Patent ID: 7047205

Claim:
A method of managing the loading of patrons to an attraction in an entertainment environment wherein patrons are permitted access to the attraction on at least two bases, the first being a first-in first-out basis, and the second being a priority basis established by a prior allocation of a time of entry into said attraction, comprising: a. developing a hierarchy of patrons; b. permitting a priority request for an allocation of a time of entry into said attraction including the step of: i. receiving an input from a remote location, the input being communicated to a central computer, the central computer regulating a number of patrons allowed to enter the attraction; ii. allocating a return time in relation to a hierarchy level of a patron in the hierarchy; and iii. permitting the patron to remotely receive a response that includes the return time for the attraction; c. employing an operation to provide the patron access to the attraction, the operation providing priority access to the patron having said return time, the operation providing first-in first-out access to any patron not having an allocated return time; and d. wherein the hierarchy is determined on the basis of patrons remotely located away from the entertainment environment when making the priority request and patrons located at the entertainment environment when making the priority request.