This is how I interpreted the system, At 9 AM, an hour before the rides started operating at 10, the line would be "open" and you would not need a ticket.
Now it gets tricky. When it was first implemented, After 10 AM, the line would then "close" and you would need a ticket. They would give out a certain amount of colored tickets in a short line right by the entrance. Whatever Color ticket you received told you what hour you could get in line, such as 3-4 PM. The time range of these tickets ran all the way up to when the park closed. Once the tickets were out, the ticket line would close and if you did not have a ticket, you would not ride that day.
Soon as they released that this type of system made for Some unhappy people they changed it to this, which I like better.
At 10 AM the line would "close" and they would start giving out colored tickets with hours up to 4 PM. Once they were out of Those tickets, no more were handed out. Then at 4 PM the queue would then open back up and you would not need a ticket.
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Joe E
*** This post was edited by Joe E. on 1/23/2001. ***