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Episode 678 - A Look At Lines

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Hosts: Matt Hochberg, Len Testa , Mike Scopa , Mike Newell , The Fabulous Annette Owens , Fred Hazelton , & Henry Work

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A Look At Lines

Today, Fred and Henry from The Unofficial Guide and Touringplans.com join us to discuss Lines, the mobile WDW theme park wait time app

Running Time: 22:11

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Episode 678 - A Look At Lines

Authored by: carlo on Thursday, February 04 2010 @ 10:41 PM CST

Great show, thanks for the details. Now for my question....

You explained how Lines is different from the Disney downloadable application for Verizon but I was wondering how it is different from Disney's mobile wait time site found at http://m.disneyworld.go.com

They even have a Disneyland version available which I am not seeing on Lines.

Episode 678 - A Look At Lines - Authored by: lentesta on Saturday, February 06 2010 @ 06:01 AM CST

Episode 678 - A Look At Lines

Authored by: bkziggy on Friday, February 05 2010 @ 07:30 AM CST

Hey, Can someone help me out? I looked on the Wiki and did not not see it, but when did Marvin first show up on the podcast? I love his theme song. Thanks

Episode 678 - A Look At Lines - Authored by: chopsva on Friday, February 05 2010 @ 07:46 AM CST

First appearance of Marvin - Authored by: AquaViola on Friday, February 05 2010 @ 08:54 AM CST

Episode 678 - A Look At Lines

Authored by: CuzMikDntTlkAbou on Friday, February 05 2010 @ 10:20 AM CST

One thing no one mentions is how great lines is when you are planing a trip. It really helps you to understand what the crowd calendar level translates into wait times.

Lines vs. User-submitted times

Authored by: larsenj on Friday, February 05 2010 @ 01:17 PM CST

I've never checked out Lines before as I had thought it was for iPhones only (and I have a Blackberry). So once I found out it was for all sorts of platforms, I eagerly checked it out. Nice!!!

It does appear, though, that the user-submitted times were much, MUCH greater than the Lines official times. Is there just that much variability? Are the official times based on "norms" or are they updated real-time based on user-submitted (or "official user"-submitted, i.e. Official Unofficial Guide team member) times?

...just curious! :)

Lines vs. User-submitted times - Authored by: lentesta on Saturday, February 06 2010 @ 06:02 AM CST

Episode 678 - A Look At Lines

Authored by: gwcahill on Friday, February 05 2010 @ 03:35 PM CST

Loved the Great Movie Ride story. Hilarious!

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What time is the 4 o'clock parade?

Episode 678 - A Look At Lines

Authored by: jeffcarrhere on Saturday, February 06 2010 @ 04:34 PM CST

FUNNY! Did anyone catch this?

At 12:17 into the podcast Matt asks Len if you are using the Lines app along with the Touring plans? As Len replies he uses the phrase "whip out lines". Matt says at 12:40 under his breath but still can be heard, "whip it good"

LOVE IT!! Love the Devo reference!

Did anyone else catch this???

Episode 678 - A Look At Lines

Authored by: jainey99 on Monday, February 08 2010 @ 12:12 PM CST

As a local, I'm lovin' Lines! It helps me decide if it'll be a ridin' rides day or a grab a drink & stroll day, depending on the crowds. Having only an ipod touch, I check it before I go. I'm looking forward to it being accessible on other mobile devices (like an LG non-super smart phone)

Episode 678 - A Look At Lines

Authored by: FigmentRules on Wednesday, February 24 2010 @ 07:17 AM CST

To all podcasters, but mostly Len (and Fred and Henry).

Back during the Star Wars Weekend Event in 2009 (which coincided with the all day, every day, rain until you drown event) I rode TSMM almost all day on a particularly rainy day. Even though the queue had a roof, there was still a couple of inches of water on the floor. Yuck. Now, I'm addicted, but I know how long the queue is going to take just by looking.

Interesting day at Toy Story Midway Mania, Tuesday, 2/23. The posted wait time for stand by at TSMM was 40 minutes, yet I was able to ride 3 times in 1 hour 10 minutes (stand by) starting at 10:45am.

Earlier in the day, I hadn't even looked at the wait times. Meanwhile the wait times continued to agree with Lines rather than reality throughout the morning. When I used my FastPass after lunch, around 2:30pm, the wait said 50 minutes, but as I passed the stand by queue, the line was more at the 20 minute mark. Bizarre? Or are they using Lines, too? ;-)