What do you do with people that cut in line to meet up with group?

[mitchfishguard]

You may hate me, but I don't let anyone pass me to "join their family just over there" unless they passed by me on their out of the line before for a potty break or to buy some water. I don't think it's fair to other people in line if you leave one family member holding 4 other people spots while you are out doing whatever. If your family really wants to ride together, they will have to wait for you outside the queue because you are definitely not going past me.

totally agree. Every word you say is a replica of mine. The main culprits are the groups that split up, knowing they can stop for a drink,ice-cream or whatever and can just push in. They still end up queuing, but they act as if we are not important enough to count. We all know that the parent who passes you on the way out is clearly not in that category. If you want to stop for something on the way to the attraction, you should all stop. If mitch is in the queue, you aint getting past him !!!

 

[Liandro]

Didn't cut in front of anyone, since hubby was waiting....there's a big difference between what I did and just cutting in front of people for the heck of it. Also a big difference between me joining my husband and a group of 10 people joining someone in line. It was my and my 2 kids, 1 kid rode with hubby and the other with me. Did it really cost anyone to miss their dining reservations? I feel bad for you all who ruined your vacation because of this. :/

So you thought your children that they are special and don't have to wait in line like everyone else.

Are you also going to tell them they can use this entitled behavior in school?

 

[SweetMissy]

So you thought your children that they are special and don't have to wait in line like everyone else.

Are you also going to tell them they can use this entitled behavior in school?

Of course my children are special. It's OUR vacation. If you don't like me taking my kids out of a potential melt down at your feet....sorry, lol. You people are funny...truly.

 

[Liandro]

Of course my children are special. It's OUR vacation. If you don't like me taking my kids out of a potential melt down at your feet....sorry, lol. You people are funny...truly.

Yes I can see how this is funny. You must be laughing your head off about youre own behavior. Wow we showed it to all those dumb rule followers.

BTW if children are on the edge of getting a melt down they should have been taken back to the resorts hours ago and not been worn out by parents that try to justify their own bad behavior by telling others they just cut in line because their children are so special.

 

[GirlDreamer]

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I understand your thinking, that you already have a place in line since your hubby is there holding it. And it's only you 3, right? But try to imagine this scenario (All of them queuing for the same ride):

Family A sends their hubby in line to hold their place while mom and 3 kids go see a character.

Family B sends their mom in line to hold their place while the 3 others is going shopping.

Family C Sends their teen in line while the 2 others go sit down to relax because they're tired.

Family D sends their friend in line while 4 others go to get some snacks.

Family E sends their grandparents in line while the 5 watching the end of the parade.

Family F sends their hubby in while the 2 others go shopping.

All of these families did this because they wanted to keep the kids calm and entertained, just like you. But now, suddenly there's an extra 20 people in the line in front of you. How would you like that?

And yeah, I realise that this is an extreme scenario that most likely wouldn't happen. But if you say it's okay for you to do it, then everyone else must be okay to do it too, and this is what would happen in the end. You go to the ride and the queue time says 60mins, but then before it's your turn, at least another 50 has joined the queue making it an 80-90min queue.

 

[LucyBC80]

This sense of entitlement some people have truly irks me. It's this I'm-hollier-than-thou attitude that causes the most problems during queuing. NO, your kids are not that special to everyone else, they are not better than the Smith's kids, who spent every single minute on the line with their parents or the Johnson's family, who had to take one of their daughters to a potty break and returned to the line as soon as possible and did not go to meet Cinderella just over there where mommy kept their place in line. Rules are there to be followed. If the policy at Disney states that your family should be together BEFORE they enter the queue, and you decide to ignore that policy, be damn sure you are not joining the rest of your family if you have to go past me.

Besides, if it's a FAMILY vacation, shouldn't every member of your family experience the whole meeting the characters, riding POTC, getting an ice cream, TOGETHER? Or did you bring along dearest husband just to be a place holder?

 

[ses1230]

We have done this in long character lines. I usually wait in line while my husband lets our two boys play outside of the line. Would you rather listen to them start to whine that they've waited a long time or bump into you because they're antsy or would you rather them politey saying "Excuse me we're meeting my wife"? I would much rather the latter. Even though I have my own small children and I do understand, I still find it annoying when you're stuck in a line with kids melting down (my own or not).

Why are the options either cutting in line or a meltdown? There are other options - either don't get in the "long" line, or leave the line if the kids can't wait. My kids know that if they don't wait their turn they don't get the experience (ride, character, etc.) at the end.

 

[flortlebap]

Why are the options either cutting in line or a meltdown? There are other options - either don't get in the "long" line, or leave the line if the kids can't wait. My kids know that if they don't wait their turn they don't get the experience (ride, character, etc.) at the end.

This

I will never understand some people's selfish attitudes

 

[deegack]

Of course my children are special. It's OUR vacation. If you don't like me taking my kids out of a potential melt down at your feet....sorry, lol. You people are funny...truly.

My child is special too. Special enough to know that if you want to ride a ride or see a show etc you wait your turn in line. If you tried to get past my husband his response would be your husband can come to the back and wait with you but you are not going past our daughter who has been waiting her turn in line.

 

[HHSTigerFan]

And if you are off seeing the characters while your husband holds on to a spot in line, aren't you cheating the people in the character line? My family doesnt stand in two lines at once, why should anyone else?

 

[KCMiller]

My child is special too. Special enough to know that if you want to ride a ride or see a show etc you wait your turn in line. If you tried to get past my husband his response would be your husband can come to the back and wait with you but you are not going past our daughter who has been waiting her turn in line.

This, this, this - a million times this.

KC

 

[Suellen]

In reality I would never do or say anything to someone doing this. Well... not to them. I would give my husband that look that says "Look at the special folk who don't wait in lines but ride the rides"

Thing is for us... we either all get in line together or we don't ride. If the line is too long to avoid a huge meltdown for the kids we don't get in line. If we have a potty emergency we all leave the line together and explain to the cast member at the exit why we are leaving.. sometimes they point us in the direction of a bathroom... sometimes they point you in the direction of the bathroom and hand you a FP. If one of us takes the child and one of us stays with the other.... then the two that left the line either wait for the other two to come out OR we get back in the end of the line.

Personally, IMHO, I would feel extremely rude wiggling my way past people heading in front of them. Let's face it.... you are likely going to come against some confrontation at some point during the week using this method and that would probably ruin my vacation.

In reality people are going to do what they are going to do and a 10 page debate on Dis is probably NOT going to change their thinking one way or the other.

FWIW my kids are 6 and 4 and have gone at all different ages and we've never felt the need to leave the line and leave a placeholder behind. We get in lines 20 minutes or less for the most part.

 

[Liandro]

My child is special too. Special enough to know that if you want to ride a ride or see a show etc you wait your turn in line. If you tried to get past my husband his response would be your husband can come to the back and wait with you but you are not going past our daughter who has been waiting her turn in line.

This a million times
All of these parents are raising "Special Snowflakes" and they will end up calling the boss from whatever firm their snowflake will get a job

"Good morning mister McDonald's. My Snowflake has no intention coming to work today. He/ she is on the edge of getting a meltdown and I'm keeping him/ her at home today."

 

[SRUAlmn]

This a million times
All of these parents are raising "Special Snowflakes" and they will end up calling the boss off whatever firm their snowflake will get a job

"Good morning mister McDonald's. My Snowflake has no intention coming to work today. He/ she is on the edge of getting a meltdown and I'm keeping him/ her at home today."

Yes!

 

[joenan88]

I hate chiming in on a hot topic..but the only time I get loud and my mouth has no filter is when one of the tour groups do this....I am respectful to anyone who has to leave the line and come back...a few people getting back in line in front of me will not raise my blood pressure....I hope others would feel that way if I had to leave the line with one of my children.

 

[Seeker615]

even begin to put it into words. Over the years I have had many encounters, and have always ended up so frustrated I could cry. To watch a group of women "rejoining?" their husbands, as I watch the beads of sweat rolling down my son's face... I have spoken up and been yelled at. But once, a woman defended her actions by saying "what if your son had diahrrhea, would you keep him out of line???" And I answered, "Yes, I would" And then I thought about it.... REALLY... your kid has diahrhea, and you are bringing him on Toy Story Mania???!! UUUGGGHHH

We are a family of three... it is very simple, the bathroom question is asked as we travel between rides... if we find ourselves in line, and someone's gotta go.... WE ALL GET OUT OF LINE....period. It is not the end of the world, we will get back in line. It has been that way since a couple of years ago, when after we were cut in front of AGAIN, my son asked why "those people get to go first?".

At that moment, time to step it up as a parent and lead by example. We do not cut, ever, for any reason. Bathrooms be dammned.

Here is the gem that I walked away with after the DIAHRHEA LADY..... I let HER ruin my ride... I came away from TSM so rattled, I forgot to enjoy the ride with my son. HUH, I just GAVE that power to her??? Some yucky lady?? A trip that we worked so hard to pay for???

If the DIAHRHEA PEOPLE chose to pull that crap (pun intended, poor spelling not) than have at it. I will NEVER again give them the ability to ruin my hard earned trip with my family.

I am, how ever, still entitled to grumble and growl when the DP pass, I am only human.

I agree with the bathroom situation. When my kids were small we waited in line for the safari ride at Animal kingdom. we got pretty close to the front of the line when my 4 year old had to go to the bathroom. I sent the older kids on the ride and I took her out of the line to use the bathroom and returned to the end of the line. I met the older kids after our tour.

I just don't feel right cutting back into line no matter what the situation is. And yes kids get cranky in line but that is all part of learning to wait your turn. How are kids going to learn to be patient and wait their turn if they don't wait in line? My kids have learned they have to wait their turn. If the line is long we go back later. Find ways to amuse them in line. Invent little games. My kids now all adults are pretty patient and know sometimes you just have to wait!

 

[Buckeyemouse]

I am a different person now than I was 20 years ago. I would wait in line at one attraction while DW would take the kids on another attraction. They would then join me after the ride. With that I missed out on some moments, like DS (4) throwing his ball cap in the air, as if he won the World Series, while riding Dumbo. His excuse was he wanted to see what it would do while he was flying. I do not have a problem with people getting back in line. As for people that (jaegle) {not a real word} their way up front they are really a small number of guests in the parks. I refuse to let them ruin my day in the parks. I know now that I must coach DS and DD, now adults and starting families of their own, to relax and enjoy the sights, sounds, and smells of the world and not worry about what other people are doing.

 

[TwoIfBySea]

(Maybe someone's already said this, but it's a long thread and I may have missed it):

Seems like there are two perfectly reasonable positions here, at least on the bathroom-break issue. Disney needs to make a policy decision and make sure everyone is told what it is.

If they have a policy that you can leave the line and rejoin your family, then cast members should give out special "family-rejoining" passes as you leave, which you can show people in line as you return.

If their policy is that you can't do that, then it should be clearly posted so that others can stand their ground.

 

[larryz]

If you can find a way to stop letting the little things bother you then everybody will be happier.

Just like R.P. McMurphy at the end of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"...

 

[d1gitman]

i tend to be passive and say or do nothing. for me, if i end up saying anything then my blood begins to boil and i get myself all worked up in a frenzy.

while there are other times and places i do speak up, vacation at disney is not one of them. i value my time at disney too much to get myself worked up over someone else. no matter how much any of us confronts these situations at Disney, it won't matter unless Disney themselves takes steps to enforce line rules & etiquette.