Why can't people understand that longer lines means FP+ is working well?

[Tasmen]

So like sex panther? 60% of the time it works every time?

 

[mom2rtk]

Good luck with that! Of course, it's April Fool's Day, so maybe this is just a joke.....

Or maybe you need to take the advice I give my middle school daughter every now and then...... "Learn to love math". After all, 3<6.

 

[EMode]

If you take a simplified example, the math becomes very plain:

Lets say you have 5 rides in a park each ride lasts one minute. Then you have 100 people in the park riding those rides.

If each person rode 4 rides, then your initial wait time would be 20 minutes per ride (ie. 1/5 of the people are in line at each ride). After the 61 minutes (the time it takes the first rider to ride 4 rides), the line wait time would drop by 1 minute every minute.

So 71 minutes after the park opened, the wait times would be down to 10 minutes per ride.

If the lines are longer than this, it means that people are riding more than 4 rides per day...and thus FP+ is working well.

Where is this park and are their ticket prices lower than WDW?

 

[flatlandcycle]

So like sex panther? 60% of the time it works every time?

Can you buy that with Disney Dollars? I would like to put that on MDX please, kind madam.

 

[Laz]

A train leaves the station...
A tree casts a shadow...

I hate word problems!

 

[Maggie'sMom]

Another April Fool's day joke I'm hoping.....

That's what I'm thinking.

 

[MrsDuck]

This must be Common Core math.. the word problem is just entirely unreadable.

 

[1153rsmith]

That is sorta how I feel after reading this..... Gotta love it!

 

[clsteve]

Yes. 4-rides per visitor is the variable....X. If the wait times are longer it must mean X is higher.

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Come on, Jeremy. It really doesn't help anything when using simple math. I think we're beyond that. So many things get left out in examples like these and nothing is linear in crowd management. The same thing happened in that thread saying "Only 2 things can increase wait times". And, that's not even taking into account that Disney isn't allocating FP's the same way they did under FP-.


Now, just because you can't reserve an FP for TSMM for 11am 20 days before you arrive, it doesn't mean there isn't one available. With everyone now being able to reserve in advance, I'd expect that's where this conversation will (hopefully) mature in the next few months because that's what will help everyone plan.

 

[buggy2727]

Is this the "new math" everyone is speaking about?

If so, I'm in big, BIG trouble!

 

[JeremyGNJ]

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Come on, Jeremy. It really doesn't help anything when using simple math. I think we're beyond that. So many things get left out in examples like these and nothing is linear in crowd management. The same thing happened in that thread saying "Only 2 things can increase wait times". And, that's not even taking into account that Disney isn't allocating FP's the same way they did under FP-.


Now, just because you can't reserve an FP for TSMM for 11am 20 days before you arrive, it doesn't mean there isn't one available. With everyone now being able to reserve in advance, I'd expect that's where this conversation will (hopefully) mature in the next few months because that's what will help everyone plan.

You're really over complicating it. It actually *is* very linear if your tracking line wait times, UNLESS there are times when there are ZERO wait times at some rides. When was the last time you saw that at Disney World?

 

[surferdave]

For my April Fools joke, I propose that the cure for the common cold has been discovered, and it is sore throat with sneezing, nasal congestion, watery eyes, and mucus drainage.

 

[Maggie'sMom]

I think I've got it! Jeremy is part of the team at Disney that developed FP+. They're patting themselves on the back for creating this incredible system that's benefiting everyone.

 

[Stacy's a freak]

This is the best laugh I have had all day. My coworkers are looking at my funny. Thanks OP ... or, rather, the responding posts.

 

[Mom2Stitch]

For my April Fools joke, I propose that the cure for the common cold has been discovered, and it is sore throat with sneezing, nasal congestion, watery eyes, and mucus drainage.

And you get to feeling better in just 7-10 days right?

Miracle is what that is

 

[MrInfinity]

This must be Common Core math.. the word problem is just entirely unreadable.

The answer doesn't matter -- as long as you show your work.

 

[Don Disney]

The answer doesn't matter -- as long as you show your work.

Please don't get me started!!!

 

[clsteve]

You're really over complicating it. It actually *is* very linear if your tracking line wait times, UNLESS there are times when there are ZERO wait times at some rides. When was the last time you saw that at Disney World?

$2 billion spent when all they really needed was to get this to 5 one minute rides and 100 people in the Park......

 

[MrInfinity]

Please don't get me started!!!

Jeremy, perhaps your example would make more sense if you drew it out. Use circles for people, and squares for the lines. the size of the squares should be proportionate to the size of the lines, and people going by FastPass should have stars on them.

In doing so, consider the hand with which you are drawing the picture is Disney. Make sure to do your best maniacal laugh as you draw.

 

[kimj88]

The answer doesn't matter -- as long as you show your work.

This!!