AIBU to hold place in line for the kids?

If everyone did this. The queue could only be 50 deep but actually if every person had an additional 2 people with them it would be 150.

Or just don't do it, because it's a dickish thing to do. It's queue jumping, pure and simple.

You cant see what difference it makes to other people in the queue? If they’re almost at the front, and then 3 or 4 people arrive last minute to go before them?

It’s rude. And according to signs at major theme parks, it’s considered queue jumping

Yes, it makes a difference. One person shouldn't equal 3 trampolines.

This has got to be a reverse.
Is anyone really so selfish, entitled and unaware?
OP, if you saw an idiot do this, you should have reported them.

What sort of lesson are you teaching your kids ? They get the fun whilst somebody else(you) takes care of their shit, or do you teach them delayed gratification?

The fact of the matter is that everyone behind you were in the queue before the rest of your party, your party queue jumped. This is generally disallowed by most theme parks and theme parks like Disney World often have what you did as an accessibility adjustment for someone who may struggle to queue, but this is something that has to be applied for with demonstrable explanation and be approved, that should show you what you did was outside of what is deemed acceptable.

It's queue jumping, not acceptable. Your children need to wait their turn like everyone else, or purchase the fast passes if you want to queue jump legitimately.

I saw it all kick off at a theme park when this happened, people were waiting in the heat for a ride and then some kids just barged past everyone to get to their parent near the front of the queue - this is not acceptable!! The queue went mad and they were asked to leave by staff, quite rightly.

I was surprised that they let 3 year olds on the trampoline ride things tbh. The children on them are usually much older.

But assuming it’s an age appropriate activity the others who are learning to queue will be the same ages.

So why are you asking if YABU if you don’t think you are. If you’re prepared to do it again (after being told YABU) what’s the point in the thread?
Would it bother you joining the queue and seeing 5/6 kids and estimating a 20 min wait but then as each kid got to the front they called their 2 siblings to the front of the line which means making your wait now around 1hr 30?

Then they’re too little to go on the trampoline then if they can’t wait. This is why we have so many spoilt children these days. Everything has to be immediate.

OP, did you not look at the children behind you patiently queuing and feel bad for them? What you did to them was mean and selfish.

Please don't. So selfish.

You could only pull this stunt because there were two adults. It’s a very selfish move.

Entitled. If you did that and was in the queue, I would have told you to do one.

That’s not the main issue. The main issue is that you’re being selfish.

The fact you have 3 children is the issue. It would be fine if one adult substituted one child but not 3.

I have 2 children. One finds being still quite easy, the other is never still. If I had 2 children who found being still easy I would probably also wonder what was up with everyone else’s parenting too 😂

Oh and we don’t do screens or take toys everywhere either. It isn’t because they’re constantly stimulated, they’re not. They’re given lots of time to be bored. It’s their different temperaments, they’ve had the same parenting.

Oh, and just in case anyone on here doesn't understand what queue jumping is. Here's one of the many signs up at Alton Towers.
We saw someone get kicked out for doing this in the rapids line. 99% of the queue were livid and trying to get staff attention. We all cheered when they were told to leave.

I think maybe if you had one kid it would be ok, but holding the space for 3 is a CF move and caused those behind you an extra wait when they may have done something else with their time instead.
Imagine everyone in front of you was doing the same? The estimated 20 minute wait becomes an hour. Would you be happy?

Exactly, just sounds efficient to me.

Queuing at theme parks is very boring and irritating. When we were there recently I couldn’t believe how many people were just coming and going from the queue- need to pop to the toilet (that one is understandable), dad brings back hot dogs for all, we’ve changed our mind, more children appearing having finished on another ride.

The only things that made it more tolerable for me was that I thought it would be a good chance for my children to be exposed to a bit of delayed gratification, managing their own boredom/ frustration, a bit of time to just chat and learn to be comfortable just waiting/ being.

I understand the arguments around ‘I’ve paid so much for this day out and I want my family to make the most of it’ but at the same time, I think you’re essentially saying to the children, there’s a queue here but you don’t have to wait in it. And I don’t think that’s going to be good for them long term.

Are you seriously asking why? Are you actually for real?
How do you not understand why this is wrong on so many levels? People like you should not be allowed to have children.
Entitlement, laziness and selfishness on so many levels.

Where would you draw the line though? You have 3 kids, I have 4 but often go out with my two best friends who each have 4. Could I hold a slot for 12 kids? The 2 hours "all you can ride" thing will have resources and spaces allocated based on folk being able to do X number of rides with Y minutes of queueing in between, surely?

It is the equivalent of leaving your trolley in the line at Asda on Christmas Eve, and bringing shopping to it.

You were being a knob. Own it!

Not if they’ve been brought up correctly and haven’t had constant stimulation so are capable of waiting.

Mine are 5 and 3. They know how to be bored. They have the ability to wait and enjoy it instead of being desperate to run off to the next thing.

This is because we have taught them that skill. We don’t give them constant entertainment. They go on trains, planes, long car journeys and into restaurants and we don’t take anything with us. No toys, screens, books, colouring etc.

They interact with the world around them and see the beauty in it.