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Don't Forget Your DS Next Time You Go To Disney!

dsfanboy.com — Here is an article and the very first screens of the downloadable ds tour guide of the magical kingdom.....where can you download it?.....at the kingdom itself.....take a look at the screens and decide for yourself if its worth the effort!

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  • ShockwaveV, on 01/24/2008, -3/+48It's a good idea in theory. Just one problem with it, though. "Ohh mommy, I wanna play Nintendogs on Space Mountain. Yaaaaaaayyyyyy... Noooooooooooooo!"
    • adamrgolf, on 01/24/2008, -3/+2thou shalt have own ds
    • kmckanna, on 01/24/2008, -12/+1So what you're saying is he will scream like this?:

      http://darthno.ytmnd.com/
      • schavira, on 01/24/2008, -1/+2Go back to 2005.
        • kmckanna, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2Go back to 1999 when using that kind of joke was somewhat "funny."
    • Darthyoshiboy, on 01/24/2008, -0/+8The pamphlet in the article says that the software puts itself into sleep mode before getting on to attractions.
    • Shorties, on 01/24/2008, -0/+11The fact that you can find out what the wait times in real time make the whole thing worth it!
    • YoctoYotta, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1Currently, the DS Disney is using is not standard. There's a piece of hardware attached to the bottom where the GBA slot is, assumably a GPS unit. It would be nice to be able to bring your own DS or multiple DSs for a family, but I think Disney will be renting these out instead for the foreseeable future, IF it launches publicly.
      • Murdats, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2ever think that the gps unit could be put in the GBA slot of any ds?
        after all it is also for expansion stuff (extra memory for browser, rumble, and other stuff)
        • YoctoYotta, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1Yeah, I did think that. That would be cool. Shame Disney isn't doing that. If Disney wanted to do so, they'd either have to charge a deposit or sell the hardware, neither of which I object to.
  • LordofChaosIori, on 01/24/2008, -3/+86We're one small step closer to a Nintendo-themed game park... please, someone make it happen.
    • WhereAmI, on 01/24/2008, -16/+1Start designing the rides and pitch it to Nintendo. Get a location and a business plan going. If by all of your calculations that 20 Mario rides is profitable, then all is well.
      • thrikulam, on 01/24/2008, -2/+1While you're at it, put a down payment on said location. And be sure to enlist the entrepreneurial advice of Donald Trump. If by those calculations you figure that this plan would be profitable... then all is well.
      • theragu40, on 01/24/2008, -0/+5If you were trying to be serious...you failed.
        If you were trying to be funny...well, you still failed. Sorry.
    • JRW5061, on 01/24/2008, -2/+10LOL that would be so awesome. I can picture it now. Excite Bike merry go round, Epona petting zoo, Mario kart go karts, guys walking around in mario and Link costumes.
      • Urusai, on 01/24/2008, -1/+10I want to stomp turtles and mushrooms!
    • TypeEE, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1Please add Mario, Link, Mushrooms to disney worl
    • FreydNot, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1Put me down for the Mario Carts
  • Poltron, on 01/24/2008, -9/+3now we wait.
  • Falldog, on 01/24/2008, -18/+3Still not enough to make me visit Disney.
    • kiiwii, on 01/24/2008, -2/+17If you put aside your blind hated for corporations and gave it a try you might realize how great a place it is to visit, young or old.
    • Seafea, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2Your loss. You're really missin out though. Disneyworld is awesome, and this is a pretty interesting application for a DS.
    • YoctoYotta, on 01/24/2008, -0/+5Yeah, Disney World as an architectural undertaking is amazing in and of itself. The rides and attractions are just the icing on the cake, an damn good icing.
    • Elranzer, on 01/24/2008, -0/+4Here's a Disney World tip if you're older (18+):

      Go during the back-to-school season (September through mid-November).

      Late-September starts the Food & Wine Festival - international food and wine samples found all around Epcot. The weather is cool, clear, and slightly dryer (Florida's version of Autumn). The lines are non-existent due to the Fall being the least-popular time to take family vacations. You can get on rides such as Splash Mountain, which normally has a three-hour wait, in 10 minutes or less. Great time to go as an adult. Plenty of other young adults and couples from around the USA (and the world) to converse with, without children everywhere.

      As far as I'm concerned, it's the only way to enjoy Disney World if you're an adult traveler with no kids.
      • YoctoYotta, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2I agree 100%, the light crowds are awesome. The only bummer is they close a higher volume of rides for refurbishing during that time of the year, too, so you might miss out on some really cool attractions.
  • typicalusername, on 01/24/2008, -8/+64You gotta rent a damn flash card for it!? WTF? Another thing that Disney will charge me $50 to $100 to rent out. No thank you. Give me a ***** paper that's free, and I'll play games on DS when I'm waiting in the ***** huge lines!
    • sinizuh, on 01/24/2008, -0/+24If Nintendo can set up download station in EBs, why can't they set up one to download a guide in Disneyland? It's pretty much the exact same thing.
      • YoctoYotta, on 01/24/2008, -0/+6This DS in the article has GPS (or some kind of wifi triangulation) built in, which requires a bit of hardware that's sticking out where the GBA slot is. Using a personal DS would be nice though.
    • chiller2002, on 01/24/2008, -0/+7FastPass!
    • gewf631, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3Great concept, but just another way for Disney to rape its customers. Just visited Disneyworld on Monday - customer service is gone, prices have increased, and park maintenance is becoming a joke (monorail broke-down just as the park was closing - took 2 hours to get to my car and leave).
      • cdnbmatt, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1Funny...I was just there a little under two weeks ago and had pretty much the exact opposite experience as you. Mechanical issues can happen any place at any time regardless of how well something is maintained.
    • BurntToast, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1Did you guys even READ? It's a test still... it's not fully launched yet. They are not letting peple use their own DS, it's a customized one currently that they use for TESTING. Geeze.
  • kiiwii, on 01/24/2008, -0/+47The article doesn't mention that you can't use your own DS, you rent a GPS customized DS from Disney.

    It's a great idea, but you should also be able to use your own DS with limited functionality. Just knowing the wait times for the rides throughout the park would be great. The GPS functionality is really cool, but even without it there's a lot that could be done.
    • DPowers08, on 01/24/2008, -0/+26"Don't Forget Your DS Next Time You Go To Disney!"
      Or do, since you can't use your own.
    • jgoodstein, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1I imagine they will make just the cartridge available for rent or purchase, and you will be able to use your own DS. they already have a mickeymouse doll that does the same stuff.
  • SEGA4life, on 01/24/2008, -1/+4Amazing Idea.
  • clearzen, on 01/24/2008, -4/+10Did anyone notice the Disney ads on digg today?
    • DarthSupero, on 01/24/2008, -3/+19No, and neither should you.

      AdBlock, of course.
    • TheWorm, on 01/24/2008, -3/+9Whenever someone mentions ads you just know there will be that one holier than thou douchebag who tries to tell you you're a moron if you don't use adblock. Not calling the guy above me a douchebag, but seriously, not everyone uses Firefox.
      • Twee, on 01/24/2008, -1/+4I use Safari because Firefox doesn't render a lot of pages with embedded flash videos correctly.
      • gd1z, on 01/25/2008, -1/+1Other browsers have ad blockers as well.
  • sarge96, on 01/24/2008, -8/+4Smoking sign on a kids toy?
  • scabbers, on 01/24/2008, -4/+12Inaccurate title, so I'm going to bury the living ***** out of this thing. With one minus digg.
  • Fanrir, on 01/24/2008, -7/+4I like the Smoking icon in the menu. Because you know all 9 year olds need to know where to get their next nic' fix.
  • johnstar, on 01/24/2008, -0/+5using wifi beacons it could give a sudo gps that would rock!
  • Number23, on 01/24/2008, -1/+38One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. "Oh, no," I said. "Disneyland burned down." He cried and cried, but I think that deep down, he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting pretty late.
    - Jack Handy
    • smpx, on 01/24/2008, -1/+1It was a goof, and a pretty good goof at that.
  • elislider, on 01/24/2008, -7/+0wtf you have to rent a ds from them? yeah thats gonna go over well. if disney could be known for anything, its taking the most basic and crappy of products (like a tiny crt tv or stupid video game) and producing their own unique, *****, colorful, and themed version of it specifically for disney and make it cost more than it should. So idk why they would bother using the DS as the platform if theyre not gonna let people use their own. why not make it the PSP so its twice as expensive?! This would be like if they made their parks navigable by car, yet you cant bring your own car in NOOO you have to use their special benz/lexus. my analogy would only makes sense if they made you rent a golf cart made by kia/hyundai/daewoo
  • JRW5061, on 01/24/2008, -2/+2Very cool. I really hope Nintendo starts to do more and more things like this with the DS. Great idea nintendo this is why I love you. Always innovating.
  • DaveMode, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2I got a chance to actually test/play with this system at Disney World a couple of months ago. I would say to a family that has at least one registered Digg member in it, it would be completely awesome. To your average sweaty tourist...not so much.
  • vividblurry, on 01/24/2008, -1/+0Neato - I'm going to Disney in September - yay!
    • Bamborzled, on 01/24/2008, -2/+1"Neato"? Wow, that's a throwback to the... 90s? 80s? 70s?
  • bonlebon, on 01/24/2008, -2/+1Also remember to tell the characters that touching you there is a big NO NO.
  • Khast, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2What they ought to do, is license a "DS" pamphlet, that you could buy as a souvenir. Kind of like the maps, but digital, having the full map of the park, and photos, minigames, ect. (Marketing idea.) Download for free, but if you buy a hardcopy, you can keep it. (I'd be in, as I love corny souvenirs.)
  • DeFex, on 01/24/2008, -8/+3good idea except who the hell would want to go there? disney is part of the RIAA cartell.
  • bonlebon, on 01/24/2008, -1/+312:42 am...??? daaaamn!!!
  • merdiesel, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1That is awesome... great idea.
  • marcomc2, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1How cool is this...Wow, man..
    If I was a little kid and went to Disney World like that it would have been truly magical.
  • kevro, on 01/24/2008, -1/+3I want a GPS pack for my DS and a game that has you going on real world quests!! gaming, exploring and fitness....cool.
  • bxblox, on 01/24/2008, -0/+5buried as totally freakin inaccurate title... it should read "Forget Your DS Next Time You Go To Disney!" cuz you're gonna have to rent one from them...
  • dewdrinker19, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3Not trying to bring attention to the article I posted yesterday on same topic, but WAY MORE SCREENS AND INFO...

    http://forums.wdwmagic.com/showthread.php?t=265097 ...
  • robwolf100, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1During the theatrical release of Pirates 3, Disneyland had a station were you could bring your psp and a copy of the latest pirates game and download exclusive content.
  • qtpheonix, on 01/24/2008, -1/+0o man... :D i wonder if they're gonna have this at disneyworld or all the other disney resorts? that'll be great... although bringing ur ds to disney is another thing to pack in the bag which would be less room for all the great disney goodies...
  • cmTaryn, on 01/24/2008, -1/+0These pictures were stolen from a forum I post at. For the original pics and a more in-depth review, start at post #95 here: http://forums.wdwmagic.com/showthread.php?t=265097 ...
  • elishagrey, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1Cool concept BUT the DS screens are horrible in direct sun light.
  • Iggins, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1I can only imagine what the big cigarette button does...
  • supermanred, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2They should make a mobile web app, seeing as most people have celphones and not everyone has a DS
  • Slayerdude51982, on 01/24/2008, -0/+0Well I'm going down to Disney in June and thought this would be a cool idea as that I can use my own, is kind of a bummer, but despite the fact this is gonna be trip number 7 for me it would of been cool to use to see what the wait is for a certain line if you didn't want to walk all the way across the park, but for now I'll pass.
  • jjgames, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1I really want to try this out. I'm almost tempted to tell my wife we should go to Disney for our next vacation just so I can try it out.
  • okaaycom, on 01/25/2008, -0/+0Wow thats cool. Is that going to be at both Disney World and Disney Land?
  • sperin4, on 02/03/2008, -0/+0Awesome, awesome, awesome idea. I hope that we can get a lot of places to do cool things with the DS.
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