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- Before arriving at the Airport you're probably not wondering why the airport is designed the way it is. Yet, everything you see in an airport has a purpose. Here’s our top 10 ways airports are designed the way they are, and the purpose of each design secret.
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Even the floors have a purpose
Me: to walk on 😐
Michael Reagan LOL
Michael Reagan *[Peter Griffin laugh]*
Michael Reagan hahahahha you're so funny.
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Jack Jack nice
Did you seriously say that they have chairs so that people don't sit on the floor?
They said that chairs are in carpeted areas so you can sit on the chairs and the carpet. Not on the tiled walkways.
I know Frankfurt has chairs on tiled areas.
Come to Adelaide. It doesn't work. Or if our wonderful youth do use the chair, they will sit on the back and put their feet on the seat. Perhaps parents should teach their children how furniture works,
Airport management undergrad here! I can confirm this is true. Soon enough airports will become shopping centers, and you'll be surprised the amount of people who actually buy from the airport. Also subliminal signs/messages is the main concept when designing an airport.
So, you're telling me that they make the writing on the signs big enough to read, so that people can read the signs?? mind = blown
Yes, but you didn't get that there's a science to *how* big the text needs to be, in order to be readable from the distance they're meant to be read at.
Lol
Christina Lowther 9.
He forgot to say “from a distance”. Like exit signs on throughways, turnpikes, byways, and other roads. Especially for those of us who have eyesight problems, even glasses don’t help.
Your welcome.
3:41 thats a train's interior not a plane's
Роман Александрович
Large rectangular windows, overhead rack not enclosed, no floor path lighting showing exits...
damn, you're right, it IS a train!
Yup - Japanese shinkansen. Tray table showing the layout of the rear 8 coaches.
Роман Александрович yes you are right
well slap my scalp and call me daisy... you sir, are absolutely correct...
well shit, i didn't notice this until you told me. hat off to you.
Carpet also has a 3rd use - sound dampening. You dont wanna sit and relax when you hear talking and footsteps. Carpet dampens these sounds as well.
I've flown hundreds of times, not once have I been tempted to buy something from their shops. (except for a bottled water after going through security)
If the Duty Free sold Romulan Ale, I'd be "shut up, and take my latinum!" 😄
3:42 . That's ..... a train.....not a plane....
A plane with panoramic windows! ;-)
The less rounded windows and overhead storage really give it away. Given that plus the writing & overall layout, it's clearly a Japanese passenger train that goes between cities. Trains that travel within cities are laid out more like subway cars in order to cram in more people.
InfernosReaper that was bullet train. I go to japan twice a year... that’s not a normal cutie train
I always think about an airport’s design when i go to the airport!
Andrew Lim cool
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Andrew Lim lol same, the airport so big
MA PANI :D
So am I, which is why I get bored and don't think about anything to do with actually getting on the plane
About the moving walkways what i do is actually walk on them because it's faster
Like the escalators that's what you were originally intended to do, but ppl are lazy. You do get around a lot faster walking on them though.
MrEshah they usually have a line in the middle and one line for walking and one for standing because people can just be tired if it's late at night or early in the morning or from a long flight or for people that can't walk well like people with a disability or elderly people and people who are late or want to move fast can walk
The Checkered Dragon True
Seriously? Millions of people do that.
I always take the middle walkway because there're fewer people in the way
Have you seen Stansted airport in the Uk? They make you walk past every shop and there are no short cuts. A bit like IKEA; though worse as at least there are short cuts in IKEA.
R I agree
Yep - but I ignore the shops and get straight to the Wetherspoons. You won't get me on a plane without four stiff gins, such are my stress levels about flying.
Flew out of Birmingham and they did that we didn't buy anything since food and drink was provided on the 8hr flight to Florida.
Cancun International is the same. You cannot get to the gates without snaking through the Duty-free area. There's no other way to get there.
So what I gathered from this: everything is designed to get your money.
did u watch the video? the first thing that pops up is about Font standards.
all for the likes i guess
Hahahahahhahaha!!!!!
@@arnelj360 Okay Mr. Literal.
@@TECfan1 ok
Very interesting and informative, but I still have one question: When switching planes, why is the gate you're leaving from as far away as humanly possible from the one you arrived at?
Airports do what they can, but every connection can't be next to every other, if you think about it. It's the limitation of the space available with the amount of flights being operated.
Amount of flights, or count of flights?
Gives your more time to spend money in duty-free.
to give them time to move bags perhaps so you wait less when you are at the gate this is just a guess
Thomas Mann So you spend as much time looking at shops. Because what I've learnt from this video, is that airports are always trying to take you money.
I do appreciate the new queue design. The line seems to move a lot quicker. My post office uses this, as well as several stores. And I do love airport art. It makes me feel like I've landed in a place of real interest.
funny thing about that is myth busters showed its actuality slower
ThunderClawShocktrix How is that possible? You get the next open register. Some are slower than others.
One queue system is actually slower because of the walking distance between the counters and waiting place.
But it seems faster because you have to move every time any counter finishes serving instead of just one counter.
Pun intended? "It makes me feel like I've *landed* in a place of real interest."
The time difference is very minimal - I'll take that any day over separate lines and the actual order people are served is likely to be overall unfair.
Id say placing everyone in one big queue is also more stress reliving as youre constantly moving places in the queue and feel like progress is being made. If there are 10 check-in desks and 10 queues you move forward 1/10th of the speed you would if the queue was combined into one. Even though the queue is shorter, its more stressful to be stood still.
Has anybody else just reached a point in life where they just stop caring
The grinch yes:/
Nope!
THEGRINCH mood
THEGRINCH pop
Me
"Excuse me sir you cannot have this cologne sir it's dangerous!" Passes gate. Cologne shop
Gotta love nonsensical airport security.
That's the way. Can't take anything like a knife or fork on to a plane but they will serve up a meal complete with stainless steel knife and fork. Can't take liquids but they will offer drinks on board.
You idiots. This is because when THEY bring water and cologne to the airport, they know that it's just water or cologne . . . when YOU bring it to the airport, it could be anything.
Roonasaur you must be new. Is there anywhere ppl can be sarcastic anymore? Unbunch your draws. They just want your money.
mannyrosario83, you were being sarcastic but the other two were being serious.
One thing you forgot, especially on planes, the ceiling is designed to bring the gaze upwards. On planes it helps make the plane feel bigger and less claustrophobic, in the terminal it helps people see where theyre going.
In the case of most UK airports (unsure if it’s a similar thing elsewhere) you actually have to walk through duty free in order to get to the main departure area and the gates. In addition you’ll likely find 2 or 3 of the same store ( in the UK it’s normally WHSmith) near the gates, with the main branch in the shopping mezzanine and these smaller ones are for last-minute items like water and newspapers.
The architectural design enhances passenger movements through the terminals. There's one exit out of Customs for example, into the main terminal. (People aren't exiting from 6-8 different exits). This also enhances security. Video monitoring systems at airports today look for anomalies: someone moving against the intended flow, someone just stationery in an area of flow, someone entering an exitway (testing the system?), and items that have been moved from their standard position (such as an artificial tree). These designs to enhancement movement constitute a system that highlights disruptions or anomalies easily.
These days it seems like airports are really closer to being shopping malls and the flight part is just something they do on the side. Some airports like Sydney, as soon as you leave security you have to go through the duty free shop to get to your gate. That just seems to be pushing things a bit too far.
Also most big airports these days force you to spend money to get there. Often the public transport is expensive, taxis are charged a surcharge to go to the airport, parking is very expensive. Some airports like Brisbane domestic are even moving free temporary drop off and pickup areas as far from the terminal as is possible.
While I get what you're saying, all these things keep the airport tax lower, which in turn makes flights cheaper. So I'm happy with them.
You don't HAVE to buy anything though. Airports are a business at the end of the day.
racer9x cancun has the same shite
Newark airport actually does commercials for its stores and restaurants like you could just walk in and shop.
and if you're part of the last ones boarding the plane, all storage is taken by duty free :(
Regarding the queues: They're absolutely stupid. In the civilized world (help me finding that one), instead of standing in a queue for hours, you just get a "nummerlapp", a little piece of paper showing your place in a virtual queue and you can sit down, relax and wait until your number is called. In the meantime, you can get a cup of coffee, to to the washrooms, etc...
Why standing in the queue physically? There's no reason to it!
The problem is that people will not be there when their number is called and can you imagine the fuss when they arrive later !
Not to mention the cost of paper
Norbert Karpl That's how Drivers' Services (often called the DMV other places and sometimes here) works here. Note: It is not part of the civilized world.
for efficiency
it's not like you never use paper at the airport. oh wait...
I always knew there was a reason and rhyme for airport design, I never realized it was this subliminal.
Maybe because I fly so infrequently, but 2 recent trips to United Terminal C at Newark Liberty to meet my daughter's friend when she arrived and then get her on her plane to go back home were positively dismal. Signs were confusing as to which way to go - e.g. go this way but then not show repeating signs to let you know you're on the right path to get where you need to be until you get to the destination.
Airports are also, for some reason, very economical of clocks.
Now airplanes leave and arrive on schedules and you'd think that airports would have many clocks, prominently displayed.
No, they don't.
i agree with sunlight and navigation. i tend to feel lost when its all artificial light around me ie when im in the lower floors.
unlike when im on the above floors with sunlight ; even if i have no idea where im headed, i feel as if im in the right direction
3:41 Pretty sure that's a train xD
It looks a lot like the Japanese Bullet Train Interior aka Shinkansen
Roboplex I'm pretty sure it's a new style plane with invisible wings.
LOL it is. I've sat in them dozens of times and I didn't even notice. The Japanese bullet train :)
It does "fly" though. Just with its wheels firmly onto the tracks.
No its a land plane!
Air China could be trying to recycle Japanese train cars to save money.
Phoenix has carpeted walkways, that create drag for wheeled suitcases. Maui has textured tile in the walkways, that also make it harder to roll bags. Smooth, hard surfaces are the best for getting between gates and ground transportation.
Having worked in retail for many years, I've always been hip to the little gimmicks they use no matter where you are, to try to part you from your money. Also, as I'm handicapped and in a wheelchair, the skycap pushing me around will push me right past all the stores unless I specifically ask him to stop.(I rarely do.) I also select my flights frequently based on connection times. I don't like to sit around waiting for my connection; it's painful to my damaged spine. I usually fly with Delta. They have they best connecting times. The longest connecting time I've ever had with Delta for a domestic flight was two hours. That gave me enough time to be taken off my inbound flight wheeled to my connection, take care of my call of nature, grab a bite to eat and be tossed back on to my connection. Most of the time, my connections are just long enough for them to get me off my inbound flight, wheel me to my connection and toss me onto my outbound connection, and that suits me just fine. Delta is a great airline; they treat me like a princess.
Another reason for those big open spaces - if there IS any explosive event (accidental or terrorist) the energy is dispersed over as large a volume as possible, so minimising structural damage (which could lead to collapse / fragmentation = more casualties).
when im at the airport i always think of about where the *air* coming from.....
ok i'll leave now...
BOI XD
Super Space Idiot please do
from the port
Profinoob 1337 I see what you did there
Super Space Idiot I don't get it
When I used to fly into Atlanta for work, I always loved watching them service the planes and people watch. I also learned that terminal E which handled the majority of international flights had the worst rest rooms of the entire airport. Finally as big as the Atlanta airport is I’ve always said they should install a bowling alley. If you’re there for 3-5 hours on a layover then bowling would be perfect to pass the time.
Vienna airport in Austria is the best airport because the airport has so many signes that tell you exactly were to go so you wont be confused and the airport is small so you can find your flight easily
ehssan ghandehari so a lot of signs can confuse people
Birmingham UK is pretty good that way too. Wins awards for it.
When I'm at the airport, I always check out the bars to make sure MY flight crew aren't there! :-)
If natural light makes you more likely to buy things, then why don't malls have more windows?
A lot do now.
Because the mall doesn’t care how much the stores inside it make as long as the stores pay the mall
Most malls have elaborate skylights though
Wolf _Panda ehh...
8:43 we don't like to queue, we just know how to wait in a fucking line
Luquid YES! We have some order and respect, Americans don't!
agreed.
japanese people like to queue then
agree
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I live here in Vancouver. We have totem pole arts to show the culture of British Columbia, Canada, as well as it is kind of relaxing. Water movements, like fountains and stuff are also relaxing, so we even have mini pond things and little fountains, as well as a fish wall tank full of fish right near the escalators down to the arrivals and customs side.
The picture of the "Plane" at 03:41 isn't even a plane. Its a train...
That is definitely a train.
Baggage claim carousels often have about a two foot buffer of darker color to subconsciously encourage people to stay back a bit while waiting for bags and give people whose bags are coming room to step up and lift the bags off the carousel without hitting people. Not that it works since people seem to think pushing right up against the thing will somehow magically make their bag come out faster, but if you look it's often there nonetheless.
As a wayfinding and signage expert, I absolutely love airports.
The most intresting, and most well thought out elements of a decent airport must be all of the 'back corridors' and service channels used for the movement of staff, goods, security and supplies to the shops. We little think about it, but all of that has to fit inside an airport.
Here I was thinking we were gonna get through a whole video without one of Be Amazed's bizarre mispronunciations... and then there's SLAY-lom.
Still laughing at that one...
lvbfan, what about his strange pronunciation of “Birmingham?”
We Brits NO NOT like to queue. We just get on with it. We do like to moan about queuing though. Vicious circle is what it is.
Exactly were patient
Brits also like to complain about people thinking they like queuing in youtube comment sections apparently.
Martin better than commenting on why the EU are unfair arseholes.
I was going to say, thought I liked this channel. Not anymore
I know - I love hearig that "The Brits love their queues". It's like saying "Canadians love their cold weather" - no, we don't, it's just how things are where we live.
You forgot the most important reason for big windows, the more natural light you let in, the less the electricity bill is for lighting the whole place up during daylight hours. Massive buildings require a lot of lighting so if there's a lot of hours in the day where you can take advantage of sunlight for free and turn off some of your biggest, most powerful lights then that's a good thing.
"When you're at the airport, nothing is an accident."
So you mean the guy at the bar spilt my coffee on me on purpose?
EDIT: Spilt not split
The Golden Hour, or as it's known when flying EasyJet out of Berlin Schönefeld, the golden thirty-five seconds.
What about the “art work” in the Denver Airport???
what bout it?
I just searched for it on Google and the explanation is pretty simple.
The point with the Curved walkways is actually really true. As a Left handed person it sometimes feels really unnatural to walk in some passages or shopping stores. I tend to "walk then backwards" against the walking direktion.
4:08 Vancouver might be a small airport, but the international arrival design is just amazing. Check it out! So proud to be Vancouverite :)
Yes it’s lovely.
It’s totally unique as the tribal art inside is something I had never seen before and I loved it and couldn’t take my eyes away as I walked from my arrival into immigration and through customs. It’s a beautiful interior.
3:18 it is not tarmac. It is called APRON
Alternate name, and the one that is used in most of the USA by airport workers, is "Ramp"
I dosent mater
nice topic! I wish nice holidays to everyone around the globe, and especially to those who will spend their holidays in Greece!!!!
Spyros Vossos Where's the best place to stay in Greece if I'm not rich but I still want a view of the ocean? What town is most affordable?
Jen P. Mitts Although I am not a travel agent, still I will propose Athens, Peiraias, or Rafina. Especially Rafina is the second harbor in Attica, it has a view to Euvia, a big island close to Attica, and connections with a lot of islands in Aigaian sea. I hope this info to be helpful to you!
Jen P. Mitts By the way now in Athens is heavily raining, but it is still hot weather.
Spyros Vossos Thank you, sir! You've been very helpful indeed!
Jen P. Mitts you are more than welcome dear Jen Mitts! This it would be my advice to a friend! Enjoy whatever you are doing!
Seeing the perfume section of any airport or shop is usually the best way to get me to rush through. All those clashing fragrances make me sneeze.
look straight on to the "tarmac" use apron for future reference
Alternate name, and the one that is used in most of the USA by airport workers, is "Ramp"
A lot of people use "tarmac". OK, apron might be more informative about function (maybe), but why not allow language to be what people commonly say?
Anyone else notice the fan of money @ 2:30 is one $100 ... and the rest are $1's
Brilliant. Kudos!
A slay-lom course? (6:33)
I love airports. I enjoy seeing so many different people and I think about where they are going and where they came from. I feel comfortable at the airport. It’s always exciting, even if I don’t like to fly....
The whole VIP section is another element of design that you did not mention.
The VIP experience at airports is extremely different, there is a dedicated 1st class (and sometimes business class) check in desk, and a concierge will take you through a private security area where you are checked (the guards are usually nicer than the normal guards) and straight on to the lounge area where you can enjoy a nice meal and perhaps a mini-spa treatment before you get whisked off to the gate in a golf cart or a limo (if you have to board without a jetway) and you are boarded before the rest of the aircraft and you get a complementary drink and snack of whatever you like while the rest of the plane is loaded.
The entire experience is designed so that the VIP doesn't have to have any contact with the general public unless they wish to.
San Francisco International Airport is the worst. There are NO windows so basically you're looking at a wall while you're waiting for your flight
Koki Ingreesi // Ingreeko Gaming i know, I went to America for the first time, I’m from England btw, and it was so fricking hot, there were no AC’s on, or windows, it was just all crammed together
2 again *amazing* :)
I think the pathway seems to be a helpful plus when it comes to shops I can understand that too as no shop wants to pay rent without sales so really having a colourful pathway is always helpful indeed!
AAY 1:26 HALIFAX!! :D
You didn't mention the car park money coercion....
Take a bus.
To the airport, I mean. No sense putting up with traffic AND putting up with check-in, all on the same day.
Right you are, Dave! I feel like it should be called the park & get raped (monetarily) area.
Surprised and delighted to see our little airport in Halifax, NS in the photos!
At what time in the video is the Halifax airport? I want to visit NS so badly.
My father's side is from the Dunoon, Scotland area and I have seen so many lovely photos of NS. In many ways, it looks quite like Scotland :)
That's why it's called Nova Scotia. BTW I live in Moncton.
Adding art to airports really does make them look and feel better; Vancouver, Bangkok, Singapore all have great pieces of art which do make travelers more happy.
i like that airports have so many windows because when i'm waiting for 3 HOURS for my flight to take off (it's my parents' fault) i don't feel like i'm being crammed into a tiny room, and instead in an open seating area where i can look out onto the tarmac
the Halifax International Airport I live at that region
Me too
“The golden hour”?
LOL - you mean the rushing 15 minutes !
As a left-handed person, I never knew about the walkways thing. I find it easy to not overspend at an airport, and now I know one reason why.
I really like Narita airport, best food options ever and my favourite for the duty free where I load my bags! Heathrow is one airport I don't like to check in luggage, I always have a feeling it will get lost with how chaotic and disorganised it is
Haha I'm LEFT handed suckers!
King Alfred YEAH ME TOO SUCKERS
Me three!
Right and left handed people are a bunch of noobs to be honest.
Ambidextrous is the way to go, as you can utilize BOTH of your hands effectively... /sarcasm
"Haha I'm LEFT handed suckers!" he says while spending $200 on perfume at the airport duty free shop 😁
Sorry, actuarially you will have a shorter life.
I prefer the grass airstrip where I used to have my airplane based. No security. No lines. Just park your car behind the airplane, load your gear, do a preflight check, and go. I could be in the air in about 20 minutes.
That's how I like to fly.
Must be nice to be rich
I'm British and got really excited at the queueing bit!
Narrator : "In airports, nothing is an accident"
Me : except planes crashing on the tarmac.
Aahh the good'ol Helvetica!
"Slay-lom?" Where did you learn to pronounce that? It's "Slah-lom!" Meshugge mamzer.
Finally someone notices these things. I was a TSA Officer at an international airport and the one big recommendation I made to passengers is bring your own food (minus drinks). Yes, we (they) will search your stuff abit more but it pales in comparison to the feeling of spending 23$ on a 10$ meal out of desperation lol. That and to always come early... Parking is terrible at every INTL airport.
3:17 is not called a “tarmac” is called a apron
Am I the only one who sometimes felt sad when we are going to the plane after a vacation?
Cyka Blyat nope lol no one wants to return to their normal life. I fly back and forth to England to see family and each time I never wanna come back to the States lol
Cyka Blyat na i always cry
Cyka Blyat the saddest moment is when you get back home and find everything is in the place when you left them before leaving for the vacation.
The worst feeling is returning home and feeling like you never left. "Didn't I just spend a few days in this amazing place I'd never visited?"
In Madrid, at some gates there are mini playgrounds that have different themes, for example, on our last flight our gate was at the pirate themed park, for this flight it is near the space themed one.
If I get to Atlanta again, I will have to notice the lighting that reflects on the floor. That sounded cool.
At 1:29 and 1:31 the airport shown is the Nova Scotia Stanfieled international airport!
Sorry, but you get the point don't you?
NATURAL LIGHT MAKES YOU MORE LIKELY TO BUY THINGS??? 🤔🤔🤔 HOW ABOUT ITS MORE LIKE FINDING SOMETHING TO DO WITH YOUR LONG WAIT FROM TSA TO BOARDING.
Natural light doesn't use electricity, and doesn't need bulbs replaced. It's cheaper in the long run.
There is no part of an airport called 'the tarmac'. When the tarmac is referred to, the person referring to it is actually referring to the runway, taxiway, or map. The area the window opens up to is called the ramp. Not angry, just a bit miffed
9:13 i love this, i always fly with cebu pacific❤️ i am from the philippines btw skl haha
Except Berlin Brandenburg Airport. The whole airport is the accident
Carts. Airports should not charge so much for a cart on which to put several heavy pieces of luggage. Some charge as much as 10 dollars American to use for 2 hours. This is a necessity for those who cannot walk well, or have a disability, or several children to keep track of. If airlines REALLY want more families to travel by air then they must make more accommodations for the elderly, infirm and young families to travel.
in a civilised country they are free
You can always find someone that wants to use one that's arriving. I tell them to give me five bucks and they can use it going back. Saves us both five bucks.
Implying that the colonies are not civilized. They are but they are also greedy.
THEY CHARGE FOR TROLLEYS????!!!
Yes in Chicago and Dallas-Fort Worth.
As a British person I can confirm what he said about the queuing, we don't all enjoy it but we do it like champions.
My God, the writing has to be legible to the passengers. Light helps people find their way! You are a genius obviously.
A 3 inch letter is visible from 120 feet away or 20 kg away or 310 potatos away. Imperial system...
I feel so used.
The one about the works of art intrigued me the most, I guess they do have a function, which is great.
I also thought they served as a bit of a symbol to what the country's kind of like.
2:47 "In many airports the first thing you see after clearing security is the duty free shop". At nearly all the major uk airports (Heathrow, Manchester etc) you have to walk through the duty free to reach the departure lounge, the paths also snake through the store instead of going straight you to get you to buy stuff.
Not too sure about anywhere else but it's something I've long noticed
NAIA T3 9:03
Davao Airport 9:13
I've never been to, or in an airport.
Triumph you are missing out. i LOVE airports
I'm British and I went to the Florida theme parks last year just for the queues wooh! there's nothing more satisfying than standing in a nice loooong queue!
The curved ramps for increased shopping is brilliant on their end! (Not for our wallets however!)
Halifax Standfield international airport 1:29
Why it it stereotyped the British people hate queuing. I'm British and I hate queues
everybody hates queuing. But the British are allegedly polite about it.
Well as much as I hate to admit it I am polite about queuing
thx
When you compare British queuing to other countries you become very grateful for the country you live in all of a sudden. British form an orderly line, don't push each other and rarely start arguments about the queue but rather just mutter mild insults under their breath.
I waited like 5 hours in a line to buy a couple of fans in Cuba :D
talked to a lot of people :D
"No one likes to queue (except maybe the British)" ~ so trueeee I don't lurve queueing but it can be really fun if you have people with you😂
I wish all the people who made this point about queuing in these comments had done it in a single place, in an orderly fashion, in a line. But then I'm British
The other thing about those zig-zag queue systems is that because the line is being emptied by a dozen desks, they actually keep you moving along at a higher speed than if you're in a bunch of separate lines. You don't get to the end any faster - but it produces the illusion that you are. Also, if one person takes a lot of time at the desk - you share the cost of that equally between everyone in line rather than penalising the people who got unlucky. This reduces the focussing of anger at the one person who is taking longer. However, to do it "right" they need someone to rearrange the barriers as the line length changes so you don't have to walk so far along the empty lanes to get to the end of the line. They do this at DisneyLand - and airports should do the same.
When you realize one of those photos is of your own airport