ASturge21
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I thought it would be good to start a thread for discussion on virtual lines and their implication and application.
I will use my experiences of Volcano Bay, Race through New York and Kraken Unleashed, all during peak summer time.
Despite the good intentions with Volcano Bay the implementation especially during peak times awful with many rides having wait times of 60 minutes plus and this left 90% of guests roaming the park and outwith queues leading to lazy rivers becoming overcrowded and unenjoyable and having to queue. Unfortunately there is only one slide on ride now all time and had around 20-30 minute queues. From this experience a theme park full of virtual queue attractions would be a disaster with the need for higher number of shows and other entertainment.
Kraken and race through New York both had better execution however SeaWorld should probably make it easier to reserve virtual times due to being on a separate website instead of the app like Universal which worked extremely well. The Race through New York waiting areas I believe are perfect for virtual wait times as it seemed to keep virtual wait to a minimum of 3 hours just after park opening compared to Krakens 4 or 5 hours.
From these experiences for virtual queue lines to be most effective the whole attraction needs to be designed for this purpose with effectively minimum queuing once inside the attraction similar to Race through New York. When a virtual queue is used with a standard queue line this leads to larger and unnecessary waiting times. I believe that major high attendance parks will add virtual queue rides to their parks but only on new attractions and be designed around this purpose. I would like to hear your thoughts on how virtual queues should be implemented and your experiences of using them at various times of the year.
I will use my experiences of Volcano Bay, Race through New York and Kraken Unleashed, all during peak summer time.
Despite the good intentions with Volcano Bay the implementation especially during peak times awful with many rides having wait times of 60 minutes plus and this left 90% of guests roaming the park and outwith queues leading to lazy rivers becoming overcrowded and unenjoyable and having to queue. Unfortunately there is only one slide on ride now all time and had around 20-30 minute queues. From this experience a theme park full of virtual queue attractions would be a disaster with the need for higher number of shows and other entertainment.
Kraken and race through New York both had better execution however SeaWorld should probably make it easier to reserve virtual times due to being on a separate website instead of the app like Universal which worked extremely well. The Race through New York waiting areas I believe are perfect for virtual wait times as it seemed to keep virtual wait to a minimum of 3 hours just after park opening compared to Krakens 4 or 5 hours.
From these experiences for virtual queue lines to be most effective the whole attraction needs to be designed for this purpose with effectively minimum queuing once inside the attraction similar to Race through New York. When a virtual queue is used with a standard queue line this leads to larger and unnecessary waiting times. I believe that major high attendance parks will add virtual queue rides to their parks but only on new attractions and be designed around this purpose. I would like to hear your thoughts on how virtual queues should be implemented and your experiences of using them at various times of the year.