I was on star tours today, and I overheard a conversation between an apparent cast member and someone in his party. They were discussing a competition that is occurring between the california star tours and the florida star tours. Basically it sounded like they were competing to see which team was able to move people through in the most efficient manner. Before I had noticed that they were sending people with guest assistance cards away with cards with later return times to alleviate the stress on the fast pass line. Could this be a trial run for a new policy with guest assistance cards? I was wondering in anyone knew more about this. Also if there are any other new things they are trying out. If nothing else it is interesting that the coasts are having a competition... go Team star tours orlando!
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Star Tours testing new efficiency techniques?
- Thread starter Merebear414
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Tom Morrow
Well-Known Member
Anything that cuts down on the abuse of the guest assistance passes is a good thing, IMO
Rob562
Well-Known Member
I think it depends on which kind of GAC they have. If it's an alternate entrance (wheelchair, etc), they're put in the bypass queue that avoids the entire indoor queue. It bridges over the main queue, and comes out by Gate 4 (or is it called Gate D now?).
If the person has a "can't wait in line" GAC, they're either encouraged to get a FastPass, or sometimes given a special type of FP with a return time equivalent to the current standby queue time.
-Rob
If the person has a "can't wait in line" GAC, they're either encouraged to get a FastPass, or sometimes given a special type of FP with a return time equivalent to the current standby queue time.
-Rob
Murphketeer
Member
passengers per seat
Rob562
Well-Known Member
Yeah, I was going to say they could just take DL's numbers and multiply by 1.5 to direct-compare to DHS'.
-Rob
javy2004
Active Member
seems to be an apple and oranges comparison. in cali its located in the main park. it's got many other rides that just as big or bigger in popularity as opposed to dhs it's one of the marquee attractions. although what it could be is how many ppl per hour can either location get through (unless its dead, there will always be a line at either park)
imagineergurl
Member
Tower, splash, and thunder also recently had competitions with Cali. They are not comparing actual numbers but percentages of the target. If Florida splash has a carry target of 1935 and Cali has 1700, if Florida only gets 1900 people through in one hour and Cali gets 1705, Cali wins for that hour.
javy2004
Active Member
now that makes perfect sense
Random Vids Inc
Member
During our last trip in early December a cast member opened a chain and began to lead us and a good chunk of the stand-by line into the fast pass line.