# Best queue system for amusement parks (using smartphones) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 14, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-queue-system-for-amusement-parks-using-smartphones/1015564 "2025-03-14T15:25:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-queue-system-for-amusement-parks-using-smartphones/1015564/21 "2025-03-15T20:44:02Z")
Moderating: > [@xtenkfarpl](#): > > As far as I’m concerned the best system for amusement parks is: Just Don’t Go. > > Disney etc have become nosebleedingly expensive. Presumably because they are banking on the fact that a lot of people are flying in to go to them, so compared with the air fares & hotel, it’s “not really that much more for the whole holiday”? > > I’ve done the obligatory visits with my kids. Never again. Humph, bah humbug, and all that… This borders on a thread shit. Not every thread requires comment if you aren’t addressing the question asked. Please don’t do this again. ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-queue-system-for-amusement-parks-using-smartphones/1015564/22 "2025-03-15T21:41:39Z")
Answered by private message. I will not address this topic further. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-queue-system-for-amusement-parks-using-smartphones/1015564/23 "2025-03-15T21:54:50Z")
> [@fedman1](#): > > don’t go to Cedar Point in Sandusky Ohio–once you’re in line with your group NO ONE can leave without going to back of line On the other hand, the best coaster at Cedar Point is the Gemini, which consistently has almost no line (running pairs of trains in parallel means more throughput, which means the line stays short). > [@JohnGalt](#): > > Yes. One of the best ways to visit Disneyland is to go by yourself. Or go with someone else, but call yourselves singles. You might still get to ride together, if there are two seats open but the groups in line happen to all be three or more. And even if you don’t, if one person rides this time and one the next, you’re probably not waiting long on the bench next to the exit. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-queue-system-for-amusement-parks-using-smartphones/1015564/24 "2025-03-16T01:04:57Z")
The best queue system can **not** involve a smartphone! Hmmm, let’s flip you upside down with inadequate pockets, especially for the women. Are you leaving your expensive phone in a cubby on the ‘out’ side of the ride; that doesn’t have any security, including camera pointed at them? I’m not! Let’s make one side of the park a water park; phones shouldn’t get wet. Our phones stay in the car when we go to one. Let’s also not forget how many foreign visitors a place like Disney gets. I can’t begin to tell you what international roaming is like for a domestic European phone plan. I have seen enough horror stories of $3-4000 bills that my phone is on airplane mode when I’m international. I’ll connect to wifi or I’ll turn it on/roam if I need something but after I actively lookup whatever it goes back on airplane mode. I had a bad experience with CC car insurance one time. I called in advance & confirmed that everything was good, both with the rental agency & my CC, except it wasn’t when I went to pick up the car. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-queue-system-for-amusement-parks-using-smartphones/1015564.md?page=1)