s/o Waiting in line/ not

[DLtorgo]

A few years ago I was at Disneyland with a friend and our kids and there was a lot of line jumping by teens on almost every ride. Somewhere around the fifth or sixth time, we had had it and when 4 kids "excused" their way through the line, we said, "No. You may not cut in front of us. If the all the people behind us don't mind you cutting in front of them, then you can stay here, but you may not cut." Needless to say, the people behind us did mind and soon, they were at the end of the line where they belonged.

Love this! I may have to try it next time I am in the parks. I agree- a small child and parent I will let go, but I have my small child wait in line- why can't you? If they have a special need then they can get a GAC pass.

 

[Hound 109]

I'm curious ... is line jumping really that prevalent at Disneyland? This is the second thread about it!

At WDW, I've rarely encountered it. ......

You must have never been at WDW when the Brazillian youth groups were there.




But i have also seen it (line cutting by groups....one person holding for 8 others etc.) at DLR. Probably more often on weekend evenings during the summer when there seems to be more local teens (possibly with SoCal passes) at the two parks. But hardly ever during the week or during the day.



I honestly don't share the "ruining my day" or "ruining my vacation" feeling. For me it's merely correcting something that needs correcting. Like sending raw bacon back to be cooked to crispy. I just tell the line cutters "no" or "go back to the end of the line". I've never had an issue.

Probably happens once or twice on a 3 day visit. No big deal.

 

[HappyHaunt]

I mentioned what happened to us at Disneyworld last year. We had two women pushing through a not so wide line, rudely. I had commented to my husband as they just pushed by "What do they think their doing?" Because we were getting near the front of the line, and odds are their family was probably already on the ride. Well she got in my face, and was quite nasty. I told her next time maybe get in line to begin with, with your family. She said something back, and I just told her to go away, that she wasn't worth the trouble. So no, nothing really helped by that. Just put me in a bad mood for a while, lol. But I don't feel I was in the wrong. The way they were doing it was so rude, and it wasn't like a little kid needing to potty moment.

I've seen other people get really heated in other lines, to the point a few times it was pretty scary. I swore once it was going to come to blows! To me that really just isn't worth it. Would be nice if CM's could do more on the issue when it really is line jumpers.

 

[kirstie101]

I personally haven't ever seen any try to cut in line for the rides when I've been in line. If they did, I'm pretty sure I would say something. I have had someone try to hop in the front of a line to meet Pluto one time and since I was the next person in the line and Pluto was getting ready to leave I did speak up and tell her that there was a line that she needed to get back in.

 

[miss.potatohead]

I was in the normal line for Indy one afternoon which had a 30minute or so wait; but the fast pass line was empty. The CM taking fast passes was standing out the front of the temple part but then they disapeared and went walk-abouts so about 20 people just left the standby line (that were in front of me) jumped the rope went through the FP line...

But as far as I know the FP for Indy only gets you into the temple line quicker, then it merges with the regular line yes? I never needed a FP for it so I don't know but meh I got on the ride eventually.

 

[Krissy Marissy]

I visit once a week and I have seen more line cutting in the last month than I ever have! It's becoming a joke and it is getting annoying. I will say that it has been a lot of middle school and high school kids while on field trips. They send 2-3 a head and the other 5 meet up half way through. Which is annoying and not cool. I would never have behaved like that ...ever. I haven't said anything but if this kind of stuff keeps up I know I won't be able to keep my mouth shut. We have 3 very young kids who ALWAYS wait their turn in line. We all go potty ahead of time and if they need to leave the line then one of us leaves with said child and we do not return. It's a bummer, yes, but that is how it goes. Waiting in line is the name of the game and if you can't behave yourself and politely wait like everyone else than perhaps disneyland isn't the place for you. I cannot believe how many rude kids we came across this weekend alone.

 

[smiles33]

I know this thread is a few days old but I thought of you all today while my family and I were at our local amusement park (geared more toward toddlers and elementary school students). I had 3 groups of boys (none older than 12!) try to cut in front of me and my 5 year old in line! It was a busy day with several schools on organized trips (students in uniforms or matching t shirts).

The first 2 boys were probably 8 or 9 and they pushed through everyone all the way to the front of the line. I assumed they might have been in the restroom and were just rejoining their group, but when the mom at the front of the line looked at them and then looked at her friend funny, I leaned over and asked nicely if the boys were with her. When she shook her head no, I immediately said, "boys, you need to go to the back of the line now. It is not nice to cut and you better not do it again." Ironically, there were at least 30 other adults in the line between them and me (I was in the part of the queue that wrapped around so I could see the front of the line). A mom later thanked me for saying something but I can't believe no one else was going to say anything. Parents just kept looking at one another.

Then we got back in line to ride the same ride again and 2 older boys came to join the group standing directly in front of us after we had spent 20 minutes in the line. The chaperone of the group (all the kids were in uniform) asked where these 2 boys' chaperone was and told them to go back to her. The boys said they didn't want to and started smiling and laughing. She turned her back to them as if to give up so I loudly said, "You are not staying here." They sheepishly turned and went back to the end of the line.

I just don't get it. Why didn't anyone else say anything? Am I the only one with low tolerance for poor manners in children? Is it that people are afraid some parent will be upset that you "disciplined" their child? Or that because they got some slack since they weren't obnoxious teens but overeager elementary school boys? Maybe it is different when the parents aren't around? The kids just weren't listening to the field trip chaperones. I was very glad I spoke out but truly surprised that no one else did before me.

For the record, I am not a person any of my friends or family would describe as aggressive or confrontational.

 

[mama2dutchies]

I can't believe no one else was going to say anything. Parents just kept looking at one another.

We don't like in the "village" mentality anymore. The "it take a village to raise a child" is gone. Now a days if someone speaks to a child that isn't theirs, no matter how the little terror might be acting (and trust me mine maybe no angels) we are accused of all kinds of nasty things.

If a child is acting out in public and a parent does anything more then speak to them people yell abuse.. (like a swat on the hiney and no I don't mean a beating).. but if the parent ONLY speaks to the child they get comments too... it's a double standard. So now we live in a society where nobody likes it but we seem to be at a stalemate as to how to handle it.

I can't help but wonder where the chaperone's for the kids were. When I am a mom on a field trip I get 5-8 kids and we stick together.. 1 has to pee we all wait for that person.. we go through line together.. we get off and we go to the next. (these are 6-7 year olds). No I'm not blaming the chaperone's for the children's behavior, chances are in not the child's parent. BUT it's the chaperone's responsibility to make sure the children all act politely.

 

[nana50]

I know this thread is a few days old but I thought of you all today while my family and I were at our local amusement park (geared more toward toddlers and elementary school students). I had 3 groups of boys (none older than 12!) try to cut in front of me and my 5 year old in line! It was a busy day with several schools on organized trips (students in uniforms or matching t shirts).

The first 2 boys were probably 8 or 9 and they pushed through everyone all the way to the front of the line. I assumed they might have been in the restroom and were just rejoining their group, but when the mom at the front of the line looked at them and then looked at her friend funny, I leaned over and asked nicely if the boys were with her. When she shook her head no, I immediately said, "boys, you need to go to the back of the line now. It is not nice to cut and you better not do it again." Ironically, there were at least 30 other adults in the line between them and me (I was in the part of the queue that wrapped around so I could see the front of the line). A mom later thanked me for saying something but I can't believe no one else was going to say anything. Parents just kept looking at one another.

Then we got back in line to ride the same ride again and 2 older boys came to join the group standing directly in front of us after we had spent 20 minutes in the line. The chaperone of the group (all the kids were in uniform) asked where these 2 boys' chaperone was and told them to go back to her. The boys said they didn't want to and started smiling and laughing. She turned her back to them as if to give up so I loudly said, "You are not staying here." They sheepishly turned and went back to the end of the line.

I just don't get it. Why didn't anyone else say anything? Am I the only one with low tolerance for poor manners in children? Is it that people are afraid some parent will be upset that you "disciplined" their child? Or that because they got some slack since they weren't obnoxious teens but overeager elementary school boys? Maybe it is different when the parents aren't around? The kids just weren't listening to the field trip chaperones. I was very glad I spoke out but truly surprised that no one else did before me.

For the record, I am not a person any of my friends or family would describe as aggressive or confrontational.

Exactly how I handle these things. I don't get people fear of kids either. Teenage brains don't work like adults. It is up to us to help learn to behave.

 

[Teki]

Ive only ever had huge issues with this on Indiana Jones and for some reason the buzz astro blasters. I have vocalized distaste but it gets me no where. I have experienced worse problems with this at Knott's and Universal Studios. At universal studios we had gotten in line for the back lot tour we waited an hour an a half and still had about 15 minutes to go. It was HOT the misters were pathetic and wed already run out of water so we were cranky. A group of 7 had the bright Idea to jump over a rope and squeeze in directly in front of us. My boyfriend and i were livid he said to one of them do you know your cutting and the guy said "just be cool man" to which I responded do you realize how long we've waited? and he rolled his eyes at me and turned around to talk to his friends. I exited the line by the same rope and spoke with a worker bee who asked me to point them out and said he take care of it. At first nothing happened and I was beginning to get more upset then as the group who cut approached the entrance the worker I spoke to waved at me and indicated them with his head. I nodded. He then said to them Im sorry we dont have room for you on this train I need you to step over here for just a second and he pulled there whole group aside and then proceeded to board everyone behind them on to the train. The tour is an hour long and when we returned to the loading station the group was still standing there looking very angry it was pretty hilarious.

So yes Id say if you speak up for your self to a employee or cast member something is probably going to be done about the situation. However if you simply lash out at the people cutting your just going to cause a fight.