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

[mattsdragon]

Perhaps because your family isn't suffering, other than because you allow yourself to pet the sweaty things and they have to live with the angst.

Strangest response EVER.

 

[sbell111]

You have to read it with the other post for it to work.

 

[minnie mum]

Perhaps because your family isn't suffering in that scenario, other than because you've allowed yourself to pet the sweaty things and they have to live with the angst.

I firmly believe that larryz has petted very few sweaty things in his adult life. How dare you, madame!

 

[minnie mum]

*fart noise*

You're made.

I believe that was the proper response.

You and Rip really need to arrange for your own private Meet n Greet.

 

[HolliePoppins]

Perhaps because your family isn't suffering, other than because you allow yourself to pet the sweaty things and they have to live with the angst.

Wait what?! Pet the sweaty things. Roflmao

 

[smidgy]

Even the deli example is misleading, if you take your number and are waiting and the person in front of you is only ordering a pound of cheese, your wait may not be that long, but if that ONE person is ordering enough deli meat to feed a Brazilian tour group then your wait is much much longer than you anticipated. So just like are line example, it would matter if it is just mom and child returning or if it is a bunch of teens trying to meet up with their group. If only one person is holding the spot, it could be very misleading as to how many people are in front of you.

GREAT!!! post!. well worded. we decide whether or not to wait in standby based on the posted wait time.

I know it isn't exact, but should be close.

and this is even MORE important now that they are enforcing fast pass return times. I may have time to wait in a 30 min. line and still make my FP return time. but add a bunch of people to the line(notice I said "add", NOT REjoining) could very well make me miss my FP return time.

 

[smidgy]

No matter how many people in your party and how many seats you hold in movie theater, movie will start at particular point, same for everyone, even if your friends still buying pop corn. Nobodys experience will be different because of them.
Dole Whip or any food line is basically per order, not per person, so this example also does not work for rides.

another perfect post explaining the difference between seat saving and "saving" a spot in line.

 

[kaytieeldr]

But guests must only wait for the preshow to end for the next to begin loading. That's only 8 minutes. By the way, maps say "continuous shows."

I've been backstage. There's only one set of ride vehicles. The preshow could be 30 seconds, but a party who got bumped by line-cutters would need to wait one full ride cycle before they could board.

 

[kaytieeldr]

You and Rip really need to arrange for your own private Meet n Greet.

The heck with private! I wanna see that!

 

[Priskillet]

I wish Disney would have signs posted stating for people waiting for others to join them in line should be courteous and wait at the end till all arty is present. wait

 

[Hannathy]

The heck with private! I wanna see that!

Only if you wait your turn in line no cutting.

 

[smidgy]

I have found too that only on the Dis will people think the ones who have manners and do the right thing should just step aside and let those who are rude walk all over them.

Post of the year!!!!!!

 

[maxiesmom]

I wish Disney would have signs posted stating for people waiting for others to join them in line should be courteous and wait at the end till all arty is present. wait

If Disney posted signs reminding people of their manners, the park would be covered. Some things just shouldn't have to be explained to people with functioning brain cells. And those who cut line would still do so, even if Disney had a sign up asking them to be courteous. Because they have already shown they don't care to be.

 

[mousermerf]

I've been backstage. There's only one set of ride vehicles. The preshow could be 30 seconds, but a party who got bumped by line-cutters would need to wait one full ride cycle before they could board.

Ok, neither of you know what you're talking about.

The Universe of Energy has two sets of vehicles. 12 vehicles, two six pack theater sets. They're synchronized and run precisely along with each other - which is why the CMs have zero tolerance for anyone's BS in the building. The ride(s) CANNOT be stopped once it starts in the morning (short of having to be shut down and restarted from scratch which takes an hour or longer).

And each of those theater sets holds 500 people. Why is that important? Because it renders the whole argument about line cutting moot because there's never more than 500 people waiting for the next showing of the Universe of Energy to open the doors and begin pre-loading.

Once the doors close it's 8 minutes or less until they're going to open again. They only close long enough to move the people currently in Preshow into the vehicles, close the doors, start the show, and have the person who works the Preshow walk back out to the front of the building and open the doors. It is usually more like 5 minutes (load takes about 3mins and they usually cut the doors a minute or two before that happens).

So yes, this whole thing is incredibly ridiculous.

 

[HayGan]

In all my trips to WDW in the past 7 years (which are 15+) I have encountered someone trying to rejoin less than a handful of times. I don't get how this is such a major issue that there are constantly threads like this on it. Only one of those times was the person trying to move up in the line rude and pushy. I know some of the tour groups can be problematic but I see that as a different issue.

I can only think of one time that I had to do it. My family and I became split up at Splash Mountain due to miscommunication. I went for fastpasses. My husband hadn't heard me say that I was getting them so he went in the line. Once I realized what happened, I had to pass approximately 20 people to rejoin my party. No one's wait time was extended and no one lost a seat due to me rejoining my family. In fact once he realized what happened he stopped and let other parties pass them up so there were a number of people who actually got to ride sooner than later. I'm sorry if you were one of those people who thought that I was some how trying to get over on you by getting a spot further up in the line but I'm not the least bit sorry that I rejoined my family. I said please and thank you to each and every group that I passed and I am thankful that they were all so courteous as to let me join my family. Normally, I would have texted him and said go ahead but it was a long wait time and it would have been over an hour before we would have been able to meet up again. That is too long to go without enjoying vacation time with my family. If you see it differently - that's fine. We will just have to agree to disagree Common courtesy works both ways. I think it all depends on the individual circumstance. I would hate to think that everyone in this world is so rigid that they can't demonstrate some kindness every now and then.

 

[Mkrop]

In all my trips to WDW in the past 7 years (which are 15+) I have encountered someone trying to rejoin less than a handful of times. I don't get how this is such a major issue that there are constantly threads like this on it. Only one of those times was the person trying to move up in the line rude and pushy. I know some of the tour groups can be problematic but I see that as a different issue.

I can only think of one time that I had to do it. My family and I became split up at Splash Mountain due to miscommunication. I went for fastpasses. My husband hadn't heard me say that I was getting them so he went in the line. Once I realized what happened, I had to pass approximately 20 people to rejoin my party. No one's wait time was extended and no one lost a seat due to me rejoining my family. In fact once he realized what happened he stopped and let other parties pass them up so there were a number of people who actually got to ride sooner than later. I'm sorry if you were one of those people who thought that I was some how trying to get over on you by getting a spot further up in the line but I'm not the least bit sorry that I rejoined my family. I said please and thank you to each and every group that I passed and I am thankful that they were all so courteous as to let me join my family. Normally, I would have texted him and said go ahead but it was a long wait time and it would have been over an hour before we would have been able to meet up again. That is too long to go without enjoying vacation time with my family. If you see it differently - that's fine. We will just have to agree to disagree Common courtesy works both ways. I think it all depends on the individual circumstance. I would hate to think that everyone in this world is so rigid that they can't demonstrate some kindness every now and then.

Your example doesnt fit what most of us our saying. It was very courteous and the right thing to do for your DH to let people pass so that you could catch up with them. Things happen, it is all in the way you handle it.

 

[larryz]

Ok, neither of you know what you're talking about.

The Universe of Energy has two sets of vehicles. 12 vehicles, two six pack theater sets. They're synchronized and run precisely along with each other - which is why the CMs have zero tolerance for anyone's BS in the building. The ride(s) CANNOT be stopped once it starts in the morning (short of having to be shut down and restarted from scratch which takes an hour or longer).

And each of those theater sets holds 500 people. Why is that important? Because it renders the whole argument about line cutting moot because there's never more than 500 people waiting for the next showing of the Universe of Energy to open the doors and begin pre-loading.

Once the doors close it's 8 minutes or less until they're going to open again. They only close long enough to move the people currently in Preshow into the vehicles, close the doors, start the show, and have the person who works the Preshow walk back out to the front of the building and open the doors. It is usually more like 5 minutes (load takes about 3mins and they usually cut the doors a minute or two before that happens).

So yes, this whole thing is incredibly ridiculous.

What's ridiculous is the idea that anyone would line jump to get into Ellen's Energy Adventure...

 

[larryz]

No one's wait time was extended and no one lost a seat due to me rejoining my family.

Technically, you didn't "rejoin" your family, as you had not been with them in line to start with.

That is too long to go without enjoying vacation time with my family. If you see it differently - that's fine.

You made the choice to split up from your family. Choices have consequences.

We will just have to agree to disagree Common courtesy works both ways.

We disagree. The most common courtesy of all would be for people to just get in line and wait their turn like everybody else.

I think it all depends on the individual circumstance. I would hate to think that everyone in this world is so rigid that they can't demonstrate some kindness every now and then.

It's not being "kind" to enable selfish behavior. To my mind, it's more kind to point it out to people and help them correct it, much like an intervention to help someone out of their denial and confront their character flaws.

 

[kaytieeldr]

And each of those theater sets holds 500 people. Why is that important? Because it renders the whole argument about line cutting moot because there's never more than 500 people waiting for the next showing of the Universe of Energy to open the doors and begin pre-loading.

Thanks for the correction. I wasn't overly impressed with that Tour Guide . And I did say it was an extreme example (just for accuracy, the ride capacity is 582 ).

What's ridiculous is the idea that anyone would line jump to get into Ellen's Energy Adventure

Well, yeah. It was the most extreme example I could find .

 

[Tropical Wilds]

It depends on what the reason is for the line jumping. A family where a parent and a child go out for the bathroom? Fine. Don't care. Even a situation where most of the party is waiting, save for the one adult and a child who's too young to wait or who would be overly disruptive to the wait? Fine.

But the people using one person as a human FastPass for the entire family? No, not cool. And I'm sure to mention it too, to the family and to the CM collecting FPs, if needed. If it doesn't solve the problem there, since I'll probably run into them all over the park, maybe that means it won't happen again in the next line we're both waiting in. I shouldn't have to wait longer because the people in front of me would rather not wait in line. It's Disney, you wait in lines. If you can't wait in a line, why are you there? Cutting is not acceptable, that's basic kindergarten rules that all adults should know by now, and that's what one person holding a place for a larger party is doing... They're cutting. Well, everybody but the person who waited in line.

Judging by the sheer number of people who yell, scream, and make nasty while in the standby line at the folks zipping by in the FP line, I tend to think there's a ton of folks who'd do the same to line jumpers.