What are the rules for waiting in line?

[LilyWDW]

Who's being treated special? If someone was in line, had an emergent bathroom issue, left and then got back in line in their respective spot, who's harmed by that? No one lost their space, no one cut in line.

The only person harmed is the poor person who had to go to the washroom, all those evil looks they must get as they slink back!

Geez tough crowd. I can get annoyed by things, but someone needing to leave a line to use a washroom after waiting 3 hours isn't one of them.

I never said I was harmed or annoyed by it happening. No where in my post was that implied. I said that I personally, as someone with a medical condition, do not believe that I deserve to be allowed back into the line at the same spot if I had to leave. And that I do think I would be asking for something special if I did. I simply explained my feelings at a personal level when it comes to MY situation.

 

[nat8199]

In cases like FOP speak with the CM at the entrance of the queue. If you are on the outside queue running the bathroom is no big deal but if you are inside it is much harder to come and go. If 1 person leaves the line because they have an emergency fine but if your whole group exits and then wants to come back nope not cool.

Also just try to go before you get in line. I get medical issues but unless you are chugging bottles of water if you go before you should make it through the 3 hour line.

You obviously have not given birth to twins. There is no way I can go three hours without peeing. It just isn't going to happen.

 

[eeyoreandtink]

One person who needed the restroom, totally fine. 5-10 people or more shoving past me (which has happened to us multiple times), no way. I simply don't let them through.

 

[nat8199]

You obviously have not given birth to twins. There is no way I can go three hours without peeing. It just isn't going to happen.

And that being said I would not get in a three hour line. I barely get in 30-45 min lines. Even with my kindle to read on and no kids with me, more than that isn't worth it.

 

[ColoradoMom12]

I always wonder what to do when I get into a long line alone with my young DD. If she needs to use the bathroom, can we get out and back to our original place without another family member to hold our spot? I never feel right doing this, so if we leave, we always end up at the back. Is it acceptable for a parent alone with a young child to leave the line for the bathroom and then rejoin the line in the same place? Should we say something to our neighbors? It's obviously not an issue when our family is in the line to keep our place, but when it's just the two of us, I wonder about etiquette.

The last time we rode Soarin, a family who got into line after us pushed their way in front of us (by 3-4 other families). My daughter kept pointing out to me that this other family had cut us. It honestly did not matter to me. They were a family of 4 not a tour group of 50. Irritating, yes, a little, but I realized it wouldn't make any difference for us whatsoever. My DD just didn't understand this. She's at age where line cutting is a really big deal. She kept urging me to say something to this other family. It was funny, but at the same time, I can appreciate her confusion. It's not ok to cut in line at school, so what makes it ok in the Soarin line?

 

[wilkeliza]

You obviously have not given birth to twins. There is no way I can go three hours without peeing. It just isn't going to happen.

I'd file that under medical condition.

 

[Bob Dolewhip]

While we are talking about rules for waiting on line how about this one:
1) if I can feel your breath on the back of my neck you are too close

 

[zoo2tycoon]

While we are talking about rules for waiting on line how about this one:
1) if I can feel your breath on the back of my neck you are too close

That is 100% true- along with don't step on the back of my sandals. That happened last might've on SM.

 

[dizneegirl]

Every time we had to get out of a line because niece had to go, we would go back to the back of the line. Just seems like the correct thing to do.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Oh my god, I can't believe anyone would have issue with someone (one person) that had to leave the line to use the bathroom!
If you leave, start at the back of the line?

If I see someone have to leave the line to use the facilities and then squeeze their way back in, I will move out of the way and smile at them with empathy.

1 person should hardly create a negative experience for a person. However, the reality is it's very difficult to descern that it was just 1 person.

Personal opinion here but it's not just my experience being potentially impacted by a person leaving the line and rejoining the line. There are possibly countless other people behind me as well. So when you talk about empathy...there are two sides of that as well.

You can imagine I'm sure that you're way up in the line and then opps someone in front of you needs to go to the restroom..ok so they leave and come back and it's just that 1 person for you but then 50 people behind you another person does that and so on and so on. That 1 person may not affect me but that may not the only person people behind me have had to encounter. I would estimate though that on average a person's wait is unlikely to be impacted by much but there is a possibility especially when you include rides that are outdoors and thus are dependent on weather.

Most people are pretty darn understanding with kids and bathroom breaks though but still I can understand both sides here.

 

[Zakery]

Since I'm going solo, I'm hoping for no real long lines as I'd hate to lose my spot for a bathroom break.

 

[Disney_Alli]

My biggest issue with people who leave the line and then want to return is when they are rude. I don't care if you were ahead of me in line and want to catch up to your family now. I don't even care why - bathroom/snacks/whatever - just please for the love of everything say "excuse me". Don't shove passed me. Don't "hhhhmph" at me because I'm standing talking to my husband/parents/whoever and didn't see you come up from behind me. Don't just yell at me "I'm meeting up with my family" Just say excuse me politely. I'll let you passed every time. But if you do anything else I'm going to be really reluctant to let you ahead of me whether you started out there or not.

 

[Scootypuffjr]

I always wonder what to do when I get into a long line alone with my young DD. If she needs to use the bathroom, can we get out and back to our original place without another family member to hold our spot? I never feel right doing this, so if we leave, we always end up at the back. Is it acceptable for a parent alone with a young child to leave the line for the bathroom and then rejoin the line in the same place? Should we say something to our neighbors? It's obviously not an issue when our family is in the line to keep our place, but when it's just the two of us, I wonder about etiquette.

The last time we rode Soarin, a family who got into line after us pushed their way in front of us (by 3-4 other families). My daughter kept pointing out to me that this other family had cut us. It honestly did not matter to me. They were a family of 4 not a tour group of 50. Irritating, yes, a little, but I realized it wouldn't make any difference for us whatsoever. My DD just didn't understand this. She's at age where line cutting is a really big deal. She kept urging me to say something to this other family. It was funny, but at the same time, I can appreciate her confusion. It's not ok to cut in line at school, so what makes it ok in the Soarin line?

DS5 and I were alone and 1 3/4 hours into a 2 hr line at SM at DLR (when it was hyperspace mountain) when he looked at me and said he had to go to the bathroom. Thankfully, there was a CM close by and when she saw him she pulled us out and handed us a Rider Swap pass. If you can find a CM they'll usually offer some type of solution or if you talk to them on the way out they can sometimes find a way to help.

 

[Disney_Princess83]

I actually have no problem with this and I have a medical condition that sometimes makes it so I am using the bathroom way more then a normal person. If I had to leave the line to use the restroom, then I would simply deal with getting back in line at the end. That's the way things go. I don't know why I should be treated special and get to cut back in.

Who is asking for special treatment? If you have already been lining up for 2+ hours and have to use the bathroom, I see no issue in leaving the line to use the restroom and coming back. This is especially true with a child (Frozen Ever After comes to mind.....) Why would anyone expect someone to wait two hours and then back get back into a line and wait another 3 hours on top? This is unreasonable.

 

[married2mm]

[QUOTE="marcyleecorgan, post: 58037951, member: 594407
Everything in your Disney planned life is meticulously laid out, how come bathroom breaks aren't in there too? [/QUOTE]

I realise this was said tongue in cheek-but on several occasions I've overheard ...it was not potty time yet-wait until after...
Or actually in he bathroom...come on we weren't supposed to be in the bathroom until 30 minutes time.

Unbelievable; the bladder does not actually function to a timetable!!

And my bladder (medical issues) most certainly doesn't.
In the space of 3 hours-I could visit the bathroom many times

 

[KrazeeK120]

Who is asking for special treatment? If you have already been lining up for 2+ hours and have to use the bathroom, I see no issue in leaving the line to use the restroom and coming back. This is especially true with a child (Frozen Ever After comes to mind.....) Why would anyone expect someone to wait two hours and then back get back into a line and wait another 3 hours on top? This is unreasonable.

Totally agree.

If someone is in front of me in line, gets out to use the restroom, and then comes back, I'm still in the same place in line. It hasn't affected me whatsoever. There are many people that, for whatever reason, don't always have a lot of warning before needing to get to the restroom. Heck, it even happens to "regular" people from time to time. I just think there are way, way bigger fish to fry than worrying about someone going to the restroom and then coming back. This seems to fall in the category of "first world problems" to me.

 

[Disney_and_Wine]

I don't know why I should be treated special and get to cut back in.

I guess this is what the whole question boils down to. There isn't any reason why getting back in line after having left the line for a few minutes should be called "special treatment". If we think of this behavior as "special treatment", we are inviting people to come down on either side of a binary choice: "Does this person deserve special treatment and should I extend said treatment?" When looked at this way, arguments regarding ethics and entitlement can be made on both sides. But if we can simply shift the thinking away from "special treatment" over to "common courtesy", the issue becomes less binary and it is harder to come up with equally compelling outcomes on either side. If the question posed is "Should we all extend this person the common courtesy of returning to her previous place in line that she held for the past 90 minutes?" the question more or less answers itself. Sure, there will be dissent. But it is the dissenters who will get the side-eye glances and frowns and not the person who is trying to get their place in line back. Once the discussion starting point shifts from "special treatment" to "common courtesy", this issue pretty much evaporates. Sort of like the act of holding a door open for someone. We all do it and society has come to accept that act as a normal one of common courtesy to the point where if we see someone NOT do it, it catches our attention in a negative way. So let's start thinking of letting someone back in line the same way we think about holding a door open for someone. It's not "special treatment". It is "common courtesy".

 

[flortlebap]

That is 100% true- along with don't step on the back of my sandals. That happened last might've on SM.

And don't blow bubbles in line. Your kids might think it's cute, but everyone else thinks it's obnoxious!

 

[MandyLovesMulan]

I wonder how long a ride goes down if someone has an "accident" on a ride (while trying to "hold it" until they finished the ride)... I'd think more time than the amalgamated time delay caused by the few people throughout the day who had to step out of line for a couple minutes to use the bathroom.

 

[mom2rtk]

I have no issue at all with someone leaving the line, for whatever reason, then rejoining their party. But if I see you wanting to pass me on the way back in, I'm thinking you should have passed me on your way out.