Queueing etiquette

[laalaa]

Haven't really noticed this at WDW. One queuing thing I do wonder about is the people that push through a 45 min queue to "meet their family upfront". Everyone tends to accept this & move to the side, but for all we know its just a ploy to get to the front? Fair enough if its a parent returning with a small child from the toilet, but groups of people?

A bugbear on our last trip was people standing in front blocking our view of wishes. We were sitting in front of the castle. Practically everyone was sitting down on the pavement/ground. Then this guy stepped over us all, stood in front & started taking photos & blocking everyones view. Grrrr.

 

[london75]

Haven't really noticed this at WDW. One queuing thing I do wonder about is the people that push through a 45 min queue to "meet their family upfront". Everyone tends to accept this & move to the side, but for all we know its just a ploy to get to the front? Fair enough if its a parent returning with a small child from the toilet, but groups of people?

I suspect even if its a parent and child "returning" to the queue its still cheeky. A number of websites and even guide books recommend double queuing for hectic parents. Dad and impatient offspring go off and ride Winnie the Pooh and the carousel while Mum gets in line for Dumbo. Dad sees Mum near the front of the Dumbo queue and rejoins so little kid hasn't had to queue.

Now on the face of it its really sensible and at least there was a token person waiting in line for the same duration as you but the thing that hacks me off is waiting there with the what looks like a medium queue and for every 5 people in front of you, there could be up to 10 additional people being "represented". This is particularly awful for Dumbo but luckily my two are getting older and only want a token single ride per trip now. Phew.

It really riles me that the guide books recommend it! Fine if you figure it out on your own but please don't advertise it as an acceptable tactic.

 

[2Tiggies]

Now on the face of it its really sensible and at least there was a token person waiting in line for the same duration as you but the thing that hacks me off is waiting there with the what looks like a medium queue and for every 5 people in front of you, there could be up to 10 additional people being "represented". This is particularly awful for Dumbo but luckily my two are getting older and only want a token single ride per trip now. Phew.

It really riles me that the guide books recommend it! Fine if you figure it out on your own but please don't advertise it as an acceptable tactic.

Hot topic on some of the forums but I am totally with you on this. I do understand that little kids may suddenly need to be taken to the toilet, but that would be a child already waiting in line and I have no problem letting them rejoin their family when they come back. But a group of 5 teenagers? Had to run to use the restroom? Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

 

[VailaTigger]

Can't say I've ever had much of a problem at WDW - most people in line are actually rather nice to chat to! But when I have, I'm pretty good at making myself 'wide' even though I'm only 5ft 3in. I hold on to the barrier on each side with both hands, and stand my ground.

If I get 'space invaders' or bumped lots, I find the over-acting technique works. I fall forwards as if I've been hit by a vehicle from behind, and yell 'OW'. It's even better if DF has to 'catch' me That kind of thing transcends any language barriers

I do like the suggestions from Pegasus though!

UK supermarkets are the worst for space invaders especially the 'older' contingent (and I'm 40) who seem to feel the need to tell me what to buy, or tell me it's my turn at the till, or rearrange my groceries on the belt... I could go on!

 

[higgy66]

If we are all in one line and have no choice but to stand behind each other my hubby is usually last and he has the ruck sack. After reading this thread - maybe that's why we've never had an issue regarding this?

There could be another thread somewhere about those annoying people in front with ruck sacks who knock everybody as they turn around etc - in which case I apologise now - it is not intentional


I have to agree with others and say we have very rarely experienced queue problems in WDW but found this a BIG issue in DLRP and for this reason (& the weather) we would never return.

 

[vivkemp]

Thanks for all your replies, some of these tatics are very funny

I agree that it did happen more at DL Paris, so maybe that says more about the french

I think if it does happen in my october trip, all i need to do now is imagine some of these suggestions and i will be laughing away to myself like a mad woman
Viv

 

[ford family]

The only time we ever experience this at WDW is in the TSM line at the Studios.
The queue jumpers are people who have stayed behind to get fast passes whilst the rest of their family have gone ahead to the ride.
We simply refuse point blank. When they get agitated we offer to call security for them.
They normally give up and either queue behind us or return to the entrance to await their family.

ford family

 

[Funky_dino]

I just turn around and gesture at the floor a bit or just say something.

I'm a checkout manager at a busy supermarket so I'm used to dealing with the irate hehe

 

[m-tinkerbelle]

Hi!
some of you mentioned DLRP. I don't remember getting angry while queueing at WDW but at DLRP... space invaders, entire families joining a certain person at the beginning of a queue in PotC, people who decide they're too cool to queue...

does any of this actually happen these days at WDW? what has your experience been if you have been to both disney parks/resorts?

Last time I was at WDW was 1996 so maybe things have changed since then. I hear that the teen tour groups are creating lots of problems in the different queues but what has been your experience with the rest of the people there?

Is it queuing in US parks now as stressful as it is at DLRP? we hate the situation at DLRP! we don't let it take the magic of disney away from the experience but sometimes it sort of gets to a boiling point.

ideas anyone?

 

[zippy99]

I must agree - DLRP - much worse for this kind of behaviour.

I cannot stand getting pushed in a queue - it tends to be teenagers I must confess.

I have been known on many an occasion to swing my backpack into the arm/body of the offending pusher (by accident of course). The moment my bag hits them I quickly turn round and apologise - sorry I did not realise someone was so close behind me. The Space invaders soon hold back after that.

It's like when you see someone breaking the speed limit to overtake you on the road - and you pull alongside them at the traffic lights 5 minutes later - there is nothing to be achieved but people do insist on doing it!

 

[london75]

Forget the rucksack, I've now got two half arm plaster casts. Perfect queue space generators!

 

[BigMommaMouse]

At Sainsbury's last year I had a lady pick up my extra bags and throw them in my cart as I was paying!

At Disney elbows out while standing and a stern look does the job. Saying something is hard as then you feel weird for the rest of the line.

 

[mackay_j]

Some replies here really made me laugh. The ones about parents taking kids back/up the line worries me a little as we have had to do this and not even with a small child but with a large teen. And worries me even more for our nixt visit as my dd will be 18 but she is diabetic and in long ques we have been caught out and had to leave to get her sugars up or down. She also has a kidney problem which results in very frequent breaks which she tries to time between rides but on very busy visits when rides go down and ques go up to the several hr mark its not always possible. She has got some strange looks in the past but there really isn't any way we can get round this easily. If her sugars are very low then we do not allow her to leave and sort out on her own so as a result 2 of us have to wade our way back through. After reading some comments on here we will be even more embarresed the next time

The worst pushing in we ever had was to watch spectro parade. We had placed ourslelves on main st for over an 1hr before start and then with 10 mins to go a woman with 2 very young girls appeared so to be kind my 2 teens let the kids go in front and said they would stand behind. As soon as they did so another 7 members of the family appeared includding teens and adults and then they pushed in beside the 2 small girls - there was nothing we could do they refused to move and suddenly understood no english (even although they understood us when we let the 2 girls in front of us). Never again will we be so stupid. There were a few ammerican students beside us who were very anoyed by what had happened to us and they let my two infront of them but hubby and see could see very little. The students then decided it would be funny to spill a whole iced coke over the offending parents of the 2 girls (it was over new year and already below zero!)- I will never know if it was an accident or not - they didn't say but just looked at us and

 

[joolz1910]

We had a lovely moment at DLP. My children were standing behind some students, waiting for the Once upon a Dream parade. They gestured to my two eldest girls to stand in front of them and made space for us too! It was a lovely thing to do and helped to make the day really special.

 

[cornish pixie]

My teenage daughter has just returned from a school trip to Paris and they were lucky enough to spend a day at Disney. She has been to Florida on several occasions and understands how to conduct herself, being polite giving up her seat etc and the first thing she shared with us on her return was how rude people had been in the parks.
Now I know there is good and bad wherever you go but she said the queue jumping and rudeness by dare I say it some of the local people that her group witnessed was really bad.
Interesting that a group of 14 year olds even noticed it enough to comment.
She said she had a nice time but would rather be in Disney Florida ...Fine by me
Cornish Pixie

 

[cinabug]

We just got back from WDW world last week, and I read through this thread, thinking that this hadn't happened to me. Then I remembered! At the end of the day at Hollywood studios, I was waiting in the photo shop to have the Jedi Training pictures added to our photo pass. The line was incredibly slow moving. I was chatting with a nice woman in front of me, so when a Spanish speaking woman joined the line behind us, she must have thought we were together. When we got up to the front of the line, she got very aggressive with the woman in front of me, gesturing and even trying to physically move the woman when she thought the CM was ready for the next guest. She clearly thought she was going to be next, so when I hustled up to the next available CM, she seemed to be irate. It was unnerving. I don't think the woman gets a free pass on this just because she was foreign though. The way she was acting was rude in any culture.

 

[wishspirit]

It was so bad in DLP I doubt I'd go back any time soon! Plus the CM's in general don't seem to care!

I have a set way of dealing with this
1) Rucksacks- we have them anyway because we bring our own water and snacks to the parks, so it does help.
2) When we line up, I tend not to face forward but rather face the person I'm with (works well if there are two of you). It means we can chat but also, as people can see your face, they tend to leave you more space. Then I can stare them down if they don't! This also means you can see if their children are gonna run into you. (I work with kids, I'm used to them and don't tend to get bothered, I just like to know it's going to happen!)

Strangers touching me when I'm hot is like an electric shock to me, it's really horrid, so I do keep an eye out for people who are a bit close for comfort.

 

[torsie24]

I had to leave the loong line for WWoHP this trip and then get back in to meet Jack and our friends.

I felt SO bad doing so, but after 40 minutes of queuing - with still ages to go I wasn't going to give up my spot.

So we decided on a point in line they could get to and I could easily re-join and I was as quick as I could be.

Sure got some bad language directed my way coming back through!

 

[Scrap_Vamp]

I hate people getting in my space, but I just turn my teacher 'look' on them. Works with adults, although best with children and teenagers!

Luckily it hasn't happened to us a lot. Most of the time we try to make friends with the people near us - have learned a lot about different parts of the world that way

 

[Cyrano]

We faced our worst case of queue jumpers at WDW and Universal this holiday.
Most CMs preferred not to get involved. Tour groups were not the only ones guilty of this behaviour.

DS had one of the icebergs at Blizzard Beach deliberately rammed into him.
Only when I said that I would hold the management of the park personally responsible did they do something about the incident and DW stopped me from dealing the matter in my own direct way