Patent ID: 8200515

Claim:
A system for managing attraction queues comprising: a device-reader system configured to communicate monetary transaction information with an identification device at one or more accrual locations and/or 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 a purchase by a guest at a particular accrual location and/or 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, wherein the processor is 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 and/or by an amount of time correlative to the purchase.