Tue Apr 24, 2018 11:10 am
robbalvey wrote:rob_92 wrote:Out of interest, why would you hope for this?
When I am flying across the world to visit a park and I have a limited amount of time, I want to spend that time RIDING not standing in line watching other people ride.
The lines move fast, yes, but I've stood in plenty of "fast moving hour long lines" and Europa and as much as I love the park, I would have a much better visit if I didn't waste so much time standing in lines.
It doesn't have to be a "paid" service. Disney has done just fine with their system being free and fair for over a decade now...
Tue Apr 24, 2018 1:20 pm
rcjp wrote:robbalvey wrote:rob_92 wrote:Out of interest, why would you hope for this?
When I am flying across the world to visit a park and I have a limited amount of time, I want to spend that time RIDING not standing in line watching other people ride.
The lines move fast, yes, but I've stood in plenty of "fast moving hour long lines" and Europa and as much as I love the park, I would have a much better visit if I didn't waste so much time standing in lines.
It doesn't have to be a "paid" service. Disney has done just fine with their system being free and fair for over a decade now...
When I visited the park last October I was surprised it didn't have such service and I did miss it as I was only able to get 1 ride on each of the main attractions.
I didn't really use to agree with the philosophy but now when I spend a considerable amount of money to visit a park I want to get the most out of it and I'll pay a little more for that with no problem. I also agree that while the lines moved fast I still waited for a considerable time for many coasters.
rob_92 wrote:It goes completely against the philosophy of the park and the Mack family, Paid fastrack would have an impact on the main queue lines, on busy days they need as many people in queue lines as possible as the park would not be able to cope with more people on the narrow pathways and in the restaurants/shops.
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robbalvey wrote:Oh, and this right here is bullshit...rob_92 wrote:It goes completely against the philosophy of the park and the Mack family, Paid fastrack would have an impact on the main queue lines, on busy days they need as many people in queue lines as possible as the park would not be able to cope with more people on the narrow pathways and in the restaurants/shops.
So wait, with that logic you mean to tell me that almost every single park IN THE WORLD has been able to figure out how to make a fast pass system work in their park, but Europa Park, which IMO is one of the most intelligent well run operations isn't smart enough to figure that out?
Yeah, sorry, none of what you just said makes any sense. I just assume that eventually you will see such a system in place and it will probably be one of the best "skip the line" systems of any park out there, because that's how Europa does things.
ElvisLuv wrote:I'm trying to decide when to pencil in Europa (Phantasialand and Efteling as well) for 2019. I booked a cruise for June 8th to 14th. It leaves from Barcelona and we will do Port Aventura before it. But... I can get over the pond earlier, like the middle of the last week of May. How would the crowds be mid week in late May or early June and mid June. When do the school let out over there, I suppose that's the key. Hoping to book a room and the new waterpark resort so when they go online to book, i need to be good to go on dates.
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