Mobaro Integration at Busch Gardens Williamsburg
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I have seen these invading the Florida SEAS parks recently too. Guess it's just to track capacity and wait times?
"Wow we DO operate with a lower efficiency than most Six Flags attractions!"
Here's more information about the platform they're using:
mobaro.com
RideOps I Easily document and monitor ride operations
RideOps enables users to log vital ride operating data and offers a real-time performance overview across your park.
mobaro.com
Mobaro has been in use at BGW for years. I know Dollywood uses it as well. It seems ops are starting to use it now so I guess everything is starting to go paperless.
The major attractions (Finnegan’s Flyer, all coasters) have had the tablets installed for almost 6 months now. Griffon was the first one to get to use it.
For major attractions, such as Finnegan’s Flyer or a coaster, it would be the controls operator. For smaller rides like Lil’ Clyde’s and Le Catapult, it would be the operator there. As for how it functions (having used it before), during each cycle the operator counts the number of empty seats (the tablet has been programmed with the total number of seats) and selects that number. Then, come time to dispatch, they press dispatch. Additionally, operators can see total riders for the day and set current wait times.
Assuming this part of the software would be, or could be, what provides wait times to the mobile app?
Could be. But it definitely isn’t, as the wait time set in Mobaro never are reflected in the app.
I remember the days when you'd have to do math to add up hourly totals for riders, on paper... with a pen. And math. Also taking hourly counts of turnstyles and non-turnstyle riders (ADA/child swaps).
And at closing, they'd check your numbers and make you re-do it if it was wrong... Excuse me while I die of old age.
And at closing, they'd check your numbers and make you re-do it if it was wrong... Excuse me while I die of old age.
God these would've been great when I was a ride op instead of having to worry about the way I write my numbers pissing off management.
I witnessed the non-tower ambassador doing that at scorpion yesterday.... meanwhile at disney they have photo cells and computers doing that now...
The issue with the photocells/computers is those can lead to inaccurate readouts from people standing under them too long, people repeatedly walking under them back and forth, which messes with the numbers, and so on. The clickers and mobaro systems provide more accurate readouts on the actual number of riders.