- Jul 14, 2010
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Queues are where the story of an attraction starts. Normally they should be inside a building protecting guests from the weather and introducing guests to the story of the ride. If they are outside there is some sort of theming and they are tucked away where they cant be seen. This queue is right next to a main pathway and doesn't include any theming, or protection from weather. Along with the fact that people will have no difficulty jumping the line.
For Universal yes the queues are usually hidden away, but not always (Hulk). And I wouldn't say they always start telling the story (Spider-man, MIB, ET, Dragons, FJ, Ripsaw all have their most extended queue not telling any story at all). Fact is it's a reality of life for many other queues. Obviously your amusment parks, but even down the road. Small World, Peter Pan, Spaceship Earth, Dinosaur, TSM all have exteded queues that are outside and tell no story what so ever.
Like one thing that they could have done too is make the extended outside queue like a target practice range for NEST recruits showing posters of Decepticons with targets on their heads and such. And then the other half of the queue have NEST equipment crates or barbed wire fences just to keep you in that military theming. :shrug:
One of the things they have to be careful of is not completely destroying the theme of the area around it. An unthemed queue is odd when sitting in Monsters Cafe, but Decepticon posters and nest crates is just plain out of theme. I know they can see the building next door, but this queue is right next to them.