My mom likes lines

[MickeyWaffles]

My mother has recently confessed that she misses waiting standby for everything.

I knew she didn't like legacy FP because she felt like we were running around too much since you had to go all the way to the ride to get the Fastpass. She thought we wasted a lot more time walking when we could have just waited in line.

So, I figured FP+ would change this for her but I'm wrong.

She actually misses waiting in line!

She says some of her favorite WDW memories of our family were when we were all trying to kill time in line.

I had no idea that waiting in line was actually sentimental for her!

Is she alone?

 

[Disneylover99]

Is she alone?

Yes.

 

[ravenclawtrekkie]

I had some guests at my ticket booth a couple weeks ago from the UK who didn't want to hear about FP+ because "we're British, we like queueing up."

 

[msmama]

I like FP+ for your Mom's reason.

Old FP's were a nightmare for me - a single mom traveling with a toddler. I didn't run fast like other people, navigating the FP machines with a stroller was terrible. I lost track of how many times I walked in at a park at a reasonable pace (sightseeing, but certainly not stopping in the middle of the road) and had people yelling at me because I wasn't running for a FP. It just wasn't my thing.

Now, I wouldn't say I actually like lines, but I do plan my FP's for the lines I like least! I don't find it a problem to wait in line at Pooh, for instance, because we're entertained the whole time with something to do. HM is a great line for I Spy because you can see so much of the park (if you're tall enough to see over the wall). I've not experienced PP, but I hear it's fun now too. My son asked me not to get a FP for Star Tours because you miss seeing the droids!

In an ideal world would all rides be walk ons? Sure. I'd much rather prefer that and maybe I have a different perspective since I'm a regular visitor. But if hanging with my family for 30 minutes in a line is so terrible, maybe I should't be traveling with them, lol!!

 

[momof2n2]

Well - she should be happy now.

 

[flvy]

I wish I got a chance to enjoy some of the interactive queues, but that's about it.

 

[loves to dive]

It might be a stretch to say I like them but I don't mind them. I, too, am from the time before the old FP, which we rarely used when they came to be. It just seemed to silly to both me and DS to run to a machine, stand in line at the machine then go stand in line again. Since we were used to standing in line, we just went with it. We rarely make FP+ now except for the big ticket rides like soarin or TSMM, we stand in line for TT and ToT and anything else we want to ride. We just don't like our days having to be so planned out. Having said that, we also don't make ADRs until the day of, but that might be the advantage of being frequent visitors and adults. We can eat any time we want and I have an AP, he has PHs so where doesn't really matter either. Without FP, you don't have to work around that either.

 

[goofyintoronto]

My mother has recently confessed that she misses waiting standby for everything.

I knew she didn't like legacy FP because she felt like we were running around too much since you had to go all the way to the ride to get the Fastpass. She thought we wasted a lot more time walking when we could have just waited in line.

So, I figured FP+ would change this for her but I'm wrong.

She actually misses waiting in line!

She says some of her favorite WDW memories of our family were when we were all trying to kill time in line.

I had no idea that waiting in line was actually sentimental for her!

Is she alone?

I think its sweet that she is sentimental about it. she just wants to spend time with her family. I love it! And hey, FP isnt for everyone. I know a lot of people who dont use FP+ because they prefer to wing it than plan everything. She's not alone.

 

[ELSA711]

I miss some of the queues, I feel like I didn't wait at all last year and kind of missed looking at all the stuff in EE line, etc.

 

[MommaBerd]

Disney does such a great job with their queues that I do think you miss out on part of the immersive experience when you have FPs. There's probably a sweet spot for waiting in line - maybe around 30 minutes if I had to take a SWAG. Enough time to look around, talk about the last ride, and anticipate what's to come...

 

[BarbieGal457]

Honestly, I am with her. I love FP+ but I really don't mind waiting in lines and it's mostly because of the time I get to spend with my family and friends while doing so. Yes we're on vacation together, and either live together or see each other a lot at home, but there's something about just sort of hanging around and chatting that's better than chatting while running for the park bus, or at 7am on the bus itself! We always used the old FP system as well but maybe only once or twice a day since we don't usually make it to the parks right as they open, so now with FP+ we find our vacation even more relaxing. We do FP the lines we dislike or are usually huge waits, otherwise we don't mind it!

 

[ars0525]

My mom didn't like the old FP cause she too felt like she was criss crossing the park too much (I became the FP runner) especially as she got older. BUT I can't picture her waiting in line for an hour or more either! About 15-20 minutes in line is good. Catch up talking, look around, laugh, see what's coming...get on

 

[ktlm]

She should be happy now. We spend far more time waiting in line since FP+, than we ever did when the old FP was an option. We have had 3 FP+ trips, and felt that way on each of them.

 

[AngiTN]

My mother has recently confessed that she misses waiting standby for everything.

I knew she didn't like legacy FP because she felt like we were running around too much since you had to go all the way to the ride to get the Fastpass. She thought we wasted a lot more time walking when we could have just waited in line.

So, I figured FP+ would change this for her but I'm wrong.

She actually misses waiting in line!

She says some of her favorite WDW memories of our family were when we were all trying to kill time in line.

I had no idea that waiting in line was actually sentimental for her!

Is she alone?

Maybe not alone but she's in a small minority

 

[AngiTN]

I had some guests at my ticket booth a couple weeks ago from the UK who didn't want to hear about FP+ because "we're British, we like queueing up."

That's too funny. DH and I had a conversation about lines and how some nationalities do it better than others. It came up after an event at home when we were in line for various things and when groups from outside the US came up they tended to just walked right up, the concept of the line was foreign to them. I commented about how it was strange to me that some countries must never use lines because some people have no clue how they work. DH said it was because here in the US we came up with our societal habits based on our British background. He said Brits stand in line and so in the US we do too. Other countries, not so much.

 

[ArwenMarie]

That's so cute.

I can see her point if the line isn't too long, like maybe 15 minutes or so at most. After that, I don't find it to be quality family time.

 

[EricInPA]

I'm not going to say that I enjoy lines, but the longest lines at that I usually see at Disney are just typical when we travel to coaster parks where there is only one season: Summer. And on some Disney rides, waiting in the line doesn't really bother me at all because the queues are very detailed and fun to browse.

 

[DVCcurious]

I enjoy "walking" in line, not "standing" in line.

Remember Pirates pre-FP+? You were always moving forward toward the ride. Now you walk 5 minutes, stand 8 minutes, walk 5, stand 8 more, etc.

I'd much rather walk a queue for 40 minutes then ride vs walk right up to the ride and then stand for 40 minutes. In both cases you ride 40 minutes after entering the queue, but walking makes the time pass faster than standing.

I loved the pre FP days...just keep walking, just keep walking, walking, walking, walking... Dory would understand.

 

[bumbershoot]

I lost track of how many times I walked in at a park at a reasonable pace (sightseeing, but certainly not stopping in the middle of the road) and had people yelling at me because I wasn't running for a FP.

Hmm. They actually mentioned the FP in their yelling? Or it was because they were moving faster and you weren't? We never ran in the parks, and were passed by some doing so, but no one ever wasted their time by yelling, and if they had I wouldn't have assumed why they were yelling.

she just wants to spend time with her family.

But isn't the whole entire day, no matter where you are, spent with family? You can have a conversation on your way from point A to point B the same as while in line.

I find being in line different, conversation-wise, because we can talk to OTHER people, not just the same 2 people each of us showed up with, which is a bit refreshing in a small family that has loads of family-time at home...

 

[kay1864]

My son asked me not to get a FP for Star Tours because you miss seeing the droids!

Not true at all. The FP line is parallel to the standby line, so both lines see exactly the same thing.

Now it's true that if you walk quickly through the (often empty) FP line in Star Tours, you don't get to hear all of the "conversation" between C-3PO and R2-D2, but there's a simple solution. Walk slowly (or even stop at the turns), and if there's anyone behind you in the FP line, motion for them to move ahead of you. Best of both worlds.