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Posted By Wil 9 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
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RideMax is a Windows app written by an obsessive Disney fan who feeds into it the latest historical data on wait times for each ride on the precise day(s) you are going. The program uploads this info each time you open the program. You choose the rides you want, and break times, and then it will compute the optimal sequence of rides.

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    Wil9 months, 1 week ago

    I didn't have room in the summary, but Kevin at Geekdad put it through its paces on a recent trip to Disneyland, and wrote a report on his unexpected results.

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      pamcak39 months, 1 week ago

      Nice. Living in Orlando and being the theme-park-goers that we are, I can easily say that lines are always horrendous. Everywhere. If this really works... yay!

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