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Mousing around: A review of Disney theme park iPhone apps

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My wife and I are unabashed Disneyphiles, so the last two months have been a lot of fun. After my wife taught a tutorial in L.A. last month, we spent a few days at the West Coast properties — Disneyland and California Adventure. This month, we had some Disney Vacation Club points left over, so we spent five days at our “home” resort near Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Epcot, the Magic Kingdom, and Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

I thought these trips would be a perfect opportunity to try out some of the many travel apps that have sprung up for the iPhone, all of which purport to be the solution to all of your Disney dining, lodging, and theme park information needs. As with any genre of app, there are a mixture of good and bad apps available. Since the Thanksgiving holiday weekend is generally a big time to visit the parks, here’s a quick tour of a few of the apps that my wife and I used on our trips so you can load up your iPhone if you’re going to visit The Mouse over the holidays.

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