Ticket To Ride Returns?

...But at Cedar Point there was no reason to prevent someone from getting multiple tickets, as getting a ticket was the ONLY way to get a ride on the coaster. After all, without a ticket system, if you want to ride again, you go stand in line again. With Cedar Point's ticket system, you want to ride again, you go get another ticket. Sorry, but of all the problems that TTR had, double-dipping wasn't one of them.

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

"She's got ticket to ride..She's got a ticket to riiide...She's got a ticket to ride but she don't care..."

Wait....oops...it's not THAT ticket to ride is it... :)

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Annie

CP & LE RR Crew '01
ATL Swings and Swans '02
"We have no food..we have no money..OUR PETS HEADS ARE FALLING OFF!!!"

I don't think Cedar Point needs TTR again. It caused an uproar among (mostly) the season pass holders last time and got some bad press about it. Cedar Point doesn't need another piece of bad press after VertiGone, even if it is just a queueing system.

The only way I'd support a virtual queueing system at Cedar Point would be a computer controlled system with a "stand-by" line similar to FASTPASS at WDW.

. Sorry, but of all the pro blems that TTR had, double-dipping wasn't one of them

My point was that Ticket-to-Ride programs work very successfully for major attractions at other parks. When the are properly implemented they are incredibly popular. Ticket-to-Ride did have a stand-by line for Millenium Force. The Stand-by line was the main queues while the ticket to ride guests joined the queue just before the main ramp into the station.

Part of the reason Fast Pass works at Disney is the restrictions on how many passes any one ticket can hold at a time.

I'd also like to see them implement single riders lines on certain attractions.

No, your right, come to think of it, from 11:00 to 6 or whatever, you had to have a ticket to ride.

Really the only way a system would work is if it were implemented like FastPass or Universal Express.

I don't want to see a TTR system myself. I think it is only fair for those who wait to get to ride the ride. I understand the reservation system basically cuts down wait times for people lucky enough to get tickets, but it leaves a bad feeling for those who actually wait in stand-by, and those who couldn't get tickets. I've been to DisneyWorld several times and even though their FastPass system isnt bad, if you didn't get there early enough, certain attractions were not going to be available to you.

I think the parks feed us the idea that a TTR will free up YOUR time to do other things and not have to wait in line. But in reality it holds your place in line while you are able to go spend more money eating, shopping, etc.

It sounds like a good idea, but I think good old fashioned waiting in line is best. You can meet a lot of cool people standing and line and also look at the ride in great detail, appreciating it more.

In 2000 when they started TTR on MF, it confused many people, and had the season pass holders as well as enthusiasts here in an uproar. I had heard about the format in which they gave out tickets, so luckily I got some tickets before they were all out. I figured out quite quickly that TTR had failed when I saw people lining up 2-3 hours early outside the queue as I walked by. I just shook my head at the fallacy of the system.

I seriously hope that it will not be implemented. If they heads at CP are watching this thread, and are thinking about using it, just remember that our posts aren't just on the bhalf of enthusiasts, but the general public as well.

The group I went with that day were un-aware of the system, and many didn't get to ride because of it. The system can abused by people hoarding several tickets, and it causes larger lines throughout the park.

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Yeah, but more parks are having it now so it's more familiar. Also I bet they will make some changes...I hope they try it again. If it doesn't work they can always do away with it!

Not more parks in the Midwest....SFWoA is just adopting a system this year, which I think is a mistake, so it will still be foreign to most of the CP guests. Not to mention that many systems differ from each other, so once a guest thinks they have the whole virtual queue-ing thing down, they just have to learn a new system.

One of my biggest peeves about queue-ing systems is that it tells you where and when to be somewhere. When I go to an amusement park, I was to be about to forget about all scheduling from a business life. The only times I want to know about are when we meet back to go home. Being spontaneous is one of my favorite aspects of an amusement park. I don't want to have to keep an eye on my watch all day just to make sure I won't miss a ride I could have waiting for hours earlier.

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*** This post was edited by CP_bound on 3/11/2002. ***

The problem is they're creating a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. Cedar Point has the best capacity.

Why does the park think they have to jump on the bandwagon and have any sort of system implemented?

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Tyler Adams
Guest Services 2002

They used it in 2000 On Millennium Force...

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Live life on the Edge

I want to see Kings Island adopt RideMan's Queue Management System just so we can find out if it works. Why Kings Island? Because they are the one park I can think of that has all the necessary infrastructure in place already in the form of their QTV system. All they would need to do would be to get accurate queue time estimates on a regular basis and display that information on QTV every few minutes. The layout of that park means they get better people-distribution than Cedar Point does, but even so, it would be possible to see if informing people of which rides have longer or shorter waits would serve to redistribute the crowd.....

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

Am I the only person who had good experience with TTR on MF?? During the 2000 season I had a season pass, and went to CP several times. Each time I got in line for the TTR, got into line anywhere between 10 minutes to 40 minutes into my hour, and my longest wait was 30 minutes. Much better than the 2-3 hour waits on some days.

Tyler said:

The problem is they're creating a solution to a problem that doesn't exist.
Hmmm, where have I heard that before? ;)
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KW 2002

I also didn't have a problem with the TTR. We got there early enough to get a ticket and enjoyed the rest of the park instead of standing in line for 3 hours like we had to on AAA day.

The system sucked butt on MF ...

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Kelly the crazy coaster freak of cp
CP@LE RR 2000
White Water Landing 2001
WICKED TWISTER 2002
"Ahh When Is The Rain Going To Stop"
"Trumpy you can do stupid things...Its called evil kid"

I think there is a problem that exists. And that is that were all Americans and we don't want to wait for anything. That thing called patience is gone. (In most of us). People want things fixed or done Now, not tomorrow. So when the majority of people are at a park they want to ride Now and not wait in a 1-3 hour line.

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I’ve used Ticket to Ride with success when it was offered, and even enjoyed it. That's not to say it doesn't have drawbacks, and that big improvements couldn't be made on it. Personally, I think CP needs a high-tech system. Lo-Q would be ideal, though I agree with comments that an upcharge queue system doesn't really fit with CP's style. If SFWoA has success with it’s rumored Lo-Q implementation, I bet CP will get a high-tech queue management system in the near future. As for waiting in line being part of the amusement park experience, well, that’s true. Going to the bathroom is part of my daily experience, but it’s not exactly the highlight of the day. I feel the same about amusement park queues.

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Unless you start first thing in the morning.

I think that we should watch for any clues that start to pop up around the park that may hint at a hi-tech system. Things like multiple paths through a queue, extra space appearing at the entrance to queues, etc.

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I heard details about a possible new version of TTR and I think its going to be great if they do it. It will sound weird at first but I think it will be cool.

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Danny J
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