Where have you waited the longest in line?

[POed_Ex_Repub]

If it's a movie, which movie?? If it's a ride, which ride... How long did you wait?

[ArwenJade]

1. Return of the King

Very long line and very cold. But worth it. :)

[AgadorSparticus]

2. the Batman ride at Astroworld

we waited 1.5-2 hrs and it was over in 5 minutes.

[XNASA]

27. Yep. Me too.

Batman ride at Astroworld. Of course, it was 95 degrees and 95% humidity. And the yellowjackets were swarming us.

[ConcernedCanuk]

3. In-Line at Mosport - to get into the races, way back when

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we could camp in there and party all week-end!

and yah

LONG before they cared about drinking and so on - -

ah, . .

memories, memories . .

[Dookus]

4. other

buying concert tickets

[maveric]

5. Qualcomm Stadium. To pick up my All Star game tix in 1992.

I was one of the 40,000 to be chosen in the ticket lottery. You could pick up your tix at the stadium on one saturday only. It was a hot summer day with the sun beating down on you, no shade. I swear there must have been at least 20,000 in a line all around the stadium. Four hours and a hell of a sunburn later I got my two tix for $85.00 a piece.

[gyopsy]

6. Technically DMV

I waited over an hour "in line" to take my driver's license test.

But I've waited on the phone for about six hours for customer service in the past!

[POed_Ex_Repub]

7. A shameless kick

Because my thread we hardly knew yea.

[SmileyBoy]

8. Saturday night dinner wait at The Cheesecake Factory.

My GOD, it was horrible. Took us at least 2.5 hours to get a table, and it was in the smoking section.

[meow mix]

9. registering for class

6 hours plus

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

10. 45 Minutes " Back To The Future " ride Universal Studios Florida

[Awsi Dooger]

11. Overnight, at least 8 hours to board a ferry

Many times, primarily in Europe but also in Canada and once in the southeastern USA. They direct your car (in my case with camper) to one of several lines and then you're stuck, preferably with plenty of snack food, a radio and a book.

[Vernunft II]

12. ER room in Concord Hospital

My (then) girlfriend had misstepped and broken her ankle. It took over 2 hours until a medic took a look at her and a total of 5 hours until we were on our way home.
And trust me, every minute feels like an hour when the one you love sits next to you in obvious pain.

[izzie]

13. All or the above and

on the phone I could cry it gets to me so.

[Charlls]

14. where happened with 'burocracy'?

[BiggJawn]

15. Airport.

Thank you TSA!

[Mobius]

16. U2 tickets, 3 days, camped out with thousands of others

for Camp Randall, Madison WI ZOO TV tour.

[Mobius]

19. come on, I waited in longer than anyone else.

where's my prize? :cry:

[Shrek]

17. Golf course. 18 hours.

Took a sleeping bag and slept overnight in line with a bunch of other lunatics so I'd be sure to get my son a slot in the junior golf program.

Nine weeks for ten bucks! Worth a night in line, IMO.

[sbj405]

18. Transferring license from MI to MD

4 hours

and people wonder why I'm not smiling in the photo.

[bif]

20. On a toll road somewhere in Maine

God I hate those things. Good thing we don't have them in Michigan or there'd be a lot more shooting deaths on our highways.

[HEyHEY]

21. PIrates of the Carribean - need I say more - good ride though

[muriel_volestrangler]

22. Miami Airport, non-Americans' (incoming) queue

about 2 hours. It's notorious among travellers for ridiculous delays. And this was back in 1991.

[Anaxamander]

23. Longest line ever: THE BOOKSTORE!

Yes, on the campus of Valdosta State University, my freshman year. I had to wait for 2 hours in a line so gargantuan it could have made MechaGodzilla tremble. And all to buy overpriced textbooks. I never made the same mistake again.

[hippiechick]

24. First day of open registration and bursar's office in college

People camped out because the good and required classes filled up so fast, and our profs weren't into signing waivers.

:hippie:

[Red_Storm]

25. Boston

waiting all night on Yawkey Way for standing room tickets for Yanks-Red Sox series......

[lpbk2713]

26. Multiple occasions when I was in Boot Camp.

Hurry up & wait was a way of life there.

[Anwen]

28. I waited 2.5 long hours under the hot sun

to get on some huge roller coaster (The Goliath??) @ Six Flags in CA.

But it was all worth it. :)

[Bertha Venation]

29. The Return of the Jedi

Worth it. Totally worth it.

[Superfly]

30. European Ski Lift lines

are the worst... 45 minutes at a time, all the while enjoying the pleasing aroma of greasy people smoking cigarettes and being joyfuly jostled around in line.

[CO Liberal]

31. Gas Line During the 1973-74 Arab Oil Embargo

I remember sitting on a gas line for four hours one Saturday morning. When I got on the line at 5AM, the end was about a mile from the station. The station didn't open until 8 - I got my alottment of gas about an hour later.

All this in a '62 VW Beetle with no heat. In the middle of March.

[CreamyGoodness]

32. Mother's Day champagne brunch at the Bellagio

Other than that the longest lines had to be at Disneyland.

[grannylib]

33. Over the phone, waiting to get help on a car I rented in the US but was

driving on business in Canada, and the ignition froze up on a Friday night as I was leaving the office. Yikes. I actually fell asleep at my desk for over 45 minutes while I was on hold at one point...
Sucked big time. Tow trucks, new rental (confusing as hell, since the kilometers/miles were reversed on the speedometer, took me a while to get used to that, sheesh...) repair shop, hassles, more hassles, many beers after it was all over, and a Bailey's or two as I recall...

[TrogL]

34. Expo '67

Three hour waits to get into some "must see" pavilions.

[TrogL]

35. Getting into various bars and nightclubs

Damn fire marshalls.

[Love Bug]

36. 2.5 minutes at a red light

2.5 minutes is a LONG TIME to sit at a red light. It's a freakin' eternity when you're in a hurry.

[Fridays Child]

37. To get tickets to a Stones concert in...

...ack! 1973!

[kodi]

38. tickets to the dead shows at madison square garden. '80(?)

christ, we camped out for about 36 hours, as did hundreds of us. the line went on for blocks and blocks

[Terran]

39. LA Disneyland

Space Mountain...like, the longest lines imaginable.