Walt Disney World: It's Not Just for Kids

Holy cow, it’s December!  This week, Shopping Saturdays is focusing on technology for the adult Disney Fan in your life: Firstly, I recommend gifting a Touring Plans subscription if said fan is going to either Disey World or Disneyland (Hear me wax poetic about Touring Plans here, here, and here). If someone on your list [...]

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In today’s discussion of Android Apps you can use at Disney, I will be discussing two Geolocation services, Foursquare and Gowalla.  Both apps work by you checking into where you are.  At WDW, this can either be used to locate your friends (like, say if you are at a big meet) or to tweet/Facebook out [...]

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As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a longtime fan of the Be Our Guest Podcast.  I’ve been listening to the show since show 4.  As such, when Mike tweeted that their new app* would be available for Android devices in the Android Market, I was wicked excited.  I downloaded it today. So far, I’m pretty impressed.  [...]

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So I decided to quasi-unplug when I was on my cruise. I turned the data off on my phone.  I really didn’t use my phone to text that much as it only worked when we were at sea, not near a port.   Honestly, unplugging was kind of weird.  As you know, my Droid Eris [...]

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This post is part of the Disney Blog Carnival. Head over there to see more great Disney-related posts and articles. w00t! As I’ve mentioned before, this past trip was my first time trying Touring Plans.com or their Lines application.  Lines is utterly incredible.  It has accurate wait times (and downtimes), which were MUCH more accurate [...]

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So, what did I think of the new online ADR systems once I ate? To be honest, I’m pretty much meh. Remember how I checked “other” to indicate I was a vegetarian?  That was apparently the wrong thing to do.  As soon as the cast member seating me saw it, she immediately stated “Oh, you [...]

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As I am happily just over 1 week out, I figured I’d talk about tech on a boat.  Since I wrote my last tech post, Todd wrote two awesome posts about the “connected traveler.”  I took Todd’s suggestion and signed up for Plancast-I’ve imported my Plancast into my Google calendar, making all my plans a [...]

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So, I’ve been trying to figure out the best way to keep in touch with land when I am on my cruise that is in less than one month.  As ship to shore calls are nearly $7 a minute, I decided to call Verizon to see about the costs to use the Cellular at Sea [...]

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Despite not being wowed by Ridemax and Ridehopper, I decided to give a premium subscription at Touring Plans a try.  I really look forward to using Lines in the parks, which was the main reason I subscribed.  Also, they sponsor two of my favorite podcasts, Betamouse and the Be Our Guest Podcast.  I found a [...]

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I have to begin by admitting that I know this review is going to have a flaw:  Ridehopper is the only theme park app I’ve ever tried, so I really don’t have anything to compare it to, you know?  That said, I was pretty meh on Ridehopper.  I paid the $.99 to upgrade it to [...]

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