Theme park tracks all patrons

WorldNetDaily.Com ^ | Posted: September 16, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern | © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com

[Bobby777]

Each customer gets wristband embedded with RFID chip

A new theme park in Florida is fitting all patrons with wristbands that include tracking chips in them to allow visitors to keep track of one another.

Wannado City issues bands with radio frequency identification, or RFID, technology to all its patrons, according to a statement from the maker of the bands, Texas Instruments and RF Code.

Located in the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., area, Wannado City is an indoor role-playing theme park for children that opened last month.

The purpose of the bands is to provide a way for family members to always know where their loved ones are within the 140,000-square-foot facility.

Kiosks within the park can be used by a parent, for example, to determine where his or her children are. Locations are identified on a map.

"Groups can easily and securely access the real-time location of their members, on a map of the park, at any time of day in English or Spanish simply by scanning their WannaFinder wristbands at any kiosk," the Texas Instruments statement said.

"The instant, real-time location of group members and amenities enables parents and guardians to know where their kids are, while at the same time empowering them to explore career roles with their young peers with unprecedented freedom and safety."

As WorldNetDaily has reported, RFID technology has been used in myriad ways, including as locators for those carrying subdermal chips and as a way to keep track of store inventory.

[Bobby777]

not to worry, it's probably just three 9's ... seriously of course this is not the Mark, but the technology is obviously here [/incredibly obvious statement]

[Bobby777]

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[Travis McGee]

Great test.

[struwwelpeter]

Whoa... now that's what parents with small children need.

[Bobby777]

Great test.

all the marathon runners I work with tell me they get RFID-chipped by the rules for the marathons they run. Another nice test.

[Bobby777]

Whoa... now that's what parents with small children need.

if there were nothing but responsible use, I'd agree. There is a tremendous potential for abuse here.

[yellowhammer]

It would really be a good idea to inject these under the skin somewhere.

[Thinkin' Gal]

Kiosks within the park can be used by a parent, for example, to determine where his or her children children's wristbands are.

Are these the kind of parents they are talking about?

Eleven year old Autumn Hickman (L) plays in the winds of the approaching Hurricane Ivan while her mother Denise Hickman hangs onto a pole as the winds approach 50 miles per hour at Wayside Park in Pensacola, September 15, 2004. Hurricane Ivan forced millions of people to evacuate a 400-mile stretch of the US Gulf Coast. REUTERS/Mark Wallheiser

Eleven-year-old Autumn Hickman (R) and her dad Dale Hickman of Pace, Florida, join others along the seawall in Pensacola as the 50 mph-plus winds and surf hit Wayside Park in Pensacola September 15, 2004. Evacuees clogged roads to higher ground across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida as Ivan headed toward shore after a rampage through the Caribbean that killed at least 68 people and caused extensive damage in Grenada, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. (Mark Wallheiser/Reuters)

Well, considering that Ivan is making a beeline right for them, they may never get to visit this lovely theme park. Darwin may score really big tonight.

[radicalamericannationalist]

Actually, I'm betting the real thought is terrorists. See who is trying to get into critical areas, who has no chip...

[Bobby777]

ummm yeah, that doesn't look like a place to hang around at. I didn't know New Orleans was 8 feet below sea level (in a related note) ... had they got a direct hit, wow, it could have been incredibly disastrous.

[Bobby777]

that and the prior is how it is going to be sold when the real thing comes down the pike. I don't think they have any bad intentions here, but it's definitely a foreshadowing.

imagine being a Christian in an Islamic-controlled land like the Sudan? ... I'll bet they'd chip all the Christians, ostensibly for their "safety" ...

[radicalamericannationalist]

Well, it all went down hill once th4ey chipped Fido.

[Thinkin' Gal]

NO is probably getting enough of a thrashing as it is. Sure could have turned out much much worse for them, though. A few hours ago I looked at the map between Mobile and Pensalcola, seeing "what was there". Bagdad sure caught my eye. It's just west of Pensacola, above Gulf Breeze.

The resident FR experts are saying Ivan is coming ashore at Gulf Breeze.

Yikes. Bagdad sure looks like a shoah magnet.

And it's Rosh Hashanah.

Didn't mean to hijack the thread into another topic. But they are rather related themes.

[Thinkin' Gal]

That should be *east* of Pensacola. It's getting late. :-/

[Bonaparte]

Let me see if I've got this straight, ok? Parents set their kid loose in a 140,000 square foot facility, after he is fitted with a tracking wristband. This way they can know at any given time just where he happens to be but not which pedophile is assaulting him while he's out of sight and reach. Did I get that right?

[Bonaparte]

Let me see if I've got this straight, ok? Parents set their kid loose in a 140,000 square foot facility, after he is fitted with a tracking wristband. This way they can know at any given time just where he happens to be but not which pedophile is assaulting him while he's out of sight and reach. Did I get that right?

[American in Israel]

Seems pretty simple to just toss the wrist band in the floor of a roller coaster when you wanted to get away from mommy.

Mommys happy, kid must like the roller coaster, has been riding it for an hour...