{"id":84915,"date":"2023-12-11T16:46:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T16:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/?p=84915"},"modified":"2023-12-11T16:46:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T16:46:43","slug":"revealed-paris-is-home-to-the-most-complained-about-tourist-queue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/travel\/revealed-paris-is-home-to-the-most-complained-about-tourist-queue\/","title":{"rendered":"Revealed: Paris is home to the most complained-about tourist queue"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> The world&#8217;s most complained-about tourist queues ranked: The Eiffel Tower is No.1, followed by the London Eye &#8211; with the Empire State Building line attracting the most moans in the U.S<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The list was produced by an analysis of 10.74million Tripadvisor reviews and the phrase &#8216;long queue&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Where the world wants to spend Christmas: Fascinating map reveals it&#8217;s LONDON that&#8217;s No.1\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s one of the most striking structures in the world, but the visitor queue leaves a lot of people feeling Eiffel-y annoyed.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the line at the iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris comes top of a world ranking of most-complained-about queues, with the London Eye second and the Colosseum third for queue moaning.<\/p>\n<p>The list, by hawaiianislands.com, was produced by an analysis of 10.74million Tripadvisor reviews for the top 100 &#8216;Traveler Favourite&#8217; attractions in each country, with a tally kept of reviews containing the phrase &#8216;long queue&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The Eiffel Tower takes the undesirable crown with 4,799 &#8216;long queue&#8217; mentions.<\/p>\n<p>One Eiffel Tower\u00a0reviewer on Tripadvisor\u00a0commented: &#8216;Five stars for the Eiffel Tower. One star for the humongous crowds and long lines throughout. Be prepared.&#8217;\u00a0Another reviewer advises: \u2018Book your tickets well in advance online to avoid the notoriously long queues. We opted for a guided tour with skip-the-line access, which I\u2019d highly recommend.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/16\/78823693-12836597-According_to_a_study_the_line_at_the_iconic_Eiffel_Tower_in_Pari-a-1_1702311688607.jpg\" height=\"685\" width=\"962\"><\/p>\n<p>According to a study, the line at the iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris comes top of a world ranking of most-complained-about queues, with the London Eye second and the Colosseum third for queue moaning<\/p>\n<p>The London Eye comes second in the ranking thanks to 4,756 queue complaints.<\/p>\n<p>The attraction has 32 capsules and a capacity of 800 people \u2018per spin\u2019 \u2013 and visitors are given a time slot for their visit. But the wait can still last longer than 45 minutes, with one reviewer describing the queue as \u2018long and slow moving\u2026 even with fast-track tickets\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Rome&#8217;s Colosseum comes third as a result of 4,262 references to a &#8216;long queue&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The UK&#8217;s Legoland Windsor Resort theme park is in fourth place with 4,017 mentions,\u00a0followed by Barcelona&#8217;s Sagrada Familia (fifth, 2,992) and the Empire State Building (sixth, 2,842).<\/p>\n<p>In a review for this jaw-dropping Manhattan landmark, one reviewer said: &#8216;My only negative would be the long, cramped queues. There\u2019s about a 15 to 20-minute queue on the street, before another 10 to 15-minute queue to get through security and then another two 10 to 15-minute queues for the two sets of [elevators] to get up.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Alton Towers Resort in the UK follows the Empire State Building in seventh place (2,676), while in\u00a0eighth place is a Spanish water park &#8211; Siam Park in Adeje &#8211; with 2,605 mentions, followed by Disneyland Paris (ninth, 2,453) and Universal Studios Singapore (tenth, 2,054).<\/p>\n<p>Despite attracting attention as the world&#8217;s tallest building, Burj Khalifa in Dubai\u00a0ranks lower down &#8211; it comes 14th (1,818).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/16\/78823693-12836597-This_list_by_hawaiianislands_com_was_produced_by_an_analysis_of_-a-2_1702311688607.jpg\" height=\"688\" width=\"962\"><\/p>\n<p>This list, by hawaiianislands.com, was produced by an analysis of 10.74million Tripadvisor reviews for the top 100 &#8216;Traveler Favourite&#8217; attractions in each country, with a tally kept of reviews containing the phrase &#8216;long queue&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And despite being one of the world&#8217;s most in-demand tourist attractions,\u00a0according to another recent study, the UK&#8217;s Warner Bros. Studio Tour London &#8211; The Making of Harry Potter does not appear in the ranking until 20th place (1,304).<\/p>\n<p>Other UK attractions with &#8216;long queue&#8217; reviews are Paultons Park in Romsey (ninth in UK, 1,239) and London&#8217;s Natural History Museum (10th in UK, 1,235), according to the study.<\/p>\n<p>Focusing on the U.S, the queues that cause the most grumbles after the Empire State Building are Top of the Rock (19th, 1,305); San Francisco&#8217;s Cable Cars (third, 871); the Universal Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida (fourth, 860); and the Statue of Liberty in New York City, New York (fifth, 837).<\/p>\n<p>In Australia, the long-queue gripes are uploaded most frequently for Warner Bros. Movie World in Oxenford, Queensland (first, 526), the Wet&#8217;n&#8217;Wild Gold Coast waterpark in Oxenford (second, 223); and the Scenic World Blue Mountains in Katoomba (third, 182).<\/p>\n<p><span>The study was not authorised, sponsored or otherwise approved by Tripadvisor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>THE WORLD&#8217;S MOST COMPLAINED ABOUT TOURIST QUEUES, FROM PARIS TO NEW YORK VIA WATFORD<\/h3>\n<p>1. <span>Eiffel Tower<\/span>, Paris, France: 4,799 &#8216;long queue&#8217; mentions on Tripadvisor<\/p>\n<p>2. <span>London Eye<\/span>, London, UK: 4,756<\/p>\n<p>3. <span>Colosseum<\/span>, Rome, Italy: 4,262<\/p>\n<p>4. <span>Legoland Windsor Resort<\/span>, Windsor, UK: 4,017<\/p>\n<p>5. <span>Basilica de la Sagrada Familia<\/span>, Barcelona, Spain: 2,992<\/p>\n<p>6. <span>Empire State Building<\/span>, New York, U.S: 2,842<\/p>\n<p>7. <span>Alton Towers Resort<\/span>, Alton, UK: 2,676<\/p>\n<p>8. <span>Siam Park<\/span>, Adeje, Spain: 2,605<\/p>\n<p>9. <span>Disneyland Paris<\/span>, Marne-la-Vallee, France: 2,453<\/p>\n<p>10. <span>Universal Studios Singapore<\/span>, Sentosa Island, Singapore: 2,054<\/p>\n<p>11. <span>Tower of London<\/span>, London, UK: 2,049<\/p>\n<p>12. <span>Victoria Peak<\/span>, Hong Kong: 2,010<\/p>\n<p>13. <span>Louvre Museum<\/span>, Paris, France: 1,941<\/p>\n<p>14. <span>Burj Khalifa<\/span>, Dubai, UAE: 1,818<\/p>\n<p>15. <span>Thorpe Park<\/span>, Chertsey, UK: 1,706<\/p>\n<p>16. <span>Madame Tussauds London<\/span>, London, UK: 1,646<\/p>\n<p>17. <span>Chessington World of Adventures Resort<\/span>, Chessington, UK: 1,574<\/p>\n<p>18. <span>Van Gogh Museum<\/span>, Amsterdam, Netherlands: 1,437<\/p>\n<p>19. <span>Top of the Rock<\/span>, New York, U.S: 1,305<\/p>\n<p>20. <span>Warner Bros. Studio Tour London &#8211; The Making of Harry Potter<\/span>, Watford, UK: 1,304<\/p>\n<p>Source: Hawaiianislands.com\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/travel\/article-12836597\/The-worlds-complained-tourist-queues-ranked-Eiffel-Tower-No-1-followed-London-Eye-Empire-State-Building-line-attracting-moans-U-S.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world&#8217;s most complained-about tourist queues ranked: The Eiffel Tower is No.1, followed by the London Eye &#8211; with the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84914,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[688],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Revealed: Paris is home to the most complained-about tourist queue - happy LifeStyle inc<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/travel\/revealed-paris-is-home-to-the-most-complained-about-tourist-queue\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Revealed: Paris is home to the most complained-about tourist queue - happy LifeStyle inc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The world&#8217;s most complained-about tourist queues ranked: The Eiffel Tower is No.1, followed by the London Eye &#8211; 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