The Mighty Tim
Well-Known Member
I usually "grade" rides on usual queue length in conjunction with actual ride time (you could also grade on peak queue time-like PPF standby is 120 min @ 3PM in July) I.e., if Winnie The Pooh is 3 minutes long, a 60 minute queue line wait is 2 minutes per second of actual ride time.
AVG QL - Ride Time - Ride - sec in queue->1 sec of actual ride time
The Worst
90minQL / 3:10 RT - Peter Pan's Flight - 28 sec
40minQL / 1:40 RT - Dumbo - 24 sec
The Best
25minQL / 14:00 RT - Spaceship Earth 1.78 sec
35minQL / 13:53 RT - Haunted Mansion 2.5 sec
30minQL / 8:00 RT - Pirates of the Caribbean 3.75 sec
Factor in "quality rides" because if there's a 20 min wait for EEA and it's a 40 min ride, it's just for crowd control. Take away films and count the seconds you're actually moving in the ride vehicle, it's closer to 4 minutes (I'm guessing), which would be 5 sec of queue time per actual ride time.
I'm a numbers freak (or just a freak - take your pick!). I'm interested in stats like this. Could you tell me where you got the average queue length and ride time information from?