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• Trailer Rides: This is such a fun and popular part of the event, but one that <br />does get people antsy. Waiting in lines is tough and if you act as place holder <br />for a large group, those behind you don't know it's happening until your group <br />shows up and bumps their place in line by quite a bit - which is frustrating for <br />everyone. I wonder if our attention could be directed to other things while <br />we're standing in line? Could we implement a learning circle or some other <br />way to keep people occupied while they're waiting? I noticed how fast the <br />time went by when we were on the trailer ride, as opposed to how l00000ng <br />we waited in line. I also noticed that one trailer seemed to have a larger <br />capacity than the other - was that just my imagination or was that really the <br />case? Also, I realize the trailers are used for other things (the other 364 days <br />of the year), but could we bolt a center platform seat down the middle for <br />additional seating to carry more passengers? My suggestion comes from an <br />assumption that we can't implement a third trailer ride, but if we could, that <br />would be an even better solution to the lines. <br />• Confusion about the LTD shuttle: Apparently this was one area that didn't <br />receive as much pre -event coordination as we would have liked, but the <br />shuttle happened, so it worked out. Apparently teachers /parents were being <br />told by some that the shuttle wasn't happening, others were told it was <br />running, and one teacher said she called LTD and they stated that they didn't <br />have info about it until the morning of the event, and front gate staff didn't <br />have pick up /drop off schedules or even know that the shuttle was doing all <br />day runs (I had 7 adults in my group, so there was much talk about the <br />shuttle). I asked a driver if there was a shuttle schedule and he provided the <br />most helpful info. I informed the gate staff hoping they could answer <br />questions for those departing the event and heading back downtown, but gate <br />staff never did get the "official" scoop on the shuttle. <br />Overall, this was an incredibly successful event! Kudos to everyone who did <br />such an outstanding job. Thanks for letting me participate again this year, I had <br />a lot of fun. Michelle Mortensen, CMO <br />Debbie: Thanks for helping coordinate a great event! There a couple pieces of <br />feedback I'd like to pass along. First, I heard only negative comments and <br />concerns about EPD's display of guns. With an event that is targeted at kids, <br />letting them handle pieces of machine guns was not a successful idea based <br />upon the parents /teachers that I heard from. Secondly, only a couple <br />parents /teachers commented on the long wait. One idea that a parent gave was <br />to establish assigned times for the trailer rides when the group checks in at the <br />front, and then, no matter where the group is at, they show up for their trailer ride <br />at their assigned time (they then can return to the station they were previously at <br />after the trailer ride). Personally, the idea sounds like a good one, but the <br />implementation may be pretty hairy. There were a couple groups that had a long <br />wait, but I'm not sure if the majority waited long, or if this sentiment was a <br />minority. Moving the tiny park this year was a huge success! I think it kept the <br />bottleneck that occurred in previous years from happening this year. The Yard. <br />seemed pretty balanced in layout and each corner was heavily visited. Overall, <br />