Comments on: Waiting in Line for a Haunted House

By: brandon munson

brandon munson — Wed, 03 May 2017 04:55:29 +0000

That was a great application of queuing theory and how if applied wrong can create problems. I worked with a haunted house out west two years ago to address some of the issues you mentioned. My software, http://QueueMobile.com is a suite of virtual waiting line solutions or SMS queue management. We modified my queuing software and created two virtual waiting lines for the two exhibits he was running. What he did that was pretty cool was so two types of tickets, a single ticket, and a combo pass ticket.
The advantage of the combo pass is it got you into both exhibits and while you were in the fist exhibited, whichever one you choose, QueueMobile was customized to add Combo pass customers to the waiting line of the next exhibit. In other words, It was fair, there was no cutting in line, however, when you completed the first exhibit you would get an SMS messaging stating what you are in 10th position in the Haunted Shak for example. If you didn’t have a combo pass you would likely be 18 in the next queue.
It worked out well.

By: Timmy

Timmy — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:48:43 +0000

I work at the Castle Of Chaos in Utah.
People love to be scared.
In doing so, people will wait in line.
You can sit at home and watch a scary movie, but nothing compares to the fear that you experience when someone is right in front of you!
Or coming at you with a chainsaw.
I don’t even know how I got to this page..
But the real point im tryin to make is, Where ever you go, to any attraction or to any haunted house..
YOU ARE GOING TO WAIT!! outside, inside, in the cold, in the heat!
People that want to experience things in real life, instead of the movies do wait.
If you don’t want to wait, then don’t go.
Its not hard to drive by the Castle of Chaos and see how long the line is.
Were not going to tell you that its shorter to make you wait in line.
We tell you the amount of time it takes to enter, and it is then your own choice to wait in line or to leave.
Haha. Guess thats just my opinion.
peace

By: johnny

johnny — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:03:23 +0000

i work at the castle of chaos haunted house in utah and i am only 13 iam a littil boy i am sorry if any of you wait in line for a long time but we are the best haunted house in utah p.s you propably saw me i was littil and i was ethier working in that cage with bars all arond it or in the glutiony room or that room with the laser