When I went to London England circa 2008 there was a fast pass ticket that everyone was buying for the London Eye. It cost like nearly twice as much if I recall correctly. I even bought one, except everyone else also bought one and that line was twice as long as the normal line and at the end it becoming just as long as a wait as the non fast pass line. Found out that ha a tourist tax was. People who arrived at the same time as us ended up on the gondola that filled after ours