Lockers Let Them Enjoy The Ride

As waterparks and theme parks continue to add bigger and faster roller coasters and other thrill rides, they must also find ways for riders to store their belongings during the ride.

The technology offered by Smarte Locke® electronic lockers is a perfect fit in ride locker applications. They operate with maximum efficiency and have the ability to provide locker use for a minimal fee or even free during the ride queue time. After this time, renters begin to incur penalty payments for long-term storage if items are left in the ride lockers beyond the ride time.

Parks offering mechanical lockers have no way to encourage guests to remove their items after the ride. Because there is no penalty for long-term storage, ride lockers are often full, which means lockers are not available for the next round of riders. Some parks use cubbies for riders to place their belongings, but this creates a high liability situation because items can easily be stolen.

Smarte Locke lockers are an attractive alternative to traditional ride storage solutions such as cubbies or mechanical lockers.

With our ride locker applications parks can:

• Process more riders per hour.
• Eliminate ride area theft.
• Reduce liability costs.
• Use minimal space and fewer lockers.
• Strongly encourage riders to remove their belongings from lockers after exiting the ride.
• Assure new riders have a place to store their goods so they can enjoy the ride.

Because the lockers are computerized, fees can be easily adjusted to best fit your park or each individual ride. Smarte Locke lockers work best at rides with easy access to the lockers from both the ride entrance and exit lines.

Another benefit of ride lockers is additional revenue for the parks. Smarte Carte installs, manages and maintains the lockers and then shares the revenue with the park.

Parks wishing to install Smarte Carte ride locker applications should contact a Smarte Locke account manager at 800-838-1176. Smarte Carte technicians will install the lockers during a park's off-hours without any disruption to guest services.