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Automated Wait times


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Don't you just hate it when a ride says it would take longer to stand in line then it usually does. Then you don't want to get on it and you hope to wait for it another time during the day to see if the line goes down. but instead it raises and last time you saw it it was actually faster then?

I hate that so much. but I think having certain employese time how long It would take maybe? Like there is a job set where they got a Timer and they head into the line. by the time they get to the ride they should stop the watch and there is the wait time board updates to how long It would take?

It was just a sudden Idea I had so it's not too advance yet.

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It is far easier to base the wait time on the ride capacity vs how long it takes to dispatch the ride again. You can get the riders per hour and the number of people the ride's q line holds. This will not take into account any stoppage due to maintenance issues. The best thing to do is get in line rather than try to wait for a slower time during the day.

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I posted an article over in the "other amusement par news" section.

Based upon psychology, the article stated it would be a poor idea to say the wait time was 15 minutes, only to have it turn to 20 (even if its not the parks fault for the extra 5 minute delay). Basically, people tend to get more upset when they have to wait longer for something than they were originally told. Its far better to say its a 30 minute wait, then let the customer be happy when they get thru the line in 15 minutes. You see this at restaurants all the time. How often is a 20-30 minute wait really 15-20 minutes?

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