Correspondent: Cunning Punster
At Japan`s newest theme park, the attraction is that there are no attractions; at `LineLand`, opening next week, it`s all about waiting in line.
With no rides at the end, the variety will be provided by different widths of line, which move at different rates, and LineLand employees posing as customers will provide different demographic make-ups.
`Our market research suggests that this is just what people want,` explains entrepreneur owner Hayashi Yoshiro. `Visitors to Tokyo DisneyLand spend 78% of their time waiting in line, so it`s clear that the waiting is the main part of the experience. I thought, why not make it 100%?`
With no rides at the end, the variety will be provided by different widths of line, which move at different rates, and LineLand employees posing as customers will provide different demographic make-ups.
`Our market research suggests that this is just what people want,` explains entrepreneur owner Hayashi Yoshiro. `Visitors to Tokyo DisneyLand spend 78% of their time waiting in line, so it`s clear that the waiting is the main part of the experience. I thought, why not make it 100%?`
At least one Tokyoite agrees with him. `I often wait two or three hours for a ride at DisneyLand,` explains company employee Ohtsuka Chihiro, `and after that long, the ride can sometimes be disappointing. I know that at LineLand, I can enjoy the wait, knowing that I won`t be let down at the end. I`m especially looking forward to the Two-Hour 30% High School Boys ThunderLine.`
Special advance tickets for the opening day go on sale at 8:00am tomorrow at LineLand`s Tokyo head office, where there is already a three-kilometer line.
Special advance tickets for the opening day go on sale at 8:00am tomorrow at LineLand`s Tokyo head office, where there is already a three-kilometer line.
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