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Disney’s Billion Dollar Theme Park Gamble (MyMagic+ System)
PJMedia ^ | March 12, 2014 | Chris Queen

Posted on 03/12/2014 8:08:19 AM PDT by C19fan

Guests travel to Walt Disney World seeking the ultimate vacation experience, and Disney continues to develop new ways to deliver the best possible vacation. The company has invested over a billion dollars in their MyMagic+ system, which employs wearable technology and RFID (radio frequency identification) chips to fine tune and customize guests’ experiences. Disney has high hopes for MyMagic+, but so far many guests aren’t sold on the idea.

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TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: disney; mymagic; rfid; surveillance
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Big Brother meets Disney. Disney Corp can do what it wants since nobody is forced to go to Disney unless you want to deal with nagging kids for you parenthood life. But the system is rigged to give a major advantage to people who stay at Disney owned resorts since they can make reservations for rides months in advance while the rest of us have to wait at kiosks hoping to get a spot before they are all filled up. When we have been to Disney we used more than the now allotted three reservation under the old FastPass system.
1 posted on 03/12/2014 8:08:19 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: null and void

Ping.


2 posted on 03/12/2014 8:09:42 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: C19fan

Disney is the entertainment demon for the NWO. They lead children astray into a world of falsity and the occult. Poor Walt is spinning in his grave.


3 posted on 03/12/2014 8:10:21 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne ("How long, O Lord, holy and true?" - Rev. 6:10)
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To: C19fan

This outfir is MUCH better(and CLEANER) than ANY Pro-Sodomite “Disney” ANYTHING:
http://cedarfair.com/ir/company/properties/


4 posted on 03/12/2014 8:12:52 AM PDT by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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To: Dr. Thorne

Walt was the forerunner of Agenda 21 - Communist concept.


5 posted on 03/12/2014 8:14:48 AM PDT by TNoldman (AN AMERICAN FOR A MUSLIM/BHO FREE AMERICA.)
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To: C19fan

I am SOOO happy my Disney days are over.


6 posted on 03/12/2014 8:23:21 AM PDT by DManA
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To: C19fan

I follow some of the WDW-fan sites.

All of them have a very negative opinion of this new system.

It has resulted in longer waits for rides, a tremendous loss of sponteneity, poorer in-park service and inequity for those who don’t want to pay for a tiny and overpriced WDW resort room.

Long-time Disney fans are reporting that Disney has changed drastically for the worse and many are not planning to return.


7 posted on 03/12/2014 8:28:43 AM PDT by kidd
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I never particularly wanted to go to Disneyworld. But my Parents took me, and my Sister, when I was about 11.

What do I remember? Long lines. And that’s about all. I’d have preferred a Major League Baseball game.


8 posted on 03/12/2014 8:31:31 AM PDT by JoeDetweiler
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To: C19fan

This nothing, they have in the near future plans of a Total Rekall Walt Disney experience, and you never wait in line, it never rains,its all done at home.
Plus you get to meet Walt Disney himself, for an additional fee he becomes your personal tour guide.

Theme parks of the future, at home.

You will never know the difference.


9 posted on 03/12/2014 8:33:18 AM PDT by Spartan302
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To: TNoldman

quite possibly the most ignorant statement ever posted on FR....Walt Disney was a staunch conservative and leading anti-communist going back to the 30’s when he battled unions in front of his Hollywood studios because he knew they (unions) had communists running the show...when he was given the American Medal of Freedom award from LBJ he wore a Barry Goldwater pin on his lapel....if anything Disney was the forerunner of the Tea Party movement...

but hey- easier to spout nonsense than research facts...


10 posted on 03/12/2014 8:35:07 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: C19fan

We (Grandparents, daughter & two grandsons) went in January and all had the bands. We loved them. Our daughter used her IPhone to work the FastPass system and we breezed through many long lines. Had to wait a few times when we wanted to save the FastPass for best times. We visited all the parks and enjoyed all the rides we desired. All the parks have many photographers and after they take photos they scan one of the bracelets and all the photos were waiting for us online when we got home. Disney was going to make visitors give bracelets back but too many wanted them as momento. They also opened our door at hotel (Animal Kingdom).


11 posted on 03/12/2014 8:38:55 AM PDT by Portcall24
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But the system is rigged to give a major advantage to people who stay at Disney owned resorts since they can make reservations for rides months in advance while the rest of us have to wait at kiosks hoping to get a spot before they are all filled up.

For the record, rumor is that offsite guests (with tickets) will be able to reserve FP+ spots ahead of time by the end of April, if not sooner. They're rolling the reservations out to annual pass holders (not staying on site) now.

Onsite guests are always going to get perks - and pay for it with resort costs that are too high to justify otherwise. As it is, they get the "extra magic hours" access (early entrance to parks or staying after normal closing time) and I wouldn't be surprised if they either get to book FP+ earlier than offsite guests (like 60 days vs. 30 days) or are given 1-2 additional reservations once the general public gets advance bookings.

If you follow the folks over at TouringPlans.com, they actually point out that their computer models shows some of the parks as being more efficient with FP+, even for the "in the know" guests, because you can optimize your schedule without having to run all over the park to get the old legacy FP. I think it's particularly true in Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom.

12 posted on 03/12/2014 8:42:42 AM PDT by kevkrom (I'm not an unreasonable man... well, actually, I am. But hear me out anyway.)
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To: Dr. Thorne

Have you ever been? Yeah. The Hall of Presidents where a Lincoln robot stands, walks forward and gives the Gettsyburg Address is pure occult.


13 posted on 03/12/2014 8:43:27 AM PDT by Portcall24
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To: C19fan

Part of the fun of the old DisneyWorld was terrific things that weren’t on the “planned” list that one could discover while avoiding those long lines.


14 posted on 03/12/2014 8:46:38 AM PDT by grania
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We stayed at the Yacht Club - concierge level last time we went to Disney Orlando. It was the best hotel experience I’ve had in 65 yrs.
Expensive but awesome.


15 posted on 03/12/2014 8:47:07 AM PDT by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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To: TNoldman

Hey DUMBA$$, THIS was the guy who KILLED Disney:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Eisner
GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!
Walt was an all around Good Guy!


16 posted on 03/12/2014 8:47:18 AM PDT by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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To: nascarnation
I'm planning on heading down this December (week of Dec 7, BEFORE the holiday crowds, that is) and I'll be using a timeshare trade. At this point, I'm assuming that means off-site, but there's always the 1-in-a-jillion chance I'll get a DVC unit, especially given I'm planning on going during a really slow week.
17 posted on 03/12/2014 8:49:49 AM PDT by kevkrom (I'm not an unreasonable man... well, actually, I am. But hear me out anyway.)
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To: God luvs America

Disney went/started going downhill in the late 80’s / early 90’s when it went from family entertainment to the “Hollyweird Model”....

Right when Eisner took over...


18 posted on 03/12/2014 8:51:48 AM PDT by GraceG
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To: Portcall24

My wife and kids and I went in early December, and we used the bands, and updated our FastPasses using our iPhones. It was AWESOME. I hate their politics, and some of their social stances, but we had a fabulous time.


19 posted on 03/12/2014 8:55:59 AM PDT by Theo (May Christ be exalted above all.)
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To: DManA

We got a 3 day pass. We used two and then went somewhere we didn’t have to stand in line. As for me, Small World turned me off of Disney forever. Yuck.


20 posted on 03/12/2014 8:59:50 AM PDT by NewHampshireDuo
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