What’s in a name? Corporate execs sure don’t seem to know. The senselessness of rebranding #Twitter to #x reminds me a bit of #Disney ditching their globally-recognized #FastPass brand in favor of #LightningLane. If you’ve got a household name on your hands, it seems pretty shortsighted to change it, no?

_www.cnbc.com/2023/05/06/restaurants-embrace-premium-reservations-to-target-big-spenders.html

now there is the equivalent of a #Disney #FastPass for dinners you could never afford anyway...

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/06/restaurants-embrace-premium-reservations-to-target-big-spenders.html

So I am attempting to understand Queueing Theory that is more advanced than Little's Law and of course came across Defunctland's history of Disney's FastPass. I had a big guffaw when they showed an excerpt of a M/M/1 paper, scoffed at how you'd have to hire an engineering team "just to get to the bottom of this incredibly niche curiosity..." and then they do just that. So great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yjZpBq1XBE

#queueingtheory #disney #queueing #fastpass

We first arrive at the entrance to the #HauntedMansion attraction. Make sure you that have your #MagicBand on as well as your #GeniePlus reservation. Take a moment to admire the attraction sign on the brick wall next to you before you enter the queue for the ride. #WaltDisneyWorld #Disneyland #DisneyParks #MagicBandPlus #FastPass #GhostHost #CastMember #NameTag #LimitedEditionMagicBand

#Defunctland latest documentary is sooooo good. My favorite is still the #fastpass+ one, but this Disney channel was really interesting and well made.