This figure is what the attraction should yield under ideal conditions utilizing all units in the system with no loss in efficiency at any position. This figure should be seldom or never attained. It is an ideal against which to measure.

The time interval between the dispatching of units.

Number of guests that can be handled when ride opens

Distance Traveled

Capacity for each vehicle or show

From the time a unit passes any given point in the cycle until it returns to that same point.

Average wait time; the number of minutes from the time a guest steps into a line until he actually sets foot on an attraction. 1965

From the time the guest(s) begins to enter the unit until the guest(s) is seated and the unit is safe to dispatch.

From dispatch to unload.