Disney theme parks offer wait times by cell phone

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So let's say you're at Disneyland with the family and you just got off the Matterhorn. The kids scream, "Space Mountain!" and you're game but not if you have to wait in another two-hour line. What do you do? Beginning next year, you'll be able to pick up your phone to determine the wait time at the popular roller-coaster, according to an article in today's USA Today.

The Walt Disney Co. and Verizon Wireless announced Wednesday that they have reached a multiyear deal to provide theme park information and extras to Verizon customers who download a special application.
Beginning next year, visitors to Disneyland and Florida's Walt Disney World will be able to use their Verizon phones to locate shows, costumed characters and restaurants; find wait times for rides, play mobile games and receive messages from Disney characters.
Because cellphone technology pinpoints a device's location, users can tell how far away they are from Mickey Mouse, for example.

2 comments:

dreamworld said...

It would be great to make adr's on your cell phone and to check on wait times, show times, what characters are out. I can just see people running with their Verizon cell phones over to a character meet and greet for those of us who don't have Verizon we will just follow the heard with cell phones in their hands!..

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