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My recollection is that my APs have always had both barcodes and mag strips on them. When the mag strip won't read at the turnstile, the CM always just scans the barcode and lets me in. The only reason I've ever bothered to replace a demagnized AP is that they won't work in the FP machines...

You may have a point regarding this site in general. But the comments in this thread (so far) haven't really been particularly critical. Certainly this: does not even remotely characterize any of the comments in the thread. I would also point out that Disney has made a concerted effort to...

JetBlue is the only airline I'm aware of that is in the same "discount" class as AirTran, but also lets you pick your seats. They also have better on-board amenities than most of the major carriers, including free satellite TV and radio at every seat, I believe on every flight. Note that...

I think the same could be said of the existing process. The main reason it's so difficult now (I think) is that on any given day, the vast majority of people entering the parks are people who have not entered recently - IE people who are not used to the process. Most will probably get used to...

That's easily fixed. We just need an passholder-only gate, located somewhere that other guests would never go. Of course then we'd need passholder-only parking for that gate, away from everyone else. And once all that infrastructure is in place, we'll have everything necessary to implement...

I've never actually seen 2 or 3 machines in a row running and the others closed. What I do see almost every time I go is just one or two machines being used despite all of them being open, apparently because the guests just don't know any better. And my concern is that, based solely on the...

It's not clear to me from the photo how it works or in what way it would be better. Anyone who's ever passed through a WDW turnstile knows that the greatest source of delay is guest confusion, driven by people who don't understand how to use the card reader and finger-print scanner, as well as...

Pretty funny. Come to think of it, I've seen many a 3-year-old (and even a few 6-year-olds) cured of their love of dinosaurs on that ride. At least your story involved a child... My embarrassing moment took place at Universal rather than WDW, and was pretty much the opposite of what you...

We'll sometimes watch shuttle launches while listening to the NASA audio feed on the TV. This feed includes periodic updates of how far the shuttle is downrange minute by minute. During night launches, you can still see it when they are saying the vehicle is 600+ miles downrange - although at...

I saw a bunch of people with those green "I'm celebrating" buttons just last weekend.

I wasn't aware it was up for debate either. I and most people I know consider quality of life to be (in general) inversely proportional to population density. I guess I never even considered the possibility that there was another side. Having lived both in an urban setting in college, and...

I live in Melbourne also, and I would certainly consider taking HSR if it there was a chance it would save me money or even be cost-neutral. But everything I've heard leads me to believe that a ticket is going to cost at least as much per person as you would spend on gas and tolls to drive...

I know you didn't ask me, but the only real parallel I see is with the likelihood of cost overruns. I'm not from that area, but as I understand it the Big Dig was needed, and is heavily used, both of which sharply distinguish it from the FL rail project. Where they are similar is that the cost...

Sorry, not my intent - that was my fault for the way I worded it. I agree with you, and disagree with those pushing HSR and vilifying Scott for killing it.

I don't think they're the only ones, just the most prominent. However they also provide the best example of what I was talking about. A high-speed line between two points as close together as Tampa and Orlando makes not sense to begin with. Adding a station in between, at WDW, just makes it...

You're probably right, and you're not the first one to make that observation in this thread. However, unless you feel like high density is something to shoot for rather than be avoided, this is just another compelling argument against the HSR not for it. Asking people to pony up billions in...

It's probably a special case because of the BW "entertainment district", or whatever they call it, but I understand that BW parking is free period. I was there just last weekend (for the first time actually), told the guard why I was there and asked if there was separate parking for non-resort...

I think Disney knows a little bit more than you're giving them credit for. I'm sure from their perspective, parking at the parks costs more because it's worth more. I dare say it's a lot easier to get even into MK from their parking lot that it is to get anywhere from DTD or the water parks...

And that was exactly the difference between 2000 and 2003, numbers. The 2000 ballot initiative came before a state constitution change requiring economic impact disclosures with such initiatives.

Florida HSR was initiated via a voter referendum. It passed the first time. The ballot initiative process was later changed to require certain disclosures that were omitted in that first go around, and it was brought up again. This time it was defeated. And that was at a time when the state...