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RideMax Mark
08-09-2001, 08:50 PM
http://www.ocregister.com/business/parks00804cci3.shtml

I thought this was an interesting article, done by a team of reporters who visited several theme parks around the country. The original article, published in the Wall Street Journal, indicated that they tried to ride as many attractions as they could between the hours of 10:00AM and 4:00PM on a weekend day, the only restriction being that they had to at least ride the three most popular attractions in the park. The statistics for DL were 8 attractions with a total wait of 132 minutes.

Apparently, they didn't use FP for Splash!

Mark

RideMax for Disneyland Software (http://www.ridemax.com)

JRob2k1
08-09-2001, 09:47 PM
I wonder how much they could get done if they were using your software?? Do you think it would make a big difference??

-JRob

RideMax Mark
08-10-2001, 06:02 AM
I did try simulating this with RideMax, though it was a bit contrived, since they didn't list which 8 attractions they did, other than Splash, Indy, and TSI. So, for my test, I specified a 10:00 starting time on a Saturday, and entered the following attractions:

Splash
Indy
TSI
Space Mountain
Alice
Peter Pan
Jungle Cruise
Pirates

For an optimum schedule, the software came up with an overall expected wait of 77 minutes, quite an improvement over their actual experience, even if the RideMax estimates are off by 20% or so. Of course, the biggest difference is likely due to the fact that the software's schedule used FP for Splash and they didn't.

Just for fun, I tried the same scenario again, but this time specified a start time of 8:00AM, when the park opened. This improved things dramatically, with an estimated wait of just 41 minutes, or less than 1/3 of their actual experience!

It sort of made me wonder how "valid" their test was, since touring order and starting time can make such a huge difference in the results!

Mark

RideMax for Disneyland Software (http://www.ridemax.com)

EandCDad
08-10-2001, 06:07 AM
Originally posted by RideMax Mark
http://www.ocregister.com/business/parks00804cci3.shtml

The statistics for DL were 8 attractions with a total wait of 132 minutes.

Apparently, they didn't use FP for Splash!

Mark

RideMax for Disneyland Software (http://www.ridemax.com)

Mark, I scanned the article and did not see where they listed their total wait time for DL, was that in the original WSJ article? Do you know what day the WSJ article came out.
Thanks

RideMax Mark
08-10-2001, 07:19 AM
The original article appeared in the WSJ last Friday, August 3rd, and included a table that listed the overall wait times for the different parks they visited.

Mark

Gandalf
08-18-2001, 05:23 PM
Originally posted by RideMax Mark
http://www.ocregister.com/business/parks00804cci3.shtml
I thought this was an interesting article, done by a team of reporters who visited several theme parks around the country. The original article, published in the Wall Street Journal, indicated that they tried to ride as many attractions as they could between the hours of 10:00AM and 4:00PM on a weekend day, the only restriction being that they had to at least ride the three most popular attractions in the park. The statistics for DL were 8 attractions with a total wait of 132 minutes.
Apparently, they didn't use FP for Splash!
Mark
RideMax for Disneyland Software (http://www.ridemax.com)
I was kind of surprised that the wait time for Splash Mountain was so long. We've waited in line for Matterhorn longer than that (the sun really heats you up on that side of the park). I wonder why they haven't gone to FP yet, although there doesn't seem to be any room for two separate lines.

DisneylandKid
08-18-2001, 05:38 PM
Originally posted by Gandalf

I was kind of surprised that the wait time for Splash Mountain was so long. We've waited in line for Matterhorn longer than that (the sun really heats you up on that side of the park). I wonder why they haven't gone to FP yet, although there doesn't seem to be any room for two separate lines.
I heard rumors that in September (??) the Matterhorn will be getting Fastpass (which I guess means a new queue). Can anyone else varify this?