SDMT making babies wait in line for rider switch

[TDSAXX]

Weather in April vs weather in June/July (I don’t see it being ok for either). These are not indoor queues and it’s hard enough for the adults. I guess a lawsuit from fainting infants or worse will straighten out the creative monsters who are coming up with these stupid ideas.

Wait we can sue Disney for making us wait in line?
I’m going to call my lawyer. I smell unlimited FP’s for life!

 

[Lilsia]

Wait we can sue Disney for making us wait in line?
I’m going to call my lawyer. I smell unlimited FP’s for life!

Hold on, now I am thinking that the original post is a joke. The more I think about it, the more it smells of a troll.

 

[katyjeka]

I'm not going to win any popularity contest but here goes.... You are at an amusement park and lines are a HUGE part of the experience. It can be as hard for seniors or people with mobility issues as it is for families with kids. I've said this for years and stand by it to this day, when you become a parent WDW trips change. Disney is a success because it caters to everyone and no one should be entitled to special treatment. Suck it up and wait in line. It's a great learning experience for little ones who will spend the rest of their lives waiting for everything!!!! I'll finish with this - I'm a mom of four so I love kids, parents are another story!!! Happy travels.

 

[DLgal]

Suck it up and wait in line. It's a great learning experience for little ones who will spend the rest of their lives waiting for everything!!!! I'll finish with this - I'm a mom of four so I love kids, parents are another story!!! Happy travels.

Or, and hear me out on this, suck it up and skip a ride every once in awhile. In this situation, OP could have told her husband and older child "you guys go ahead, I'm going to do some shopping with the baby in the air conditioning." And then next time, you have the dad take the baby while the mom gets to ride something fun. You take turns making a sacrifice.

 

[Lilsia]

I'm not going to win any popularity contest but here goes.... You are at an amusement park and lines are a HUGE part of the experience. It can be as hard for seniors or people with mobility issues as it is for families with kids. I've said this for years and stand by it to this day, when you become a parent WDW trips change. Disney is a success because it caters to everyone and no one should be entitled to special treatment. Suck it up and wait in line. It's a great learning experience for little ones who will spend the rest of their lives waiting for everything!!!! I'll finish with this - I'm a mom of four so I love kids, parents are another story!!! Happy travels.

Sometimes, even adults need a come to Jesus about reality.

 

[LSUmiss]

Or, and hear me out on this, suck it up and skip a ride every once in awhile. In this situation, OP could have told her husband and older child "you guys go ahead, I'm going to do some shopping with the baby in the air conditioning." And then next time, you have the dad take the baby while the mom gets to ride something fun. You take turns making a sacrifice.

This is what we do. But, I also agree with OP that it’s ridiculous to make the whole party wait in line. I don’t understand what purpose that serves especially now with distancing in lines that caused them to be longer than usual.

 

[Lilsia]

This is what we do. But, I also agree with OP that it’s ridiculous to make the whole party wait in line. I don’t understand what purpose that serves especially now with distancing in lines that caused them to be longer than usual.

It does not make the line any longer to have that extra adult and baby. Everyone has their space 6 feet apart no matter if you have 2 people or 4, you are still in that same space. And you actually get through the ride faster as a family this way because the second person rides immediately after the first one gets off. The other way is the first adult has to come off of the ride and then the second has to get in the FP line, which can take a while.

 

[Disturbia]

Sometimes, even adults need a come to Jesus about reality.

You can keep religion out of it. We are not entitled. Rider Switch is advertised on Disney’s website and it is their policy

 

[Disturbia]

It does not make the line any longer to have that extra adult and baby. Everyone has their space 6 feet apart no matter if you have 2 people or 4, you are still in that same space. And you actually get through the ride faster as a family this way because the second person rides immediately after the first one gets off. The other way is the first adult has to come off of the ride and then the second has to get in the FP line, which can take a while.

This actually was our experience today on flight of passage. Rider switch was immediately active and wait was indoors and we actually liked this. Previously I had to wait for over an hour even if my husband came back in 30 minutes which kept us at a ride for 2 hours.

 

[Lilsia]

You can keep religion out of it. We are not entitled. It’s on Disney’s website and it is their policy

It's not religion, it is just a saying we have where I live. I don't even believe in God. And I am sure that the website also says that things can change without warning. The fact of the matter is you chose to wait in the line, out in the sun, for an hour. That was on you, not Disney. Are you taking any responsibility for this at all?

 

[Brett Wyman]

This may all be moot after the extended physical distancing queues are gone. We should reserve judgement until then.

 

[Disturbia]

Or, and hear me out on this, suck it up and skip a ride every once in awhile. In this situation, OP could have told her husband and older child "you guys go ahead, I'm going to do some shopping with the baby in the air conditioning." And then next time, you have the dad take the baby while the mom gets to ride something fun. You take turns making a sacrifice.

We do make sacrifices. This is advertised as a benefit by Disney on their website so you if you buy into these new policies and are happy, I can express my disappointment just the same

 

[Disturbia]

I'm not going to win any popularity contest but here goes.... You are at an amusement park and lines are a HUGE part of the experience. It can be as hard for seniors or people with mobility issues as it is for families with kids. I've said this for years and stand by it to this day, when you become a parent WDW trips change. Disney is a success because it caters to everyone and no one should be entitled to special treatment. Suck it up and wait in line. It's a great learning experience for little ones who will spend the rest of their lives waiting for everything!!!! I'll finish with this - I'm a mom of four so I love kids, parents are another story!!! Happy travels.

Good for you. I hope you teach your kids to stand up for themselves rather than being pushovers and doormats for the rest of their lives

 

[FCDub]

I never took the OP to be a troll, just someone venting. That said, if your baby is hot and screaming in the summer weather, it's probably best to make a sacrifice and just go do something else and let the rest of your party ride.

 

[JFDIS]

That also happened to us in February for 7DMT. We had a baby and a two year old in our group and were told we would all have to wait. I didn’t care if we couldn’t switch but the little boy in our group wanted both parents to ride with him. He probably wouldn’t have known the difference but his parents were excited on the way in telling him they’d take turns riding with him. Anyway, he got upset they both weren’t going to ride and the baby started crying. We scrapped the whole plan and didn’t ride at all. I guess they have problems with people trying to work the system with that ride. Like get their bracelets scanned then come back later and ride without waiting in line. Sorry that was so long winded lol.

 

[Disturbia]

It's not religion, it is just a saying we have where I live. I don't even believe in God. And I am sure that the website also says that things can change without warning. The fact of the matter is you chose to wait in the line, out in the sun, for an hour. That was on you, not Disney. Are you taking any responsibility for this at all?
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I think you are a troll who is trying to get into a meaningless argument

 

[Disturbia]

I never took the OP to be a troll, just someone venting. That said, if your baby is hot and screaming in the summer weather, it's probably best to make a sacrifice and just go do something else and let the rest of your party ride.

If you re read, the baby was happy until it was several minutes into the wait in the unshaded area

 

[FCDub]

If you re read, the baby was happy

"Our calm baby turned into a screaming monster for an hour"

 

[Disturbia]

This was a genuine surprise to us and we didn’t expect this. I’m sure plenty of parents are surprised. We would have lowered expectations had we known.

It seems like we’ve been lower expectations each year. It’s because parents who think this is all ok and Disney will keep pushing these ridiculous policies.

 

[FCDub]

There was a weird hostility from post one of this thread, and a little bit of entitlement and victimhood too.

"They knew we were coming with an infant" – well so are thousands of other people. I'm not sure what you want them to do for you, specifically, knowing this information.

"We are not welcome in the parks" – because of this one incident?

Saying "people like you" are ruining Disney for others, which means ... something I guess.

It's OK to vent, but this is NOT worth ruining your day, then night, then next day – and now – over.