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You know how some people are good at remembering names? Or Number? Or images? Everyone's memory functions differently. You might be able to recall, in vivid detail, a Disneyland trip you took 15 years ago. I darn near forget what I did 15 minutes ago! And, I have my family with me, they like it...

Sony HDR-AZ1. It also has the ability to connect to your smartphone instead of the watch, and even has NFC to make smartphone connection faster.

I am hyper-aware of using a smartphone at an amusement park. I bought a Sony digicam, smaller than a GoPro, and a headband strap to mount it to my baseball cap. It is fairly discrete, 1080HD, records well in low light, and has a smartwatch style wireless controller. With a large memory card, it...

I would assume that the MiFi is a WiFi hotspot? If so, I doubt it would have helped me, as I couldn't activate the app on my Smartphone because it wants to send an SMS which is through your phone number. I think you can activate your app in USA, with an activated app you will be able to log onto...

Great review. We'll be going to China for the first time in September and will be visiting Shanghai Disneyland at the end of our trip for 2 days (our itinerary is Beijing > Xi'an > Luoyang > Zhangjiajie > Hangzhou > Shanghai > Beijing). I'm so excited. Nice! We went at the hottest time of the...

I was able to borrow some Chinese smartphones. You have a great suggestion. I used to have my own Chinese SIM, that is often the best way to go. Just make sure your phone can handle a SIM card from a different provider. Heads up to American visitors: Google services don't work in China, so...

Unfortunately, we didn't have enough time to explore everything. I would've have preferred 2 days at the park and at least one day with a Disney Premier Access, but my wife....... We spent a lot of time standing in lines, like the one for Soarin'.....argh! To me, the theming is fairly robust...

Just came back from Shanghai Disney Resort. Thought I'd share a few observations... Well, I've been coming to China for 18 years, so not much surprises me, I'm accustomed to how things are here. I've heard rumors from other foreigners about SHDR. And sure enough...... Yup, a family helping...

My 11 year old loves the Disney parks, but cares zero about Disney IP characters. He's in it for the thrills. It'll have to be seen if he develops nostalgia for it. These days Disney has to compete for the attention of a society with ADD. When I was a kid we had cap guns, sticks, dirt and if we...

I was able to wrangle up some Chinese mobile phones from friends. The problem for my phone is that I don't have international roaming, so I can't receive SMS access code from the app. I should have done it from home. There is a likely reason that fast pass are hard to find in SHDL, Chinese get...

We're in Shanghai right now, want to visit DL here, but we're using US Android smartphones, hopping around on free WiFi. Trying to register my SHDL app, it wants to send a confirmation code via SMS to my phone number, well, that's not gonna work for us. I'm under the impression that I need the...

We're in Shanghai now, but can't put Chinese apps on our American Android phones, as far as we know. We're you able to install the Chinese app onto a US phone or did you use Chinese phone?

IMO Disney parks traditionally resisted change more than any institution I can think of. Many of the attractions I remember from the late 70's on still exist, or existed until very recently. The recent changes seem sudden in the history of Disney. But, it's a publicly traded company, and people...

On a tech note, CRT also have a curved screen, especially the older ones. Maybe the techs could make a CRT-style monitor using a modern rear projector? My home theater projector has variable shutter that does go full black if no video signal. Those of us who remember Twilight Zone era CRT are...

Another benefit to cold: no flying insects trying to eat you!

We are currently in China, and had planned to visit SH Disney. But my family and I came to the conclusion that the tropical heat here is too much to tolerate. I'm originally from Arizona, so 50c is tolerable to me if the humidity is low, but 41c at 100% humidity in Beijing last week just about...

The ride safety regulations aren't the real issue. I was looking at how the control systems are implemented on the rides (eye roll moment for my family) and I can see that the rides are capable of checking themselves. VFD motor controls, servo feedback, likely current monitoring on everything...

I'll share my take on things from a technical person's perspective. We visited DL recently and my wife and I were absolutely shocked at how frequently the rides failed on us whilst we were on them. Of course, many super popular rides were offline most of the day also. I've been going to DL for...

Hi y'all. Joined just to add to this because since I was a kid I wanted one of these light fixtures (yeah I'm a bit weird). Over the years I have collected the info and parts. Angelo P/N 70180 is still available on eBay from time-to-time. I have collected several of these myself. Good thing...