Patent ID: 7787965

Claim:
A method of managing the loading by patrons of multiple attractions in an entertainment environment via computer wherein different patrons are permitted access to the attraction on at least two bases, firstly, a first-in first-out basis, and secondly, on a priority basis established by a prior allocation of access time to the attraction comprising: permitting a patron of an attraction priority access to a first attraction; the priority access being effected by permitting application through an entry of a request for an allocation of a time to access the first attraction including the steps of: receiving an input from a patron, the input being communicated to a central computer for regulating the load of the first attraction; making available to the patron potential return times for the first attraction determined by the computer; and receiving in the central computer a selection by the patron of one of the available return times, the one of the available return times defining a first time period; and providing to the patron from the computer an additional priority entry at a second time selected by the patron to any one of the multiple attractions in the entertainment environment, such additional entry being effected on a priority basis, wherein the second time selected by the patron defines a second time period, the first time period being adjacent to the second time period by an intervening time period, the intervening time period being about ten percent to thirty percent of the first time period and the second time period.