Upgrades to Agent P's World Showcase Adventure coming later this week

[cspencer96]

The phone itself doesn't trigger the effects. The software on the phone interacts with the servers and the servers trigger the effects. Thus the effects are only triggered when you're in the proper location and sequence within the storyline.

All a downloadable phone app would do would be to interact with the game servers and tell them you want to play. It would then give you options on which country you can start playing in (blocking out options for countries who are at their limit for active game players at that moment) and then it would start the game and advance you through the storyline just like it would if you were on a device that Disney gave you.

-Rob

I think it would be awesome if they would at least give this option. Use some augmented reality stuff, take advantage of how smart current smart phones are. Then they wouldn't have to replace as many of their stock, but would still have it available when the whole family wants to play and, of course, not everyone has a smartphone.

 

[Magicart87]

You know the easiest way to change this with something that has been out for many many years and makes sense....

True.

Man, it's almost criminal NOT to do this! (pun intended) It's so obvious. uGH. In fact, I wouldn't mind seeing this done as a tie-in with a live action movie (as was previously mentioned some 10 years ago) That way, you'd get THIS...the Movie, and a possible M&G. It's a win-win for WS. It's fits so perfectly.

 

[ptaylor]

Just at Epcot now. The phones are Nokia Windows devices in a ruggedized case. Much better than the flip phones.

 

[arko]

Just at Epcot now. The phones are Nokia Windows devices in a ruggedized case. Much better than the flip phones.

interesting, the low cost Nokia windows phones are actually quite good.

 

[wilkeliza]

Saw photos of the new phones. As I am pretty familiar with this attraction (home away from home for 2 years as a CP/seasonal CM) I have already placed bets that this will lead to the death of Agent P. We had a hard enough time keeping the little flip phones in rotation and they were those build tough type phones. With each phone upgrade the phones got less and less sturdy. The drop boxes are all metal boxes that get super hot in the summer. Also many of them have zero padding. I haven't been back to work in about a few months but there was no indication that they were beefing up the padding in the drop boxes. I bet many of these phones are going to either be rendered useless for a little bit from overheating or will have cracked screens in no time.

On top of all that it was hard enough to get little ones to turn back in an old flip phone, I can't imagine the crying fits that are going to happen trying to get little ones to turn back in a shinny new smart phone.

 

[Magic Feather]

Pics Plz

 

[Matt_Black]

If this game gets replaced, they should switch over to a Gravity Falls thing, with the premise being that Dipper and Mabel are traveling the world finding paranormal stuff- sasquatch in Canada, Owlman or Spring-Heeled Jack in London, etc.

 

[wilkeliza]

Pics Plz

Sorry it is big. Not my picture but these seem to be the new phones. I imagine they are going to to walk off more than the old ones ever did. I mean people already steal the batteries and mini-sd cards.

 

[DABIGCHEEZ]

We have never done any of these at any park... is this something geared to a 5-10 year old or a 10-15 or both? How about the ones at MK? Thanks for info.

 

[R2D2 1982]

The new phones should be those nearly indestructible devices they have at the attraction entrances that scan MBs. And then maybe we could hack it to get the new Epcot FP trifecta -- Soarin', Test Track and Living with the Land all in the same day.
(No more 10 minute waits for LWTL, WOOOO!)

Those "devices" are ipods with an rfid scanner inside a big sturdy case... I hate using them... They don't even scan most of the time.

 

[Matt_Black]

We have never done any of these at any park... is this something geared to a 5-10 year old or a 10-15 or both? How about the ones at MK? Thanks for info.

Can't speak for the Agent P game, but Sorcerors of the Magic Kingdom is a card-based strategy game, meaning that I've seen all ages from child to adult play.

 

[Bolt]

Sorry it is big. Not my picture but these seem to be the new phones. I imagine they are going to to walk off more than the old ones ever did. I mean people already steal the batteries and mini-sd cards.

Hip hip hooray for an upgrade!

 

[wilkeliza]

We have never done any of these at any park... is this something geared to a 5-10 year old or a 10-15 or both? How about the ones at MK? Thanks for info.

People of all ages play. If the 10-15 year old like P&F they will like it. The age range it is actually built for is the 8-11 year old boys just like the show. However, any child that can follow directions and can focus for about 30 minutes (more or less depending on the amount of people playing and the mission assigned) they will like it.

 

[cmanley23]

We have never done any of these at any park... is this something geared to a 5-10 year old or a 10-15 or both? How about the ones at MK? Thanks for info.

My kids loved it (8, 13) and my 6 nephews (1, 4, 6, 8, 10, 13) were all into it, not to mention myself wandering around Epcot playing the game when we were last there during Christmas 2012/New Year's 2013. New phones would help this game a bunch, we had problems with the old flip phones locking up all the time, but the game attendants were great about resetting the phone and getting us back to where we were at in the game.

 

[Joshua Hall]

Definitely time for this. I wonder how frequently these phones need to be replaced? Seems to me they would get broken frequently.

They get replaced often, I work at a hotel here in Orlando and you would not, or maybe you would, believe how many of these end up in lost and found.

 

[wilkeliza]

They get replaced often, I work at a hotel here in Orlando and you would not, or maybe you would, believe how many of these end up in lost and found.

They actually aren't replaced that often. There is a margin of lost known by the company and twice a year (if lucky once every quarter) they replace that margin of loss amount but it isn't a weekly thing. If they are broken the one single tech cast member for the game tries to fix them but most are scrapped for parts and chunked if broken.

They try to get all the lost and found phones returned back to Epcot before they will buy any more. It is usually right before Thanksgiving that they will bring the numbers back up.

 

[Texas84]

Nokia Windows phones? They are indestructible but aren't those illegal at WDW?

I have a Nokia Lumia. I love it.

 

[dadddio]

True.

Man, it's almost criminal NOT to do this! (pun intended) It's so obvious. uGH. In fact, I wouldn't mind seeing this done as a tie-in with a live action movie (as was previously mentioned some 10 years ago) That way, you'd get THIS...the Movie, and a possible M&G. It's a win-win for WS. It's fits so perfectly.

Except for the fact that Disney doesn't own Carmen Sandiego.