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All the talk of Disney rides etc is very interesting and there is no doubt
that we should learn from their people handling techniques when they are
appropriate. 

But a Science Centre experience is not a Theme Park Ride. Theme park rides
start, something happens to you, usually without your control and then it
ends, quite quickly.

The Science Centre Exhibits experience should last as long as the Visitor
wants/needs and, as every visitor is different, every visitor/exhibit
interaction will take a different length of time, even for the same exhibit.

So, a Science Centre offers diverse exhibit experiences to suit its diverse
audiences. Theme Parks queue solutions deal with a different sort of
problem.

Of course, none of the above actually helps with a solution to the Science
Centre queue problem, I can only suggest having other appealing exhibits
nearby to draw the queues away.



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