could see had no line. As they were discussing this, the family in back of them said "go ahead and run over and we'll save your place". Well, they went over to Ariel, but my sister felt really funny about jumping back in line, so she told they kids that it really wasn't right, and they shouldn't do it. They all agreed, and decided to head over to Goofy's Barnstormer instead.

As they got off GB, they were handed Dream Fastpasses!! She told the kids that was their reward for not doing "the wrong thing" by cutting in line.

An AWESOME example of Karma.

 

[pampam]

[ Now if the baby dirty's her diaper after lets say, hmmm an hour wait...Perhaps I should just change it in line! I can only imagine what everyones thoughts would be on that (lol).

Do that and you could discover yourself on another thread.

 

[Robo]

An AWESOME example of Karma.

............It works!

 

[kaffinito]

Last year when we went we stood in only two lines, Peter Pan and Dumbo. At PP there was a man from another country who was standing in line by himself. well the line started to move and when he was about 5 people from the front he called out and a whole group of people from the same country cut right through the line and got in front of us. There were about 8 of them! Now that was rude!

At Dumbo there was a younger woman in front of us with two kids. One of the kids started complaining that she had to go "potty", so I told the mom to go ahead and take the kids and then to come back. I asked people behind us and they said "yes" too. She went, came back, and everyone was happy.

I can't stand line jumpers! My ex husband was a line jumper. He would see a crowd and push his way to the front. I would get in line at the back, and glare at him until he came back in line where I was. The kids learned that lesson well! Never line jump- 'cause its rude.

Of course, if you have to take a child to the bathroom, go ahead, I'll hold your place for you.

 

[luvsJack]

There I am: at the happiest place on earth, my favorite place on earth, with the people I love the most, getting on our favorite attraction; and the thing I am going to let ruin it is someone trying to catch up with their family after a bathroom trip or finishing up buying something? Nope, not happening. Some folks just need to chill out and enjoy thier vacation.

Besides, a grown up refusing to let a child back in line after a trip to the bathroom is a whole lot meaner and ruder than the parent taking their child to the bathroom and coming back to the line. Thank goodness when dd had an emergency while in line for RnRC the people in line had a different attitude than some of the posters here.