According to a study by the New York Times, people spend a whopping 5 years of their lives waiting in lines. That’s five years we could be spending creating new art, exploring new restaurants, making memories with our friends and family… instead of standing around doing nothing.
So what can we do? Well, my answer is simple: download all the apps.
That’s right! The solution is clear: instead of staring at the ceiling or obsessing over how many people are still ahead of you in line, download some apps and use them while you wait!
Best Apps For Waiting In Line
These are our picks for smartphones games that make the hours disappear quickly. And, hey, help a fellow bored voter out by listing the apps that you’ve spent way too much time on in the comments below:
1. Angry Birds — If you haven’t played it yet: Get it now. If you have: Do you have three stars on every level? Download for iPhone and Android.
2. Tetris — The all-time classic time-waster hit the iPhone last year. Transport yourself back to the 80s before you vote for the future of the 2010s. Download for iPhone and Android.
3. Flight Control — Your finger is an air traffic controller at the busiest landing strips in the world. More fun than it sounds! Download for iPhone and Android.
4. Skater Boy — Deceptively addicting, you’re a skateboard punk trying to make it to the end of increasingly difficult courses while performing tricks along the way to boost your score. Download for Android.
5. Bag It! — Geniuses turn bagging groceries (bagging groceries!) into one of the most addictive puzzle games on the smartphone. Download for iPhone and Android.
6. The Creeps! — Your child is having a nightmare and is being attacked by all sorts of phantoms and monsters. Protect him from his scary dreams! Download for iPhone
7. Words With Friends / Draw Something — Ignite a rivalry with a friend in another voting line (or start a new rivalry with the smelly guy in front of you!). Words with Friends available here; Draw Something available here for iPhone and here for Android.
8. Temple Run — Outrun the bad guys in this smash Indiana Jones-ish adventure. Download for iPhone and Android.
9. Family Feud — Survey says: It’s a game for iPhone and Android now. Download for iPhone and Android.
10. Jetpack Joyride — The creators of Fruit Ninja (another addicting game!) score again with this airborne adventure game. Download for iPhone and Android.
games to play while waiting in line at disney
Heads Up
The game Heads Up was all the rage when we were at Disney. This is a free game you can get on your iPhone.
To play one person flips the phone to their forehead and a word will appear. The rest of the players need to give clues for that person to guess what the words are.
It’s a quick game as each player only has a minute to get through a list of words. You can adjust the levels to easy or harder depending on the age of your kids.
Heads Up is great in a small space as you need to be close to the phone to see the words. Also, it’s usually pretty funny so it keeps everyone entertained in line.
Magnetic Games to Play in Line
We brought a Magnetic game in our backpack to play when we were in line. We originally bought these as a road trip game but they worked great at Disney.
The best part is you won’t lose the pieces because they’re magnetic and they work well waiting at restaurants for food too.
There are lots of different types of magnetic travel games to choose from. We played Bingo but some other favorites are Tic Tac Toe, Hangman, Checkers, and Matching Games.
Tip: Add a zip lock bag to the box to hold any pieces you’re not using while standing in line.
Charades
Put a Charades app on your phone and play the hilarious game while standing in line. See if you can guess what you family is acting out.
Rock Paper Scissors
All you need are your hands to play this classic game of Rock Paper Scissors. Kids say rock (closed fist) paper (flat hand) scissors (fist with index finger & middle finger extended into a V) after they say this they show which one they pick.
Rock crushes scissors, paper beats rock, scissors beats paper.
Simon Says
To play Simon Says the leader gives a series of commands such as Simon Says touch your eyebrows. Then the players all do the action the leader calls out.
If the leader gives a command without saying Simon Says you do not do the action. The players that do the action without the Simon Says command is out.
Keep it fun by changing who is the leader throughout the wait in line. Also, make sure everyone knows to only ask players to do things they can accomplish standing in line.
Examples – Touch your nose, jump up and down. run in place, touch your toes,
Guess the Animal
Have one player think of an animal. Then everyone must ask yes or no questions about the animal until they can guess the correct animal
The player who guesses the animal correctly gets to think of the next animal for everyone to guess.
Guess the Disney Character
This is just like guess the animal but instead, you think of different Disney Characters to guess. This will gets everyone into the Disney spirit.
I Spy
Use your surrounding to find things to guess. One player sees an item in their eye line to guess then everyone asks questions until they figure out what that person is looking at in the room.
Find the Color
A super simple game to play in line is find the color. Pick a color or pattern and have the rest of the group try and find it.
3 Truths & a Lie
This is a game for a little bit older kids. One player tells 3 true things and then one lie. The rest of the players need to guess which is the lie out of the four thoughts.
Bubbles
Another popular activity in line at Disney World was bubbles. They are expensive to buy at Disney so bring a cheap bubbles container with you. Then you can blow bubbles for the kids to jump around. You’ll keep the other kids in line entertained too.
Make it even easier to blow bubbles with a battery operated Bubble Wand Machine with a Frozen Theme.
Look for Hidden Mickeys
While at Disney have the kids keep an eye out for hidden Mickeys and other characters while inline.
Play a Game in line on a Phone
When all else fails let the kids play a game on your phone. If you have the My Disney App several of the lines have Disney Trivia that you can only get while waiting in line. So make sure to check that app on each ride.
Are you ready to keep your kids entertained in line now? I hope you found a few fun games to play in line at Disney that your whole family will enjoy.
Do you have a few games to play in line that your kids like? Please share in the comments so we all can play them and entertain our kids.
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