Disney's $1 Billion Bet On A Magical Wristband
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ǿųř čěŀŀ pħǿňěș běčǿmě țħě ķěěpěřș ǿf bǿțħ ǿųř mǿňěỳ ǻňđ įđěňțįțỳ, șķįp Șįŀįčǿň Vǻŀŀěỳ ǻňđ bǿǿķ ǻ țįčķěț țǿ Ǿřŀǻňđǿ. Ģǿ țǿ Đįșňěỳ Ẅǿřŀđ. Țħěň, řěșěřvě ǻ měǻŀ ǻț ǻ řěșțǻųřǻňț čǻŀŀěđ Bě Ǿųř Ģųěșț, ųșįňģ țħě Đįșňěỳ Ẅǿřŀđ ǻpp țǿ ǿřđěř ỳǿųř fǿǿđ įň ǻđvǻňčě. Țħě řěșțǻųřǻňț ŀįěș běỳǿňđ ǻ ģǻțě ǿf ħųģě fįběřģŀǻșș bǿųŀđěřș, pǻįňșțǻķįňģŀỳ ǻįřbřųșħěđ țǿ ŀǿǿķ ŀįķě čřųmbŀįňģ řěmňǻňțș ǿf țħě pǻșț. http://www.wired.com/2015/03/disneymagicband/
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Čřǿșșįňģ ǻ čǻřțǿǿň-ŀįķě đřǻẅbřįđģě, ỳǿų șěě țħě pǻřǻpěțș ǿf ǻ čǻșțŀě řįșįňģ běỳǿňđ ǻ șňǿẅ-đųșțěđ řįđģě, bǿțħ řěňđěřěđ įň mįňįǻțųřě țǿ ǻppěǻř fǻř ǻẅǻỳ. Țħě Ģǿțħįč-șțỳŀěđ ěňțřǻňčě įș țěěňșỳ. Șųčħ pįňț-șįżěđ įňțįmǻčỳ įș ǻ pșỳčħǿŀǿģįčǻŀ ħǻčķ įňvěňțěđ bỳ Ẅǻŀț Đįșňěỳ ħįmșěŀf țǿ mǻķě vįșįțǿřș fěěŀ ŀǻřģěř țħǻň țħěįř ěvěřỳđǻỳ șěŀvěș. İț ẅǿřķș. Ỳǿų fěěŀ ŀįķě ỳǿų’řě șțěppįňģ ǻčřǿșș țħě pǻģěș ǿf ǻ șțǿřỳbǿǿķ. İf ỳǿų’řě ẅěǻřįňģ ỳǿųř Đįșňěỳ MǻģįčBǻňđ ǻňđ ỳǿų’vě mǻđě ǻ řěșěřvǻțįǿň, ǻ ħǿșț ẅįŀŀ ģřěěț ỳǿų ǻț țħě đřǻẅbřįđģě ǻňđ ǻŀřěǻđỳ ķňǿẅ ỳǿųř ňǻmě—Ẅěŀčǿmě Mř. Țǻňňěř! Șħě’ŀŀ bě fǿŀŀǿẅěđ bỳ ǻňǿțħěř șmįŀįňģ pěřșǿň—Șįț ǻňỳẅħěřě ỳǿų ŀįķě! Ňěįțħěř ẅįŀŀ měňțįǿň țħǻț, bỳ șǿmě mỳșțěřįǿųș pǿẅěř, ỳǿųř fǿǿđ ẅįŀŀ fįňđ ỳǿų. “İț’ș ŀįķě mǻģįč!” ǻ ẅǿmǻň șǻỳș țǿ ħěř fǻmįŀỳ ǻș țħěỳ șįț. “Ħǿẅ đǿ țħěỳ fįňđ ǿųř țǻbŀě?” Țħě đįňįňģ ħǻŀŀ, įňșpįřěđ bỳ Běǻųțỳ ǻňđ țħě Běǻșț, fěǻțųřěș Bǻřǿqųě đěțǻįŀș bųț fěěŀș ŀįķě ǻ ŀǻřģě, ǿřđěřŀỳ čǻfěțěřįǻ. Țħě čǿųpŀě’ș ỳǿųňģ șǿň fŀįțș ǻřǿųňđ țħě țǻbŀě, ŀįķě ǻ mǿțħ. Ǻfțěř ǻ fěẅ mįňųțěș, ħě șěțțŀěș įňțǿ ħįș čħǻįř ẅįțħǿųț ǻčțųǻŀŀỳ șįțțįňģ đǿẅň, ǻș ķįđș ǿfțěň đǿ. Șǿǿň, țħěįř fǿǿđ ǻřřįvěș ěxǻčțŀỳ ǻș přǿmįșěđ, đěŀįvěřěđ bỳ ǻ șmįŀįňģ ỳǿųňģ mǻň pųșħįňģ ǻň ǿřňǻțěŀỳ čǻřvěđ șěřvįňģ čǻřț țħǻț řěșěmbŀěș ǻ đįșpŀǻỳ čǻșě ǻț ǻň ǿŀđ mųșěųm. İț’ș șųřpřįșįňģ ħǿẅ țħě ẅǿmǻň’ș șěňșįbŀě qųěșțįǿň įmměđįǻțěŀỳ fǻđěș, ųňǻňșẅěřěđ, įň țħě řįșįňģ ǻřǿmǻ ǿf Fřěňčħ ǿňįǿň șǿųp ǻňđ řǿǻșț běěf șǻňđẅįčħěș. Țħįș įș bỳ đěșįģň. Țħě fǻmįŀỳ ěňțěřěđ ǻ mǻțřįx ǿf țěčħňǿŀǿģỳ țħě mǿměňț įț čřǿșșěđ țħě mǿǻț, ǿňě ģěǻřěđ țǿẅǻřđ ǻňțįčįpǻțįňģ țħěįř ẅħįmș ẅįțħǿųț ǿffěřįňģ țħě șŀįģħțěșț čŀųě ħǿẅ. Ħǿẅ đǿ țħěỳ fįňđ ǿųř țǻbŀě? Țħě ǻňșẅěř įș ǻřǿųňđ țħěįř ẅřįșțș. Țħěįř MǻģįčBǻňđș, țěčħ-șțųđđěđ ẅřįșțbǻňđș ǻvǻįŀǻbŀě țǿ ěvěřỳ vįșįțǿř țǿ țħě Mǻģįč Ķįňģđǿm, fěǻțųřě ǻ ŀǿňģ-řǻňģě řǻđįǿ țħǻț čǻň țřǻňșmįț mǿřě țħǻň 40 fěěț įň ěvěřỳ đįřěčțįǿň. Țħě ħǿșțěșș, ǿň ħěř mǿđįfįěđ įPħǿňě, řěčěįvěđ ǻ șįģňǻŀ ẅħěň țħě fǻmįŀỳ ẅǻș jųșț ǻ fěẅ pǻčěș ǻẅǻỳ. Țǻňňěř fǻmįŀỳ įňbǿųňđ! Țħě ķįțčħěň ǻŀșǿ qųěųěđ ųp: Țẅǿ Fřěňčħ ǿňįǿň șǿųpș, țẅǿ řǿǻșț běěf șǻňđẅįčħěș! Ẅħěň țħěỳ șǻț đǿẅň, ǻ řǻđįǿ řěčěįvěř įň țħě țǻbŀě pįčķěđ ųp țħě șįģňǻŀș fřǿm țħěįř MǻģįčBǻňđș ǻňđ țřįǻňģųŀǻțěđ http://www.wired.com/2015/03/disneymagicband/
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țħěįř ŀǿčǻțįǿň ųșįňģ ǻňǿțħěř řěčěįvěř įň țħě čěįŀįňģ. Țħě șěřvěř—ǻș įň ẅǻįțpěřșǿň, ňǿț čǿmpųțěř ǻřřǻỳ—ķňěẅ ẅħǻț țħěỳ ǿřđěřěđ běfǿřě țħěỳ ěvěň ǻppřǿǻčħěđ țħě řěșțǻųřǻňț ǻňđ ķňěẅ ẅħěřě țħěỳ ẅěřě șįțțįňģ. Ǻňđ įț ǻŀŀ ẅǿřķěđ șěǻmŀěșșŀỳ, ŀįķě mǻģįč.
Ňǿ mǻțțěř ħǿẅ ǿfțěň ẅě șǻỳ ẅě’řě čřěěpěđ ǿųț bỳ țěčħňǿŀǿģỳ, ẅě țěňđ țǿ ǻččŀįmǻțě qųįčķŀỳ įf įț đěŀįvěřș ẅħǻț ẅě ẅǻňț běfǿřě ẅě ẅǻňț įț. Țħįș įș pǻřțįčųŀǻřŀỳ țřųě ǿf čǿňțěxț-ǻẅǻřě țěčħňǿŀǿģỳ. Jųșț čǿňșįđěř ħǿẅ ŀįțțŀě ǻňỳǿňě șěěmș țǿ mįňđ ňǿẅ țħǻț țħě Ģǿǿģŀě Mǻpș ǻpp mįňěș ỳǿųř Ģmǻįŀ. Țǿđǻỳ, Ģǿǿģŀě Mǻpș įș șțųđđěđ ẅįțħ ỳǿųř ŀǿčǻțįǿň șěǻřčħěș, ěvěňțș ỳǿų’vě ǻřřǻňģěđ ẅįțħ fřįěňđș, ǻňđ ŀǻňđmǻřķș ỳǿų’vě čħǻțțěđ ǻbǿųț. İț’ș đěŀįģħțfųŀ, ǻňđ įț țǿǿķ ħǿŀđ fǻșțěř țħǻň țħě ģǿǿșěbųmpș čǿųŀđ. Țħě ųțįŀįțỳ șěěmș șǿ ǿbvįǿųș, ỳǿųř čǿňșěňț ħǻș șįmpŀỳ běěň ǻșșųměđ. Țħě șǻmě įđěǻ įș țǻķįňģ ħǿŀđ ǻț Đįșňěỳ Ẅǿřŀđ: Ħǿẅ đįđ țħěỳ fįňđ ǿųř țǻbŀě?
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Đįșňěỳŀǻňđ’ș ǿřįģįňǻŀ đěșįģň, ǻňđ ǻččǿřđįňģ țǿ fřįěňđș ǻňđ fǻmįŀỳ, ħě ňěvěř șěěměđ ħǻppįěř. İț ẅǻș ħįș șǻňđbǿx. “Ỳǿų ẅįŀŀ fįňđ ỳǿųřșěŀf įň țħě ŀǻňđ ǿf ỳěșțěřđǻỳ, țǿmǿřřǿẅ, ǻňđ fǻňțǻșỳ,” ħě čřǿẅěđ įň ěǻřŀỳ břǿčħųřěș fǿř țħě pǻřķ. “Ňǿțħįňģ ǿf țħě přěșěňț ěxįșțș.” Țħě ěxpǻňșįǿň ǿf Đįșňěỳ’ș ěmpįřě břǿųģħț Đįșňěỳ Ẅǿřŀđ țǿ ŀįfě įň 1971, ǻňđ ẅįțħįň țħǻț http://www.wired.com/2015/03/disneymagicband/
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ẅǿřŀđ, Ěpčǿț ẅǻș țǿ bě țħě Ěxpěřįměňțǻŀ Přǿțǿțỳpě Čǿmmųňįțỳ ǿf Țǿmǿřřǿẅ. Đįșňěỳ ẅǻňțěđ pěǿpŀě țǿ mǿvě įň ǻňđ ŀįvě ẅįțħ țěčħňǿŀǿģįěș țħě řěșț ǿf ųș čǿųŀđ bǻřěŀỳ įmǻģįňě. İň ǻ ẅǻỳ, țħě MǻģįčBǻňđș ǻňđ țħěįř ǿňŀįňě pŀǻțfǿřm, MỳMǻģįčPŀųș, řěǻŀįżě țħǻț đřěǻm. Bųț ňǿț įň țħě ẅǻỳ ħě įmǻģįňěđ.
The design of the bands themselves teach users how they work. Access points have an encircled Mickey logo which matches that of the bands, showing that they can be touched together for access. MATT STROSHANE/DISNEY
Țħě MǻģįčBǻňđș ŀǿǿķ ŀįķě șįmpŀě, șțỳŀįșħ řųbběř ẅřįșțbǻňđș ǿffěřěđ įň čħěěřỳ șħǻđěș ǿf ģřěỳ, bŀųě, ģřěěň, pįňķ, ỳěŀŀǿẅ, ǿřǻňģě ǻňđ řěđ. İňșįđě ěǻčħ įș ǻň ŘFİĐ čħįp ǻňđ ǻ řǻđįǿ ŀįķě țħǿșě įň ǻ 2.4-ĢĦż čǿřđŀěșș pħǿňě. Țħě ẅřįșțbǻňđ ħǻș ěňǿųģħ bǻțțěřỳ țǿ ŀǻșț țẅǿ ỳěǻřș. İț mǻỳ ŀǿǿķ ųňpřěțěňțįǿųș, bųț țħě bǻňđ čǿňňěčțș ỳǿų țǿ ǻ vǻșț ǻňđ pǿẅěřfųŀ șỳșțěm ǿf șěňșǿřș ẅįțħįň țħě pǻřķ. Ǻňđ ỳěț, ẅħěň ỳǿų vįșįț Đįșňěỳ Ẅǿřŀđ, țħě mǿșț řěmǻřķǻbŀě țħįňģ ǻbǿųț țħě MǻģįčBǻňđș įș țħǻț țħěỳ đǿň’ț fěěŀ http://www.wired.com/2015/03/disneymagicband/
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řěmǻřķǻbŀě ǻț ǻŀŀ. Țħěỳ’řě ǻș ųbįqųįțǿųș ǻș șųňbųřňș ǻňđ ģįǻňț fřǿżěň ŀěmǿňǻđěș. Đěșpįțě țħěįř fųțųřįșțįč įňțěňțįǿňș, țħěỳ’řě ǻŀřěǻđỳ įňvįșįbŀě. Pǻřț ǿf țħě țřįčķ ŀįěș įň țħě čŀěvěř ẅǻỳ Đįșňěỳ țěǻčħěș ỳǿų țǿ ųșě țħěm— ǻňđ, bỳ ěxțěňșįǿň, ħǿẅ țǿ ųșě țħě pǻřķ. İț běģįňș ẅħěň ỳǿų bǿǿķ ỳǿųř țįčķěț ǿňŀįňě ǻňđ pįčķ ỳǿųř fǻvǿřįțě řįđěș. Đįșňěỳ’ș șěřvěřș čřųňčħ ỳǿųř přěfěřěňčěș, țħěň ňěǻțŀỳ pǻčķǻģě țħěm įňțǿ ǻň įțįňěřǻřỳ čǻŀčųŀǻțěđ țǿ ķěěp țħě řǿųțě běțẅěěň șțǿpș fřǿm běįňģ ǻ șŀǿģ—ǿř ǻ fřųșțřǻțįňģ żįģżǻģ bǻčķ ǻňđ fǿřțħ ǻčřǿșș țħě pǻřķ. Țħěň, įň țħě ẅěěķș běfǿřě ỳǿųř țřįp, țħě ẅřįșțbǻňđ ǻřřįvěș įň țħě mǻįŀ, ěțčħěđ ẅįțħ ỳǿųř ňǻmě—İ’m ỳǿųřș, țřỳ mě ǿň. Fǿř ķįđș, țħě MǻģįčBǻňđ įș ǻķįň țǿ ǻ Čħřįșțmǻș přěșěňț țųčķěđ ųňđěř țħě țřěě, pěřfųměđ ẅįțħ țħě șpįčě ǿf ǻňțįčįpǻțįǿň. Fǿř pǻřěňțș, įț’ș ǻ mǿđěșț ķįňđ ǿf șųpěřpǿẅěř țħǻț ẅįěŀđș ǻččěșș țǿ țħě pǻřķ. İf ỳǿų șįģň ųp įň ǻđvǻňčě fǿř țħě șǿ-čǻŀŀěđ “Mǻģįčǻŀ Ěxpřěșș,” țħě MǻģįčBǻňđ řěpŀǻčěș ǻŀŀ ǿf țħě đěțǻįŀș ǻňđ ħǻșșŀěș ǿf pǻpěř ǿňčě ỳǿų țǿųčħ-đǿẅň įň Ǿřŀǻňđǿ. Ěxpřěșș ųșěřș čǻň bǿǻřđ ǻ pǻřķ-bǿųňđ șħųțțŀě, ǻňđ čħěčķ įňțǿ țħě ħǿțěŀ. Țħěỳ đǿň’ț ħǻvě țǿ mįňđ țħěįř ŀųģģǻģě, běčǻųșě ěǻčħ pįěčě ģěțș țǻģģěđ ǻț ỳǿųř ħǿmě ǻįřpǿřț, șǿ țħǻț įț čǻň fǿŀŀǿẅ ỳǿų țǿ ỳǿųř ħǿțěŀ, țħěň ỳǿųř řǿǿm. Ǿňčě ỳǿų ǻřřįvě ǻț țħě pǻřķ, țħěřě ǻřě ňǿ țįčķěțș țǿ ħǻňđ ǿvěř. Jųșț țǻp ỳǿųř MǻģįčBǻňđ ǻț țħě ģǻțě ǻňđ șẅįpě ǿňțǿ țħě řįđěș ỳǿų’vě ǻŀřěǻđỳ řěșěřvěđ. İf ỳǿų’vě ǿpțěđ įň ǿň țħě ẅěb, țħě MǻģįčBǻňđ įș țħě ǿňŀỳ țħįňģ ỳǿų ňěěđ. İț’ș ǻmǻżįňģ ħǿẅ mųčħ fřįčțįǿň Đįșňěỳ ħǻș ěňģįňěěřěđ ǻẅǻỳ: Țħěřě’ș ňǿ ňěěđ țǿ řěňț ǻ čǻř ǿř ẅǻșțě țįmě ǻț țħě bǻģģǻģě čǻřǿųșěŀ. Ỳǿų đǿň’ț ňěěđ țǿ čǻřřỳ čǻșħ, běčǻųșě țħě MǻģįčBǻňđ įș ŀįňķěđ țǿ ỳǿųř čřěđįț čǻřđ. Ỳǿų đǿň’ț ňěěđ țǿ ẅǻįț įň ŀǿňģ ŀįňěș. Ỳǿų đǿň’ț ěvěň ħǻvě țǿ ģǿ țǿ țħě țřǿųbŀě ǿf țǻķįňģ ǿųț ỳǿųř ẅǻŀŀěț ẅħěň ỳǿųř ķįđ ģřǻbș ǻ șțųffěđ Ǿŀǻf, ŀǿǿķș ųp ǻț ỳǿų, ǻňđ přǿmįșěș țǿ bě ģǿǿđ įf ỳǿų’ŀŀ jųșț ŀěț țħěm ħǻvě țħįș ǿňě țħįňģ, pŀěǻșě. Țħįș įș jųșț ẅħǻț țħě ěxpěřįěňčě ŀǿǿķș ŀįķě țǿ ỳǿų, țħě vįșįțǿř. Fǿř Đįșňěỳ, țħě MǻģįčBǻňđș, țħě țħǿųșǻňđș ǿf șěňșǿřș țħěỳ țǻŀķ ẅįțħ, ǻňđ țħě 100 șỳșțěmș ŀįňķěđ țǿģěțħěř țǿ čřěǻțě MỳMǻģįčPŀųș țųřň țħě pǻřķ įňțǿ ǻ ģįǻňț čǿmpųțěř—șțřěǻmįňģ řěǻŀ-țįmě đǻțǻ ǻbǿųț ẅħěřě ģųěșțș ǻřě, ẅħǻț țħěỳ’řě đǿįňģ, ǻňđ ẅħǻț țħěỳ ẅǻňț. İț’ș đěșįģňěđ țǿ ǻňțįčįpǻțě ỳǿųř http://www.wired.com/2015/03/disneymagicband/
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đěșįřěș. Ẅħįčħ mǻķěș įț ěxǻčțŀỳ țħě țỳpě ǿf țħįňģ Ǻppŀě, Fǻčěbǿǿķ, ǻňđ Ģǿǿģŀě ǻřě țřỳįňģ țǿ bųįŀđ. Ěxčěpț Đįșňěỳ Ẅǿřŀđ įșň’ț jųșț ǻň ǻpp ǿř ǻ pħǿňě— įț’ș bǿțħ, ẅřǻppěđ įň ǻň įđěǻŀįżěđ vįșįǿň ǿf ŀįfě țħǻț’ș ǻș șǻfěŀỳ șěŀfčǿňțǻįňěđ ǻș ǻ șňǿẅ ģŀǿbě. Đįșňěỳ įș țħųș ģřǻňțěđ pěřmįșșįǿň țǿ ěxpŀǿřě șěřvįčěș țħǻț mįģħț șěěm įňvǻșįvě ǻňỳẅħěřě ěŀșě. Bųț țħěň, țħǻț’ș țħě țřįčķ: Ěvěřỳ ňěẅ ěxpěřįěňčě ẅįțħ țěčħňǿŀǿģỳ țěňđș țǿ ģěňțŀỳ ňųđģě ǿųř ňǿțįǿňș ǿf ẅħǻț ẅě’řě čǿmfǿřțǻbŀě ẅįțħ.
The Magicband sports RFID and a radio inside, which allows sensors to locate its wearer.
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čřěǻțįvě přǿčěșș įň șěčřěčỳ. Țħįș įș bǿțħ șțřǻțěģįč
ǻňđ čųŀțųřǻŀ: Țħě čǿmpǻňỳ đǿěșň’ț ẅǻňț įțș mǻģįč țǻįňțěđ bỳ țħě měșșỳ řěǻŀįțįěș běħįňđ țħě čųřțǻįň. Țħǻț’ș pǻřțįčųŀǻřŀỳ țřųě ǿf țħě MǻģįčBǻňđș. Pįěčįňģ țǿģěțħěř țħěįř ǿřįģįň řěqųįřěđ mǿřě țħǻň țẅǿ đǿżěň įňțěřvįěẅș ẅįțħ ěxěčųțįvěș ǻț Đįșňěỳ ǻňđ ẅįțħ đěșįģňěřș ǻňđ ěňģįňěěřș ẅħǿ http://www.wired.com/2015/03/disneymagicband/
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ẅǿřķěđ ǿň țħě přǿjěčț bųț čǿųŀđ șpěǻķ ǿňŀỳ ǻňǿňỳmǿųșŀỳ đųě țǿ ňǿňđįșčŀǿșųřě ǻģřěěměňțș. Țħǿųģħ țħě țěǻm běħįňđ țħįș șpřǻẅŀįňģ pŀǻțfǿřm ěvěňțųǻŀŀỳ șẅěŀŀěđ țǿ mǿřě țħǻň 1,000 pěǿpŀě, țħě įđěǻ șțǻřțěđ ỳěǻřș ǻģǿ ẅįțħ ǻ ħǻňđfųŀ ǿf įňșįđěřș. Pěǿpŀě jǿķįňģŀỳ čǻŀŀěđ țħěm țħě Fǻb Fįvě—ǻň ǻŀmǿșț șǻčřįŀěģįǿųș řěfěřěňčě țǿ Mįčķěỳ, Mįňňįě, Đǿňǻŀđ, Ģǿǿfỳ ǻňđ Pŀųțǿ. İň 2008, Měģ Čřǿfțǿň, țħěň přěșįđěňț ǿf Ẅǻŀț Đįșňěỳ Ẅǿřŀđ Řěșǿřț, țǿŀđ țħěm țǿ řǿǿț ǿųț ǻŀŀ țħě fřįčțįǿň ẅįțħįň țħě Đįșňěỳ Ẅǿřŀđ ěxpěřįěňčě. “Ẅě ẅěřě ŀǿǿķįňģ fǿř pǻįň pǿįňțș,” șħě șǻỳș. “Ẅħǻț ǻřě țħě bǻřřįěřș țǿ ģěțțįňģ įňțǿ țħě ěxpěřįěňčě fǻșțěř?” Țħě Fǻb Fįvě ẅěřě ňǿț jųșț İmǻģįňěěřș, țħě đěmįģǿđș ǿf fųň ẅħǿ čřěǻțě Đįșňěỳ’ș ǻțțřǻčțįǿňș. Țħěỳ ǻŀșǿ įňčŀųđěđ ħįģħ-ŀěvěŀ věțěřǻňș ǿf țħě čǿmpǻňỳ’ș șpřǻẅŀįňģ ǿpěřǻțįǿňș đįvįșįǿň, ěxěčųțįvěș įňțįmǻțěŀỳ fǻmįŀįǻř ẅįțħ țħě ģňǻřŀỳ řěǻŀįțįěș ǿf řųňňįňģ țħě pǻřķ—fřǿm čǻțčħįňģ pěǿpŀě țřỳįňģ țǿ șčǻm țħě řįđě-řěșěřvǻțįǿň șỳșțěm țǿ mǻķįňģ șųřě pǻřěňțș ǻřě řěųňįțěđ ẅįțħ ŀǿșț ķįđș. Bųț țħě Fǻb Fįvě’ș ẅǿřķǻđǻỳ řǿŀěș běŀįěđ ǻ ģřǻňđ vįșįǿň fǿř Đįșňěỳ’ș fųțųřě. “Țħěỳ čǻmě bǻčķ ẅįțħ ǻ đřǻẅįňģ ǿf țħě Mǻģįč Ķįňģđǿm ẅįțħǿųț țųřňșțįŀěș,” Čřǿfțǿň șǻỳș. Bųț, șħě ǻđđș, țħěřě ẅǻș ǻ “đǿmįňǿ ěffěčț įň mǻķįňģ ǿňě đěčįșįǿň. Ěvěřỳțħįňģ ẅǻș ẅǿųňđ țǿģěțħěř.” Ňǿ ǿňě ķňěẅ țħįș běțțěř țħǻň Jǿħň Pǻđģěțț. Ħě ẅǻș țħě přǿjěčț’ș mǿșț fǿřčěfųŀ ǻđvǿčǻțě, ǻňđ ħįș ňǻmě ǻppěǻřș fįřșț ǿň mǿřě țħǻň ǻ đǿżěň pǻțěňțș ǻșșǿčįǻțěđ ẅįțħ MỳMǻģįčPŀųș. Ẅįțħįň țħě čǿmpǻňỳ, țħįș čǻșčǻđě ǿf ňěẅ țěčħňǿŀǿģįěș, ǻňđ țħě đřěǻm ǿf ǿvěřħǻųŀįňģ țħě pǻřķ, țħřįŀŀěđ șǿmě ǻňđ țħřěǻțěňěđ ǿțħěřș, ẅħǿ fřěțțěđ ǿvěř țħě șħěěř čǿmpŀěxįțỳ ǿf įț ǻŀŀ. Țħě Fǻb Fįvě đřěẅ pǻřțįčųŀǻř įňșpįřǻțįǿň fřǿm țħě țħěň-ňǻșčěňț ẅěǻřǻbŀěș mǻřķěț. Țħě pǿșșįbįŀįțįěș șěěměđ ňěǻřŀỳ ěňđŀěșș. Țħěỳ ẅěřě ěșpěčįǻŀŀỳ įňțřįģųěđ bỳ țħě Ňįķě ȘpǿřțBǻňđ, ǻ FųěŀBǻňđ přěđěčěșșǿř țħǻț șỳňčěđ ẅįțħ ǻ ħěǻřț řǻțě mǿňįțǿř ǻňđ ǻ pěđǿměțěř įň ỳǿųř șħǿě ǻňđ fěđ đǻțǻ țǿ ǻ ẅřįșț-mǿųňțěđ đįșpŀǻỳ. Ňįķě ẅǻș ųșįňģ įț įň vįřțųǻŀ ěvěňțș ŀįķě țħě Ħųmǻň Řǻčě, ǻ ģŀǿbǻŀ, vįřțųǻŀ 10Ķ řųň țħǻț ųșěđ ẅěǻřěřș’ pěđǿměțěř đǻțǻ. Ẅħǻț įf Đįșňěỳ đįđ șǿměțħįňģ ŀįķě țħǻț, țħě Fǻb Fįvě țħǿųģħț. Ẅħǻț įf ǻ bǻňđ čǿųŀđ bě țħě ķěỳ țħǻț ųňŀǿčķěđ ěvěřỳțħįňģ ǻț http://www.wired.com/2015/03/disneymagicband/
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Đįșňěỳ Ẅǿřŀđ? Țħěỳ ǻșșěmbŀěđ Fřǻňķěňșțěįň-ŀįķě mǿčķ-ųpș ųșįňģ șpǻřě pǻřțș čřįbběđ fřǿm ħǻřđẅǻřě čǻțǻŀǿģș ǻňđ țǿřň-đǿẅň ģǻđģěțș. Țħě țěǻm đěbǻțěđ ẅħěțħěř vįșįțǿřș ẅǿųŀđ ųňŀǿčķ țħě ěxpěřįěňčě ẅįțħ ǻ bǻňđ, ǻ ŀǻňỳǻřđ, ǿř ěvěň ǻ Mįčķěỳ Mǿųșě ħǻț. Țħěįř vįșįǿň fįňǻŀŀỳ běģǻň ŀųřčħįňģ ǿff țħě ẅǿřķběňčħ įň țħě fįřșț mǿňțħș ǿf 2010, įň ǻ đěčǿmmįșșįǿňěđ țħěǻțěř țħǻț ǿňčě ħǿșțěđ țħě Mǿųșěķěțěěřș Ŀįvě Șħǿẅ. “Țħǻț ŀǻb běčǻmě țħě pŀǻčě țǿ șħǿẅčǻșě țħě vįșįǿň,” șǻỳș Ňįčķ Fřǻňķŀįň, ẅħǿ ẅįțħ Čřǿfțǿň ǿvěřșǻẅ țħě țěǻm. “İț běčǻmě țħě bŀųěpřįňț fǿř țħě đěvěŀǿpměňț țěǻmș.” Țħě Fǻb Fįvě ẅěřě șțǻțįǿňěđ įň ǻň ǻřěǻ ǿf țħě pǻřķ đěșįģňěđ țǿ ěvǿķě ǻ șțųđįǿ bǻčķŀǿț. Țħě bųįŀđįňģ įțșěŀf ŀǿǿķěđ ǻ bįț ŀįķě ǻ șmǻŀŀ-țǿẅň mǿvįě ħǿųșě įň țħě 1950ș, čǿmpŀěțě ẅįțħ ǻ mǻřqųěě fřǻměđ įň břįģħț ŀįģħțș. İț ẅǻș fřǿňțěđ ẅįțħ břǿǻđ ẅįňđǿẅș țħǻț ħǻđ běěň bŀǻčķěđ ǿųț, ǻňđ țħě pŀǻčě ǻppěǻřěđ țǿ bě čŀǿșěđ. Țħě běňčħěș ǿųț fřǿňț ǿffěřěđ ǻ qųįěț pŀǻčě ẅħěřě ħǻřřįěđ pǻřěňțș čǿųŀđ řěșț fǿř ǻ mǿměňț, țħěň ỳěŀŀ ǻț pǿųțįňģ čħįŀđřěň: Ẅě čǻmě 3,000 mįŀěș țǿ ģěț ħěřě, ǻňđ ỳǿų ẅįŀŀ ħǻvě ǻ ģǿǿđ țįmě! Țųčķěđ ǻẅǻỳ įň ǻ věșțįbųŀě běħįňđ țħě ģŀǻșș, ẅįțħįň ěǻřșħǿț ǿf țħǿșě ųňșųșpěčțįňģ vįșįțǿřș, ẅěřě 30 ǿř șǿ đěșįģňěřș ǻňđ ěňģįňěěřș ǻřřǻỳěđ ǻț mǻķěșħįfț đěșķș, ħįģħŀỳ șțřěșșěđ ǻňđ ǿččǻșįǿňǻŀŀỳ ħųňģ ǿvěř fřǿm ǻ ňįģħț șpěňț đřǿẅňįňģ țħěįř fřųșțřǻțįǿňș. “İț ẅǻș jųșț ẅěěķș ǻňđ ẅěěķș ǿf ŀǿňģ đǻỳș ǻňđ țřǻvěŀįňģ țǿ Ǿřŀǻňđǿ,” șǻỳș ǿňě čǿňșųŀțǻňț ẅħǿ ẅǿřķěđ ǿň țħě přǿjěčț. “Ǻț țħě ěňđ ǿf đǻỳ, țħě ǿňŀỳ țħįňģ țǿ đǿ ẅǻș đřįňķ ẅįțħ țħě țěǻm.” Țħě ǿbŀįvįǿųș fǻmįŀįěș ẅǻňđěřįňģ pǻșț ǿffěřěđ ǿňě ǿf țħě fěẅ đįvěřșįǿňș fřǿm țħěįř ģřųěŀįňģ ẅǿřķ șčħěđųŀě. İň țħě ěǻřŀỳ șțǻģěș, țħě řǿǿm țħěỳ șħǻřěđ ẅǻș mǻđđěňįňģŀỳ čǿŀđ běčǻųșě țħěỳ čǿųŀđň’ț țųřň ǿff țħě ǺČ. Ěvěřỳǿňě șųșpěčțěđ įț ẅǻș pǻřț ǿf țħě șǻmě șỳșțěm čǿǿŀįňģ ģųěșțș ǻț Țǿỳ Șțǿřỳ Mįđẅǻỳ Mǻňįǻ ňěxț đǿǿř. Ǻňđ měșșįňģ ẅįțħ țħǻț țħěřmǿșțǻț ẅǻș țǻňțǻmǿųňț țǿ șěňđįňģ ǻ čǻșħ čǿẅ țǿ țħě șŀǻųģħțěřħǿųșě. Șǿ țǿ mǻķě ųp fǿř įț, Đįșňěỳ șțǻffěřș ǿffěřěđ mǿųňțǻįňș ǿf șẅěǻțșħįřțș ǻňđ bŀǻňķěțș ǻňđ ģŀǿvěș fřǿm țħě pǻřķ’ș mǻňỳ ģįfț șħǿpș. Đěșpįțě țħě čǿňđįțįǿňș, țħě ẅǿřķ įňčħěđ fǿřẅǻřđ. Ģřěǻț http://www.wired.com/2015/03/disneymagicband/
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șẅǻțħěș ǿf MỳMǻģįčPŀųș—țħě MǻģįčBǻňđș ǻňđ țħěįř řěǻđěřș, ǻŀǿňģ ẅįțħ pįěčěș ǿf țħě ẅěb pǿřțǻŀ fǿř mǻķįňģ řįđě řěșěřvǻțįǿňș—ǻŀřěǻđỳ ẅǿřķěđ. Țħě bǻňđș țħěmșěŀvěș ħǻđ běěň đěșįģňěđ, ǻș ħǻđ țħě ķįǿșķș țħǻț ẅǿųŀđ ŀįģħț ųp ẅįțħ ǻ pŀěǻșįňģ čħįmě ǻňỳțįmě ỳǿų șẅįpěđ. Țħǻț ǻŀřěǻđỳ řěpřěșěňțěđ ǻ șŀěẅ ǿf fěǻțș, čħįěf ǻmǿňģ țħěm țħě MǻģįčBǻňđ’ș ňǿvěŀ țěǻř-ǻẅǻỳ đěșįģň țħǻț ěňșųřěđ țħěỳ’đ fįț ňěǻřŀỳ ěvěřỳ ẅřįșț ǿň țħě pŀǻňěț. Țħě bǻňđ ŀǿǿķș șįmpŀě ěňǿųģħ: ǻ čǿŀǿřfųŀ čěňțěř pǻňěŀ șųřřǿųňđěđ bỳ ǻ đǿvě-ģřǻỳ bǿřđěř. Bųț įf țħě bǻňđ įș měǻňț fǿř ǻ čħįŀđ, ǻ pǻřěňț șįmpŀỳ pěěŀș ǻẅǻỳ țħǻț ģřǻỳ ǿųțěř ěđģě. Ǻđųŀțș čǻň ẅěǻř įț ǻș įș, įňțǻčț. “Ẅě ħǻđ mǿđěŀș řǻňģįňģ fřǿm ẅħǻț ẅě čǻŀŀěđ țħě Șħǻq ẅřįșț țǿ țħǻț ǿf ǻ čħįŀđ, ǻňđ ěvěřỳțħįňģ įň běțẅěěň,” șǻỳș ǻňǿțħěř đěșįģňěř. Đįșňěỳ ẅǻș ǻđǻmǻňț țħǻț țħě bǻňđ’ș đěșįģň řěįňfǿřčě țẅǿ ķěỳ vǻŀųěș: Ěvěřỳǿňě įș ěqųǻŀ įň țħě pǻřķ, ǻňđ ěvěřỳǿňě įș ẅěŀčǿmě.
An illustration of the passes, cards, and maps that the system replaces.
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İț țǿǿķ ǿňě ěňģįňěěř șįx mǿňțħș țǿ ģěț țħě țěǻř-ǻẅǻỳ čħǻňňěŀ jųșț řįģħț: İț ħǻđ țǿ bě ěǻșỳ țǿ țěǻř, bųț įț čǿųŀđň’ț įňǻđvěřțěňțŀỳ čǿmě ǻpǻřț. Měǻňẅħįŀě, țħě řěǻđěřș ħǻđ țǿ bě įňțųįțįvě ěňǿųģħ fǿř pěǿpŀě țǿ įňșțǻňțŀỳ ķňǿẅ ħǿẅ țǿ ųșě țħěm. Țħě đěșįģň ħǻș ǻ ňǿvěŀ ǻňđ čŀěvěř čųě: Șįmpŀỳ țǿųčħ țħě čįřčŀěđ Mįčķěỳ įčǿň ǿň țħě bǻňđ țǿ țħě čįřčŀěđ Mįčķěỳ įčǿň ǿň țħě řěǻđěř. Ẅħěň ěvěřỳțħįňģ ẅǿřķș, țħě řěǻđěř fŀǻșħěș ģřěěň ǻňđ ěmįțș ǻ pŀěǻșįňģ țǿňě; įf șǿměțħįňģ ģǿěș ẅřǿňģ, įț ģŀǿẅș bŀųě— ňěvěř řěđ. Řěđ ŀįģħțș ǻřě fǿřbįđđěň ǻț Đįșňěỳ, ǻș țħěỳ įmpŀỳ șǿměțħįňģ bǻđ ħǻppěňěđ. Ňǿțħįňģ bǻđ čǻň ħǻppěň ǻț Đįșňěỳ Ẅǿřŀđ. Běỳǿňđ țħě věșțįbųŀě, țħřǿųģħ ǻ șěț ǿf đǿųbŀě đǿǿřș, ẅǻș ǻ șǿųňđ șțǻģě ẅįțħ ǻ fųŀŀ-șčǻŀě đěmǿ ǿf țħě řěvǻmpěđ Đįșňěỳ Ẅǿřŀđ ěxpěřįěňčě. İț ẅǻș ǻ čǻvěřňǿųș șpǻčě čǿvěřįňģ 8,000 șqųǻřě fěěț, ẅįțħ 50-fǿǿț čěįŀįňģș. Bỳ 2012 įț ħǻđ běěň đįvįđěđ įňțǿ ǻ đǿżěň ǿř șǿ “řǿǿmș,” ųșįňģ ěňǿřmǿųș bŀǻčķ čųřțǻįňș țħǻț ħųňģ fřǿm țħě čěįŀįňģ. Ěǻčħ řǿǿm șțǿǿđ įň fǿř ǻ șțǻģě įň ǻ vįșįțǿř’ș țřįp, fřǿm țħě ŀįvįňģ řǿǿm ẅħěřě țħě fǻmįŀỳ mįģħț řěșěřvě įțș řįđěș ǿňŀįňě țǿ țħě ħǿțěŀ’ș șħųțțŀě bųș țǿ țħě ħǿțěŀ čħěčķ-įň țǿ țħě ŀįňěș fǿř Șpǻčě Mǿųňțǻįň țǿ țħě fųțųřįșțįč řěșțǻųřǻňț-bǿǿķįňģ șỳșțěm țħěỳ’đ įňvěňțěđ. “Ẅě ẅěřě ųșįňģ țħě įňțěřfǻčěș ǻňđ țěčħňǿŀǿģįěș țħǻț ẅǿųŀđ ųŀțįmǻțěŀỳ ģěț đěpŀǿỳěđ,” Fřǻňķŀįň șǻỳș. Țħįș ẅǻș ǻň x-řǻỳ věřșįǿň ǿf țħě Đįșňěỳ Ẅǿřŀđ ěxpěřįěňčě—ǻ vįěẅ đįřěčțŀỳ įňțǿ țħě bǿňěș ǿf țħě pǻřķ’ș čǿmměřčįǻŀ įňfřǻșțřųčțųřě. Ǻŀŀ țħěșě vįģňěțțěș pŀǻỳįňģ ǿųț ǿň țħě șǿųňđșțǻģě ẅěřě ǻ ẅǻỳ ǿf ģěțțįňģ Đįșňěỳ’ș bǿǻřđ ǿf đįřěčțǿřș țǿ șįģň ǿff ǿň țħě $1 bįŀŀįǿň čǿșț ǿf đěpŀǿỳįňģ țħě fųŀŀ șỳșțěm. Țħě đřěșș řěħěǻřșǻŀ ẅǿřķěđ. Pěǿpŀě ŀįķě ČĚǾ Bǿb İģěř ǻňđ Pįxǻř bǿǻřđ-měmběř Jǿħň Ŀǻșșěțěř, ẅħǿ ẅǻș ňěẅ țǿ Đįșňěỳ ǻňđ ǿň ǻ pǻțħ țǿẅǻřđ řěįňvěňțįňģ įțș ǻňįmǻțįǿň șțųđįǿ, ẅěřě ŀěđ țħřǿųģħ ǻ țẅǿħǿųř țǿųř țħǻț ųňfųřŀěđ ǻččǿřđįňģ țǿ ǻ fǻșțįđįǿųș, čǿňțįňųǿųșŀỳ řěfįňěđ șčřįpț. Țħěỳ ŀǿvěđ įț. Ẅħǻț fǿŀŀǿẅěđ ẅǻș țẅǿ ỳěǻřș ǿf ģřįňđįňģ ẅǿřķ țřǻňșfǿřmįňģ ǻ șčřįpțěđ přǿțǿțỳpě įňțǿ ǻ řěǻŀ-ẅǿřŀđ pěřfǿřmǻňčě, țħěň ǻňǿțħěř 18 mǿňțħș řǿŀŀįňģ įț ǿųț įň țħě pǻřķ. Țħě șǿųňđșțǻģě běčǻmě ǻ țřǻįňįňģ ģřǿųňđ fǿř Đįșňěỳ’ș ěmpŀǿỳěěș, ẅħǿ ǻřě čǻŀŀěđ čǻșț měmběřș. Țǿđǻỳ țħě șǿųňđșțǻģě ħǻș běěň đįșǻșșěmbŀěđ. Țħěřě ǻřě fěẅ pħǿțǿș đǿčųměňțįňģ http://www.wired.com/2015/03/disneymagicband/
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ẅħǻț ħǻppěňěđ țħěřě, đųě țǿ țħě șěčřěčỳ ǿf țħě přǿjěčț ǻňđ Đįșňěỳ’ș mǻňđǻțě țǿ ňěvěř șħǿẅ țħě měșș běħįňđ țħě mǻģįč. Bỳ țħě șųmměř ǿf 2013, ẅħěň MǻģįčBǻňđș fįřșț țřįčķŀěđ įňțǿ pųbŀįč țěșțș, țħěỳ ẅǿųŀđ čħǻňģě ǻŀmǿșț ěvěřỳ đěțǻįŀ ǿf țħě měțįčųŀǿųșŀỳ pŀǿțțěđ čħǿřěǿģřǻpħỳ țħǻț řųŀěș Đįșňěỳ Ẅǿřŀđ įțșěŀf.
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ǿf ǻ fǿřměř vǻřșįțỳ șțǻř ỳǿų ěňčǿųňțěř ǻț ỳǿųř ħįģħ șčħǿǿŀ řěųňįǿň. Ẅħěň ẅě měěț įň ǻ țěŀěčǿňfěřěňčě, ħě’ș ǻț Đįșňěỳ’ș čǿřpǿřǻțě ħěǻđqųǻřțěřș įň Bųřbǻňķ, Čǻŀįfǿřňįǻ, ǻňđ İ’m įň ǻ ŀǻřģě řǿǿm ħįđđěň ẅįțħįň țħě șųppǿřț ẅįňģș ǿf Đįșňěỳ Ẅǿřŀđ, ǻ čǿňțįňěňț ǻẅǻỳ. İ’m șųřřǿųňđěđ bỳ čħǻřțș ǻňđ ģřǻpħș, přǿjěčțěđ ǿňțǿ țħě ẅǻŀŀ, đįșpŀǻỳįňģ ǻŀŀ țħě įňfǿřmǻțįǿň čǿňșțǻňțŀỳ fŀǿẅįňģ įň fřǿm țħě pǻřķ. Ħěřě, běňěǻțħ ǻ șpěčķŀěđ đřǿp čěįŀįňģ, ǻț ǻ ŀǿňģ fǿŀđįňģ țǻbŀě, įň ǻ řǿǿm țħǻț ŀǿǿķș ŀįķě http://www.wired.com/2015/03/disneymagicband/
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įțș běěň șěț fǿř ǻ PȚǺ měěțįňģ, ỳǿų čǻň įmǻģįňě țħě pǻřķ břěǻțħįňģ pěǿpŀě įň, břěǻțħįňģ đǻțǻ ǿųț. Șțǻģģș, ňǿẅ țħě čħįěf ǿpěřǻțįňģ ǿffįčěř ǿf țħě Ẅǻŀț Đįșňěỳ Čǿmpǻňỳ ǻș ǻ ẅħǿŀě ǻňđ ųňțįŀ řěčěňțŀỳ țħě čħǻįřmǻň ǿf Ẅǻŀț Đįșňěỳ Pǻřķș ǻňđ Řěșǿřțș, įș ẅįđěŀỳ țħǿųģħț țǿ bě įň ŀįňě țǿ běčǿmě Đįșňěỳ’ș ňěxț ČĚǾ. Ħě ẅǻș țħě ǿňě ẅħǿ ħǻđ țǿ șěŀŀ İģěř ǻňđ țħě Đįșňěỳ bǿǻřđ ǿň MǻģįčBǻňđ. Ŀįķě mǻňỳ čǿřpǿřǻțě bįģẅįģș, ħě ħǻș ǻ țǻŀěňț fǿř ħįđįňģ řǻđįčǻŀ įđěǻș įň ǻ čŀǿǻķ ǿf șųǻvě čǿmmǿň șěňșě čǻŀįbřǻțěđ țǿ čǻŀm Ẅǻŀŀ Șțřěěț. Bųț ěvěřỳ șěňțěňčě ħě ųțțěřș șěěmș țǿ bě ǻ ķǿǻň țħǻț ěňčǻpșųŀǻțěș ỳěǻřș ǿf țěěțħ-ģňǻșħįňģ ǻbǿųț țħě ěvěř-ěxpǻňđįňģ bǿřđěřș ǿf ħįģħ țěčħňǿŀǿģỳ. Șțǻģģș čǿųčħěș Đįșňěỳ’ș ģǿǻŀș fǿř țħě MǻģįčBǻňđ șỳșțěm įň ǻň ǿŀđ șǻẅ fřǿm Ǻřțħųř Č. Čŀǻřķě. “Ǻňỳ șųffįčįěňțŀỳ ǻđvǻňčěđ țěčħňǿŀǿģỳ įș įňđįșțįňģųįșħǻbŀě fřǿm mǻģįč,” ħě șǻỳș. “Țħǻț’ș ħǿẅ ẅě țħįňķ ǿf įț. İf ẅě čǻň ģěț ǿųț ǿf țħě ẅǻỳ, ǿųř ģųěșțș čǻň čřěǻțě mǿřě měmǿřįěș.” Ħě ǿffěřș ǻ șțǿřỳ ǻbǿųț ħǿẅ ǻ přǿģřǻm čǻŀŀěđ Fǻșț Pǻșșěș ǿňčě ģųǻřǻňțěěđ ǻ řįđě țįmě ǻț přěmįěř ǻțțřǻčțįǿňș ŀįķě Șpǻčě Mǿųňțǻįň. İț ųșěđ țǿ bě țħǻț țħǿșě pǻșșěș ẅěřě įșșųěđ ǻț țħě řįđěș țħěmșěŀvěș, ǻňđ șțǻmpěđ ẅįțħ ǻ đěșįģňǻțěđ řěțųřň țįmě. Ỳǿų ħǻđ țǿ bě țħěřě ẅħěň įț ǿpěňěđ, běčǻųșě pǻșșěș ẅěňț qųįčķŀỳ ǻňđ ųňŀěșș ỳǿų ẅěřě ǻ șčħěđųŀįňģ șǻvǻňț, įț ẅǻș ħǻřđ țǿ ħǿŀđ pǻșșěș fǿř mǿřě țħǻň ǿňě řįđě ǻț ǻ țįmě. Ỳǿų’đ șěě fǻmįŀįěș ẅǻįțįňģ ǿųțșįđě fǿř țħě pǻřķ țǿ ǿpěň, țħěň fǻțħěřș șpřįňțįňģ fǿř ǻ ķįǿșķ țǿ ģěț ěňǿųģħ pǻșșěș fǿř ěvěřỳǿňě įň țħě fǻmįŀỳ. “İ ųșěđ țǿ bě țħǻț șpřįňțěř,” Șțǻģģș șǻỳș. Ỳǿų čǻň șěě ẅħỳ ħě—ǻňđ Đįșňěỳ—ẅǿųŀđ bě șǿ ķěěň ǿň țħě bǻňđș. İňșțěǻđ ǿf țěŀŀįňģ ỳǿųř ķįđ țħǻț ỳǿų’ŀŀ țřỳ țǿ měěț Ěŀșǻ ǿř řįđě İț’ș ǻ Șmǻŀŀ Ẅǿřŀđ, Fřǻňķŀįň șǻỳș, “ỳǿų ģěț țǿ bě țħě ħěřǿ, přǿmįșįňģ ǻ řįđě ǿř ǻ měěț-ǻňđ-ģřěěț ųp fřǿňț. Țħěň ỳǿų čǻň bě fřěěř țǿ ěxpěřįěňčě țħě pǻřķ mǿřě břǿǻđŀỳ. Ỳǿų’řě fřěěđ țǿ țǻķě ǻđvǻňțǻģě ǿf mǿřě řįđěș.” Țħěřě įș ǻň ěŀěģǻňț bųșįňěșș ŀǿģįč ħěřě. Bỳ ģěțțįňģ pěǿpŀě ěxpŀǿřįňģ běỳǿňđ țħě pǻřķ’ș țǿp ǻțțřǻčțįǿňș, ǿvěřǻŀŀ ųșě ǿf țħě pǻřķ ģǿěș ųp. Pěǿpŀě șpěňđ ŀěșș țįmě įň ŀįňě. Țħěỳ’řě đǿįňģ mǿřě, ẅħįčħ měǻňș țħěỳ’řě șpěňđįňģ mǿřě ǻňđ řěměmběřįňģ mǿřě. “Țħě ẅħǿŀě șỳșțěm ģǻvě Đįșňěỳ ǻ ẅǻỳ ǿf ųňđěřșțǻňđįňģ țħě bųșįňěșș,” șǻỳș Fřǻňķŀįň, ẅħǿ șțěppěđ đǿẅň ŀǻșț Jųŀỳ http://www.wired.com/2015/03/disneymagicband/
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ǻș Đįșňěỳ’ș ěxěčųțįvě vįčě přěșįđěňț ǿf ňěxț-ģěňěřǻțįǿň ěxpěřįěňčě. “Ķňǿẅįňģ ẅě ňěěđ mǿřě fǿǿđ ħěřě, ħǿẅ pěǿpŀě ǻřě fŀǿẅįňģ țħřǿųģħ țħě pǻřķ, ħǿẅ pěǿpŀě ǻřě čǿňșųmįňģ țħě ěxpěřįěňțįǻŀ přǿđųčț.” İț ǻŀșǿ ǻŀŀǿẅș Đįșňěỳ țǿ ǿpțįmįżě ěmpŀǿỳěěș. Țħě ģǿǻŀ ẅǻș țǿ čřěǻțě ǻ șỳșțěm țħǻț ẅǿųŀđ ěșșěňțįǻŀŀỳ řěpŀǻčě țħě țįmě șpěňț fįđđŀįňģ ẅįțħ pǻỳměňțș ǻňđ țįčķěțș fǿř mǿměňțș ǿf pěřșǿňǻŀ įňțěřǻčțįǿňș ẅįțħ vįșįțǿřș. Țħě MǻģįčBǻňđș ǻňđ MỳMǻģįčPŀųș ǻŀŀǿẅ ěmpŀǿỳěěș țǿ “mǿvě pǻșț țřǻňșǻčțįǿňș, įňțǿ ǻň įňțěřǻčțįvě șpǻčě, ẅħěřě țħěỳ čǻň pěřșǿňǻŀįżě țħě ěxpěřįěňčě,” Čřǿfțǿň șǻỳș. Ẅħǻț șțǻřțěđ ǻș ǻ ģřǻňđ țěčħňǿŀǿģỳ pŀǻțfǿřm ħǻș įňěvįțǻbŀỳ čħǻňģěđ țħě țěxțųřě ǿf țħě ěxpěřįěňčě. Měǻňẅħįŀě, țħě đįģįțǻŀ ẅǿřŀđ—ǻňđ țħě ěǻșě ẅįțħ ẅħįčħ ẅě čǻřřỳ įț ǻřǿųňđ įň ǿųř pħǿňěș—ħǻș fįŀŀěđ ǿųř ŀįvěș ẅįțħ ňěẅ ěxpěčțǻțįǿňș ǻňđ ěňđŀěșș ěňțěřțǻįňměňț ǿpțįǿňș. “İ čǻň’ț țħįňķ ǿf ǻ bųșįňěșș țħǻț įșň’ț ǻffěčțěđ bỳ mǿřě čħǿįčě ǻňđ mǿřě ǻččěșș țǿ įňfǿřmǻțįǿň ǻňđ ǻň įňčřěǻșįňģ đěșįřě fǿř pěřșǿňǻŀįżǻțįǿň,” șǻỳș Șțǻģģș. Șǿ įf ỳǿų’řě ǻ țħěmě pǻřķ, ỳǿų ħǻvě ǻ șțřǻňģě đįŀěmmǻ țħǻț ěčħǿěș țħě đįŀěmmǻș ẅě fǻčě įň ǿųř đįģįțǻŀ ŀįvěș. “Ẅǻŀț Đįșňěỳ Ẅǿřŀđ įș vǻșț. Țħěřě’ș mǿřě țǿ đǿ țħǻň ỳǿų čǿųŀđ đǿ įň ǻ mǿňțħ,” Șțǻģģș șǻỳș. “Țħǻț čħǿįčě įș ǿvěřẅħěŀmįňģ.”
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The access points glow green when things go as planned, but blue if there’s an exception. You won’t find any alarming shades of red in the Magic Kingdom. MATT STROSHANE/DISNEY
İň fǻčț, įț’ș čǻŀŀěđ țħě pǻřǻđǿx ǿf čħǿįčě: Ỳǿų mǻķě pěǿpŀě ħǻppįěř ňǿț bỳ ģįvįňģ țħěm mǿřě ǿpțįǿňș bųț bỳ șțřįppįňģ ǻẅǻỳ ǻș mǻňỳ ǻș ỳǿų čǻň. Țħě řěđěșįģňěđ Đįșňěỳ Ẅǿřŀđ ěxpěřįěňčě čǿňșțřǻįňș čħǿįčěș bỳ đįșpěřșįňģ țħěm, běģįňňįňģ ŀǿňģ běfǿřě țħě țřįp įș ųňđěř ẅǻỳ. “Țħěřě ǻřě mįșșįǿňș įň ǻ vǻčǻțįǿň,” Șțǻģģș șǻỳș. İň ǿțħěř ẅǿřđș, Đįșňěỳ ķňǿẅș țħǻț pǻřěňțș ǻřřįvě țǿ įțș pǻřķș țħįňķįňģ: Ẅě ħǻvě țǿ ħǻvě țěǻ ẅįțħ Čįňđěřěŀŀǻ, ǻňđ ẅħěřě țħě ħěŀŀ įș țħǻț Bųżż Ŀįģħțỳěǻř țħįňģ, ǻňỳẅǻỳ? İň țħǻț ẅǻỳ, țħě pǻřķ įșň’ț ǻ pŀǻỳģřǿųňđ șǿ mųčħ ǻș ǻ vįđěǿģǻmě, ẅįțħ bǿșșěș țǿ bě čǿňqųěřěđ ǻț ěvěřỳ ŀěvěŀ. Țħě MǻģįčBǻňđș ŀěț ỳǿų șįmpŀỳ șěț ǻň ǻģěňđǻ ǻňđ ŀěț ěvěřỳțħįňģ ěŀșě fŀǿẅ ǻřǿųňđ ẅħǻț ỳǿų’vě șěŀěčțěđ. “İț ŀěțș pěǿpŀě’ș vǻčǻțįǿňș ųňfǿŀđ ňǻțųřǻŀŀỳ,” Șțǻģģș șǻỳș. “Țħě ǻbįŀįțỳ țǿ pŀǻň ǻňđ pěřșǿňǻŀįżě ħǻș ģįvěň ẅǻỳ țǿ șpǿňțǻňěįțỳ.” Ǻňđ țħǻț fěěŀįňģ ǿf ěǻșě, ǻňđ ẅħǻțěvěř fŀǿẅș fřǿm įț, jųșț mįģħț mǻķě ỳǿų mǿřě ǻpț țǿ čǿmě bǻčķ. Ẅįŀŀ țħě ẅǿřŀđ ǻț ŀǻřģě ěvěř běčǿmě șǿměțħįňģ ǻķįň țǿ Đįșňěỳ Ẅǿřŀđ, http://www.wired.com/2015/03/disneymagicband/
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Join the discussion… Bob Koekemoer • 16 days ago
Easier solution: Don't have kids! 52 △
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Warfroggy > Bob Koekemoer • 15 days ago
But you're glad your parents did, right? ;) 6 △
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Bob Koekemoer > Warfroggy • 15 days ago
I'm even more glad they didn't just take me to CPS and demand their money back! 5 △
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PaulyG4 > Bob Koekemoer • 14 days ago
Yeah, and actually go on a real vacation. 4 △
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Guest > PaulyG4 • 10 days ago
;)
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XJ > PaulyG4 • 11 days ago
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PaulyG4 > XJ • 10 days ago
You a fan now or something? 1 △
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XJ > PaulyG4 • 9 days ago
Yup, I am a fan of Disney, my kids loved it. What you say or think has no bearing about whether or not it's a "real vacation". Sorry to burst your little internet bubble. 2 △
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PaulyG4 > XJ • 7 days ago
Yup, I am a fan of Disney, my kids loved it. That's fine but that's not even what I was talking about. Way to pay attention. What you say or think has no bearing about whether or not it's a "real vacation". Sorry to burst your little internet bubble. Yeah, it does. If you don't have kids, it's, literally and figuratively, a Mickey Mouse "vacation". 2 △
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XJ > PaulyG4 • 4 days ago
A vacation is a vacation, a person can vacation to Disney without kids and it's still a "real vacation" to them.
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PaulyG4 > XJ • 3 days ago
Right, because they're poor, uncultured, and unsophisticated. I thought we went over this already. 2 △
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XJ > PaulyG4 • 3 days ago
In your little world, sweetie. Your internet bubble is burst, get over it.
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PaulyG4 > XJ • 3 days ago
You can say whatever you'd like to make yourself feel better, my friend, but the fact is that you vacation in a little kids' theme park. I'm sure your favorite restaurant is something along the lines of Olive Garden, right? Or is that too high class for you?
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XJ > PaulyG4 • 3 days ago
Yeah, I take my kids to Disney, what is that to you? I haven't been to Olive Garden is probably close to three years but even if was my favorite restaurant, what the hell would it matter to you? You would judge me by my restaurant choice? That's why you live in an internet bubble; you ride around on the internet on your imaginary high horse judging people by their preferences and how they spend their money, not realizing your little opinion means nothing to them, only to yourself.
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PaulyG4 > XJ • 3 days ago
Yeah, I take my kids to Disney, what is that to you? How may times do we have to go through this? I haven't been to Olive Garden is probably close to three years but even if was my favorite restaurant, what the hell would it matter to you? It would further prove my point. You would judge me by my restaurant choice? Yes, absolutely. That's why you live in an internet bubble; you ride around on the internet on your imaginary high horse judging people by their preferences and how they spend their money, not realizing your little opinion means nothing to them, only to yourself. Whether you care for my opinion or not is irrelevant. You will still have sh*tty taste either way.
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XJ > PaulyG4 • 3 days ago
Haha, so you admit you're just a judgmental internet troll. Good God, how sad and irrelevant you must be in real life for you to find this as your outlet. Nobody in real life gives two shits about your opinion so you try and force it on the internet. You are so sad.
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PaulyG4 > XJ • 2 days ago
Haha, so you admit you're just a judgmental internet troll I'm a troll? You responded to me, you weirdo. I'm simply stating a fact. Again, you're the one getting all worked because you've come to the realization that your taste sucks. http://www.wired.com/2015/03/disneymagicband/
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Good God, how sad and irrelevant you must be in real life for you to find this as your outlet. Wow, I certainly struck a nerve, didn't I? How ironic that someone who has gotten so irrationally worked up over something so stupid is talking about being sad and irrelevant. I mean, do you not even possess a modicum of selfawareness? This is what you care about? This is what gets you angry? How about you strive to get a better job, or whatever it is that you need to do, so you can afford a real vacation. That might make you a little happier and less emotional. Talk about sad and irrelevant, huh? Nobody in real life gives two shits about your opinion so you try and force it on the internet. 1) Of course they do. I'm better than you. 2) Judging by your obsessive responses and irrational and overlyemotional reaction, you very obviously care a great deal. You are so sad. If I was, I'd vacation at Disney World, right next to you.
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XJ > PaulyG4 • 2 days ago
LOL, okay well while people are enjoying their sh*tty vacations, you can spend your time on the internet trolling for more attention. Rot away in your mom's basement proudly boasting about your great taste and how people should spend their money and time. :) I'm going to go enjoy a *fake* vacation and have a good time doing it, you can continue to wet your little panties about what bad taste I have while I'm enjoying my life.
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isabelcarolinemllr > PaulyG4 • 7 days ago
I'm not a Fan
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kgelner > Bob Koekemoer • 15 days ago
Lots of people go to DisneyLand (and world) without kids. It's actually a very nice vacation, as it's very stress free compared to almost any place on earth... there are a lot of fun things for adults to do there. 4 △
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PaulyG4 > kgelner • 14 days ago
Those are called poor people.
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Those are called poor people. 4 △
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kgelner > PaulyG4 • 14 days ago
Wow, price out a dinner at Victoria & Alberts and then come back to beg forgiveness... I may be done by then laughing at your incredible naiveté. What on earth made you think ANYTHING about Disney is cheap? There is almost no cap on how much you can spend there, if you want luxury... If you are poor, you go to Mexico. There's not really a good "I'm poor" option for Disney like there is in Mexico, as even just to get in the gates is pretty expensive. 11 △
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PaulyG4 > kgelner • 14 days ago
Wow, price out a dinner at Victoria & Alberts and then come back to beg forgiveness... I may be done by then laughing at your incredible naiveté. I'm sure not any more expensive than any restaurant in South Beach or Brickell. And I'm sure nowhere close in quality. Disney has an expensive restaurant. Big deal. What on earth made you think ANYTHING about Disney is cheap? Because, like I alluded to in my first post, that's where poor people vacation. There is almost no cap on how much you can spend there, if you want luxury... Lol luxury. First of all, the majority of people do not experience these luxurious amenities. Secondly, no matter how much "luxury" you waste your money on, you're still in a theme park in freaking Orlando, Florida. There's not really a good "I'm poor" option for Disney like there is in Mexico, as even just to get in the gates is pretty expensive.
I disagree. All the cheap people I know vacation in Disney. 3 △
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didyousaythat > PaulyG4 • 13 days ago
I like to go fishing in a river. That's heaven on earth. 4 △ http://www.wired.com/2015/03/disneymagicband/
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Are You Sure > PaulyG4 • 13 days ago
We'll be flying over from the uk at Christmas for 2 weeks and, if experience from 4 previous visits has taught me one thing, it ain't cheap. Disney plus Universal tickets for 2 weeks $3,000 Discovery Cove plus Seaworld tickets $1,200 Car Rental $1,000 Flights plus Hotel $10,000 And that's before you factor in eating and drinking, shopping, etc. It's going to work out a $20k vacation and if you consider that an option for poor people then you're on something. 1 △
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PaulyG4 > Are You Sure • 13 days ago
Yeah, it's a little different when coming in from overseas. You're excused. My point still stands for Americans, more specifically Floridians. Sorry, I should've made that clearer. 2 △
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jennaz > PaulyG4 • 12 days ago
Our disney vacation, 6 days 5 nights was just about 6 grand without the airfare. 1 △
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PaulyG4 > jennaz • 11 days ago
That's ridiculous. How many people? 1 △
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XJ > PaulyG4 • 11 days ago
You're pathetic, nobody needs to be excused from your judgement nor do they need your approval.
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PaulyG4 > XJ • 10 days ago
If I were pathetic, I'd vacation at Disneyworld, dipsh*t. At least try to pay attention, huh? 1 △
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kgelner > PaulyG4 • 14 days ago
"I'm sure not any more expensive than any restaurant in South Beach or Brickell." http://www.wired.com/2015/03/disneymagicband/
When I've been to South Beach I didn't see a lot of poor people
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When I've been to South Beach I didn't see a lot of poor people (well except for the homeless sleeping on the beach, but they were not in the restaurants) "And I'm sure nowhere close in quality." Having eaten at a number of places in South Beach, you are utterly wrong. The food in South Beach is mostly not very good. You obviously don't like to look up anything but look at Tripadvisor reviews for Victoria & Alberts, and compare them to your South Beach dives: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Res... Of course what also makes V&A better is suit & tie is required, yet another reason you assertion it is for the "poor' is as absurd as your claim the food is better on South Beach. "First of all, the majority of people do not experience these luxurious amenities." The ones without kids do. Snap back to the original point there Pauly Shore. "no matter how much "luxury" you waste your money on, you're still in a theme park" So ignorant... so ignorant. "All the cheap people I know vacation in Disney." Well that's funny because all the people I've ever run into at South Beach were a lot lower class than the adults vacationing alone at Disney... I'll let you have the last response, since you seem to be one of those fellows who simply cannot change his mind, and can't keep to the subject... 1 △
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Bob Koekemoer > kgelner • 13 days ago
The photo of Be Our Guest sums it up fancy decor, well presented staff, but no table cloths. It's clinically designed to extract maximum profit. Obviously these things are subjective, but just because it's expensive and has the veneer of luxury doesn't mean it is luxurious, simply because it's not authentic. 2 △
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utterly wrong. The food in South Beach is mostly not very good. Um, no, I'm not. Either you're eating at the wrong places or your taste really sucks. Judging by the fact that you vacation in Disney World, I'm pretty certain it's mostly the latter. Anyway, South Beach, Brickell, etc., boast plenty of restaurants with world renowned Chefs. Comparing a restaurant at Disney World to restaurants by Scott Conant, Michael Schwartz, Jose Andres, Chef Morimoto, Gaston Acurio, Daniel Boulud, etc., and, then, saying that they're "mostly not very good" is utterly ridiculous and, not only proves that you do not have a clue about what you are talking about, but proves the complete lack of sophistication in your taste. If you think the food in these types of restaurants, which are in abundance in Miami, are "mostly not very good", then, there's something wrong with you. You should seriously look into see more
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WonderZimms > PaulyG4 • 12 hours ago
"All the cheap people I know vacation in Disney." Ah, the good ol' Anecdotal Fallacy. I was wondering when that would show up.
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isabelcarolinemllr > PaulyG4 • 7 days ago
Where is Disney' s Restauran?? You McDonalds sure not? I have away Way before....
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PaulyG4 > isabelcarolinemllr • 7 days ago
What in God's name are you talking about? Did you have a seizure or something? 2 △
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isabelcarolinemllr > PaulyG4 • 7 days ago
In God's name speak not. About he not. But I had a seizure; i hear the peak speak. I had soon Voices take true. Into your Soul Best Regards
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