Passing Time in Line

[jjgoo]

Passing Time in Line/Things to do in a Busy Park

While a lot of the ride queues at WDW have a lot of great preshows sometimes you end up having just a wall to stare at. I'm wondering if anyone has some inventive ways to pass the time and keep the magic going at a steady flow?

Edit: I'm trying to combine this thread with one from Majortom1981 about suggestions of other things to do in a very busy park. Both threads are related so please comment on both subjects! Thanks.:wave:

 

[Dwarful]

Visit with our families, strike up a conversation with the group in front/behind you...this is esp. good during that curbside wait for the parades time. The kids love to do the whole Hidden Mickey book...I think we are due for a new one this trip, the one we have is pretty shabby looking. Plan for the next ride/show etc. The 'longest' waits seem to be at attractions like Philharmagic, where you redeem your fastpass and then get pushed into the waiting 'cell' as my husband calls it, where some family wants to push to the front so they can stop in the middle of the aisle!

 

[jiminy.cricket]

I usually tend to talk to my party or zone out.

 

[hrcollectibles]

Some of my favorites:

*Bring a compact water pistol. Make loud sneezing noises while dusting the neck of the person in front of you. If you get a nasty glare, apologize profusely and say you're pretty sure it isn't contagious anymore.

*Loudly speculate on how your kids are doing back home since you were unable to procure a sitter. Make it clear they will suffer grave physical abuse if they've touched your prized golf clubs collection. Observe the reactions you get.

*Visit a counter service food location first. Contendedly gnaw on your burger and fries in line. At around the 20 minute mark of the wait, turn to the person behind you and say "This place better have damn good drinks when we get up there!"

*Regardless of the attraction, start loudly relating the story of "that kid who died on this thing." Bonus points if you create a plausibly gruesome story for a Fantasyland attraction.

*Get the attention of a parent with an adorable child close to you in line. Start talking about how you'd just love to take her home with you. If the parent smiles, blushes or says "thank you," continue along this train of thought. Describe how you'd love to just put the child in your car and take her home to spend the rest of her life with you. Describe what a good parent you would make and how well you would treat her in suitable detail. Look at the parent with an expression suggesting this arrangement should be considered.

*Wait for a rather ordinary person to walk past the queue and say in shocked excitement "It's Mickey!!!" Try to wave the person over to your location. If this is successful, step briefly out of line to pose for a photo with the person, enthusiastically relating your excitement at his presence. Ask for his autograph. Bonus points if you kiss him on the cheek.

*Look for a family with mouse ears and T-shirts with their names on them, the assumption being that they might know a good bit about WDW. Strike up a conversation and ask them if they've been on Spider-Man at Disney/MGM Studios. If one of them tries to correct you, argue your position with increasing belligerence. If the other person still doesn't back down, ask "You wanna take this outside?!?"

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Here are a few more.

have a conversation with yourself in line.

When in The Monster Inc Laugh Floor place a drink order with the Castmember. Because most comedy clubs I have been in have a two drink Minimum


Startsinging Its a Smal World wile waiting in line

 

[Kandi]

no one ever talks to us when we are in line. People must think that we are wierd brits or something! I usually pass time by trying to freak my little brother out about the rides, i told him that IASW had a huge drop in it and all the way round he was preparing himself for the drop!

 

[Nansafan]

Pre-fast pass a popular game we would play in line is "I've Got a Place". This is a 20 questions type game where you try and guess the place in WDW. In can be regular where a place would be the Haunted Mansion or cutthroat where the place might be the 2nd spider in the Haunted Mansion.