Holding place in line...Yea or Nay?

[doop]

A guest needing to go to the bathroom or something similar.... no problem. A single person saving a place for an entire tour group or family...big problem.

I'd have to agree with this logic.

 

[Mouseketeer09]

I've held the place in line for somebody (a stranger) who had to take their kid to the bathroom (very close by) and I had no problem with that as I've had little ones in that predicament myself.
I take the kids and get on line while the DH runs to get Fast Passes to our next ride (if its close by).

This doesn't bother me at all as long as it is not one person holding the place for 12 or the like.

I feel the same way and my fam. does the same thing. So yeah it doesn't bother me! :wave:

 

[3fordisney]

If its a small child who has a bathroom issue, I have no problem. We are a family of three, so one of us stands in line while the other takes our son. I cannot stand to see one person stand in line while a large group of teenagers and adults push their way through the queue line. Its annoying. I can understand a small child or 2. They have a harder time understanding the concept of waiting in line. Teens and adults should have no problem standing in a line. If a group wants to ride together, they should stay in line together.

There's nothing worse than, on a hot day, a few grown people, in need of some deoderant, pushing past you in a narrow line, trying to get to their group. Common courtesy should tell ya it isn't right.:brick:

 

[raiden]

I dont mind but on the other hand I would not do it

 

[Vernonpush]

We always enter the queues as a family but it never fails that when we get near the attraction one of our kids will say "I HAVE TO GO POTTY!". If it's an emergency I don't see a problem with one of us getting out of line to run to the bathroom and then getting back in line. After all we all waited in most of the line together, and it doesn't affect anything for 2 of us to step out and back in. And yes, we always ask the kids before getting into a long line if they have to go to the bathroom, and they always say no.

I do NOT agree with one person waiting in the whole line and then having the rest of the group join them at the end.

The CMs at the entrance of the queue should have tickets that they hand out to the parent/child when they exit the line for an "emergency" that states that they were in line and are allowed to get back in to join their family.

I have seen an entire family try to cut in line at the Tea Cups by sending the smallest boy (about age 12) to cut through the line first. About a minute later the older son was cutting in to meet up with his brother, thirty seconds later the parents were trying to get in line also. The man standing at the turnstyle (who had been waiting) would not let the parents past him. I was in between the two groups and was afraid that fists would start to fly!

 

[PintoColvig]

I have a 5 year old. We've been to WDW twice and DL once. Before we get in line we use the potty. That's the rule. If for some reason she needs to go while in line, she either has to hold it, or we get out of the line. And she won't get to go on that attraction that day. No saving our space. I cannot stand anyone cutting in line. I don't care what the reason is. I find too often that one member of a family gets in line and then the rest of the family barges through the line to catch up later. No, sorry. It's rude and not fair. I will not let you past. Disney should have cast members preventing this. If you have kids who ned to ______, I'm sorry, but that's just tough. I have one as well. I don't enjoy getting out of line, but fair is fair. And every time you do it with a child, you are teaching them that the rules do not apply to them.

I don't like linecutters anymore than the next guy. But someone with a child who is in the line and then leaves the line to go to the restroom with that child is not the same as a family who has one person in line and then the rest of the group join up later. Leaving with your child and then returning due to a bathroom emergency is not going to teach them anarchy. On the contrary, you are probably teaching them to be courteous to others who may have a similar situation.

All that said, I try not to let the line cutters that I see who are no where near me ruin my day. But if I see a cast member, I will tattle on them.

Sounds like the line cutters have already ruined your day. :shrug:

 

[catne]

"potty break" excuse can go too far, too...

One parent/one child for a quick emergency potty break, o.k.--but bigger family groups, or any group that's using placeholders while they ride other attractions...no way. I've seen entire groups or 6-12 people using the "potty break" excuse for why they should be able to go "rejoin" their "group" (which is one person supposedly holding everyone's space.)

 

[photoflight]

I would personally love to see CM eject people from the line who do this.

Amen.

There are always exceptions: someone has to run to the bathroom halfway through an 80 minute line, something like that... but when one person stands in line on behalf of the other 5-6 people in their party is just inconsiderate to everyone else.

 

[unkadug]

I refuse to vote in another JimmyThick poll, as he has nothing but disdain for all members who participate in his threads

So sayeth the people who vote in them...


Honestly, just because I give people an outlet for discussion, doesn't mean I actually read what is posted by them. I just look for my name, and the envy it brings, which is almost always the case.

Case closed.


Jimmy Thick- Taking care of business with intelligence and style!

 

[Champion]

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[BillyBuff]

Definitely a general consensus that cutting is not right.

Like when someone in a group runs to get in line while the rest of the group walks over slowly and the person would hold that spot.

People probably need to have it happen to them first to experience being cut in line to know how it feels...

 

[DisneyBuffinDE]

I do not like when people cut in line. When we were at MK in October we where going on Snow White and this lady pushed us aside. The CM tried to stop here since she just pushed her way in. We both had fastpasses. The CM collecting Fast Passes asked her for them and the lady basically accused the CM of calling her a liar. The CM also tried to say we were there first but the lady was making a big scene. Hello with fast pass you have to give it to the CM when you are getting on. She also got in the face of the CM when she left and I had to explain to her that the reason she was bad mouthing the CM in the front was because she butted in line and didn't want to give her fast passes to the CM. Some people belive that if you have fast passes you can go first even though others have Fast Pass too. :brick:

I'm not sure what I would do if my 4 year old had to go to the bathroom. I may pull him out of line. But my DH says he would save the place in line. I'm not sure what I agree with. :shrug:

 

[PeoplemoverTTA]

I do not like when people cut in line. When we were at MK in October we where going on Snow White and this lady pushed us aside. The CM tried to stop here since she just pushed her way in. We both had fastpasses.

I think you may be thinking of another attraction...Snow White is not a FP attraction

It's a shame that lady had to cause a scene...people need to realize they're in public sometimes, you know?

 

[raven]

It's split for me. It's WDW and I know people are on vacation and I don't really care too much as long as they don't annoy other guests when they get back in line.

We waited outside of Best Buy on Thangiving last year and were #47 & #48 in line. We were happy that we were going to be able to get a few things that they only allowed the first 50 people to get. But 1/2 hour before the store opened the man in front of us let in 7 people from his family. This started an uproar with many people behind us as they were never there to begin with. Best Buy employees said they couldn't do anything. We also weren't amused when after waiting 8 hours in line that they let people in the doors along side us when it opened who just drove up. Never again.

 

[Scooter]

Here's what REALLY burns my buns:

I'm standing in a queue line with a 90 minute wait time, I've been standing in line for 45 minutes in the hot Florida sun waiting patiently in front of a lady with her teenage daughter/son. All of a sudden I hear someone say behind me "Excuse me, we're trying to catch up with our family" It's a man with 2 small children who came to join the lady and teenageer in front of me. In his hands he is holding, 3 Mickey Premium ice cream bars and two ice cold cups of Coca-Cola.

That, my friends, can kill the Disney Magic for me faster than a summer Florida down pour.

If I have to stand in line for 90 minutes in 95º heat without substinance so should everyone around me...

...or at least they better bring enough food and/or drinks for me.:lookaroun

 

[Testtrack321]

For me, it's a ration to people who you are saving for and how far in line you are.

If you save for 4 people right at the end of the line, it's different than two people right where you get on the ride (as in the 4 people I'm fine with opposed to the right before getting on one.)

Also it depends on who it is, I'm much more willing to allow an elderly person get infront so they don't have to wait in line, or a small kid who had to potty, opposed to two teens who are joining their friends.

 

[GoofyMom2]

There are always exceptions: someone has to run to the bathroom halfway through an 80 minute line, something like that...

That happened to us when Dumbo had 1 hr wait and after 1/2 hr DS announces he needed the restroom! :lol:


Everyone around us was very nice about it......

 

[DisneyBuffinDE]

I think you may be thinking of another attraction...Snow White is not a FP attraction

It's a shame that lady had to cause a scene...people need to realize they're in public sometimes, you know?

DH said it could have been Peter Pan does that have FP. All I could remember was that it was in the MK and it was a ride. Darn memory.

 

[donniedisney]

I dont mind if a truly handicapped person gets to cut ahead of the line.

My problem is when an overweight person gets to cut because they are too fat or lazy to walk around. :fork:

I also hate when a group of rich people with a guide get to cut. i paid to get in too and i dont get to cut the lines.

 

[mouselvrmom]

In certain situations I find it annoying to cut in line. But I am on vacation and I try not to let it get to me.

I'll tell you what got to me more. We were in disneyland waiting for the nemo subs. It was kind of chaos because it was the beginning of the day and everyone was trying to get in line. We were actually outside the line queue. There was a big group of people behind us waiting in line so it was pretty obvious that we were in line. A gap appeared in front of us and we went to walk up to close it when a family of three ran in front of us and started standing in line like there was no large line behind us. My hubby was like what the heck? But I told him not to say anything. I figured maybe they didn't realize they were cutting in front of people who were already standing there for 10 minutes. My hubby and oldest didn't like it but there was nothing they could do about it. The best was when a couple young kids try squeezing past us to meet up with their party in front of us. I just let them go and at this point really thought nothing of it. But the budders in front of us turned to me and said,"I bet the people behind them will not appreciate having more people added in front of them." I felt like saying,"I'm sure they'll get over it, just like I got over it when you cut in front of me." But I said nothing and just kind of nodded at her. :lol: