PhantaDad2017
TS Member
The German language website parkerlebnis.de reported that EP is going to introduce fast access, for their Coastiality VR option, for an upcharge:
https://www.parkerlebnis.de/europa-park-wartezeit-verkuerzen-coastiality-plus_58766.html
For now, they want to add a fast access to their Alpenexpress Coastiality seats for 7€; the VR option normally costs a 2€ upcharge. It is not mentioned if the upcoming CanCanCoaster (formerly Eurosat) Coastiality option will also have a paid fast queue.
Europa Park is one of the few big parks, that did not yet have separate peasants vs. nobility queues, in my opinion, an important feature that helps qualifiy it as the best park. They also tried a scheduling system without upcharge, similar to Disney's Fast Pass, for their new Voletarium.
I understand that EP charges extra for VR, because it is much slower and requires more staff. But with a paid priority queue, they enter the slippery slope, with all the negative implications that come with premium priority queues:
https://www.parkerlebnis.de/europa-park-wartezeit-verkuerzen-coastiality-plus_58766.html
For now, they want to add a fast access to their Alpenexpress Coastiality seats for 7€; the VR option normally costs a 2€ upcharge. It is not mentioned if the upcoming CanCanCoaster (formerly Eurosat) Coastiality option will also have a paid fast queue.
Europa Park is one of the few big parks, that did not yet have separate peasants vs. nobility queues, in my opinion, an important feature that helps qualifiy it as the best park. They also tried a scheduling system without upcharge, similar to Disney's Fast Pass, for their new Voletarium.
I understand that EP charges extra for VR, because it is much slower and requires more staff. But with a paid priority queue, they enter the slippery slope, with all the negative implications that come with premium priority queues:
- taking ride time away from regular visitors (often without lowering regular admission price adequately)
- offensive hierarchy, making regular visitors feel like inferior second-class citizens, being forced to tolerate queue jumping by a "nobility"
- an incentive to operate rides under their capacity, to deliberately generate queues and push visitors towards purchasing fast "upgrades"