In part one of this story, we discussed the history of Tomorrowland’s beloved Peoplemover, and how it was ultimately replaced by the car-themed Rocket Rods attraction. Now it’s time to find out how it all went very, very wrong.
A Rocket Rods replacement
In the spring of 1998, “New Tomorrowland” officially opened to the public. Rocket Rods quickly became one of the land’s hottest new attractions, regularly resulting in over an hour of waiting in line. Thankfully, guests could enjoy a documentary on the history of vehicular transportation playing on monitors in the cue while they waited.
The Rocket Rods themselves were 5-passenger steampunk-styled cars with two rear wheels and a pointed front. Upon departing the loading area, the cars performed a wheelie and accelerated to 35 mph in only a few seconds. It was after this exhilarating start that things began to take a turn for the worst.
British Travel Awards winners list for 2020 as Brits voted for favourite firms
Sun Online Desk
16th December, 2020 04:05:12
The British Travel Awards winners list for 2020 is here - as voted for by members of the public.
This year has been difficult for the travel industry but that didn t stop 132,000 Brits showing their support and casting over 244,000 votes across the 51 categories, to celebrate their favourite travel agents, companies and tour operators.
Some categories also featured multiple winners depending on whether they were large, medium or small companies.
BTA CEO Lorraine Barnes Burton said: Voters were specifically asked to show their support for companies they had a good experience with, paying particular attention to customer service - recognising companies who had helped them with re-bookings, refunds and cancellations. The British Travel Awards is still the biggest consumer voted awards in the UK and congratulations to all the worthy winners. We’re looking a
What Makes for the Perfect Theme Park Queue?
December 10, 2020, 1:46 PM ·
What makes a queue perfect?
Okay, I imagine many of you right now are saying, being empty. But I am not talking about the number of people waiting in a line. Let s focus on the physical structure of a queue and what makes it perfect from an operations perspective.
We could talk about the aesthetics and storytelling potential of queues and those are important. But the primary function of a theme park queue is to manage people while they wait to board an attraction. If a queue fails to do that, it can t be perfect. So let s start there, with operations. And let s limit this conversation to physical queues, ignoring for the moment very real debates that we could have over virtual queues and reservation systems.