Typically, you spend more time in a queue line than anywhere else during your day at a theme park. Some parks go above and beyond to make sure guests are entertained, even while they’re waiting in line. We see these as the top 10 queue lines in the world:
1. Dueling Dragons
This queue line takes you through castles, caves, and caverns, filled with skeletons, bones, and more scenery telling the story of the Fire and Ice Dragons.
2. Revenge of the Mummy
Revenge of the Mummy (there is a full review on this site)’s line takes you through the on-location set for the newest “Mummy” movie, inside an Egyptian tomb.
3. Flight of Fear
This line takes you inside an Area 51-style aircraft hanger, where they are holding a UFO. The queue line goes into the UFO, where you load the coaster. Something I found interesting was, I found a crack in the wall. I looked inside to see if I could see the loading station or maybe some behind the scenes stuff, but there was a pile of dead “aliens”. It is interesting that they used my curiosity to theme the ride even further.
4. Terminator Salvation: The Ride
Though I haven’t been on the ride yet, the queue line looks amazing! The outdoor queue has an apocalyptic feel with rusty metal fences and machines, and the indoor queue features three-pre shows, tunnels, and more.
5. Rock ‘n RollerCoaster
Rock ‘n RollerCoaster’s queue line is through a recording studio, where you watch a pre-show, and then into a very realistic “parking garage”, where you load the limos.
6. Space Mountain
Space Mountain’s queue, which is under rehab, took you through a light tunnel and had great mysterious space music, and the station also has no roof, so you can see green cars flying by in the huge dome. The queue shows no distinct theming, which might be what they are adding now.
7. JAWS
JAWS at Universal’s queue line reminds me of being down the shore, because on the TVs they have corny TV ads and shows similar to shore shows, and restaurants that would be found on the shore. On the walls, there is a poster giving out a reward for the shark that killed Alexander, the boy from the movie.
8. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
This queue line is western themed with wood, pretty generic, but what is cool is that you go through the rock formations, and you can the train negotiating the track.
9. Loch Ness Monster
The Loch Ness Monster at Busch has little, but effective theming. There is a board telling about the dive to try and find Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster, and precedures for what should happen if she is found.
10. Batman: The Ride
I’ve only been on the clone at Great Adventure, but they are each themed differently. The queue starts in Gotham Park, with tons of greenery, shrubs, and fountains. There is a construction wall which says something like “Gotham, Building a Better Future” with sounds of jackhammers and picks and construction. Behind, you can hear cars passing over the underpass, and you see a junkyard with barbed wire fences, and hear police dogs chasing gangs. You enter the “Broad Ave. Storm Drain”, where you can hear Alfred telling you to hurry and come up to the Batcave, because trouble is following you. This is very effective, but does not reprieve a ride which is rough and not very fun.
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