ZOO customers not able to get on cars in gondola ride.

[johananaxx]

It seems like the "exit" door opens and closes but the customers are queueing at the entrance obviously, tired to sway paths but not able to. Unfortunately the cars come and leave empty. Is this a bug?

[Moving Target]

Check your settings for wait times etc: if you have 'do not block station' turned on and have a lot of ride cars this can cause the unloading car to leave as soon as it is clear and before new passengers can get on because another car arrived or is about to arrive at the other end

[totalwarzone]

Originally posted by johananaxx:

It seems like the "exit" door opens and closes but the customers are queueing at the entrance obviously, tired to sway paths but not able to. Unfortunately the cars come and leave empty. Is this a bug?

The Station connect with walkway to the Park-Entry? if not, visitors go out from gondola, but dont go in.

[johananaxx]

Thanks both, I now got 4x4 and gondola rides. Both seem to work most of the time, however not every car is filled even when customers are waiting for some reason.
The 4x4 and the main gondola station are connected to the main path leading from the entrance but they're both miles away from the entrance itself, the 2ns gondola station is connected via a side path.
My settings:
Any load
Min wait time 20s
Max wait time 40s
Min departure interval 10s
Don't block station is set to OFF.

I've got 8 cars on 4x4 and gondola with 2 stations has 12 cars.

I might play a little bit with the times in the future to find the best combination but I'm happy at the moment. Playing in sandbox mode, so don't mind queues etc ;)

[Moving Target]

Try using full load instead of any load

[Narcslayer]

sometimes the turnstyle gets put in turned around backwards....just delete the station and respawn a new one. worked for me.

[Iced Tea Blizzard]

Yeah, the transport ride default settings are really bad. The gondola, for example - first thing you have to do is change the min/max wait time (I use 20s/30s) and load to 'Any'. You will lose enormous amounts of money with default settings. Speaking of, don't forget to change the price. $16-18 is usually the tipping point between getting positive comments and getting nothing.

The reason 30s is a good time, is the timer starts counting down as soon as the gondola car stops moving. That means the total time includes the people exiting the car (~10s, depending on the load). If you set it too low, the car will leave the station after unloading the previous riders without the new riders in the queue getting on the car even if they're at the gate waiting. So 30s is enough time to ensure the car gets filled but not to linger if no one is there.

^^^ This is similar to what OP described. Incidentally, the "Don't Block the Station" or whatever checkbox has a similar effect if it's not set up perfectly with the correct amount of cars and timing on the circuit. The cars will instantly leave as soon as they arrive if another car is behind them. They don't even wait for riders in the queue to get on the car.