Amusement parks offer different ways of letting people skip long lines
Are guests willing to pay extra to avoid waiting in line to ride?
Saturday, 30 July 2011
Many amusement parks -- including facilities owned by Disney, Universal and Six Flags -- give guests the option of avoiding long lines, either by distributing come-back-later passes or allowing visitors to pay a fee to access shorter lines.
This month, Kings Island, Cedar Point's sister property near Cincinnati, unveiled a system called "Fast Lane," which gives visitors the option of paying an extra $50 (on top of the $52.99 daily admission) to queue up in a separate (much shorter) line at 10 popular attractions between noon and 7 p.m. Among them are the Beast, Diamondback and Windseeker.
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