Waiting in line for characters

[PrincessWithABlaster]

As an interesting side note/reference, our local amusement park (Canada's Wonderland) actually defines the holding of a spot in line for other people as line cutting and you can be asked to leave the park for it. I've never actually seen it enforced, but regardless it's in their "rules".

Six Flags defines it that way as well (at least at the park outside of Chicago).

While waiting in line for Merida I noticed my daughter needed a diaper change. I asked the cast member if my husband could stay in line, and I could go change my daughter. She said it was fine and let us back in when we returned.

This is one of those unplanned things that I think reasonable people who've ever had young kids in their lives would understand. You can't always plan on when your child is going to need a diaper change or when a little one is going to need to go potty. It's not fair to you the family to wait in line for half an hour and then have to give up their spot because of it. And try explaining that to a young kid you're trying to potty train. It would be a long time before they would ask to go again if they lost their chance to see Elsa and Anna because they spoke up and said they needed to go potty. I think what some object to is someone taking their kids to do something fun while others have their kids wait in line. And from a Disney perspective, I can see why they, most of the time, want families together in line to avoid the hassle of people getting into and out of line and then not having all party members when they get to the front.

 

[TAK]

As with everything, in theory it's an easy question but in practice it's sometimes not.

My brother-in-law has titanium pins in his legs and has trouble standing in long lines. His little daughter wants him in the picture with her and Mom and Mickey, so if he has to leave them in the line to sit down periodically and then come back, I think that should be okay... but to an outside observer, who doesn't know why he's sitting in the shade nearby, it might seem unfair, and I can understand that.

In the end? I think it all boils down to people being friendly and polite to each other, to not trying to take advantage, to being a little patient but also a little respectful. It's a tall order, but when that happens, no one minds little things like this, but when there's an attitude of rudeness or inconsiderate behavior, and if the line is long and the temperature is high... well, tempers flare.

 

[GillianP1301]

Six Flags defines it that way as well (at least at the park outside of Chicago).

This is one of those unplanned things that I think reasonable people who've ever had young kids in their lives would understand. You can't always plan on when your child is going to need a diaper change or when a little one is going to need to go potty. It's not fair to you the family to wait in line for half an hour and then have to give up their spot because of it. And try explaining that to a young kid you're trying to potty train. It would be a long time before they would ask to go again if they lost their chance to see Elsa and Anna because they spoke up and said they needed to go potty. I think what some object to is someone taking their kids to do something fun while others have their kids wait in line. And from a Disney perspective, I can see why they, most of the time, want families together in line to avoid the hassle of people getting into and out of line and then not having all party members when they get to the front.

To me that is the key right there. Your kid is not any more special than anybody elses that they should be able to get in twice as many attractions because their parents think they are too special to have to wait. I don't think anybody, at least any reasonable person, would have any problem with a family in line who has a young child who needs an urgent potty break or a baby that needs a diaper change.

 

[Kimberly9701]

Six Flags defines it that way as well (at least at the park outside of Chicago).



This is one of those unplanned things that I think reasonable people who've ever had young kids in their lives would understand. You can't always plan on when your child is going to need a diaper change or when a little one is going to need to go potty. It's not fair to you the family to wait in line for half an hour and then have to give up their spot because of it. And try explaining that to a young kid you're trying to potty train. It would be a long time before they would ask to go again if they lost their chance to see Elsa and Anna because they spoke up and said they needed to go potty. I think what some object to is someone taking their kids to do something fun while others have their kids wait in line. And from a Disney perspective, I can see why they, most of the time, want families together in line to avoid the hassle of people getting into and out of line and then not having all party members when they get to the front.

So does Kings Island. But I've never seen it enforced there either.

We had been in line for 7DMT for about 35 minutes, and were almost up to the inside part, a mother and 3 kids, (maybe ranging 7-12) pushed and 'excuse me'd' their way up to meet a man and younger boy in front of us. They were talking about how fun Barnstormer was. This is completely annoying to me, and I think it's very rude. I won't say anything to them, but they have to know that it is horrible etiquette.