notawhinger

If you were talking about your hypothetical high % figures then yes people are highly inconvenienced. However, with 150 Q4U devices the inconvenience at any given point when a person lines up, of 1.5 minutes(if the wait is 30 mins or so) is very minimal. You also get to sit at the front, unlike the family with young kids who have to sit at the back, but that is the decision they make when paying for it.. I still maintain, that this is just life and if you do not like it then go elsewhere. It is their park and they get to run it how they see fit. I watch every morning when I drop my son off to school the idiot parents who park in No Standing zones. They are there for the safety of the kids and everyone. Unfortunately they continually get away with it. That's life and I can only hope that they get a fine one day. But, I am not gonna continually whinge about it or go up to every car that does it because it just peeves people off and can cause an argument. My point? Life is full of inconveniences big and small... deal with it and move on.

Hi Alex, Thanks for the reply. Let me put it another way as well.. If we were talking the high numbers and stats you are talking about then yes... I can see how the extra capacity comes into play. However, You are speaking with random hypothetical figures and assuming 30% of people have Q4U devices. However, Only (150 passes @ an average of 4 people per pass) 10% of people will have the passes based on 4000 people in the park. (That's if they all sell out of the passes) . That is why they limit the passes to only 150. So over 10 rides if you were in the virtual que waiting your 30 mins, you would see an extra 60 people per ride at ANY given time. Now having said that... if 150 people have a Q4U, no way will ALL of them be on rides continuosly all the time... so that brings it down to maybe an extra 30 people in line at any one time. If a ride takes 30 people and the ride takes 1 and half minutes to complete...that means at any one time on any ride, the people who do not have a Q4U will only wait an extra 1 and half minutes in line and they get to pick the front or middle seats. So your argument is kind of skewed with the very high figures you state. If they gave them to 30 or 50% of people...then yes...I can see your point..but that just isn't the case. My dad's has a doctorate in mathmatics...sorry It filtered down to me and I love getting into stats..lol So as far as I am concerned, if you have 2 little kids and can understand waiting 30 mins in line with a 9 and 10 year old multiple times a day is very tiring...and you are happy to sit in the back of the ride with your kids...then I am all for it.

Just remember you are reserving your place IN the queue and waiting IN TURN...not walking up to the back of the queue and immediatly jumping everyone else by walking to the front.

I know this is an old thread..but just had to comment. C'mon people ..you can't be serious. The world is full of have's and have nots. But I hardly think $50 will break the bank to get a Q4U. And for the people who miss out on getting one....then you should use your head and hop online and book earlier. I did not even know about the Q4U until I read the dreamworld site. So for people who lack the forsight to go on a website and take a look at all the pages and get informed about all the features of the park...then that is thier problem. You still have to wait 45 mins like everyone else, just not in the queue. If I was single I would not worry about it...but when you have 2 kids...it can be a godesend. Personally, I feel they should only give these to a family with kids under 18. Parents will know that a 9 year old standing in line for 45 mins is not a good thing for parents to experience. Especially 5 times during a day. Also, what about the interstate people who pay thousands of dollars to come and stay for a while in the gold coast. They only have a certain amount of time to see the gold coast and going to dream world for 2 or 3 days during thier stay just is not practical. Users are still waiting the same amount of time as everybody else...they just don't wait in line...and if dreamworld want to do that for the people who have the brains to jump on the dreamworld website and pre purchase one then good on em. Lotl above said "Normal riders are not disadvantaged in an overly large way, as the Q4U riders are mixed in with normal riders to fill up each cycle." Well when I rang dreamworld they said that Q4U users always have to go to the back few seats...so no front or middle seats..sounds fair to me. bushbeast forever said above.."The more Q4U are sold the more extra capacity is eaten up and the less rides other guests will be able to experience." ahhh, incorrect. There is no EXTRA capacity eaten up because they are in the queue. They still have to wait the 45 mins like everyone else... What's the difference between, waiting in the que or waiting on a seat on the side with a number ready to be called up? there is no EXTRA capacity used up. Sure, it may be an excuse for dreamworld to drag every last cent out of the guest, but its just like any decision, It benefits the people who use it and the people who dont use it (for whatever reason) are going to whinge and complain. What about when I line up for concert tickets overnight in my sleeping bag...only to be told that the VISA card holders bought up all the good tickets a day before??? That is life people. If people don't like the Q4U...then Don't go to dreamworld..simple.