Okay. I give up.

[disneyjunkie]

disneyjunkie... Absolutely right...people DO WDW in their own way. Guess your too young to understand the "smell the roses" concept. Too bad



Yepper!!!

I understood your comment, I was joking.

 

[Stitch's mom]

just one thing...People are LAZY! They'd rather STAND in line for 90 minutes then walk the whopping 15 minutes across the park to come back to a ride. I am grateful for it though!

 

[SomePixiedust]

I think a good point is that sometimes people just don't understand the system or know what is available to them. I made dozens of trips to Disney (albeit many as a child) before I discovered these boards. Whenever I saw someone doing something out of the ordinary (i.e. specialty cruises, etc.) I thought those people were either rich or had special connections. I did not know that ANYONE with the correct information could partake of these things. I also did not know how to get this info. But now I know! . It didn't make me ignorant or stupid, and I always had a good trip. Now I just know what else is out there and have had many more great experiences because of that . We go commando for a few hours in the morning and get so much done that we have the afternoon to stop and smell the roses. So basically, people do what is best for them and their families and hopefully they get some new ideas along the way. We can all always learn something new from each other

 

[aubriee]

People don't understand how to use fastpasses, but they also don't know how to use the single rider's line either. When I was there in May I got in the single rider's line for Test Track and some little boy started yelling 'she's cutting line'. The dad said 'well, so are we' and crawled over the railing lifting his son over too. I turned and told them this was the single riders line, but got only a glare for my trouble. We walked to the front and the CM told me to get on a number, then told the dad and little boy the same thing. The dad got irate when it looked like his son was going to be put in another car and called the CM stupid for even thinking he would allow it. The CM asked him why he got into the single rider's line knowing they would be split up. The dad glared at him and then glared at me like it was my fault before he walked off with the little boy to get back in the regular line.

 

[Tigger_Magic]

I'm wondering why so many people would be so concerned why some people would stand in a line.

Even more than that, I'm wondering why some people think everyone else should tour Disney the same way they do. I can understand the occasional misunderstanding about the FP or single rider lines, but not everyone knows about this forum or other Disney forums on the Internet... or about planning guides. Some people prefer a laid-back vacation or one that is spontaneous to a vacation that is planned in such detail that there's no room for error.

People enjoy Disney in very different ways and there is no single correct way to tour Disney. Let's allow everyone to tour Disney the way they want to. As has been said, those of us in the stand-by lines make it easier for those with FP to enjoy the ride, too. We all get to ride eventually... some of us are a little more laid-back about it.

 

[MaryKatesMom]

just one thing...People are LAZY! They'd rather STAND in line for 90 minutes then walk the whopping 15 minutes across the park to come back to a ride. I am grateful for it though!

Pushing a stroller and holding the hand of a toddler will take longer than 15 minutes to cross the park. Particularly if your child likes to stop and take a moment to stop and smell the roses.

 

[Tigger_Magic]

Pushing a stroller and holding the hand of a toddler will take longer than 15 minutes to cross the park. Particularly if your child likes to stop and take a moment to stop and smell the roses.

And not just stopping to smell the roses. Mine like to smell the cookies or the popcorn or some other treat... or get another autograph... or check out another souvenier cart... or trade pins with someone else...

15 minutes to cross the park? Maybe in my wildest dreams if all four of us were on Segway's Even then I'd end up chasing my girls through every shop and gift cart!

 

[Brer boy]

Tigger Magic, agree with you 100%. I don't want to label anyone for doing Disney a certain way. I think people who are on their first trip are overwhelmed and do what they think is best. We've stood in a long line while holding FP. We've grazed at a restaurant while holding FP. Let's just hope everyone is having fun rather than analyzing some disorder.

 

[mking624]

My DH & I will sometimes wait in standby. Sometimes it's because we just feel like killing time, sometimes it's because the standby line gives us the perfect opportunity to relax a bit from going here to there to here to there. But my basic thought is this...who cares if people are waiting in standby line? I am with Tigger Magic 100% on this.

 

[ajwolfe]

At the great risk of being flamed I will have to say it is because the majority of the people in this country are stupid. Now, I'm serious. I am a tax accountant. I get people coming into my office every single day bringing me letters from the IRS or the State Treasury. They want me to tell them why they are getting letters. Some of them are as simple as you overpaid on your taxes and have a credit and these people are bent WAY out of shape. Why didn't they just read the darned thing? It would have saved 1) their time, 2) my time, 3) their money (I should charge double for stupid questions) and, 4) their blood pressure. We have become a society that is no longer able to think for themselves. We wait for somebody to tell us what to do and then follow like Lemmings.

Sorry folks, but that is how I see it.

No personal offense meant, but I have to say that I work for a State agency, in a Taxation dept. And we personally, believe that accountants and cpa's are typically dumber on tax matters than the average people! I don't know how many clueless cpas I deal with daily, drives me insane. Anyways, just thought it was funny.

 

[jobanana]

My cousin went last august and did not use a single fast pass. Why you might say considering I explained the whole thing many times before she left. Well, they went to universal first and there it is different. So they missed out on stuff and waited too long.

I have to agree w/ the poster that said many people are "stupid". Sorry. Don't flame me now. Not just Disney dumb either. Logic escapes many people I meet.

 

[Stitch's mom]

Originally Posted by MaryKatesMom
Pushing a stroller and holding the hand of a toddler will take longer than 15 minutes to cross the park. Particularly if your child likes to stop and take a moment to stop and smell the roses.

that I would have to make the point of pointing out parents of small children. Heck, I have been there and done that. I am thinking of the people that are...how shall I put it ? Usually people of small aren't doing the rides like Tower of Terror (I guess I have never seen Peter Pan with a 90 minute wait) so I wasn't meaning to insult those with kids. We usually had ours in a stroller just to keep them from getting trampled. My apologies.

 

[jann1033]

i for one would never fp tot ..we always go off season and walk through so fast i never see all the little details everyone writes about...course fp also doesn't get turned on those days either sometimes. i intentionally didn't use it last time and the standby line was still ony a couple mins... by the time we hit the door cms were hurrying us along. so i'm not dumb, i do read quite well but hmm i was in a stand by line

 

[Rozzie]

we were there last week and never waited more than 10 minutes using TGM. If we are waiting for a next FP time, we are enjoying a dole whip or chilling somewhere...I personally can't stand to wait in standby. And we got everything done on our list, did BTMRR 7x one day. Getting at park opening is a key. we will get 6 rides down in 1 hour without using 1 FP!!! and this was the summer!!!!

 

[ryanmilla]

ahhhhh, what in tarnations is this "fastypassy" you guys are talking about?????

But since you guys are talking about lines, can you tell all of those people who keep walking up that empty line that that is rude! I mean come on, I have been waiting in this line for 2 hours to ride some train over a thundering mountain or something and these people walk right up to the front in this line next to me. I nearly blew my top, but my family held me back from going all tazmanian devil and all.....

Just kidding. All I have to say is I love the fast pass system. No matter who or how many people are using it. It works great for me and my family and that is what matters to me.

 

[mrzrich]

We also gave 2 of our Space mt FP out and I thought : people are going to be soooo thankful for skipping the line that already went outside the ride and into the sun....NOPE, I offered them to one couple and they refused!!!!! The seond couple, jumped on the FP.

I experienced this too...I tried to give away two FP's for Soarin, and people backed away like I was a lepper! I forgot the baby swap pass would mean that I didn;t need fast passes for everyone in my party so I had two extra, it took about a half an hour of asking everyone coming off the escalator waving the FP's in my hand before someone gratefully took them.

People looked at me like I was a criminal on time square scalping tickets or something

 

[gepetto]

Because, I am already holding a FP and I have to wait 2 hours to use it! What do I do for 2 hours... go in line and wait in line for a ride. I don't want to just sit around for 2 hours and do nothing. .

Please don't assume people in the long standby lines are stupid. Sometimes the fastpasses run out before noon. Or maybe, like fantasia said, they have a FP and can't get another for 2 hours.