Amusement Park

Team Blueberry
Ang Zhang, Piyu Sun, Yanshan Chen, Zhixing Li
Objective
Determine the appropriate presentation time
maximize customer throughput
balance the utilization between presentation
and ride
minimize customer wait time
minimize unfilled rows

Why Simulation ?
Creates a computer-based model of a real
system to evaluate the systems behavior
Output performance data to be analyzed
Strategies before implementation on live
customer
Improve business performance

Modeling Boundary
Priority groups, standby groups, and singles
Two types of Presentation Queues
Designated batching rule

Customer
Arrival
Enter
Queue
Presentation
Riding Leave
Verification and Validation
Single replicate and single entity to verify
the system logic
Change one of the parameter and
determine the system response
Ask system expert to ensure the model
validate to real world


Assumptions
The park operate 9 hours per day
The group cannot split
Each row only contain one group
No breakdown involve during operation
If no single available to fill the row, the row
contain one group only and enter system


Initial Parameters
Party size distribution
Party of 2 20% Party of 3 15%
Party of 4 45% Party of 5 20%
Load time for enter presentation room rows : 5 seconds
Load time for enter presentation room : TRIA(6,7.9,12) seconds
Presentation time: 3.5 minutes
Delay to fill the staging area: TRIA(0.2,0.4,0.5) seconds
Delay for loading vehicles: UNIF(12,15) seconds
Delay for safety check after loading: UNIF(19,23) seconds
Ride time: 3 minute
Unloading for ride: 10 seconds





Modeling of Pull System
Logical entity is a dummy entity to initiating this pull
system
Entities are waiting at hold modules for a specified signal
to proceed
Once the last group entity release a resource, the next
group in line will seize this resource and start processing
Batching customer entities to one row entity
Batching 8 row entities to one group entity
Recommended Presentation Time
Customer
Arrival
Presentation
Section
Riding
Section
Leave
In order to maximize the throughput, presentation section
should have same processing time as riding section.
Presentation
Section
Riding
Section
Recommended Presentation Time
Presentation
Section
Presentation
Time
Loading time to
entering rows
Loading time to
entering room
X Sec
5 Sec
TRIA(6,7.9,12) Sec
12.9 + X Sec
Recommended Presentation Time
Riding Section
Riding Time
Loading time
Unloading time
Safety Check
Filling staging
3 Min
UNIF(12,15) Sec 13.5
UNIF(19,23) Sec 21
10 Sec
224.5 Sec
TRIA(0.2,0.4,0.5) Min
Recommended Presentation Time
12.9 + X =224.5
X = 211.6 sec
3.5 min

Justification line worker
Action: Fire the line worker

Why? 1.Resource utilization low (10.59%)
2. Operating Cost
3. Reduce overall flow time
Solution: Place a written board with
instructions
Justification Unloading
Combining loading and unloading
together
Open two sides at the same time
to reduce redundant waiting time
Designed to increase utilization
of riding and throughput of the
system
- +
-
original
system
fire line
worker
+
reduced
unloading
time
Apply both
factor
Sensitivity Analysis
A
B
Level
Factor A Factor B
- + - +
keep
line
worker
fire
line
worker
original
loading
and
unloading
process
combine
loading
and
unloading
process
Performance Measures
Number of rows entering the presentation
that are not full
Percent of rows entering the presentation
that are not full
Flow time
Riding utilization
Throughput

Results Riding Utilization
Main Effect Interaction Effect
Results Riding Utilization
95% Confidence Interval ANOVA Table
Source DOF SS MS F P-Value Result
A 1 0 0
* * No Effect
B 1 0.0168264 0.0168264 3455.59 0.00

Significant
AB 1 0
0 * * No Effect
Error 36 0.0005458 0.00001516
Total 39 0.0005458
Results Riding Utilization
In order to increase the throughput, the
utilization must be balanced

Average Utilization
Presentation Room Ride
Original System 99.87% 92.53%
Combine Loading
(Factor B) 99.87% 88.42%
Both Factor 99.87% 88.42%
Results Flow Time
Main Effect Interaction Effect
Results Flow Time
95% Confidence Interval ANOVA Table
Source DOF SS MS F P-Value Result
A 1 0 0
* * No Effect
B 1 0.000002 0.000002 0.01 0.91
Not
Significant
AB 1 0
0 * * No Effect
Error 36 0.0005458 0.00001516
Total 39 0.0005458
Results Throughput
Main Effect Interaction Effect
Results Throughput
95% Confidence Interval ANOVA Table
Source DOF SS MS F P-Value Result
A 1 0 0
* * No Effect
B 1 0 0
*

*
No Effect
AB 1 0
0 * * No Effect
Error 36 14494 402.622
Total 39 14494
Results
Percentage of Rows are Not Full

Main Effect Interaction Effect
Results
Percentage of Rows are Not Full

95% Confidence Interval ANOVA Table
Source DOF SS MS F P-Value Result
A 1 0.00000008 0.00000008
0.00 0.975 Not Signif
B 1 0.00000076 0.00000076 0.01 0.924 Not Signif
AB 1 0.00000076 0.00000076 0.01 0.924 Not Signif
Error 36 0.0005458 0.00001516
Total 39 0.0005458
Results
Number of Rows Not full
Main Effect Interaction Effect
Results
Number of Rows Not full
95% Confidence Interval ANOVA Table
Source DOF SS MS F P-Value Result
A 1 0.10 0.10
0.00 0.975 Not Signif
B 1 0.90 0.90 0.01 0.925 Not Signif
AB 1 0.90
0.90 0.01 0.925 Not Signif
Error 36 0.0005458 0.00001516
Total 39 0.0005458
Final Recommendations
The suggested presentation time is 3.5 minutes.
Firing worker and combining unloading time do
not significantly improve output performance
measures.
We suggest that system should not be changed
based on our current analysis.