queue times

How long waiting

Queue times are the periods spent waiting in line before being served or admitted.

The term appears most often in contexts where waiting is measured and managed—theme parks tracking ride queue times, hospitals monitoring emergency room waits, or online games displaying how long before players can join a server.

The queue times for the new roller coaster exceeded two hours.

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please wait · now serving · hold · hold music · minutes · hours · standby · bottleneck · crowded · rush hour · anticipation · frustration · loading · processing · buffer · server lag · backlog · congestion

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waiting duration

queue timesinstant access

Reaching something without delay

express service · VIP access · quick turnaround · instant gratification · expedited service

access immediacy

queue timesdirect access

Unmediated connection to something

instant gratification · open access · first-come-first-served · free flow · 24/7 access

Family

queue, time, queues, queued, queuing, queueing, times, timed, timing

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