Theme Park Technology on Web Rush #163

John and Craig talk all about the technology you might interact with before and during a visit to a theme park like Disney or Universal Studios. From E-tickets, the color of a light when you swipe your arm band, dealing with edge cases, to tracking animal's bowel movements - technology is everywhere at theme parks.

Direct link to the episode.

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  title: 'Theme Park Technology',
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Recording date: Nov 19, 2021

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Brought to you by

• AG Grid

• IdeaBlade

Resources:

• Portion of the world with disabilities
• Aria
• Semantic HTML
• Building Websites with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript: Getting Started
• HTML5 Fundamentals
• Disney World Web Site
• Rise of the Resistance
• Geofencing
• Disney World mobile app
• Caniuse.com
• Disney World photopass
• Harry Potter’s Forbidden Journey
• Universal Orlando
• Geolocation API
• Mobile ordering at Be Our Guest

Timejumps

• 00:37 Topic introduction
• 01:55 Technology is everywhere at theme parks
• 03:30 E Tickets
• 04:38 What system has the biggest influence on your experience?
• 06:55 Have you ever seen a purple light?
• 07:42 Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 08:44 The Magic bands
• 12:29 It all starts on the web site
• 16:06 Using semantic HTML
• 18:55 Communicating with backend systems
• 21:24 Dealing with edge cases
• 24:38 What about the mobile app?
• 29:20 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
• 30:22 Phones and Watches to unlock
• 31:52 Technology inside the park
• 35:59 Purchasing systems
• 37:01 The poop app
• 39:10 Food and restaurants

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.