Queue Times: Queue Length ÷ Capacity, Posted vs Estimated Waits and the Daily Profile
This lesson is part of the course
In this lesson
You estimate the wait from the queue length and the operating capacity, round it to the 5-minute steps of a wait-time board, find the peak hour and measure how much the board overstates the wait on average.
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Lessons in this course
- Ride Capacity: Theoretical vs Operating Capacity and Efficiency Locked
- Queue Times: Queue Length ÷ Capacity, Posted vs Estimated Waits and the Daily Profile Locked
- Park Capacity: Daily Ride Capacity, Rides per Guest and Comfortable Attendance Locked
- Fast-Lane Shares: Reserved Capacity, Standby Waits and Price per Minute Saved Locked
- Staffing: Positions, Labour Hours, Relief and Hours per 1,000 Guests Locked
- Per-Capita Spend: Tickets, Food & Drink, Merchandise and Season-Pass Yield Locked
- Seasonality and Weather: Attendance by Weather, Scenario Days and Crowded Days Locked
- The New Attraction Case: Extra Visits, Cash Flows, NPV, IRR and Payback Locked