You can't beat the unpredictability of park guests who have turned their brains off upon entering the park. (I too am a former ride-op)
Same here. If you can think of it, a guest can and will do it.You can't beat the unpredictability of park guests who have turned their brains off upon entering the park. (I too am a former ride-op)
Having worked in a pizza shop, the one surprise I ever got was someone wanted ONLY ketchup as the sauce for a cheese pizza. No normal red sauce, drown it in ketchup. That was a wake up call, I cannot imagine Orlando theme park operations at all.Same here. If you can think of it, a guest can and will do it.
Of course, but capacity is never measured according to these standards, otherwise we wouldn't be talking about capacity at all.You can't beat the unpredictability of park guests who have turned their brains off upon entering the park. (I too am a former ride-op)
I was saying I counted the train passing every 20 seconds, which means during this test run your math doesn't add up, as they were dispatching every 20 seconds.EDIT: Sorry my Math was wrong. At five dispatches every minute and 3 seconds reported by LCA sources, that's actually a dispatch rate of 63 seconds / 5 dispatches = 12.6 optimal dispatch time. 3600 seconds / 12.6 seconds per each dispatch = 285 dispatches per hour. 285 dispatches per hour x 4 passengers per dispatch is around 1100 passengers per hour, again based on a single anecdotal observation of dispatch testing in Japan.
They are obviously not dispatching this thing every 12.6 seconds with pinpoint accuracy, so if we assume 15 second dispatches at worse, then we get 3600 seconds / 15 seconds per dispatch = 240 dispatches per hour -> x 4 passengers per dispatch = 960 capacity.
EDIT: I guess to clear up any confusion, I had assumed they based their capacity calculations on track length, but it can (and should as @UniversalRBLX points) be derived entirely from observed dispatch rates.
I worked in a corporate office and it was realized that no one remembered their password during open enrollment. So they did all hands on deck and all of us had to be part of the help desk that had access to reset passwords, which meant all the coders like me too. So we basically reset them to TEST123# while on the phone with them and had them log in and it forced them to change it. Not the best protocol, but this was ages ago. Anyways, I would say TEST in caps 123# to everyone and they would type it in. No joke someone asked me if the 123 was also in caps. Never underestimate how dumb people are. I stumbled, said no, and they got in. So they actually were doing 123 and not onetwothree.Having worked in a pizza shop, the one surprise I ever got was someone wanted ONLY ketchup as the sauce for a cheese pizza. No normal red sauce, drown it in ketchup. That was a wake up call, I cannot imagine Orlando theme park operations at all.
Okay @Brian G. We need a "vomit" reaction!!Having worked in a pizza shop, the one surprise I ever got was someone wanted ONLY ketchup as the sauce for a cheese pizza. No normal red sauce, drown it in ketchup. That was a wake up call, I cannot imagine Orlando theme park operations at all.
I’m someone who thinks cheeseburger pizza (or meat heavy [aside from pepperoni] pizza in general) is disgusting, but yeah that’s something else.Okay @Brian G. We need a "vomit" reaction!!
You can't be mad at us if we're told to put all our valuables into the locker before we get to the station.You can't beat the unpredictability of park guests who have turned their brains off upon entering the park. (I too am a former ride-op)
Some have left their "valuable" braincells at home. I've had guests (at all 3 parks i've worked) ask me where something was while standing infront of it. There were times my snark would slip & I'd tell them to "look up"/"turn around"You can't be mad at us if we're told to put all our valuables into the locker before we get to the station.
I've had guests scream at me for being "lazy" and not opening a ride in the middle of a thunderstorm. I've also had someone get mad because "there aren't any signs saying we can't have stuff" and when I pointed out the sign directly next to them they said that no one wants to read on their vacation. And that's on the tame side, I've been threatened more times than I can count and had stuff thrown at my head (which hilariously missed both times). I loved being a ride op and hope to do it again soon, but there are definitely some downsides.Some have left their "valuable" braincells at home. I've had guests (at all 3 parks i've worked) ask me where something was while standing infront of it. There were times my snark would slip & I'd tell them to "look up"/"turn around"
Or when it's a complete downpour & they said they wanted a row where they wouldn't get wet on Jurassic Worldand not opening a ride in the middle of a thunderstorm
I'm more worried about Curse of the Werewolf and the Sky-Fly attractions, personally. DK at least has the benefit of a moving belt.Or when it's a complete downpour & they said they wanted a row where they wouldn't get wet on Jurassic World
I had a French couple scream/argue with me when their child was too short to ride. I was the only one at grouper, trying to fill rows for both boats. I'm like "Hello!? Can I please get a lead over here to help handle this issue now!?!"
I'm curious to see how Donkey Kong handles the operations. Is it wrong I want to ride the yoshi egg car? lol
Ouch. Yea I want to get popcorn & then sit while watching the ride-ops in action lolWerewolf and the Sky-Fly attractions
Yes it is.Is DK a launch coaster ? Thought someone called the Barrel a lift hill though
Either way looks beautiful