Recent content by chrisirmo

He's wrong. It's an urban legend.

You're entitled to your opinion, but as an Apple Watch wearer, I've wanted this for a while. It never made sense to me why I needed to wear a separate bracelet when I already had an NFC chip on my wrist. The Express Mode they're using is used by lots of public transit agencies, so it's a tried...

The Sydney airport is the one that went viral. There are actually quite a few installed in NYC, London, Paris, etc.

Why pay for expensive street level real estate when you can move the kitchen either above or below?

I like the kiosks when they’re optional, but despise them in most restaurants because they’ve completely removed the humans who used to take your order. I’m familiar with the kiosks and it still takes me longer to order than a human cashier could do it. My elderly parents are just completely...

Let me guess, it'll be just like every other McDonald's "experience of the future" remodel — more ordering kiosks and fewer humans to take your order (if any at all) and thus MORE time spent ordering your food even though the kitchen can crank it out faster.

I passed the Pop/AoA station this afternoon while it was down (with an Expedition Everest yeti on my shirt). The CM said “it’s broken — just like the yeti on your shirt!” I took that to mean it would be 15-20 years before it was running again. Who knows.

I think a second station across Generation Gap Bridge from the current station would be a perfect addition to connect to Animal Kingdom. With a turn station just south of Hourglass Lake you'd pass directly over Blizzard Beach (perfectly on theme!). That gives CBR, Pop and AoA access to a third...

Seeing as they’re locking down the cables to prep for the hurricane… no.

They’ll be taken off the line and stored behind the station at Caribbean Beach.

Those do look like the generic cast member costumes, but the fact they're not in their final "swoop" costumes leads me to believe we may be farther than two days away from launch. I don't think we're a month away from the first passengers, but more than two days.

I don't think you have a whole panel for a new churro flavor. My money says there's a new dip to go with it.

Are they also announcing a new airline and airport? Or a ferry service? Currently it looks like Eleuthera has a tiny little airport with once-a-day service from Nassau. Or you could opt for a 9-hour ferry ride. Neither of those would serve the needs of an Aulani-sized resort.

Looks like about 1 1/4 miles. Too far for me too.

At first glance, it seemed like it would be a long walk, but sitting down and measuring it it's only about 500 feet longer than the walk to the Contemporary (3000 ft vs 2500 ft).