Standing in Line and Loving It

Elsa and Anna

Do you like to be the first to do stuff?  Like ride a new Ferris wheel or see a film or visit a new Ikea?

You would think, after the disaster here two weeks ago, things would be a bit muted at our world class theme parks.  But no.  And maybe that's a good thing.  Central Florida is the place people come to from all over the planet to experience fun and fantasy.  That hasn't changed.

Mako

There's a new ride at Disney's Epcot called Frozen Ever After, staring animatronic versions of Anna, Elsa and Olaf.  The Orlando Sentinel quotes a man who waited in line for six hours this week to experience this five minute Frozen ride.  How did he feel about this?  "Honestly it flew by.  It was worth it."

For some reason I really don't understand, people love to experience the "first day" of something.  We love standing in line for openings.  (Well, not me personally, of course.)  But our world class theme parks are constantly opening new rides and long lines always ensue.

Within the past month SeaWorld opened a crazy new roller coaster named Mako and Universal's Islands of Adventure opened Skull Island:Reign of Kong. And, yes, the first day wait times were hours and hours long.

And nobody seems to mind.


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