How Patient are you with Ride Lines?

I hate Lines ...I'll Look over the Line if its too long i'll move along to annother one
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I found myself getting a bit impatient in the queue for Raptor and Phantom's Revenge. Raptor just doesn't seem to move that often and the second half of the queue is murder if the sun is out and its hot. When they didn't let you wait for PR on the ramp, you sometimes stood stationary for about 10-15 minutes...out in the sun.
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There are only VERY rare times when I wont wait in line for a ride anywhere except SFA & PKD. I go to those parks so much that I wont wait more than an hour for any ride in those parks except Hypersonic (unless I'm with visitors of course).

But if I'm anywhere else, I'll wait in just about any line. I waited 2.5 hrs twice last year for Millie. I'm used to every coaster line being about an hour. The longest I waited was 3.5 hrs for B:TR @ SFGAm in 1993.

Oh and the moving/not moving thing doesnt bother me. In fact, when the line is not moving I can at least sit down. But for me the actuall time waited is all that matters to me.
jeremy
"I-L-L"! ..... "I-N-I"!

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"Nobody writes about the planes that land." Steve Salerno Washington Times 7-10-01

I cant believe how patient most of you are. I get really PISSED if the line is around 30minutes. I dont stand around complaining, but i will certainly pass up the ride on most occasions. However, I also make it a point to plan my trips during OFF-PEAK times, so I am used to getting right on. MUSTANG said: misters in Goliath queue are nice addition. AMEN! And the super thickness of the mist really adds to the rainforest theming.
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I can't stand waiting in line! Seems like everytime I go to a park, there's always huge lines, and it's always 100 fricken degrees out!
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"REDWINGS 2002"

I think 1hr30mins or 2hrs isent that bad if its for a Great Rollercoaster ride! but if its for somthing Lame and boring or Just too fast and over in 20secs it will never be worth a 2hr wait (unless its a hell of a 20sec ride!)but if its somthing new and never done before its well worth any wait it may have but 3hrs is pushing it.(even thou i have waited longer in the pass)

*** This post was edited by MrMightyMouse on 9/8/2001. ***

I don't think that ANYONE will say that they actually enjoy waiting in line. For me, it all depends on the ride, and whether or not the park is doing everything it can do to keep the line moving.

At SFGAdv this year, I have waited about 20-30 minutes for Nitro and about 30-40 minutes to Medusa. The operators are really quick, and three trains are always run on those two coasters. I have NO problem waiting in line for those rides, they are great coasters, and you are always moving forward.

I went to Lake Compounce earlier this year on a Saturday and waited 15 minutes for Boulder Dash. I was unhappy because the park was running one train when they should have been running two. First of all, it was a Saturday, which is most likely the park's busiest day, and it is the park's flagship attraction. There probably wouldn't have been anyone at the park that day if it hadn't been for Boulder Dash (and that is not to say that LC is a bad park, it just doesn't have enough aside from Boulder dash - yet).

I will wait in line as long as it takes for a new ride but if I've ridden it a lot, I will only wait an hour.

Longest wait for the Phantom for me is slightly over an hour, but the time flies. Longest wait time that I had seen is 2hrs. And that is with only 1 train running. Not bad for a slightly new coaster. Next year the wait will get a little bit shorter. For the other coasters at the park, maybe a half-hour wait.
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Kennywood is my home park!!!

It is situational.

I don't mind waiting 30 to 45 minutes if it is a coaster I really want to ride and the line is long (like Wildcat or Great Bear at Hershey on busy days), but I hate waiting for 30 minutes when the line is really short but the operators are SLOOOOWWWWW (like Two Face, Jokers Jinx, and Roar during my visit to SFA).

However, if the line is long, it all really depends on how much I like the coaster or would want to ride it. If I am at a park and wanting to ride a coaster for the first time, then I will wait, however if it is a coaster I have already ridden, then I would be kind of selective... if the line is too long, I would skip it if I do not think much of the coaster (i.e., I would not mind waiting 30-45 minutes for Steel Force or Talon at Dorney, but I would seriously consider waiting in line for anything much more than a walkon for BatWing at SFA).

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"I wasn't always this cynical, but then I started kindergarden..."

All depends on the coaster, and how crowded the park is that day.

I don't like to wait anymore that 1 1/2 hours for the millenium force. i go home perfectly happy if i dont get to ride it. I have a season pass and i know i will have more opportunities to ride it. i go home pretty sad tho if i dont get to ride the magnum more than once. crazy huh? LOL. lines that are 1'2 hour long are what i look for.

*** This post was edited by Kara Magallon on 9/13/2001. ***

I don't understand park line policies. When I go to PKI, I notice that they hire a person just to walk through the line and tell people not to sit or lean against the rails of the line. I think they should at least let you lean and sit on the rail, and if they don't want to do that, they should make the lines wider and put a bench in some of the rows. Next thing will be you can't even touch the rail!
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Son of Beast is rough...so what? That's the way I like it!

i absolutely hate waiting in line when there are little kids that barely make the hight restirction. i was waitng in line one time and right before the ride some kid in fornt of us got scared! talk about a waste of time. the kid got in line, made everyone wait behind him, and then he doesnt even ride. how nerve racking!

Im usaully pretty patient with lines,but plus im with people i know and like to talk to.However i do get mad when they wont let the train go because somebody is sitting on the hand rails.

While on vacation I waited 2 hours for Millenium Force and 2 hours for Phantoms Revenge.
Normally I wouldn't do this, but I am from California, so how often do I get to Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Not often at all.
So I felt more than justified in waiting in these long lines!!
Magnum's line moves so fast! It was over an hour, but we kept walking almost constantly. So I am a lot more patient when the line moves.

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Knotts Halloween Haunt!!
29 years and still screaming.

Yea the Magnum does move pretty fast. Plus they have fans that spray water and a DJ to play music so the time flys by. I think ALL lines should have something to keep you accomodated or entertained.

Fave Woodie:Villian

Fave Steel:Magnum XL 200

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Kara

I will wait up to 3 hours for a great coaster like MF, but even though Deja Vu looks like a good coaster and I can't wait to ride it, the lines take too long (7 1/2 minutes per train)

I think if I had to wait more than two hours, I would have to go insane. Especially considering that most of the time it seems to work out that you have the most annoying people in the park in front of and behind you. How does that always seem to happen?

Anyway, I usually just avoid lines that are that long, and I also don't ever complain out loud if I am in a situation like that though. If it is a good coaster however, I totally forget about the whole bad line experience and simply remember the ride.

I am very impatient with lines. I will wait 30-40 Minutes max for a ride. The longest I waited was Goliathe at about 1 hour 30 minutes. It was worth it. If a line is constantly moving I'm ok. Sometimes I even LIKE lines from Disney. Like Indiana Jones or the huanted Mansion. There not like Six Flags zig zag lines.