Theme park queues manipulate your sense of time, here's how

We’ve all come to expect at least one thing from a visit to a theme park - queues. You wouldn’t choose to sit in standstill traffic for an hour - so why do we decide it’s okay to queue an hour for rides and roller coasters? Theme parks around the world have become masters at designing queue lines - ones that we all don’t mind waiting within. So, how do they do it, how do they get everyone to be okay with queues?A huge thanks goes to Jan Walsken for helping to research and write this video. Learn more about him and his work here: https://www.whu.edu/lsmVOTE COASTERS: https://coasterbot.com/vote-coastersTWITTER: https://twitter.com/CBdispatch​​​​​DISCORD: http://discord.coasterbot.com​​​​​​STORE: https://coasterbot.com/store​​​​​​PATREON: http://patreon.coasterbot.com​​00:00 Introduction01:08 1: Queue entrance03:31 2: The Queue Layout06:50 3: The Queue Design10:46 4: Dealing with uncertainty11:53 5: End of the line13:27 6: Boarding15:25 ConclusionCredits:Pleasure Beach Experience: https://www.youtube.com/c/ClubPBECoaster Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/CoasterStudiosPleasure Gardens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-H9XlRzoL0, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbqqVxWawc8AmusementInsider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufQx86lcCRUAttractions Magazine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1PeRcXoRZQMM Explore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df2FsUJsCTcCanobie Coaster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b1yC0iY6bgElToroRyan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNk8wFvnRhwDisney Parks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFBeZqZcU_cTPH Productions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEE-WmfElZQSassy Little Wandmaker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqRsar8DOD8Dave Jansen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1APa6p5tOAIPsychology of theme park queues