A system and method for assigning and managing patron reservations to one
or more of a plurality of attractions receive reservation requests at
personal communication devices (PCDs). Reservation requests are
transmitted to a computer associated with the selected attraction, which
determines a proposed reservation time based on information describing
the attraction, the patron, previously-made reservations maintained in a
virtual queue, and the current state of a physical queue associated with
the attraction. Proposed reservation time is transmitted to the PCD for
confirmation or rejection by the patron. Confirmed reservations are
entered in the virtual queue. Patrons are alerted by the PCD when their
reservation time is approaching.