Do guests seek somewhere to sit when idling

[_Tilly-Tony_]

Do guests seek somewhere to sit when they are waiting for their group to finish on a ride etc?
If not, i think it would be cool if guests checked to see if a table is in range when they are waiting for their group to finish riding etc.

Could we also get some way of stopping guests from standing in exit queues while idling?

This would also fit very well with arcades and midway games. Guests could seek short activities to do while they wait.
If an activity is within range and is a "Short time based activity" the guests may choose to do the activities while waiting rather than idling on the spot.

I put this in discussion because its a question as well as a suggestion.

Edit, edit; Frontier could take this a step further and make it a game mechanic.

Guests could start getting bored while waiting for their group and have their stats lowered the more bored they get.
So the player would have to try entertain split group members by adding games they can play, places they can sit or entertainers/mascots to watch etc.

Edit: could a mod change the title please? Could you change it to "Do guests seek somewhere to sit when idling" please.
Many thanks.

 

[CKMcardesign]

Only RARE time they sit is if they have walked a long time and are tired by it and happen to pass a bench ir table. They bever seek one up. This is why its so rare to see this happen in game.

 

[_Tilly-Tony_]

So its a case of them just being tired if they go wondering, rather than a case of a "i will sit here while i wait".
Good to know.

Some of my most popular rides have clumps of people causing issues on the paths. Would be nice if i could build deadicated areas for none riders to sit and activities we could place for them to use etc.

 

[CKMcardesign]

Would be awesome..Together with 100 other things to....that dont work as intended.

 

[HeatherG]

Edit: could a mod change the title please? Could you change it to "Do guests seek somewhere to sit when idling" please.
Many thanks.

Changed title as requested

 

[_Tilly-Tony_]

Changed title as requested

Thank you.

 

[ojonas]

So its a case of them just being tired if they go wondering, rather than a case of a "i will sit here while i wait".
Good to know.

Some of my most popular rides have clumps of people causing issues on the paths. Would be nice if i could build deadicated areas for none riders to sit and activities we could place for them to use etc.

There is no intelligence in the guests, or anything remotely realistic in their behavior. They are programed to never be "idle", but to always look for the next thing to do. That's why they constantly are wandering between rides, shops etc. No sain person visiting a theme park would ever behave like that.

 

[_Tilly-Tony_]

Guests idle all the time! They will stand on the spot, next to a ride and then wait untill the rest of the group has finished riding and rejoins them!

This may be different for pools etc, but for rides, most guests in a group that are not riding will idle on the spot and wait.

The guests thoughts even says "idling"

And this is a very realistic behavior indeed. Groups split up at theme parks all the time in real life. Not everyone in a group will want to ride everything that the other mebers do. You will very often have members of a group not ride and find somewhere to wait, or go for a wonder to get some food etc, while the other members ride.. This is almost exactly what happens in game.