Patent ID: 8082165

Claim:
A system for managing attraction queues comprising: a device-reader system configured to communicate with an identification device assigned to a guest and configured to ascertain an amount of time spent by the identification device at one or more accrual locations; and a processor configured to receive data indicative of the amount of time spent by the identification device at the one or more accrual locations from the device-reader system and configured to assign the guest a location within a queue of an attraction at a redemption location such that a wait time in the queue for the guest is reduced relative to an otherwise available wait time by an amount of time correlative to the amount of time spent by the identification device at the one or more accrual locations, wherein the processor is also configured to reduce the wait time in the queue for the guest based on a purchase of an item by the guest or based on acquisition of service at a particular accrual location by the guest and configured to assign the guest the location based on the reduced wait time.