You know what drives me absolutely insane???

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musketeer

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Of all the things that people complain about on here, MY personal biggest issue that drives me nuts is the gates into the hotels. Can't they make gates that don't take 3 hours to open?
 
SeaCastle

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Are you referring to the gates you drive through to get to the hotel main entrance?
 
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fosse76

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musketeer said:
Of all the things that people complain about on here, MY personal biggest issue that drives me nuts is the gates into the hotels. Can't they make gates that don't take 3 hours to open?
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The gates are constantly being opened and closed all day, so the only reason I can think of to have them open slowly is that maybe they don't require as much maintenance than if they opened quickly.
 
wdwmagic

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fosse76 said:
The gates are constantly being opened and closed all day, so the only reason I can think of to have them open slowly is that maybe they don't require as much maintenance than if they opened quickly.
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I also think its done to prevent people darting through. When it's as slow as it is, it promotes calm passage. Thats my theory anyway :)
 
the_princess

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Glad Im not the only one whose mind went there...

The only place I understand the gates (sometimes) is Shades of Green, and that just because they do ID checks, or so the sign last time I went there. I didnt get ID when I walked on but there was a guard in the little gaurd house when I was there two years ago IDing some people in a car it looked like. Maybe Disney is trying to train us all to hurry up and wait.
 
Master Yoda

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wdwmagic said:
I also think its done to prevent people darting through. When it's as slow as it is, it promotes calm passage. Thats my theory anyway :)
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I have a friend in Dallas that works for a company that installs gates like the ones at the resorts at airports, hotels etc. According to him your theory is correct. It also does save a good bit of wear and tear but that is more of a nice side effect to slowing down the gate lift speed.
 
Timekeeper

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wdwmagic said:
I also think its done to prevent people darting through. When it's as slow as it is, it promotes calm passage. Thats my theory anyway :)
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My experience has been the opposite. For example, many drivers consider speedbumps to be an annoyance and - as a result - drive faster down the road between each speedbump than they might normally have driven through the area without the speedbumps; as if to make up for the lost time of having to slow down. :shrug:
 
Timekeeper

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Ironically, slower-moving gates defeat the purpose of having a gate in the first place (to restrict/record access). I'm sure that most of us who have been to a gated community have either (1) had another driver follow us in, (2) followed another driver in, or (3) witnessed another driver doing it - while the gate is still "open" for the first driver. So long as there is adequate in/out traffic, what's the point? :shrug:
 

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