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Priority queues at theme parks!

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Bridget1983 · 23/07/2019 16:20

Who does this?! Cause I’m looking and thinking I would be mortified to be the person pushing in front of a 6 year old who has just queued an hour and a half for a ride!!

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Mrsjayy · 23/07/2019 16:51

Some of the fast passes at some parks give people times to go to the ride don't they? Means visitors get more to their day out and I don't think they should have any guilt about it.

PineappleSeahorse · 23/07/2019 16:51

Buying the passes doesn't mean that people are wealthy. Some people save up for them. Again going to a theme park is a luxury in itself, not a necessity.

Yeahnahmum · 23/07/2019 16:51

@ComeTheFuck0nBridget really??? "It must be awful to have to explain this situatiom to a small child"? Hahaha

wtf

No it is not
Dont be so dramatic.Grin

AllFourOfThem · 23/07/2019 16:53

Who does this?! Cause I’m looking and thinking I would be mortified to be the person pushing in front of a 6 year old who has just queued an hour and a half for a ride!!

They aren’t pushing in though. They are using the slightly more expensive tickets that the regular queue users have bought. Lots of people don’t like queues, especially with children in this heat.

At places like Disney World, they give free passes to people for three rides. It just makes the day more enjoyable and a lot of people incorporate it into their budget for the day out.

iheartroycropper · 23/07/2019 16:53

I wouldn’t be embarrassed by using a priority pass, not in the slightest.
I’m only using a service that is offered and it’s worth every penny.
Come off your high horse and try it yourself.

PineappleSeahorse · 23/07/2019 16:54

It must be awful to have to explain the situation to a small child.

Why would it be awful? They're still at a theme park and will get to enjoy some rides. They're not exactly Oliver Twist standing there begging for their daily sustenance.

NoLeopard · 23/07/2019 16:54

Lol at not 'pushing in'! Of course it is! For every person in the fast queue it means one person in the normal queue has to wait even longer. Don't kid yourself you're not affecting other people. In fact if it wasn't for 'poor' people, the fast-track system would be pointless.

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Bridget1983 · 23/07/2019 16:54

Haha! Well I stand completely corrected! And in response to those saying you sound bitter - not at all - I could afford to do these things but choose not too 😊👍👍

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AllFourOfThem · 23/07/2019 16:54

Do you know that the passes are free at some places eg like Disney World @RosesAndRaindrops? You just have to find a machine and select the rides you want to go on and get given a time to be at the front of the queue. Everyone is eligible.

Avocado0nToast · 23/07/2019 16:54

This whole subject really gets my goat. The problem is that the people who have paid not only get on the rides quicker, the people who didn't pay have to wait longer because they get pushed in front of by people who have more money.

A theme park is an expensive day out and many people there just won't be able to afford £70 extra a head for a queue jump pass. So you are teaching the rich kids it's fine to jump the line if you have money, and the ones who can't afford it that money buys people first place ahead of you. I honestly can't understand how more people don't have a problem with the moral issue of this. But I guess not queuing is more important than general fairness.

Mrsjayy · 23/07/2019 16:55

I wonder if the op is hot and a bit tetchy Grin

ScreamingValenta · 23/07/2019 16:55

It costs a fortune as it is to go to a theme park, those who save up to go and have those with cash they can just throw at the park to queue jump piss me right off, should be that everyone has to wait their turn, not just those with money!

But some people can't afford to go to theme parks, full stop, end of story.

Are you saying we should abolish every luxury that isn't affordable to all?

Would you think it fair if someone who doesn't have any disposable income to save up for a ticket said that people like you 'pissed them right off' because you can afford one?

It's the wealth gap in this country that should be the subject of your ire, not the queue jumpers or the theme parks - they're just a product of a much deeper problem.

Soubriquet · 23/07/2019 16:55

I’m guessing you’re the person who is furious that your 6 year old had to queue for 90 mins, and someone just walked by on priority.

MaybeitsMaybelline · 23/07/2019 16:55

We used to buy the fast passes, and then the kids got old enough to be single riders, which is a FREE fast pass.

sugarbum · 23/07/2019 16:56

Me.
I buy a QBot when I go to Legoland with DS2. Which is once a year cause its blinking expensive, but it makes it worthwhile going. Theres no way I'm wasting an hour and a half in a queue. Thats not my idea of a day out.
Its not queue jumping. Its paying extra for the benefit of 'queuing' virtually. i.e. booking a time slot, but not actually standing in line.
I am not mortified at all.

Stillstrawberrywater · 23/07/2019 16:56

Nope, not for me. I'm super conscious of what people are thinking and shuffling in front of others would send my conscious awareness all over the radar.

ArtichokeAardvark · 23/07/2019 16:56

I would rather pay and be seen as pushing in than make a 6 year old wait 1.5 hours in the heat. No matter how great the ride is, no child will be happy queuing that long.

PinkSparklyPussyCat · 23/07/2019 16:56

When we go to Disney in Florida we always use the Fast Passes, I wouldn't go if I had to queue! I'm not remotely embarrassed, especially as I'm not actually pushing in, I'm using a separate lane - it's not as though I push little children out of the way to get to the front!

MaybeitsMaybelline · 23/07/2019 16:57

I could afford to do these things but choose not too 😊👍👍

really? Halo - so why complain about those that do choose to do so?

PineappleSeahorse · 23/07/2019 16:57

Most kids who are at a theme park will be rich kids comparatively speaking because even with voucher offers theme parks are a luxury that many families couldn't even dream of. Does that mean that no one should go?

Avocado0nToast · 23/07/2019 16:57

And I'm with you OP, I can afford to do it, I just choose to teach my kids not to entitled little brats...I always had to queue at theme parks before this fast pass was introduced and so can they!!!

ScreamingValenta · 23/07/2019 16:58

So you are teaching the rich kids it's fine to jump the line if you have money, and the ones who can't afford it that money buys people first place ahead of you.

So, are you teaching your kids that it's fine to buy a standard ticket to a theme park, and the ones who can't afford any kind of ticket will just have to stay at home?

RezCowgirl · 23/07/2019 16:58

Just because you choose not to buy priority tickets does not give you the right to shame those who do.

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Bridget1983 · 23/07/2019 16:59

Currently letting my hard done by child have a right laugh on the penny falls machines 🙄

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icantfind · 23/07/2019 16:59

Do the limit the number of fast track tickets sold on the day?