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Should front row seats be a premium add on

AudioEngineer974 said:
Agreed!! If Merlin ever did implement such practices, they'd make a fortune on Oblivion :oops:
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Baron (the dive coaster) at Efteling has a queue split quite early on, one way for front row, the other way for the remaining rows, with accurate estimated queue times for both.

Has no impact on operations as the batching is so early and follows respective routes. A very well designed queue.
 
I personally prefer how it's done on Nemesis now - I could never be bothered with the extra wait. I quite like the fact that it's random now and have a chance of getting a row 1.
 
Rides with a front row queue effectively make them a premium add-on. You just pay with your time, rather than money. On a busy day you’ll wait longer, shorter on a quieter one, bit like dynamic pricing I suppose!
 
I'd save it for the VIPs - as previously said, us Fast-trackers already have to do the "walk of shame (wealth)".

What needs to be done is to properly advertise the extended wait times properly. E.g. for Stealth/Swarm at TP you can see it easily - for Nemmy Inferno it is very deceiving. Best thing to do - especially on quieter days - is have a bit of bants with the loader and ask nicely. Wrost is they can say "no".

Or alternatively, just INSIST!
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DiogoJ42 said:
I could argue that fast track users feeling "shame" is a good thing, but that would be off topic.... ;)
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It is buying privilege - there's no arguing. But walk tall and proud - any self-employed person will tell you the value of time!

As for front row, it should be offered to everyone - once you're selling tickets for it, the non-ticketed have no chance. So I agree with "expedited access" for a fee, but not exclusive access (unless you're buying an experience)
 
You should be asking what a poor experience theme parks are providing that you need a FP. Disney/Universal do incredibly well on manoeuvring people to shows/parades/restaurants. Get in a virtual queue and enjoy a "high capacity" event whilst waiting.

Sorry, but I go to a theme park to ride - not to queue. I can queue for free in my local supermarket!
 
Smiley said:
It is buying privilege - there's no arguing. But walk tall and proud - any self-employed person will tell you the value of time!
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As a self employed person, who spent the early hours of this morning ranting to my workmates, about how sitting around doing nothing (when we used to make art! together!) waiting for a penalty shoot out to end, when I should have been home an hour ago, was a waste of our futtocking lives.......

Sorry, I'm with Rob here. I'd rather be cash or time poor, but have stuck to my [personal] morals.
(And I mean that in the best possible "not judging anyone" way. Everyone's personal morals are different ;) )
 
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