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Pay Up, Ditch the Line
Ah, the marketplace.
You have to celebrate when the wonderful apparatus that is supply and demand reveals with harmonious clarity and purpose the greed and determination of rich families who visit theme parks. To wit: a policy at some parks that allows customers to pay to skip line.
It cost one man $600 to tour Busch Gardens. At the Empire State Building $35, or more than double the regular entrance fee, will get you preferential treatment. That is, you will wait no longer than 20 minutes for the soaring Willy Wonka Glass elevator ride to the top. But Disney, to whom ALL guests are VIPs (finger down throat) such policies are forbidden.
An interesting look at a practice that most of us didn't even know existed.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Willy Dec 18th 2005 5:08PM
I visited Great America right after they instituted a similar program and very few people were taking advantage of it, which was good for us poor folk who didn't want to spend MORE than the $40/ticket price to wait in line.