Single Riders

[rob666]

Proportionate benefit over time.
Never straightforward when you bring in additional staff, repairs and maintenance.

 

[John]

If the hypothetical group is already in the SRQ, they have no bearing on how quickly the main queue moves. You're conflating ride throughput with queue velocity, which are two distinct, albeit marginally related, metrics.

I am comparing situations where a SRQ is added to ride where it did not exist before. In the first case, everyone joins main queue. In the second, some groups and some single riders join the SRQ. In the second case, the main queue has fewer groups and is therefore shorter in terms of time as well as length.

Checking a restraint on an empty seat is the often fastest action a ride host performs. They walk past, shove the bar down and move on.

This may be true for rides with ratcheting restraints. For hydraulic restraints, closing them often requires applying considerable force and even then they can't be moved quickly. On some rides the staff are also required to fasten a seatbelt even if the seat is unoccupied, slowing things down further. Rita restraints are particularly slow & heavy work for the staff, which is why I used it as an example.

 

[Bowser]

Leaving a seat empty makes the queue move faster, not slower.

Thats a real life variable that can go either way as illustrated above. My point is the theoretical benefit which is correct and the purpose of their existence.

Ok I’m definitely done I'm sure you’ll insist on the last word as always.

 

[GooseOnTheLoose]

Thats a real life variable that can go either way as illustrated above. My point is the theoretical benefit which is correct and the purpose of their existence.

Ok I’m definitely done I'm sure you’ll insist on the last word as always.

I must hold my wings up here and offer an apology. Having re-read the thread, I entirely missed your core premise.

You were outlining a theoretical scenario where the SRQ does not exist at all, and every rider is held in the main queue. On the pure mathematics of system volume, you're absolutely correct. Extracting single riders from that main mass demonstrably reduces the overall wait time for the people behind them.

I was so hyper focused on the physical mechanics of an active SRQ, specifically how human boarding friction impacts dispatch intervals and queue velocity, that I completely missed we were debating two entirely distinct operational scenarios.

Crossed wires on my part, so I apologise for digging my talons in on the physics!