![]() ![]() ![]() Figure 1 above shows a recent queue at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA Thinking back to Warhol’s quote, people wait because it’s the prize at the end that makes all of that “wasted” time worth it. There are also a lot of distractions for the guests while they are waiting (Space Mountain has over 80 game stations before the ride). Serpentine queues create a bit of an illusion to how long the line truly is. Typically, the sight of a long line is stress inducing, so each ride has a serpentine queue (common queue type for airports). Every year, millions of guests wait for hours and hours to get onto a ride at Disney World. When considering the science behind waiting and the art of queuing (when someone really gets it right, like perfect one-person lines in Japan, it’s an artform), no one thinks about these two factors more than Disney. “Never getting in is the most exciting, but after that, waiting to get in is the most exciting.” The most magical line on earth Most of us hate waiting, it’s boring or even annoying if you’re impatient, but why do we do it? “The idea of waiting for something makes it more exciting anyway,” American artist, Andy Warhol, wrote in his book The Philosophy of Andy Warhol. Compare that to the averages of spending six years of our lives consuming food and drink and another four years doing chores around the house, suddenly waiting in line gains a whole new meaning as it can truly affect our quality of life. There are numerous existing statistics that reveal we spend anywhere from five to seven years waiting in lines in our lifetime. We spend a good portion of our lives just waiting. There is a good chance that in the past week even with COVID regulations in place, you’ve waited in a line – whether it’s at the drive-thru, in traffic, or at the grocery store.
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