I was at Universal Epic waiting in line for Harry Potter battle at the ministry. The line was estimated to be 125 minutes. About 45 minutes into the wait the guy (about age 35) directly in front of me is on the phone and he is saying he has another 45 mins (not true) and they should join him. It’s really cool (true). We were in the big blue hall for those who know.
About 10 mins later in comes 4 people and I say, "not cool bro" He says laughs and says something unintelligible about "fucking express passes". He’s taking to his family and I’m probably glaring at him then he goes off. Were you talking about me?!?! Because I called my brother who has cerebal palsy?!?! I look over and it appears one of the guys standing there has Cerebal Palsy. I say "yep" and he drops the "what you gonna do about it." He starts freaking out and yells, "then just go ahead of us!!" So I do. And my wife and his wife are trying to calm him down but he’s just yelling at them. I’m already like 20 ft further down them line.
I felt bad at first, but then I didn’t know he had a person in his party with a disability. But then I didn’t feel bad because he was so uncivil and Universal most likely make all sorts of accomodations in those cases. And the line was more than an hour long so plenty of standing left to do.
ESH. Both of your responses were unnecessary. While I can absolutely understand the frustration with a group of people cutting line, there was probably a better way to handle it.
ESH, including the park.
You: started shit. It’s four extra people in a line that is measured in LITERAL HOURS. Yeah, yeah, if everyone did it…whatever. Not everyone is doing it, so that doesn’t apply here. Also you should stop supporting JKR/HP.
He: got needlessly aggro, and didn’t allow himself to be deescalated. He should have brought it to the workers/authorities in the park if he had a problem with you.
The park: generally disabled people get to skip long lines anyway,\* along with one, sometimes more than one, companion(s). If they were aware they had a disabled guest, they should have handled it.
\*as a disabled person, unless there’s some issue with waiting (pain, faintness, dehydration, bathroom issues) I’m not in favor of this, actually. It should be case by case. In most cases, I’m more comfortable in a line than everyone else, as I happen to have my own seat that moves with me everywhere I go.
In my experience, a big reason they let us cut is because they don’t want physically disabled people in a long zigzag queue in case they need to emergency evacuate. Also, if you put stairs in a queue you can get more people into a smaller floor space. In short, it’s better for the park to let us cut, that’s why it’s not case by case
You know what, that’s fair, thanks for the explainer!
Disabled people do not cut the line at Disney or Universal. They get a disability pass, which enables them to wait the length of the line outside of the line and than come back and sent though the handicapped entrance which is typically the fast pass/express line.
Both companies are trying to reserve the das passes for people with Austin/Downs/those who mentally can’t handle a line and react badly.
Both Disney and universal have encouraged people with mobility issues to do what they did here, someone waits in line and they meet up towards the front. It sucks.
Again, thank you for the info. I’m starting to see the other point of view. Now I wonder if this guy wanted his brother/family to experience the queue – for a those who don’t know, it goes through a bunch of well themed rooms.
The wife was sort of arguing with him,.”they said it’s 7 more rooms”, he was saying “nah we’re close” So now it makes sense that they were doing what you said. They joined him, but didn’t want to wait that much more.
Yes.
Yes you are. PWD have so many barriers placed in front of them, and now they’re given sh*t because your entitled a$$ has to wait a minute longer. Nice of you to ask though on this platform.
NTA
If his brother needed accommodations, they should have arranged for that.
This guy was using his brother as pawn to guilt you into letting them cut in line, which sucks.
Honestly they did what Disney and Universal are recommending for physical can’t wait in line disabilities. It sucks.
I didn’t know that. Thank you for the info.
But why didn’t he wait until they were further along? It wasn’t even halfway through the line. It would have made more sense if someone joined at the end? And it was one person in line joined by four.
Esh.
Disabled people do not cut the line at Disney or Universal. They get a disability pass, which enables them to wait the length of the line outside of the line and than come back and sent though the handicapped entrance which is typically the fast pass/express line.
Both companies are trying to reserve the das passes for people with Austin/Downs/those who mentally can’t handle a line and react badly.
Both Disney and universal have encouraged people with mobility issues to do what they did here, someone waits in line and they meet up towards the front. It sucks.
He needed to calm down and not yell, that is asshole behavior. But how many times did he hear smart ass comments all day doing what was recommended by the parks and just snapped.
But you were a real asshole, from the smartass remark, that if you apologized once you realized he was waiting in line for a disabled person instead of walking ahead and leaving your wife to clean up your mess.