Donut time opens early

If donut time is supposed to open way before the park opening time at 10 AM, how are they going to keep the guests from going all over the park and line up for rides such as TTD or MF? Because if you think about it, it won't be fair to the resort guests who are supposed to be let in early. There must be something they are going to do to keep the guests from going past this shop.

Easy. Snipers on the rooftops.

Classy.

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You 18 yet? Alright...

The gates open to the public at 9:30. All but a few major rides are closed untill 10AM. Not everyone that comes will go straight to the open major rides. Even then, most it's patronage won't enter the park untill after 10AM.

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Eddy the retard is awesome.

All they gotta do is the same thing they do for CoasterMania morning ERT...have the height checker at the early-morning rides do the credential checking for the early entry people.

The park used to *always* open an hour before the rides started for *everybody*.

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

I think what you're going to see is they will have some sort of barrier (rope, chain, temp queues, etc) between the donut shop and the rest of the park.

-Matt
2001 Magnum Crew
2003 Magnum Crew
2004 Magnum ATL

Edit: With new information in hand, here is what the early entry should look like at the Front Gate:

There will be queues on wheels which will cut across the Main Midway just after the Donut Time shop. All guests will be able to enter the main gates at the same time, but only Joe Cool and Resorts guests will be able to go past the queues into the park for their ERT. Admissions hosts and hostesses will be directing those guests to the point in the queues where they can enter the rest of the park. The queues will be removed when early entry ERT is over for the day.

At the Marina, Beach, and Resort gates, only Joe Cool and Resorts guests will be able to enter early. If other guests wish to purchase donuts from Donut Time, they must enter at the Front Gate.

An interesting side note... Donut Time is featuring Starbucks coffee. ^_^

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~Lee~

Group Sales ATL '01
Group Sales TL '02
Park Admissions Zone 5 Supervisor '03
Park Admissions Supervisor '04
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*** This post was edited by Lee 4/18/2004 10:07:28 PM ***