Whats the deal with that ?? Was there a specific reason why they got it and other rides have not.. Do you like it or do you wish it would go away..

I was at the park a few hours by myself while my friends went to lunch and I loved it. It got me through the line about 10 minutes quicker and it paired me with another person who otherwise would just be riding alone...

the only thing i could think to improve it would be some way to acess it from the start instead of waiting till you are down in the turnstiles approching the station.. that sucked and if there was not someone there you still ended up waiting the full time...

Well you couldn't do it like that for a couple of reasons...First of all, there really isn't room to put another completely seperate line. Second of all, it wouldn't stay that short, it would get really long because people would just split up to get on faster and it would defeat the whole purpose. The idea is really only to save you like 15 minutes I think...

well the reason i bring it up is that i go by myself most of the time and do not come with a group i am a single rider all day long on all rides but if i did have a group i would most likely ride with them..

Um-- guys I don't CP really has the idea of saving you 15 minutes in mind [otherwise they would have build a separate line all the way from the start by the entrance]... Their idea is more along the lines of making sure the trains all go out full with a person in every seat.

(They're not Disney. -- And even Disney doesn't have single rider lines on all their rides, just some of the more popular ones.)

I was a single rider the day I went and they were calling all single rides to come forward. I was standing in the far back of the queue and I was still told to come up. Lucky me it save me like 45 minutes.

Yeah, just watch for the ride ops to call for single riders.

Supposedly this is a test. If it goes well, we might see it on other rides. Cross your fingers.

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It certainly seems to be doing well so far. With 6 trains, Maverick eats that line at a pretty incredible rate.

B

What they need to do is swap the stand-by line and single rider lines on the stairs so the single rider line is on the left. Then they could have a path that goes outside of the queues that leads all the way to the ramp from the old WWL exit pier that runs along the outside of the queuehouse. Singles would then be able to skip the entire queuehouse, and singles wouldn't have to duck and dodge their way through the queues.

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I was there before and no employee called any single riders. I would feel dumb if I just went up to the line, so I waited and I felt it was waisting my time when I could be called up. then when I got to the to top of the stairs, a worker came and let me in, even though it was not worth it anymore cuz I had waited so long. Are you allowed to walk to the single rider line without a host calling you?

The line moves so much more efficiently this way. Nothing irritates me more than standing in a long line like the one for TTD, especially considering how often it breaks down, and then to watch train after train launching with empty seats since they don't try to fill them like they are with Maverick. Single riders don't deserve to go to the front of the line. We just need to think of how much quicker we ALL get to ride due to this system.

I can see why they do it but sometimes I think it is just dumb. When we were waiting for Maverick just outside the station, they had like 10 people in the single rider line. So I can see sometimes how it would work and other times how it would not work out right. The crowd control host was assigning 2 single riders in a row. Just my opinion.

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agreed raptorqueen sometimes it works and sometimes it does not.. I still like the idea however and hope that with more testing and tweaking that it works better..

^^^ A lot of the empty seats you see on MF and TTD are from people being ejected from the coaster. If they sit down, try to buckle the belt and can't pull the slack, they get tossed off the ride. The ride ops aren't going to then call out for single riders. The train was already delayed enough waiting for the person to get buckled in. There's no sense delaying it more just trying to fill a couple seats.

In general, though, I totally agree with you. I've never been to another park (besides Disney) that asks for single riders. So, it's annoying waiting in the queue watching almost full rows of the trains go empty.

Disney implements it perfectly though. Its a separate queue with its own entrance. The one problem is that you skip all the stuff in the queue itself. Me and the wife used it on Test Track and still got to sit together (something about having the Mickey and Minnie wedding ears on probably helped).

I can't wait till I can get back there.

Goodbye MrScott

John

Inmate 25330-08 needs to resign now.
And Judge Townsend should be disbarred.

I could see that setup (separate entrance) getting abused at a park with a younger demographic, like CP.

B

Why? It is used to fill in single holes. If a train has all spots filled with double riders, no one from the single rider line gets to ride. There is the possibility that it could move much slower than the regular line.

Although, it probably worked much better on TT because that is 3 across seating. Not a very even number.

Goodbye MrScott

John

Inmate 25330-08 needs to resign now.
And Judge Townsend should be disbarred.

That's the problem. What if I'm a legitimate single rider stuck behind 3-dozen teens (all from the same group), all of which are trying to 'beat the system' by jumping into the single rider line?

B

halltd said:
A lot of the empty seats you see on MF and TTD are from people being ejected from the coaster.

Ouch!

Mike
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