to think that "Fast-track" is just paying to push in?

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Just that, really. After spending a day with four kids at Alton Towers and a lot of time in various queues, is fast-track really just paying to push in?

No.its different entrance,marked differently and taped off
I'm not queuing with majority,so im not queue jumping
Fast tracking is minority activity benefitting the majority

Ah, I get it, you're enjoying the joke. Ha ha.

Yes it is a separation,I'm not participant in long queue
But it generates revenue that majority benefit from.
Altruistic I'd say

But it's for the same ride!

It's a hallmark ofnMerlin Group Entertainment. They own At, London Eye, Legoland and others. A day out is characterised by them finding every opportunity to get more money out of you, and lots of rides are sponsored. Spoils it for me. At least with Disney, fast pass is free!

Is that it Amanda?you've run out steam, so this must be a wheeze to tease you

Hermione - If fast pass is free and everyone gets it, how is it different from normal queuing?

It wasn't a joke?

I've not run out of steam. I just genuinely don't understand that you could think you are not part of the same queue because you go under a different rope to the same ride, so I assumed you were kidding.

Amanda, it's a bit complicated to explain, but there are a limited number of fast passes per day for each ride. Anyone can get them, but when rhey're gone, they're gone.

Different queue,not snaked round.
quick,prompt access,minimal queuing
Definitely not same experience

It's Alton Towers not a bread queue! You are talking like people are being disadvantaged by having to wait a bit longer to go on a roller coaster!!

Life is unfair - shocker!!!!

How much do these fast track things cost?

Think dh paid £10 for Air, Rita and Nemesis.

I paid £36 pp at Universal but that included all rides bar the Harry Potter one and some flying one that you needed to go on with a child.

altown towers
premium package
bronze package

Alton Towers

As one can see there's range of fast track options,starting £21

Theme parks are so expensive nowadays.

This is the biggest non issue I have ever seen on MN.

It's not a metaphor for the rich being better served than the poor.

It's a service some can be arsed to use and some can not.

Well yes,but the mn hyperbole about inequalities,fairness,class had all been dusted down
This wasnt fast track,it was a searing social incitement on today unfair society
Oh and Cameron apparently

scottish

See you in the fast track queue!

Indeed i'll be using my money to procure advantage
As we waft through fragrantly
Letting the other long queue snake round,getting longer

scottishmummy you're referring to customers who can't afford 1st class train travel as "cattle". A little rude, yes?

I don't see how it is negatively impacting anyone. I looked at the link to the lego one and it looks like you press which ride you want, then you get to go off and do other things while waiting your turn and return when they page you. So it's not actually making the queues any longer, because those people would otherwise just be waiting in line anyway. It's a bit like taking a ticket at the deli window and waiting to be called, just because someone wanders over to check out the bread while they wait, doesn't mean they're not in the queue. Same number of people riding, just that some prefer to let a little electronic device do the waiting. Sounds brilliant to me, I'd pay for it.

you're referring to customers who can't afford 1st class train travel as "cattle".

Have you never heard this term before? I've heard economy referred to as "cattle class" for years. It's referring to the cramped conditions, not saying that the people using it as like cattle. Unclench.