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6 Days to GOal: Boldly go where no park has gone before!

Posted 05-06-2010 at 08:56 AM by Sandra Bostwick
Updated 05-06-2010 at 09:08 AM by Sandra Bostwick

I am getting ready to leave my beautiful room and go back to Jersey.

The fact that this blog is ending with a trip to Disney is a coincidence. Somehow, though, it seems fitting that a year of considering how Walt Disney’s projects, dreams, and ideals might inspire daily projects would end this way.

I spent some time yesterday with some of the most inspirational cast members, working on a story about the way that WDW uses technology to make the parks and attractions accessible. (More about this later in my trip report. It is exciting stuff, and a dream come true for me to speak to these fascinating people!)

I remember when I was a kid, enjoying the forward-thinking technology notions on the attractions. I can remember when the Kiosks for making computer reservations in Epcot were a big deal! I can remember standing in line for an hour to use a computer program that let you paint various Disney icons. Walt Disney World is, if fact, just one big technological people project that goes on for a long, long time.

Yesterday, though, I got an education on some of the practical uses of technology to keep the World accessible, all in the name of fun, entertainment, and access for all.

I saw a young man who is hearing impaired use a device to see the words that the audio-anamatronic presidents were saying in a computer controlled show! I saw modified attraction cars designed to hold wheelchairs for an attraction that also offers closed caption or audio caption to tell the story of new innovations. It was like technology squared! The layers just magnify the deeper you look!

The possibilities are endless! Today, as I enjoy the rest of my trip, I think I’ll take a few moments to appreciate the people who create, maintain, and use the technology that goes into everything from timing the monorails to ordering the meal by computer at The Contempo Cafe.

And I will also take a few moments to appreciate YOU who used the technology to read this blog today.

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Appreciate them?!?! They would never dream of it! The fact that we take all of what WDW has to help us for granted is the appreciation, I believe, they are looking for. As someone who works with technology all day I prefer to marvel at it. Creating an attracion that allows the hearing impaired to enjoy as well is simple. Doing it with an attracion that has been viewed millions of times and in operation for 20 years........ MAGIC! I am pretty positive they really like showing it all off too.

Posted 05-06-2010 at 12:42 PM by daddyof2princessess daddyof2princessess is offline

	I appreciate everything WDW has to offer but in our particular case, the GAC is a lifesaver for the vacation. We simply would not be able to appreciate anything in WDW without it. Perry (and Tristan too) would not be able to go and the fact that they make it accessible to someone like Perry is, in itself, magical. We appreciate everyone there and everything they do.
	Posted 05-07-2010 at 08:22 AM by Christine43

Christine said:

I appreciate everything WDW has to offer but in our particular case, the GAC is a lifesaver for the vacation. We simply would not be able to appreciate anything in WDW without it. Perry (and Tristan too) would not be able to go and the fact that they make it accessible to someone like Perry is, in itself, magical. We appreciate everyone there and everything they do.