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I hate line jumpers and I will call them out on it. The last time I was at the park a girl and a guy jumped the Q in Tomb Raider and even though the line was very short I still told a ride op and had them removed from the line. The girl said I should grow up and thanks for telling on them. I said if you followed the rules I would not have to tell on you. How many of you do you tell on line jumpers.

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I dont unless they REALLY annoy the crap out of me. usually I just tell them that they need to get behind me and that if they cut me again, theres going to be a problem.

Of course im one of the nicest people around, but I also have the ability to play off as a person not to make mad! Heh. What can I say, I'm talented.

Seriously though. Don't cut in line, it isn't cool at all.

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Yes, Line Jumping is shameful and definitely NOT a sporting event. The other day at Cedar Point, we had a line jumper on Maverick. This lady was saying she had to get to her family, and she cut all the way through the line to the station to get to her family. Everyone in the line was yelling, LINE JUMPER! LINE JUMPER. Unfortunately, I don't think anything happened to her, as she showed up at Millennium Force causing trouble there, too!

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Well when I went Tuesday, I didn't have to because it was plain as day and the ride attendant saw it. My girlfriend and I were in line for Firehawk and we were about five away from the fork in the station road, when this group of younger people that just entered the line all wormed under the queue rails into the station queue line. It was obvious to everyone and without hesitation the girls sitting there got up from her stool and promptly showed the group back the way they came. I, among a few others, joined in applause of the young lady.

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It depends on the situation. I have told on Line Jumpers in the past, but not always.

Who cares.

It's not worth telling somone and it's just a ride....

Most people do care, especially the honest ones who waited in line, why should anyone get to cut? When the lines are over half an hour at the park even groups with dissabilities have booklets and are given times and wait just as long as the guests in the entrance queues.

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Unless of course it is the gold pass thingy on Saturday, Walk On Wednesday, Double Ride Tuesday or in other parks, The VIP Program, Flash Pass, etc.

It seems parks themselves are teaching people it is okay to line jump, just as long as more money is paid (Disney being an obvious exception).

There are days I think we were better off under the old ride tickets system. The lines were much shorter, but, believe it or not, back then you could NOT pick your seat on roller coasters. Though you paid by the ride, a train full of riders was escorted into the station at a time, and was seated in the waiting empty train. Front seat rides were few and far between.

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I confront them first, then I would take it to an Op only if it was a major offense. Just saying something makes a difference though. They might get mad, but they are less likely to try it again if they know people notice and they might get caught.

Personally, I would love to see a heck of a lot more people get tossed out of line (and out of the park!)

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Sometimes, not always. Nonetheless, I make sure they know every time I'm not pleased.

And alot of people care. It sucks to wait sometimes hours for something only to have people cut in front.

Well, if it's not right for them to offer a little perk, which in fact I haven't noticed it being a problem at all and has limited use, then shouldn't you think it unfair that any line cutting is wrong? Say....handicapped people? My point is, people get treated better all the time everywhere based on their status or other factors of who they are. Gold Pass holders are of status. They have those passes because they're coming to the park more than once or twice. It's only fair to give them a little something extra.

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yeah I tell on them.

except I've never hd any run ins with a line jumper

except for this one time someone else told on a line jumper when he was getting on drop zone, and I had just gotten on, and I really had to go to the bathroom, and the line jumpers refused to leave the ride for almost ten minutes

I will always tell on line jumpers, because I don't want to pee myself.

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Line Jumpers are always a special treat from the shoes of an employee. And even better when you are a supervisor and get called into it.

The policy used to be that any operator would either need to see the person(s) jump the line themselves, or they had to get a verification from 2 different parties. This kept people from getting groups kicked out of line who never really jumped the line to begin with.

I would say that about 75% of people who jump the line just get up or turn around and leave once you confront them. Another 20% will sit there and try to argue with you but will evenually get frustrated and leave especially when an entire station full of guests are saying that they cut the line. Then there is that last 5% that will refuse to leave the ride, or get up out of the seat causing you to stop operation of the ride and call security to escort them away. Usually when the park police or security show up, they won't mess around with them and will leave.

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Well, if it's not right for them to offer a little perk, which in fact I haven't noticed it being a problem at all and has limited use, then shouldn't you think it unfair that any line cutting is wrong? Say....handicapped people? My point is, people get treated better all the time everywhere based on their status or other factors of who they are. Gold Pass holders are of status. They have those passes because they're coming to the park more than once or twice. It's only fair to give them a little something extra.

Well guests with dissabilities dont just get to "cut line". On a recent visit to the park one of the guests in our party was wheel chair bound and our group had a disability guide. The policy outlined in the handbook is that if the line is over a half an hour long like say 45 minutes, we would be given a time written on our guide to come back to that ride 45 minutes later then would get to pick our seats. While we had a time for that ride we werent able to get times for other rides unless their lines were under 15 minutes to half an hour then they would just let us on after waiting a few trains. I think thats a fair policy as most of the times the guests with dissabilities wait just as long as other guests. As for Gold Pass holders its not like they get to cut all day every day, they get to use the speed lane once per gold pass and the speedlane is only open for part of the day, only two days a week, and only part of the season. They also did pay extra to use that perk and each hour only a small number of tickets can be used, there are time frames outlined on the tickets.

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I said this in another thread but I'm just going to quote it for ease.:

I promise I'm not tring to tread on your response Gordon.

The disability policy is this: If you have a disibility you may get a disability guide. What that allows is this: if a line is under a half an hour you may enter a ride through the exit. The reason for this is that it often takes people with a disibility longer to manauver and so forth through the park causing a loss if time. This 30 min grace period is to somewhat suppliment that. My brother,whom I lost to cancer when he was 15, and I used to visit the park frequently together and it did indeed take him much longer to do most things, things even as simple as using the restroom. Believe me this grace period helps a lot.

Now If a line is 30min or longer, the operator at the exit will calculate the length of the line, say 1hour for instance, if the time is currently 3:30, the operator will mark 4:30 in the guide, initial, and stamp the book. From that moment on, that guest is figurativly waiting in line, though not physically, the guest is still waiting. The guest in this time may NOT get another time for another ride as they are currently waiting in line already and nobody can be in two places at once. The guest MAY however sit down in the shade, get something to eat, etc. waiting for their time to come. Once their time comes they will go back up to the ride's exit, the operator will take their book, mark off their time, and will have seats saved for them on the next available ride.

As stated before there are MANY disablilties that cannot be seen visually. Working at the park 6 years you come to realize this very quickly. You could never know that someone is diabetic without them telling you, even still they could be unable to wait in a line such as, Oh I dont know say; Firehawk, with its wonderful lack of covering from the hot sun.

Perhaps you should be glad that you do not need to use a disability guide. Maybe someday heaven forbid, you'll be glad they have the disability program because you may need to use it. Either way from personal experience I can tell you that I never enjoyed having to use a disability guide with my brother. It is inconvienient to have to go to the exit of a ride like The Beast, then come back down and find something to do for an hour an a half then go back up the exit. It certainly better than trying to brave the heat with him for 1.5 hrs but believe me, if we were able to stand in line, we would have prefered it.

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I will not tell on line cutters but i will yell at thembut the thing is at Kings Island ou have to tell if somebody cut line, but a week ago i was at Cedar Point and the people that are in charge of keeping people from crowding the station look to make sure people from the line arn't line jumping

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the main reason that line jumpers at Kings Island make me mad is the fact that the workers won't do any thing about it even though in the park map it says

"to ensure all guest have a fair opportunity to enjoy a ride line jumping is not allowd at Kings Island. ............. any guest who line jumps regardless of the reason may be asked to Go to the end of the line, leave the ride entirely, or leave the park with no refund given"

so with me i guess it is partly the fact that someone is line jumping and partly because the park staff 9 times out of 10 won't do anything

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If I get in line before my party, I will let others go in front of me so my family won't line jump. It's the right thing to do. Go to the restroom before you get in line, so these problems can be avoided. Yes, I do say something to those who cut me, however they just ignore me and proceed to their group at the front of the line.

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If I get in line before my party, I will let others go in front of me so my family won't line jump. It's the right thing to do. Go to the restroom before you get in line, so these problems can be avoided. Yes, I do say something to those who cut me, however they just ignore me and proceed to their group at the front of the line.

don't you hate it when they act like they can't even here you

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Last season some people tried to run up on me and my boys while en route to The Beast and I had to trip one of them up but the son of a gun ran on through the queue anyway so I told the ride op. People are gonna start taking control ourselves, vigilantes are uniting! :angry:

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I had a few rowdy teenage girls, run ahead of me in the The Beast line this year as well. We were in the line, but they weren't a line really, but still I was ahead of them, and they about pushed me over getting through. I think some people are afraid the ride won't be there when they get up to it.

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