This is something extremely annoying in Spain which we encountered at terra Mítica and Parque Warner Madrid as well. They all feel they just HAVE to fill the trains and this in the most illogical way as possible.
In Spain they more then often delay Q's just because the trains doesn't get filled properly.
At PortAventura, we were the first in line for El Diablo.
We had to go and sit in the middle. Can we go in the back please?
No, you have to go in the middle...???!!!???
On the other hand, Spain is the worst country ever if it comes to line jumping. TERRIBLY annoying. And the worst thing is, the operators just endow it. That's the most frustrating part of all. Wait, there is something even more frustrating... non-Spanish people who clim under railings so they don't have to go along all the empty lines of the Q are fiercefully reprimanded while at the same time a group of at least 20 Spanish teenagers who jump the line big time are greeted with a smile. Dis-gus-ting!
Spanish parks should learn to get rid of that illogical-train-filler-operator (and have people just fill the station and the train) and assign it to do something against line jumping.
And indeed, they explain everything in Spanish. Knowledge of English or French in Spain is close to nil. Especially with the young people which is very weird. PortAventura receives almost as much foreign tourists as it does Spanish folk, though they speak little or no English and some are even proud of that.
It certainly does. That's why we visited quite some McDonalds during our trip. Most hilaric part was us visiting a McDonalds in Madrid (which seems to be at least more than just a village) and asking for a "hamburger". The answer you get is "Qué"? There are big and shiny pictures of hamburgers everywhere and we didn't want some special sandwich, we just wanted a plain hamburger. "Qué?" Even pointing at the pictures seemed to be a Qué?-inducing action. Then finally, the guy seemed to have seen the light and said... AAAAh! Un Hamburgesa!
Don't you sometimes just feel you HAVE to slap someone in the face?
I had the feeling I had met Fawlty Towers' inspiration for Manuel. Qué?
It is designed as a kiddie coaster and the trains are also desgined to be one-seaters.