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CUSTOMER CASEChessington World of Adventures
How Chessington World of Adventures ensures operational efficiency
2025-04-22
1 min read
Customer:
Chessington World of Adventures, a premier theme park located within Greater London, attracts over 1.5 million visitors annually. Renowned for its thrilling rides and family-friendly attractions, the park searched for an innovative solutions that helps enhance guest experience and operational efficiency.
Challenge: Managing operational efficiency during peak seasons
With such a large footprint and constant footfall, operational efficiency is critical. During peak seasons, the park faced challenges in efficiently managing ride operations and staff allocations. The manual scheduling system led to overlaps, and occasional ride downtimes, impacting the overall guest experience.
Keys were previously kept on hooks in an office, meaning staff had to walk across the park to retrieve them. This slowed response times and increased the risk of unauthorised access to ride controls.
Traka solution: Implementing intelligent key management systems
This solution provided secure and automated control over ride access keys, ensuring that only authorised personnel could operate specific attractions. The system also offered real-time monitoring and reporting capabilities, allowing management to track key usage and optimize staff deployment.
By automating key control and decentralising access points, staff were able to respond to maintenance or operational needs more quickly, without disrupting guest experience.
Oliver Harwood, Technical Services Training and Compliance Manager at Chessington says:
It's nice to have that reassurance, to know the right technology solution is in place
Benefits:
✔ Enhanced security by restricting access to ride controls which ensured that only trained and authorised staff could operate , enhancing safety protocols.
✔ Operational efficiency by automating key management helped to reduce administrative tasks, , speeding up staff rotations and minimising ride downtimes.
✔ Real-time monitoring ensured management gained insights into the key usage patterns, encouraging data-driven decisions for staff scheduling and ride operations.
✔ Improved guest experience through optimised operations. Guests experience shorter wait times, and it helped increase ride availability, boosting overall satisfaction.
In dynamic, high-traffic environment like theme parks, even behind the scenes efficiencies have a visible impact on guest experiences. By replacing manual key handling with Traka's intelligent key management systems, theme parks can gain greater control , whilst enhancing both security and safety.
This transformation is a clear example of how smart scalable technology can help solve real-world operational challenges, all while supporting the delivery of magical experience for millions of visitors each year.
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