sshindel
The Epcot Manifesto
Any chance I can get your Epcot one to send in???
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MyMagic+ article from Fast Company magazine
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sshindel
The Epcot Manifesto
I'm pretty sure they get top of the line Elsa's as well. Not 3rd shift Wednesday Elsa. TV Commercial Elsa.
RSoxNo1
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FP+ is a scheduling system that has been met with a significant amount of criticism. Yes it's a technological advancement, but not necessarily a positive one.
Memory Maker did exist in some form, although the RFID component is an enhancement.
Be Our Guest's pre-ordering system - many restaurants allow this, they just didn't tie it to an $80 million website.
Daily itinerary tracking on your smartphone was done years earlier (and better) by @lentesta's company.
For $80 million, Disney has created a website that is just a nicer look version of TouringPlans.com and AllEars.net.
It was on-line, so I'm not sure if it will work a second time.Any chance I can get your Epcot one to send in???
jakeman
Well-Known Member
We take timelines out of it in my job. It refers pretty much only to cost.
sshindel
The Epcot Manifesto
It has also been met with a significant amount of praise.
gmajew
Premium Member
I got an Epcot survey over Spring break this year. I was positive about my interactions with cast members but wrote extremely long reviews and concern about the quality of the pavilions what needed work bad repair issues etc. I held nothing back.
sshindel
The Epcot Manifesto
I fear I'd run out of room in their text box, and I don't know if I'm able to trim down my opinions to anything less than 20,000 words.
jakeman
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They don't allow you to cut and paste your own concept art either.
sshindel
The Epcot Manifesto
Link to Pinterest boards?
What about PML threads?
sshindel
The Epcot Manifesto
I need to bow out of this thread for a while.
I've watched the new Star Wars teaser trailer, and my brain has decided to take a quick holiday into joyful childlike excitement. I doubt I'll be able to form full sentences when I watch it for the 5th time in a minute here.
It's been fun y'all.
I've watched the new Star Wars teaser trailer, and my brain has decided to take a quick holiday into joyful childlike excitement. I doubt I'll be able to form full sentences when I watch it for the 5th time in a minute here.
It's been fun y'all.
You keep referring to WDWs Apple Pay implementation as something that was a strength of the system, I disagree and think this shows the weaknesses and the problems with the system that was deployed. I'll try to explain.
It took WDW over 3 months to deploy Apple Pay from the time of announcement to roll out, this timeline assumes that the WDW team did not know about this before the announcement which they most likely were aware of it before Disney committed to supporting it. It was also only deployed to physical registers and not the wireless scanners used in most restaurants probably to meet the promised "before Christmas" date. NGE was a project in development for years that didn't take into account an NFC payment system that has been around for over a decade, with Google Wallet existing since 2011 and everyone knowing an apple wallet was coming sooner or later. How was a feature like this missed in the initial development of the payment terminals? The answer is that just like all the other promised features of MM+ it probably wasn't missed, just pushed out due to budget and/or deadline reasons. If it took over 3 months to simply read data from an NFC device, I don't see a lot of hope that this system is flexible enough to make future improvements at a reasonable cost.
As someone who also has experience with projects like this ( but nowhere near this scale). My prediction is that what we have today from MM+ is mostly what we will have 5 years from now. From an outsider it appears to me that the entire MDX system is being held together by a thread. Any real changes will be much too expensive to implement because they will risk breaking systems that were quickly cobbled together by too many different groups at the end to meet the IBFW deadline that management claims didn't exist.
Disclaimer since it seems everyone here must declare their love or hate for MM+: I'm indifferent towards it. I use it to my advantage and am ok with it, but I could be just as happy going back to the old kttw system.
You do tend to get a bit long-winded when talking about EPCOT.
hokielutz
Well-Known Member
Some years ago... I didn't mind being a runner for my group or extended family.... (whoever happened to be vacationing with us in WDW at the time) I saw being at the parks before rope drop a necessary duty to ensure everyone had a great time. I would juke and dodge through the throngs of people in order to get the first/next FP's for our group and willingly sacrificed my body for the family's enjoyment. (if they happened to be riding IASW to kill time while I ran to SM/BTMR, then i pitied them)
I've been to WDW twice since the MM+ implementation... and the first time didn't count because I was traveling alone and attempted my own personal ultimate touring plan. What I miss and many will agree is the ability to get tickets for the same attraction more than once a day. What I won't miss is the huffing and puffing to get from one side of the park to the other for FP tickets. Now I can stay with my family the entire time and we enjoy the journey together... except when we are all stuck in the last scene of IASW.
Well, unfortunately, you missed a key point. Just having an NFC terminal does NOT make it compatible with Apple Pay. The software they are using has to accept the token that is generated, instead of the actual CC information. As another example, OfficeMax had the terminals last year, and I tried in February to use it. It looked like it worked, but didn't go through. I talked with their corporate office, and they stated they had to upgrade their software as well, and it would work in March. I went back, and it worked flawlessly. It is very possible that Disney had to go through this same exercise, and got it done in 3 months.
Except you CAN get on more than once. Get there at rope drop, hit the biggies, but have your FP+ scheduled for later in the morning or afternoon, or even evening. You get to ride again. Of course, before, you could get a FP over and over and ride Space Mountain 5 times in one day, but my question is, why would you want to ride ANY ride that many times in one day???
alphac2005
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I just want to say that for some of us, it's just completely unappealing scheduling all of these components of a vacation. I want to stroll around, enjoy things, and not in a position to be beholden to some sort of structured time schedule as I have to do that all year round with my company and family. It appears that I'm in the minority today and not of any concern to the TWC as it pertains to the Florida property.
I found @AustinC 's piece to be quite a good read and didn't have the stench of PR spin, rather, hit some highs and lows of the MM+ developmental track. Always keep in mind that no matter the sources, people are always spinning and there are pieces of the puzzle that are omitted or slanted in ways from any article. Mr. Carr knows this as a journalist and I felt that he really presented a good understanding of his subject matter. Very good balance and as a former journalist, it's always terrific to see a well crafted piece with interesting behind the scenes details!
I found @AustinC 's piece to be quite a good read and didn't have the stench of PR spin, rather, hit some highs and lows of the MM+ developmental track. Always keep in mind that no matter the sources, people are always spinning and there are pieces of the puzzle that are omitted or slanted in ways from any article. Mr. Carr knows this as a journalist and I felt that he really presented a good understanding of his subject matter. Very good balance and as a former journalist, it's always terrific to see a well crafted piece with interesting behind the scenes details!