Line Jumpers!!!!

[ibelieveindisneymagic]

I know for us, this comes down to the person. I have no issues at all if a Mom or Dad is catching up th the rest of the family with a little one, (such as for a bathroom break), or if a grandparent is catching to the rest of the family, etc (and they are usually so polite about it).

But, when it is just a group of people trying to be selfish (such as pushing and shoving) and just trying not to wait I make it difficult to pass. I'm not going to get into a fight over it, but I let them know that it isn't right.

[mrmcgiv]

I was annoyed by this many times on uour disney trip...however it did not bother my DH very much. It think it is a matter of temperment as to what some people will let bother them.

We were in line at Peco Bills, kids were straving, it was raining etc. We just needed to eat and sit down. There were two older women in front of us..and us. We aited a few minutes. Kids were melting down, Only one of us could not carry 4 meals so we all had to wait. After a few minutes two other older women walk up and get behind us. (they have been a few behind us). Well they were together with the women in fornt of us and they realized this and the two women moved in line in front of us. Kids still melting down. It probably prolonged our wait 3-5 minutes. In this situation 3-5 mins seemed VERY long.

I AM SO SORRY, but if they really want to order their food together then the two women in front of us SHOULD HAVE MOVED ON BACK!!!!! It was the height of rudeness. I have experience this in rdie lines..where part of a family gets in line and then maybe 6-10 people get in line and then rest of the family comes along. However I have never seen the people in front tell the 6-10 people to move ahead of them..it is always the people in the back that move ahead. A little courtesy would go a long way.

Sure I can see holding a spot in Dad and kid holding a spot in line while Mom took the other kid to the bathroom etc. But there is some BLATANT rudeness and line cutting.

I also suspected CMs could not say much, unless maybe it was directly witnessed due to PR/complaint issues.

[Melanie]

Last month when we were at Hong Kong Disneyland, we were waiting in line for Autopia and noticed two middle aged guys making their way through the line. I knew what they were doing. A few minutes later, a CM came through the line to where they were waiting, and stood with them, then another came and escorted them out. Yay! I then noticed that there were CMs throughout the queue, and at higher points, who were keeping a close eye on the queue and communicating with walkie-talkies. Loved it! Wish they'd do more of this stateside.

[VWL Mom]

Does anyone else remember (early '90s) a sign at SM that said no line cutting and CM's watching the line. I somehow remember DS wanting to get out of line and telling him if he and I got out of line we couldn't get back in. Or am I imagining this?

[mudpuppysmom]

First, I want to say I do have a problem with line jumpers....it's just wrong. You are taught/or teach that you are to wait your turn.

That said, I have had two instances that I remember to the detail about line "jumpers". One was at MGM. My family was in line for Muppets and there were a group of girls behind us. There was also a group of girls in front of us. I felt like they were together, but no one was trying to pass us, so they were not together. To my left I kept getting pushed. I finally turned around and asked the girl, "are you with that group in front of us"....she shook her head no and then gave me a look like I had three heads when I asked her to stop pushing me and try to get past me.

The other incident was just this past trip (December). It really was not a line jumper per se, but you might agree with me that it was wrong (and you might disagree). DS and I got in line for Primeval Whirl. There was a man and a young girl in front of us. We were about halfway thru the queue (it was a 60 minute wait mind you, so the queue was pretty full). This woman walks up about 3/4 of the way thru our wait and joins her DH and daughter. My son looked at me and said "mumma, they jumped in line, that is bad"....he said it loud enough for the woman to hear. I just told him that they were together and left it alone. About a minute later the woman looks at me and asks if I had a problem with her jumping in with her family. I politely told her that I try to teach my son that you need to wait in line for your turn and that jumping ahead of people is not right. She then looked at him and said "kids today are so rule oriented" (yeah, direct quote). She further told him how it is OK for she and her other daughter to jump in line with the rest of their family because they were in another line to see Santa Goofy and then they came straight there to join them. So that made it OK she said.

THAT is what I have a problem with.....if you are doing something else then you are doing something else! Wait until you are done and THEN get in line together! It's not like the little girl had to go to the restroom -- they were off doing something else halfway across the park!

She looked at me and smiled after she justified herself to my 6 year old. I told him we would disucss it after we got off the ride, which we did. DH said he could not believe that I let it go! I said I didn't want another Teacups incident!! He just looked puzzled and I told him to let it go -- we were good.

[luvmyboys4ever]

How about when a CM helps the line cutters? We were waiting in line for our last Power Ranger autograph, when a CM comes up and asks my 5 year old son if he wouldn't mind letting someone in front of him? My son didn't even have time to answer, when he put his arm in front of him and let a woman and her son get a picture and autograph! He then says loudly, "Did you get your last autograph?...Great, enjoy your dinner!" Are you kidding me!?! As if that explains everything?
We just spent a considerable amount of time waiting, in the direct sun & heat, to get OUR last autograph! Did I mention this was our 2nd time waiting in line to get all of the autographs, because it was so busy we couldn't get them all in one shot. I don't mind waiting, let's face it, that's what you do at WDW. However, if I had dinner reservatons, I would go eat and then come back for the autograph! I don't think I'm so special that I should be able to cut in front of a line full of people, just because I have reservations!! And the CM didn't even give the people in line second glance! He could have thanked the people waiting in line. Needless to say, there were plenty of unhappy guests. I don't think you should step on the toes of 20 other guests for the benefit of 2.
Yes, it only took a minute, but what should I have told my son...Those people are more important than the rest of us...They have to eat. I know you're hot, tired and want to eat, but they clearly rate and we don't. Thankfully, he could have cared less, so we just let it go.

[CaptainJessicaSparrow]

How about when a CM helps the line cutters? We were waiting in line for our last Power Ranger autograph, when a CM comes up and asks my 5 year old son if he wouldn't mind letting someone in front of him? My son didn't even have time to answer, when he put his arm in front of him and let a woman and her son get a picture and autograph! He then says loudly, "Did you get your last autograph?...Great, enjoy your dinner!" Are you kidding me!?! As if that explains everything?
We just spent a considerable amount of time waiting, in the direct sun & heat, to get OUR last autograph! Did I mention this was our 2nd time waiting in line to get all of the autographs, because it was so busy we couldn't get them all in one shot. I don't mind waiting, let's face it, that's what you do at WDW. However, if I had dinner reservatons, I would go eat and then come back for the autograph! I don't think I'm so special that I should be able to cut in front of a line full of people, just because I have reservations!! And the CM didn't even give the people in line second glance! He could have thanked the people waiting in line. Needless to say, there were plenty of unhappy guests. I don't think you should step on the toes of 20 other guests for the benefit of 2.
Yes, it only took a minute, but what should I have told my son...Those people are more important than the rest of us...They have to eat. I know you're hot, tired and want to eat, but they clearly rate and we don't. Thankfully, he could have cared less, so we just let it go.

Okay. I'm going to clear this up really fast because I really don't like the lack of understanding. The only people who are given priority for characters are people with Make a Wish. If you don't know what that is, then you need to look it up or ask Kyle, Hayden's Dad and he can explain what it is and why it's so important. The CM wasn't assisting in line-jumping, they were making a child's special trip important. And most likely, the CM was chatting with them while waiting for the group in front of you to finish and learned about their dinner reservations. We like to make the trips for children on MAW as magical as possible and spend as much time with them as we can. I know because I do this everyday, several times a day. We recently had an entire community that brought about 20 children to Disney on a MAW trip and we let them go see the characters before other people in line.

[LoriMistress]

First, I want to say I do have a problem with line jumpers....it's just wrong. You are taught/or teach that you are to wait your turn.

That said, I have had two instances that I remember to the detail about line "jumpers". One was at MGM. My family was in line for Muppets and there were a group of girls behind us. There was also a group of girls in front of us. I felt like they were together, but no one was trying to pass us, so they were not together. To my left I kept getting pushed. I finally turned around and asked the girl, "are you with that group in front of us"....she shook her head no and then gave me a look like I had three heads when I asked her to stop pushing me and try to get past me.

The other incident was just this past trip (December). It really was not a line jumper per se, but you might agree with me that it was wrong (and you might disagree). DS and I got in line for Primeval Whirl. There was a man and a young girl in front of us. We were about halfway thru the queue (it was a 60 minute wait mind you, so the queue was pretty full). This woman walks up about 3/4 of the way thru our wait and joins her DH and daughter. My son looked at me and said "mumma, they jumped in line, that is bad"....he said it loud enough for the woman to hear. I just told him that they were together and left it alone. About a minute later the woman looks at me and asks if I had a problem with her jumping in with her family. I politely told her that I try to teach my son that you need to wait in line for your turn and that jumping ahead of people is not right. She then looked at him and said "kids today are so rule oriented" (yeah, direct quote). She further told him how it is OK for she and her other daughter to jump in line with the rest of their family because they were in another line to see Santa Goofy and then they came straight there to join them. So that made it OK she said.

THAT is what I have a problem with.....if you are doing something else then you are doing something else! Wait until you are done and THEN get in line together! It's not like the little girl had to go to the restroom -- they were off doing something else halfway across the park!

She looked at me and smiled after she justified herself to my 6 year old. I told him we would disucss it after we got off the ride, which we did. DH said he could not believe that I let it go! I said I didn't want another Teacups incident!! He just looked puzzled and I told him to let it go -- we were good.

I'm known for being direct and that can get me in trouble at time. I would have made a comment to the woman about how pathetic she is that she has to justify her behavior to a six-year-old child. If she said anything else, I would have responded, "Whatever helps you sleep at night, honey."

[bdm@pga]

I guess it depends on the situation, but I agree with almost everybody....Me and my son wait for my wife and daughter to use the rest room...thats not line jumping in my opinion..sometimes I will tell the people behind me that I am waiting so they are not surprised. But I too have experienced the Brazilian Line Jumping team in action...when the tour guide gets in line and right as they enter the line, the entire group..20-30 people...jump in. I have said something and with the help of the rest of the line have stopped that in the past. It has nothing to do with nationality, nothing to do with language, it's JUST NOT RIGHT