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[Wolfhunt]

Disney's own app for the iPhone, Disney's Mobile Magic, is now available on all iPhone carriers. This was previously only available with Verizon. If you have the Verizon version it will have extra premium features.

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[Colexis Mom]

Thanks for the info! Downloading it now!

[Dave Marx]

Thanks for the heads up! With research visits coming up at both WDW and DLR, it'll be fun to take it through its paces.

[sakana]

Usually iPhone apps work on iTouch 4's, but not this one Oh, well!

[Dave Marx]

I'd guess they only want this to work for folks with phone/data plans. I just tried to bring it into my WiFi-only iPad, and it says, "This app is incompatible with iPad."

[baileygirlsmom]

Me too Dave!

[queenofheartsfan]

Cool - thanks for the info!

[BelmontBelle]

Awesome! Answers my previous post, thank you!

[DisneyKYFan]

Awesome, thanks for the info! I'm going to download it now.

[Mystic6]

I downloaded it earlier today. Does anyone know if the ride wait times are more specific if you are actually in a park? I did see the popup about more features when you visit a park. The article states "accurate wait times", but all I see is "See now", "Moderate" or "High Demand".

[Dave Marx]

I can't say from experience (try me in a couple of weeks), but my impression is that you do get actual times once you're in the park.

I have a suspicion that they're doing that on purpose, and have several theories (and one doesn't preclude the other).

First is to reduce what I might call "flocking." If you're at home (if you're a local) or at the resort bus stop, if you knew the wait time, it would affect your decision as to which park to visit (and everyone else's). That can lead to unexpectedly heavy traffic in one park or the other.

The other has to do with "data mining." If the competition could routinely monitor the actual queue conditions they can learn all sorts of things, up to and including a fair estimate of park attendance, Disney would be revealing something they've kept secret for the past 55 years. And if sites like Touring Plans could get their data without having reporters in the parks... It reinforces the difference between the "quality official source," and the "unofficial, less reliable sources."

Yeah, a "reporter" inside the park can still collect the actual wait times, but it's unlikely to be the 24/7/365 situation that would exist if that data could be collected by a computer outside the park. And, at least management can say they took steps to avoid what mining they could.

[Mystic6]

Thanks Dave, that makes sense! I was kind of hoping to be able to compare it to the Lines and Undercover Tourist apps to see how accurate they were.

[figment1]

That is great news! Thanks!

[Mystic]

Unfortunately it's only available to US iPhone users!