Apparently a few people have received surveys asking about phone ownership and gauging interest in new in-park apps for SDC. Sounds like something the chain is probably getting ready to do, considering everyone else already does it. The app would provide notices for deals, line wait times, and events among other things.
Too bad I'm still too cheap to pay for anything but regular ole' minutes and a small texting plan. I'm old fashioned for my generation all ready.
I am in the same boat shave! My phone can surf the internet, and text, but apps are out of the question.
With that being said, I find it interesting how much Silver Dollar City has caught up to technology these past few years. First a Mom's Blog, and then Facebook, and Twitter, and now this.
I would totally go for an app like that. My friend and I used the mobile site for the Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World when we went to WDW in January, and it was SUCH a help in picking which park to go to on which day and which rides to race to for Fastpasses and how to plan which rides and areas to go to in which order based on average wait times. While IN the parks, it was hugely helpful learning current wait times based one people's live updates to the site.
Whats an App? are we going to have to start filling out "apP'lications to enter the park? LOL... ::) ::)
I want this app!! It would most likely be free or very cheap if it's not.
Several months ago I had looked into how to create an app and the costs were high for an individual to do this, but HFEC would be able to handle it no problem. I begrudgingly got a Smart phone a few months back, and I love it. I will get the app. It more than likely would include the mentioned wait times, deals etc, but also the pathfinder information, maps, etc.
Quote from: rubedugans on June 10, 2011, 10:45:26 AM
Several months ago I had looked into how to create an app and the costs were high for an individual to do this, but HFEC would be able to handle it no problem. I begrudgingly got a Smart phone a few months back, and I love it. I will get the app. It more than likely would include the mentioned wait times, deals etc, but also the pathfinder information, maps, etc.
Can you imagine a future Rube Dugan posting this hologram somewhere:
Look what I found! A SDC from 2012! How backwards technology was back then! lol