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Peter,


You never passed those words of wisdom to me before (maybe I have forgotten them in some beer glass in Pittsburgh, Chicago or San Jose)

In either case, I am thinking that the type of exhibit makes a big difference and its execution. For example if an exhibit is "cool' enough I think people will wait.  "Cool" is a very relative term, miniature trains in Pittsburgh are cool (people willing to wait hours). I am thinking that at amusement parks people are willing to wait.  Perhaps it is a measure of how much the exhibit provides an experience that I can't even come close to at home.  A multimedia exhibit - i.e. a computer exhibit seems much more like something I do at home so I am willing to wait less.

Also I think if an exhibit is designed to allow those waiting to enjoy themselves  for example see the outcomes of the visitors ahead of them using the exhibit - then I think wait times can be longer as well.

Wayne

Wayne J LaBar
Vice President, Exhibitions and Theaters
Liberty Science Center
251 Phillip Street
Liberty State Park
Jersey City, NJ 07305

voice: 201.451.0006 x-347
fax: 201.451.7046

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