Best queue ever?

[scaeagles]

Kids should learn to grasp the idea of waiting their turn. If they are old enough to get the concept that this is something cool, they should get the concept that they have to wait for the others that were there first to do it first.

I don't see how there could possibly be enough space to to allow for something interesting to do. Pirates handles what....1200/hour? On really crowded days with an hour wait, where the hell will they put 900 (or so) people so they have room to roam about and wait? Will they close off the waiting area at a certain size and then have a line waiting to get into the queueing area?

At first thought I don't see how it can be done logistically. And the thought of having a waiting area similar to walking down main street on a saturday afternoon in the summer doesn't sound like a whole lot of fun. Sounds awful.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Alex

How many people are in a 60 minute Peter Pan ride? 500-600? Can they possibly create a themed interactive area that keeps that many people occupied? Or do you just end up waiting in line to do something instead of waiting in line to ride?

I don't know how many that is, but 500-600 seems high. I'd be surprised if there are more than 200 people in that line at any one time. I could be wrong. And it obviously wouldn't work in Disneyland's Fantasyland as currently configured. But with a ground-up design as they seem to be doing in Florida, I think there's potential for a successful re-think of the queue concept.

But then, Pan may not have been the best example. As Steph pointed out, Dumbo makes a better candidate, I just used Pan because the interactive concepts jumped into my head.

Originally Posted by scaeagles

I don't see how there could possibly be enough space to to allow for something interesting to do. Pirates handles what....1200/hour? On really crowded days with an hour wait, where the hell will they put 900 (or so) people so they have room to roam about and wait? Will they close off the waiting area at a certain size and then have a line waiting to get into the queueing area.

It wouldn't make sense to do it with every ride. Pirates, Matterhorn, Haunted Mansion. Those are all huge people-eating rides with queues that move steadily because. Rides like Dumbo whose design is such that everyone in line just stands still during the duration of other people's ride would make more sense. Especially in the context of grouping people.

I surely don't see this replacing the concept of ride queues park-wide, or even in an entire land. But for a select few attractions I think it has potential.

[Stan4dSteph]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Kids should learn to grasp the idea of waiting their turn. If they are old enough to get the concept that this is something cool, they should get the concept that they have to wait for the others that were there first to do it first.

They still have to wait their turn. They just don't have to do it trapped between metal bars.

I don't see how there could possibly be enough space to to allow for something interesting to do.

This is at Walt Disney World. They're redoing Fantasyland at WDW. The queue will be specifically designed to handle the expected crowds in this manner. http://www.mouseplanet.com/8976/Walt...t_Update#news1