The invention is a method and system for managing admission to an attraction.
In one or more embodiments, the system comprises a first queue by which customers
may access the attraction by waiting in line and a second queue by which customers
may access the attraction in a manner which avoids the first queue. The system
includes a first validator for validating an entitlement of a customer to receive
an assigned time in the future for accessing the attraction via the second queue,
a media distributor for distributing a media to an entitled customer, the media
including the assigned time at which the entitled customer is entitled to access
the attraction in the future, and a second validator for validating the entitled
customer access to the attraction at the time provided on the media. In accordance
with a method of the invention, a customer may access an attraction in a manner
which avoids standing in a first waiting line by verifying entitlement to utilize
a second queue, obtaining a pass entitling the customer to access the attraction
at a future time, and returning to the attraction at the future time and gaining
access with the pass. In this method, the customer may leave the vicinity of the
attraction between when the pass is issued and the future time at which the customer
is entitled to access to the attraction.
