Permit plan images show the camera/sensor thingies mounted above the entrances to the land portals… and Starfall Racers’ entrance.
Can't they do that now?Another potential benefit for universal with this is crowd dispersal tracking. If they notice certain areas are more crowded, they can take steps to draw people to other areas of the park. Like artificially increasing or decreasing ride wait times. They could potentially do pop up shows advertised in the app or on screens throughout the park to try and move people. Or it could simply allow them to move staff around to handle crowds.
How accurate are wait times? We know there's fudging there. But even then, that's just people in ride lines and doesn't account for people in various areas of the park, in shops, restaurants, etc.Can't they do that now?
If Potter is at 90 Mins, they know where people are at. I guess WW is the only thing they can't track as well
Fair on thoseHow accurate are wait times? We know there's fudging there. But even then, that's just people in ride lines and doesn't account for people in various areas of the park, in shops, restaurants, etc.
3 and under don't need tickets to enter the parks, no?Wonder how it will work with Babies
My question is just, if the child is 3 and under and goes into an area with a parent how will they know it's a child that can go in with or without a ticket3 and under don't need tickets to enter the parks, no?
So much of Disney/Universal thinking is this. Anything and everything they can do to just ignore the solution to every theme park problem:I'm not a Luddite by any means... but I don't like any of this. Seems like a solution in search of a problem.
Parking is just a problem that there isn't really a fix for besides building more toll booths. It'll probably be better at Epic because the parking lot will only service one theme park while at USF you have one parking area that services 2 theme parks, a waterpark, and CityWalk.Not against facial recognition for ticketing, if it speeds up the process, fine by me.
BUT, for the love of god can we fix the parking/security situation before they go all in with facial rec lol
Parking is hit or miss for me at Universal, but for the most part I prefer their security check just for the x-ray machines alone. I ALWAYS have to have my bag checked by hand at WDW, and it's so weird not only to have a person rummaging around and touching my personal belongings, but every once in awhile, they make small talk by commenting on my things. I can't really explain it, but it feels icky to have my day start by being judged by the design on my hairbrush.Not against facial recognition for ticketing, if it speeds up the process, fine by me.
BUT, for the love of god can we fix the parking/security situation before they go all in with facial rec lol
Simple solution is to just close off access to the lands at 6pm when you plan to let non-theme park guests into the hub. No need for face scanning at the portals ever now and the open hub plan stays the same for dining after 6.Also, the open hub stuff just sounds absolutely ludicrous. The idea that it won't be an absolute mess and require a ton of CMs to stand around as runners is crazy to me. Just a baffling set of ideas
There are definitely solutions available: pre-paid parking (pretty much every regional park has it) for a quick scan-and-go, proper staffing, etc. When traffic causes a backup onto I4 during HHN consistently, that's an accident waiting to happen. Imagine in 2 years when they have double the buses running between EU hotels and the current campus.Parking is just a problem that there isn't really a fix for besides building more toll booths. It'll probably be better at Epic because the parking lot will only service one theme park while at USF you have one parking area that services 2 theme parks, a waterpark, and CityWalk.
For bags, I do agree they should probably figure out a different approach, but I think using the same EVOLV scanners at WDW would at least speed up the process for everyone else. (Sorry Alicia)Parking is hit or miss for me at Universal, but for the most part I prefer their security check just for the x-ray machines alone. I ALWAYS have to have my bag checked by hand at WDW, and it's so weird not only to have a person rummaging around and touching my personal belongings, but every once in awhile, they make small talk by commenting on my things. I can't really explain it, but it feels icky to have my day start by being judged by the design on my hairbrush.
Yea, I can't say I've ever had an issue with Uni security checks, and I generally stay on property so parking is a nonissue.Parking is hit or miss for me at Universal, but for the most part I prefer their security check just for the x-ray machines alone. I ALWAYS have to have my bag checked by hand at WDW, and it's so weird not only to have a person rummaging around and touching my personal belongings, but every once in awhile, they make small talk by commenting on my things. I can't really explain it, but it feels icky to have my day start by being judged by the design on my hairbrush.
I...do not understand how that would work.Simple solution is to just close off access to the lands at 6pm when you plan to let non-theme park guests into the hub. No need for face scanning at the portals ever now and the open hub plan stays the same for dining after 6.
At 6pm, the facial rec scanners at main entrance get turned off, and bollards/stanchions with the cameras embedded in them get plopped into place at each of the 4 land portals and turned on.,I...do not understand how that would work