Comments on: The Zen of Long Lines

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:42:09 +0000

Same as Amy (#16). Phish, Big Cypress, NYE 99/00. We got stuck for 16 hours. But every second was worth it.

By: Martyn

Martyn — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:27:46 +0000

I am British so queuing is built into my DNA.

But the worst queue i have ever been in was at the Carling weekend Leeds festival, there was a large selection of porta-loo’s (Porta-potty)confined to one area and out an estimated 300 (for the 80,000 people on site) In this particular area about 3 worked. We queued for hours and nearly, very nearly missed Metallica’s headline set.

By: Molly W.

Molly W. — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 19:51:59 +0000

@ Amy- Yah we’re probably not very wise. But those were very good times, indeed. However the last summer I went was the year they put Trey Anastasio as the HEADLINER and relegated the Dead to the Saturday night show… that was the last straw for me. Plus it was so hot the whole weekend that I could barely leave my campsite, and we got drenched at the Dead show after being toasted all day, I was really sick the whole next day so I missed Trey.
Oh, and there was a line to get out too. :) But all in all, the good times were worth the bad.

By: Karl

Karl — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:57:12 +0000

I’ve stood in some awfully long airport security lines, up to an hour or more. But the worst has been various rides at Disney. Close to two hours in line for a stupid ten minute ride. Of course if you could see that it’s a long line you could skip it, but it looks short until you turn the corner and see a whole ‘nuther room. Then when you make it to the end of that room and turn the corner to see another room then another, etc. Every one of their lines are structured that way. I went there once with the kids and only made it on something like five rides the entire day. I’ll never go there again.

By: Tdave

Tdave — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 09:55:41 +0000

Like Leah, it was 4 hours for Space Mountain, except it was Disney World.
For an 11 year old 4 hours seemed loooong, but I wanted to ride it so much that the wait didn’t seem like it was that long.

By: Michaela

Michaela — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 05:39:09 +0000

I remember waiting in line for 3 hours one hot, summer day at Cedar Point (if you didn’t know, it is like the best amusement park ever). We were in line for the most popular and newest coaster at the time, and it broke down a few times while we waited.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 03:46:47 +0000

My longest wait was to get a copy of Deathly Hallows at Barnes and Noble. I was number 1851 in the pre-ordered line. My best friend had gone to the local grocery store that was next door to buy a copy of the British version (which they didn’t have) and she was gloating that she was number 4 in her line. It was worth it for the experience though

By: S

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:45:18 +0000

At the end of 8th grade, the class took a trip to Six Flags Great America. I’m not sure if the line for Superman: Ultimate Flight, Batman The Ride or Raging Bull was the longer (I want to say Raging Bull, but my memory may be tainted by the fact that no matter how long/short the line was, Raging Bull was totally not worth it), but either way, they were easily the longest lines I’ve ever experienced.

By: CJ

CJ — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:09:04 +0000

It was at Ozzfest at PNC Arts Center this past summer where I had to wait in the longest line in the universe. The bathroom line. Sure, it was only a 20 minute wait, but when you’ve had 7 or more beers it seems like an eternity.
It was also the bathroom by the second stage so the floor was flooded with an inch of pee water and the toilet I used was completely clogged and filled to the top with pee, puke, toilet paper and dookie. I took a picture of it with my phone and when people look through all the pictures of Ozzy and the other bands and all of the sudden this disgusting, overflowing mess of a toilet pops up, it’s funny.

By: Kary

Kary — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:45:11 +0000

People I used to work with gave me grief because I admitted I did most of my food shopping at 7-Eleven because I couldn’t stand the lines at grocery stores. Man, I’m horrible.