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The above story was made with the new Story app from Disney.
And here’s another one:
Walt’s Magical Adventure
The images in Walt’s Magical Adventure were created in Disney’s HAPPINESSCAM app.
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Do you look forward to more of Disney’s next generation advances like “MyMagic+”?
Tom Staggs, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman, wrote about MyMagic+ today on the Disney Parks blog:
“A major component of MyMagic+ is the new My Disney Experience website and mobile app, which gives guests planning their trip the latest information on all Walt Disney World Resort has to offer. We know that some people like to plan every aspect of their Disney vacation in advance while others like to plan very little, letting their day unfold spontaneously.”
“No matter where guests fall in that spectrum, My Disney Experience gives them the flexibility to plan as much or as little as they’d like to create the exact Disney experience they want. They can book dining and other experiences and reserve times for their favorite attractions, shows and more through an enhanced FastPass system, FastPass+. Once they arrive, they can use their smart phones to spontaneously change their plans in the moment, exploring our parks at their own pace and getting the most out of their visit.”
Articles:
“Disney unveils ‘MyMagic+,’ the centerpiece of its sweeping NextGen technology project” – Orlando Sentinel
“At Disney Parks, a Bracelet Meant to Build Loyalty (and Sales)” – New York Times
One bracelet to rule them all! ^_^ My preciousssss…
If you’ve ever read “Down & Out in the Magic Kingdom”, it seems we’re on our way to what Cory Doctorow wrote as science fiction years ago.
Here’s a thought: Guys! Guys! MyMagic+ can be abbreviated to MM+! (MickeyMouse) (MinnieMouse)
What are your thoughts on NextGen and MyMagic+ — leave a reply below or follow me (DisneyEcho) on Twitter and leave a comment there!
Crunchy numbers
4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This Disney Echo blog had 28,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 6 Film Festivals. But probably not very well.
Disney Echo readers are weird. Or maybe I’m weird, I forget. But here are the posts that somehow got the most views in 2012:
Subliminal Message in Disney Tangled Marketing
New Official Disney Parks iPhone App Features Augmented Reality And Official Wait Times
Free iPhone app lets you zoom while recording
Disney rereleases classic Song of the South
Lego Store at Disneyland’s Downtown Disney
iPhone — The Missing Manual for iOS 6, iPhone 5 and earlier iPhones
Siri vs Siri: The battle of the iPhone 5 turn-by-turn navigation apps
Thanks, everyone, for a wonderful year!
This sounds like a bug that needs to be fixed by Apple… (pun intended).
On your iPhone’s music player (either the default one or the optional Podcasts app), if the app’s volume is set all the way down (or close to it), you won’t hear some alert sounds — including incoming phone call alerts! You can test this and (not) hear it for yourself: Lower the Podcasts or iPod Music player app’s volume to zero on your iPhone, then in Settings >;;;>;;; Sounds tap on any of your chosen or default ringtones, text tones, or alert sounds. For most of them you won’t hear anything until you make the Podcasts/music player app’s volume somewhere other than all the way over to screen left (silent). The Mute switch’s position doesn’t matter.
I had this problem and discovered the solution on Apple’s Support Communities discussion forum here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4325586?start=45&tstart=0
I imagine this is for all iOS 6 devices, but I’ve only tested it with iPhone 5 running iOS 6.0.1. Let me know in a reply if you’ve noticed this on your Apple iDevice, too.
Update: Now that I’ve done the bug fix (using the method above) on my iPhone, the bug is not reappearing. I tested it on a friend’s iPhone 5 (running iOS 6.1.1 like mine is) and the same problem with sounds was on his. This might be an intermittent bug. Also, when in the Sounds area of the Settings app, be sure to test it with more than just one type of sound—try it with Ringtone, Text Tone, New Voicemail, etc.
Update 2: Another friend also running the newest version of iOS 6 tried this on her iPhone 4S and has the same bug. A different friend with an iPhone 4 who did not upgrade to iOS 6 yet doesn’t have the bug on his iPhone.
It’s here! The latest version of David Pogue’s iPhone: The Missing Manual
With the iOS 6 software and the new iPhone 5, Apple has two world-class hits on its hands. This sleek, highly refined pocket computer comes with everything—cellphone, iPod, Internet, camcorder—except a printed manual. Fortunately, David Pogue is back with this expanded edition of his witty, full-color guide: the world’s most popular iPhone book.
The important stuff you need to know:
• The iPhone 5. This book unearths all the secrets of the newest iPhone. Taller screen, faster chip, 4G LTE Internet, thinner than ever.
• The iOS 6 software. Older iPhones gain Do Not Disturb, the new Maps app, shared Photo Streams, camera panoramas, smarter Siri, and about 197 more new features. It’s all here.
• The apps. That catalog of 750,000 add-on programs makes the iPhone’s phone features almost secondary. Now you’ll know how to find, manage, and exploit those apps.
The iPhone may be the world’s coolest computer, but it’s still a computer, with all of a computer’s complexities. iPhone: The Missing Manual is a funny, gorgeously illustrated guide to the tips, shortcuts, and workarounds that will turn you, too, into an iPhone addict.
Also take a look at my blog post written last year about how I became the tech editor for this helpful and informative book.
Order iPhone: The Missing Manual
Update: Thanks, David!
Siri says this Thursday is her birthday! She was born with the iPhone 4S on October 4, 2011.
#Siri says this Thursday is her birthday! Born with the #iPhone 4S on October 4, 2011. 🎉🎊🍼👶🎂 lockerz.com/s/248897220 lockerz.com/s/248897229—
Rich Koster (@DisneyEcho) September 30, 2012
She’s a sly little minx! I think Siri works on commission…
I just got my iPhone 5, a white one like my iPhone 4S, and decided to have some fun with it.
I multitasked the Waze and built-in Maps apps to hear the two Siri voices battle it out giving me directions. Sometimes Siri in the new Maps app speaks with a slightly-higher pitch than the same voice in Waze. They also use different phrases to give directions, and not always at the same time. When they both try to talk at once, one will interrupt the other like they’re fighting over who will tell me something. ^_^ #GeekFun
A beloved restaurant and bar along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, known for its award-winning barbeque, burned to the ground on February 12, 2012. But it lives on despite that.
The only portion of The Shed BBQ and Blues Joint left standing was the original, tiny shed building that owner Brad Orrison built from, as he said, “stuff that I found.” Today, even that shed is burned and unusable.
The Shed posted on its Facebook page: “SHEDHEDS! We WILL rebuild and we WILL start slingin some QUE! The Original Shed may be gone, but it’s alive and well in the hearts and bellies of everyone that walked through those doors over the last 10 years.”
And that is indeed true. We visited The Shed this weekend and saw the charred remains of the old buildings…
…as well as what has temporarily been built to replace it.
One version of their logo now features flames around the happy Shed pig.
Ironically, last year The Shed was featured on the Food Network’s “Best in Smoke” TV show.
There’s still smoke there now, but not so much from the blackened ruins as from the new makeshift kitchen where pork, beef, sausage and chicken are slow-cooked over a wood-burning fire.
As their official website now says, “The Shed BBQ & Blues Joint Ocean Springs is open—in fact we never stopped smokin! We just had a slight meltdown. The Shed has setup ‘tempanent’ ShedStyle for temporary and permanent facilities down by the bayou so come Get Fed! Our hours are from 11 am – 9 pm 7 days a week and we still have music on Friday and Saturday. Check out our YouTube Channel or our Facebook page to keep up to date. We will see you soon!”
Yep, blues music still plays through the speakers, the stage for the live music is now relocated at the old boat ramp on the bayou,…
…the beer is nice and cold, and the BBQ is as good as ever.
It all tasted and felt just as good to be there as the other times we enjoyed The Shed, when we took the pictures below:
Watch this YouTube video to take a tour of The Shed.
Luckily, it’s still a great time to get fed at The Shed!
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