Is this line cutting?

[MS_mom_1965]

If your family gets in line for a ride/attraction while you run to get a FP, then join them in line, is that line cutting?

Or just making good use of wait time?

[CleveSJM]

Line cutting.
No doubt.

Get the FP before getting in line, or the FP person rides the non-FP ride a little after you and meets you at the end.

[PeterPanFan]

YUP!

This is line cutting!

[Sneaky Pete]

just once and immediately regretted it and felt slightly embarrassed about it even though we were only about 10 people ahead of the start of the line and no one said a word to me. It wasn't a big deal at all really but it felt wrong and I wouldn't do it again.

[Jared]

YUP!

This is line cutting!

I entirely agree. Everybody should enter the line together. Joining a group in a queue under most circumstances constitutes cutting.

[Seasonscraps]

It's line cutting.

[mook3y]

How about getting out of line because your toddler has to use the bathroom and coming back and re-joining your party that is still in line?

[vicster]

How about getting out of line because your toddler has to use the bathroom and coming back and re-joining your party that is still in line?

Taking a toddler to use the bathroom is certainly understandable and I would certainly hope people would understand that. Not having young children anymore I certainly do remember the days...

[RBrooksC]

How about getting out of line because your toddler has to use the bathroom and coming back and re-joining your party that is still in line?

Well, while I abhor line cutting and I have prevented people from cutting in front of me many times. (I do get great joy from that especially when it is a bunch of disrespectful teens), this situation would be totally understandable since most toddlers learning to use the potty do not understand the timing of using the potty. However, I would be descrete and maybe even let people know what you are doing so as to not annoy those around you.

Remember there will always be those who don't understand it under any circumstance so be ready for that situation.

[mttafire]

Yeah, I wouldnt like it if a family member decided to "join" the others in line. It would be different if mom had to take a child to the bathroom while i wait in line...I would be ok with that.

[SBETigg]

Things happen and I understand that. If a toddler decides mid-line that she(he) has to go, I am completely understanding if one parent holds the place and the other parent takes the child to the bathroom. However, my entire party would instead either split up at that point or all leave the line. In general, I don't think it's a considerate practice for one parent to get in line while the other parent takes kids to potty or eat or get Fastpasses planning to meet up in line all the while. Barring emergencies. I think that's cutting.

[Jared]

We debated a similar topic in this thread about one year ago.

[LudwigVonDrake]

The first case is definite line cutting. The kid having to go the bathroom, I'll be honest that it would depend on the situation: length of line, heat of the day, time of day. It probably wouldn't be but what are you going to do? Explain to everyone you pass on the way out that you'll be right back?? Most people would take it as line cutting.

[Wrigley]

For the first case, going to get a FP, then yes it is definately line cutting. I would get annoyed and upset if someone jumped in line ahead of me just because they went and got a FP. That is ridiculous. However, for the second case, taking a child to the bathroom, I don't think that is line cutting at all. That situation is totally understandable. Besides, in the very busy seasons those lines can be very long and so it can be extremely hard for a young child to "hold it" that long. I would totally understand and allow a parent to come back into line after taking their child to the restroom.

[caryrae]

I thinks it's OK if you have a kid or even adult in your group for that matter who need to use the bathroom to leave the line and come back. We had that happen to us a couple years ago. My niece had to go so her mom took her and a Disney CM helped them get back in line with us when they came back.

[Clotho]

Line cutting to me = deliberately planning to come into a line later, or intending to join, leave and then rejoin a line as a plan to get errands or other things done during the course of a regular wait time.

It is NOT line cutting to me if you did not plan on it. So in the instance of a child needing to go, a child wetting themselves or soiling themselves and needing a quick clean-up, having to run to the restroom yourself when a line was much longer than posted, etc...all reasonable. It is the deliberate intention of cutting down on your own wait time that I consider line cutting.

[Jasper]

In my opinion the only thing that is NOT cutting in line is taking a toddler to the restroom. However, this only applies if you all actually get in line and then have to leave to take the toddler to the restroom. Deciding to split up before you get in line is cutting in my opinion. Ok, I know this is splitting hairs, but that is just the way my brain works.

By the way, there will always be people in line who will not understand you catching up with your party regardless of the reason and will give you a hard time.

[TinkInTraining]

Wow, I must be extremely easy going...the question posed by the OP wouldn't bother me at all.

The only time I don't like line cutting is when a GROUP of people try to move ahead to meet someONE or two who are holding a place for MANY.

If it's one person or a parent and child I don't have a problem. What's one or two more people in a line.

I wouldn't limit my tolerance to a parent and a toddler...if it's a parent and a child, no problem...go ahead. Stuff happens and who am I to know why they had to get out of line...not my place to judge. They want to get up to where their family is...no biggie...I'm good with that. Just be polite when trying to get through people. That's all I ask.

To be honest, you wait in so many lines at WDW what is one (or three) more minutes for the next cart if those one or two people joining their group put you in the next cart...actually, I'm a family of 5 so one or two seats left and I'd have to wait anyway...

We'll all get on the ride...and it won't be any different from one go 'round to another!

Don't worry...be happy...you’re at Disney.

[grumpycajun]

I guess I'll be the first dissenting opinion. If a family gets in line together and one person has to leave for whatever reason and then returns to their place in line, or catches up with the rest of their family, I don't have a problem with it. Now, a whole bunch of people wouldn't be appropriate. Nor would doing it more than once. But think about it. What difference does it really make if one person from a group or family leaves and comes back or catches up with everyone else? Are they really stopping anyone else from getting on the attraction any quicker? How do you know that the person didn't have to leave for a perfectly legitimate reason? Perhaps it was for a personal reason that had nothing to do with a child. It's funny, but having said all this, we don't send someone off to get fast-passes by themselves. We stay together and get in line together. But, I don't get bent out of shape if someone else does it.

[PeterPan]

Relax! Be happy! You are at Disney World! I have absolutly NO PROBLEM whatsoever with ONE person trying to catch up with their family or group. For whatever reason. There is so much joy in riding together. I see no reason to deny a SINGLE person from trying not to be separated from their group. So many times, we have put people up in line for his very reason. They are 10, 12, even 25 people behind their group. If we find out, we actively try to get them back with their group. Done this hundreds of times.

Have YOU ever gotten behind your group? Didn't you wish SOMEBODY would be kind and patient enough to put you ahead so you could ride with your family/group? I certainly have.

I don't care if they went for a FassPass or to the bathroom, or simply got lost in the crowd and could not catch up. I want them to be with their group.

What's one person in a line going to add to your wait time? Nothing.

Now, this begs the remark: "What if every group in line had a person trying to catch up with them?" Honestly, how often is this going to happen? NEVER.

Relax! Have a heart! Let the person catch up! I mean, why ruin your vacation by taking on the task of monitoring every line you are in watching for line-hoppers. Life is too short. Get on with it! Relax! Have fun! LET THE PERSON CATCH UP WITH THEIR GROUP!

Someday, it will probably be YOU trying to catch up. Think how miserable you would be riding Haunted Mansion alone because no one would let you catch up with your family.