Another thread about line etiquette made me recall a recent unfortunate experience on HM. I am so embarrassed by what happened that I almost didn't post this. My snafu didn't happen in the queue, but in the interior queue after you are herded out of the stretching room. I hate this area always, but on this particular time we were lumped in with a very large school group that were aggressively trying to stay together. I was holding hands with my DD, as was my DH. A very large man was shoving me with his body, and I dropped DD's hand, knowing she would be okay with DH. I was honestly afraid she would get trampled if I tried to keep us all together. We were instantly separated. At one point, I was actually being shoved backwards. I had given up all hope of riding with my family until I spotted them next to me, on the other side of the velvet rope. I felt a little silly, but I ducked under the rope to join them. I figured it was not a big deal because I was riding in the same Doom Buggy with them, and everyone in the group gets to ride. Well, to some people in that school group, it was a big deal- a very big deal. A woman (a chaperone, btw) yelled "real classy" at me. I said " oh, I was separated from my family". The other woman with her yelled "trash"! And there group commenced talking about this "horrible" incident. I sat with tears streaming down my face the entire ride. I was mortified! Does anyone else not like the way HM is loaded? I wish it could be like other queues, with organized roped lines. Honestly, this experience wrecked one of my very favorite rides. If you've made it this far, I thank you and apologize for very long post!