This is an example of a bad queueline for me. It's very dense high fences, which although help to hinder queue jumping, they look hideous and on a hot day they trap you in like a badger in a sett.
Okay, Hex has nice things to look at, but when the queue is dead you still have to walk like a muppet back and forward in a Z shape. I understand that there's very little they could probably do otherwise, but even so. Just plain irritating.
Queuejumper's paradise this one. There's nothing to look at, no Lego models in sight just a long zig zag with nothing to stop you from jumping in.
Queue line stuff like this helps when it's really really busy, but it annoys you after a while to hear 'bounce' or 'wahey'. The other problem as well is that they tend to stop the queue while Little Jimmy has his 300th go. I much prefer a moving queueline.
Easy to queue jump, but it's the best queueline on park after Nemesis. Love the attention to detail, and the vending machines which disperse quickly and don't look awful when they're closed. Who doesn't love the Lord of Darkness?!
Possibly the worst because nobody listens to the screens, so nobody understands what the point of the ride is. Although it does have satellite theming, and an abandoned vehicle so everything isn't lost.
One of the best queues, bit of theming. Let down by awful batching and this weird obsession with this man? I think it's called Abdab and comes from an old ride they had there. Why he's having some less than 'family friendly' fun infront of a pot I don't understand.
Nice indoor section which makes you feel like you've had a couple to drink, although if the ride had queues they could use the outside queue as well
Ben 10 is a good example of an IP based queueline done well. Nice inside theming.
Can't find any pictures to show you, but it's high quality, decent theming on loads of different levels, some nice seaside humour and an anamatronic seagull.
The worst queueline ever. I admit this is an old picture, but at present it looks worse. I hate scaffolding. I hate pig pen queuelines. I hate days when Rita has a queue. It's a 20 second ride. I detest Rita's queue because it forces you to stand there and go, this is awful. There's paint peeling everywhere, there's no theming to be seen unless you count scaffolding
(I don't think I need to start a thread about scaffolding being theming do I?) then there is nothing of worth to look at. There's the stupid batching policy which slows the queue down. There's the random trumpets from when the ride was first introduced which look awful painted in an awful shade of brown, still standing as if to say 'This ride's had two themes neither of them convincing'.
Then there's the fact that if you're in the Rita queueline you have to look at 'The Dark Forest' which is in effect one reasonably themed ride with another one on top of it and a weird forest market. All there is to look at in the Rita queueline is food stalls, not even well themed food stalls, just ones with deteriorating theming and overpriced non related tat. Oh and a locker bank, which takes up room and from what I've seen never gets used.
This kind of worked as an entrance back in 2005, but now it just looks messy. I understand what the theme is, and I understand this is the best compromise, and yes it doesn't have scaffolding on it. But it looks vile.
Finally there's no sense of movement as you're in a cattlepen looking at nothing other than dull grey blandness, being dictated when you can pass under a track. I don't dislike this queuline. I hate it. Maybe that's just me though?
Apologies, I have 'hotlinked' all these images. Credits to the photographers, I own none of these images. But I do own a Merlin Annual Pass which gives 12 months access to the UK's best attractions!