Single Rider Line

[GrillMouster]

What is your opinion of the single rider line? Should it be limited to true single riders or should groups be allowed?

I attended the Expedition Everest preview last Saturday, and waited 45 minutes in the single rider line. Other people who were in the standby line got on the ride before I did. At least half of the people in the single rider line were couples and families with young children, many of whom tried to be seated together when they got to the front of the line. This bothered me. The line could have gone twice as fast if the line were restricted to true single riders like myself (DW won't get on coasters).

I've read in several places that if you don't mind your group being split up that you should use the single rider line. If this is the way it is, then fine. I might not mind a couple who expect to be separated. Just don't try to talk the castmember into seating you together. Groups including young children and people that don't want to be separated should go to the standby line.

Just my dos centavos ($0.02).

 

[Sandi]

I agree that people shouldn't ask to be seated together if they're in the single rider line. The whole idea of single rider lines is for the single rider to fill in seats that would otherwise go empty. My 11 yo DD and I often use the single rider line at Test Track and for the chairlift at BB and we expect to be separated. We get to the ride (or the top) a lot faster.

I don't believe it should be limited to "true" single riders as I think you want to define them, however.

How did you like EE? I'm an AP holder, but we're going to WDW in 10 days so couldn't swing another trip for the AP event.

 

[johde]

I agree that the single rider line should be for people who are willing to ride with strangers. A couple of years ago on test track they were putting every other person in a different car to ensure groups for split up. For example first person in front row of car 1 second person in back row of car 2, third person in car 3 fourth person sitting next to first person in row 1 or in back row of car 1. I have no problem with a family who is willing to abide by those rules using the single rider line to shorten the wait.

 

[paladin]

My husband and I have gone on the single rider line several times for Test Track. We have always been put in different cars and we know that is the way it works and would never ask to be in the same car (after all, it is the Single rider line). And yes, it would also bother me if groups asked to be seated together (that defeats the whole purpose of the line)

 

[cranbiz]

DS and I rode Test Track a couple of months ago and used the single rider line many times. He is 19 so we did not care about being split up. Sometimes we sat in the same car 1st row, 2nd row and sometimes we sat in different cars.

I did see the CM's at Test Track make guests who insisted in sitting together who used the single rider line exit the ride and have them get into the rear of the standby line.

 

[MouseWorshipin]

We've done more-than-one-person through the single-rider line. We don't expect (or ask) to be seated together, but sometimes we are!

Sorry you had to wait so long for a ride.

How was EE??????

 

[Msslaydbug]

Last year my son and I used the Sigle Rider line and we were placed in the same car even though we knew entering we would probably be split up. If groups get into the sigle rider line they need to enforce it and split them up.

 

[tjmw2727]

I agree with you that singles should fill in the single seats only but I think if groups are willing to separate they should have the option. We often use the singles lines while skiing and its not even an option to sit together, you go where they put you and meet your party at the top. That is how it is at Test Track, Mission Space, and probably will be soon at EE.

I do hope its just a matter of time before they "get control" of the single rider line at EE. I know at Test Track if you even ask to ride with someone you are escorted out of the line. They make it crystal clear that you will ride single and if your not willing you should choose another line. I have seen them explain it very clearly to families who later said they didn't know it was the single rider line (didn't work!).

People using the single rider line and then expecting to ride together are just trying a shortcut. A shortcut I am pretty sure will be eliminated as soon as the staff gets up and running.

TJ

 

[MickeyMouseGal]

What time did you go?
I was also there on Saturday and rode from the single rider's line. I got in line at 11:15am and got on the ride at 11:45. At the time I was given the single line ticket (looks like a fast pass, but said 'single rider'), the CM told me the stand-by line was 90 minutes... AND the fast-pass tickets had just sold out!

 

[GarrettJD]

I don't have any problem with groups using the single rider line, as long as they don't insist on sitting together. I once saw a group of 5-6 guests in the single rider line at Test Track get upset when they split up their party at the load area. That was pretty annoying.

Nikkie and I use the single rider line all the time at Epcot for TT and Mission: Space, and we know we'll probably be separated. I think we'll probably use the Single Rider line on Everest, but only after the first time so we can experience it together first.

 

[Tegra89]

Wow! I can't believe people would go through that line knowing it's for singles and expect to be kept together.

 

[KPeterso]

We go in the single rider line all time, but we also expect to be split up. We are 3 adults and do not care if we are seated together. If for some reason, we really want to ride together, we will get in the stand-by line or get a fastpass for later. We like using the single riders and we just meet up at the exit.

 

[drteeth3]

Going in as a group is fine as long as you expect to be split up. If it works out you end up together than fine. The problem I see is that the cast members don’t have control and need to make it A LOT more clear that you will be split. No if and or buts. I think Disney should use single riders on more rides but they also need to make sure they enforce the rules. Because as long as you give people an inch they try and take a mile. So the people who follow the rules are the ones that pay.

 

[Twinprincesses]

To me the single rider line is jsut that, for single riders. If I wanted to sit with anyone else in my party I would wait in line like everyone else.

 

[MouseWorshipin]

Last year my son and I used the Sigle Rider line and we were placed in the same car even though we knew entering we would probably be split up. If groups get into the sigle rider line they need to enforce it and split them up.

Test Track has six seats. If a party of four comes through the regular line, they have two more seats to fill there. They call for a party of two. If there isn't one, they grab the next two people from the Single Rider line to fill the two empties. That's why sometimes we end up riding together.

We never ask to get seated together, we just luck out sometimes. Same deal on Mission Space, only on that they have four seats to a compartment.

Or maybe it is just *magic*!

 

[TnTsParty]

My dh and I do that on Test Track ~ once we were in the same car but I was in the front and he was in the back. We never ask to be in the same car. He waits for me before the cars or I would wait for him (seems I am always after him!! LOL)

 

[Bouncing4Tigger]

I am always going to the world solo so take advantage of the single rider line. Heck, I am going by myself when going in the regular line, may as well right? I am amazed how many times I have had a group ahead of me that expects to go together. I commonly hear them comment when one is sent on the ride " wait, but we are together". Ah, then don't go in the single rider line

 

[GrillMouster]

Thanks for the responses everyone. I agree that groups of more than one are okay as long as they don't ask to get together. If two single riders wind up together because there are no groups of 2 in the standby or fastpast lines, that's okay. Just don't beg or whine to be seated together.

As for the questions about Expedition Everest, it was great! I got to ride it 4 times. Once in the morning between 9 & 10 (standby), twice between 12:00 and 12:30 (fast pass), and once between 1 & 2 I think (single rider).

 

[Bronte]

We always do the single line at Test Track ... we have never been seated together nor would we ask to be (family of four)
Last visit we were on test track and saw a group of 6 guests in the single rider line ... from thier conversations I felt there was going to be a problem at the loading gate but I did not want to tell them so that they could get upset with me ... everyone was informed when they got in line that this was the single rider line. Sure enough when we got there they got very very upset and tried to get the CM to seat them all together because one of them was a child ... well I was soooooo proud of the CM's ... they split up their party and that was that. I am sure that EE will do the same once they get a bit of time under their belts.

 

[ktglads]

I use the single rider line when traveling with my friends - its just plain faster. We really don't care if we are split up, so the single rider works best for us. If we want a picture with everyone in it, then we use the fastpass or standby lines. Usually we don't care, so it is single riders for us.

Plus, you sometimes get to meet the most interesting people (like the family I went on Splash Mountain in DL with who managed to make the ride stop).

Besides, if you want to ensure the kids are never alone, send one parent through first, then the kids, then the last parent. Your kids will never have to be unsupervised at any point besides on the actual ride