Stupid Guest Tricks

I love FLIKs. They make my job way easier.

5 FLIKs per attraction queue is supposed to be the minimum. (5 in standby, 5 FP, 5 singles) The box will beep on the mark for whatever it is set to, which is at least every 12 minutes. On some attractions, when the FLIK is handed back in, it updates the wait time. On all attractions it updates a big board in the utilidors which compares FLIK time vs posted wait time. This allows us to score how well we estimate lines. On the recently refurbed E-tickets, the queue time is actually updated by using a matrix and video cameras placed throughout from the utilidors. (All 4 parks flow into one room)
Basically, FLIKs allow us to see how we are doing and notice throughput issues on attractions. They also help make sure we stay under our tolerances for fastpass return queues.

kurtisnelson wrote:I love FLIKs. They make my job way easier.

5 FLIKs per attraction queue is supposed to be the minimum. (5 in standby, 5 FP, 5 singles) The box will beep on the mark for whatever it is set to, which is at least every 12 minutes. On some attractions, when the FLIK is handed back in, it updates the wait time. On all attractions it updates a big board in the utilidors which compares FLIK time vs posted wait time. This allows us to score how well we estimate lines. On the recently refurbed E-tickets, the queue time is actually updated by using a matrix and video cameras placed throughout from the utilidors. (All 4 parks flow into one room)
Basically, FLIKs allow us to see how we are doing and notice throughput issues on attractions. They also help make sure we stay under our tolerances for fastpass return queues.

WOW, that is the best BS I have heard in a long time....

Cause you know that if any of that were true, Kurtis would be giving proprietary information out to the public in a social networking medium.

<sarcasm on> So Kurtis, you going to retract this statement and stop lying to all these nice people? <sarcasm off>


mapo

^you know, MAPO, I was thinking this as I was reading his post. As much as I enjoyed it, maybe he should edit it?

Hope the parks have slowed down for you now that fall is here. :)

*Pssssssssst.* If he needs to edit to remove overshare, then the quote should be removed from MAPO's post too to excise it completely.

8^S

Mapo, why do you care?

Amphigorey wrote:Mapo, why do you care?

I think Mapo cares because, if it is false information, then it reflects badly on this board, and if it were somehow true, then it puts both the poster and this board at risk from Disney taking action. That's just a guess, of course.

PatchOBlack wrote:I think Mapo cares because, if it is false information, then it reflects badly on this board, and if it were somehow true, then it puts both the poster and this board at risk from Disney taking action. That's just a guess, of course.

Yeah, as much as I love THAT company, the moment you step on property you relinquish all rights to everything you ever did or will do. Surely those SGs that stop on the highway to photograph the gates have read the disclaimers and binding agreements on the grass in front of the gates.

Similarly if you type the name three times while looking at your monitor, a lawyer logs on, files a lawsuit, motions for a gag order, and subpoenas all server logs.

At my attraction, the scanners beep about every 5 minutes, that is when we are supposed to send them. By the time the FLIK cards reach load, and the sign is updated, it's too late, and the line is shorter or longer. It's just better to call and make a coordinator or manager change the time, when or if they feel like it. In the mean time, we get asked a million times if it's accurate, and sometimes it's not. If only we could change it at greeter.

If they actually do something useful in the utilidors (besides annoying everyone involved), then that's good for something I guess.

Nobleman wrote:Surely those SGs that stop on the highway to photograph the gates have read the disclaimers and binding agreements on the grass in front of the gates.

A SG trick is found! They stop, open the hood of their car so it looks like they are working on their car, then they walk over to the sign to take a picture. So far, I've seen one family do it, and a taxi van do it.

Settle down everyone...

CujoSR wrote:Settle down everyone...

I didn't know everyone was upset

We're cool