The logistics of Disneyland

[Disneylovers2000]

My DS has decided to do a school project on Disneyland. Its more of a logistical/probability math project. I thought it quite interesting and thought I would post it here to see what you guys thought of it!

He has decided to find out if - logistically - a person could ride ALL the rides in Disneyland in one day. Of course this would be a no wait time.
He has decided to find out:
A.how many rides there are
B.How long it takes to ride each ride
C.If its possible to ride all rides assumeing DL is open from 8am-midnight

He is most interested in knowing if it is possible OR if DL was designed so that you could not do this and would undoubtedly have to come back to actually do all the rides.

What do you think??? Is it marketing and science or can it be done??

 

[Princess Row]

With no waits at all.....yes I think its very possible!

 

[JH87]

Oooohhh sounds interesting! please post the results!

 

[MyYearWithTheMouse]

What a fun project!!

It can definitely be done! Have you seen the Gumball Rally over at Micechat? http://micechat.com/rally/ It's an annual competition to see which team can ride the most rides in a 12-hour period (8:00am to 8:00pm). Teams have finished all of the rides in 12 hours in the past, so an 8:00-12:00am day would not be a problem if you had a good plan beforehand .

It is possible to ride it all, but in his final analysis he might want to mention that if someone wanted to do more than ride the rides--for example, watch the parade/fireworks/Fantasmic/etc. or do character meet and greets, that would cut out a significant amount of time. Certainly he doesn't have to time out those things, but Disneyland is more than rides and while Disneyland wasn't planned this way, it really is impossible to do everything in a day .

Best of luck to him!!

 

[skiingfast]

It is possible to ride it all, but in his final analysis he might want to mention that if someone wanted to do more than ride the rides--for example, watch the parade/fireworks/Fantasmic/etc. or do character meet and greets, that would cut out a significant amount of time. Certainly he doesn't have to time out those things, but Disneyland is more than rides and while Disneyland wasn't planned this way, it really is impossible to do everything in a day .

I think some definition has to be added to the project to define what he really wants to know. Is it rides or other things too? Disney calls what is generally referred to as a ride, an attraction. If he was looking at DCA would he include Turtle Talk or It's tough to be a Bug? I don't think it would be fare to say you did it all, if you didn't watch the whole parade and fireworks show, those are things most people see when they visit.

 

[Judy from Boise]

actually this is a pretty straightforward math project. He will also have to calculate the average walking speed, and the distance between rides. I know there are websites where they have used satellite images of the park to calculate all of the distances.

I defiantly think you can do all of the rides

 

[Scribble Kitty]

There are some things you'll have to decide whether they count as rides or not, like the Mark Twain, Canoes, Monorail ect. It sounds like a really fun project, even with all the math involved.