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    Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom

    I just spoke with a very good friend today who is back working at WDW. He told me he is working in the IRS Department and just completed the "touch screen" interface control panel for EE. Way kewl!!!

    Any one notice any more gee wizz gizmo's around WDW lately?
     
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    Originally Posted By trekkeruss

    IMO touch screen controls are a bad idea. There is a reason why they don't use then in airplanes: they don't provide any tactile feel for the operator. They don't work with gloved hands either, potentially an issue when it gets cold in Florida.
     
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    Originally Posted By TDLFAN

    Control panel for.."EE". Enlight me. What's "EE"??
     
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    Originally Posted By trekkeruss

    Expedition Everest I assume.
     
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    Originally Posted By TDLFAN

    Is this touch screen thingy for CMs operating the ride or guests??
     
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    Originally Posted By FerretAfros

    I assume it is for the ride operators. Most attractions have a metal box with a couple buttons and switches with lights on it that is used to dispatch the vehicles. Although the touch screen allows for more information to be seen, it does have the problems mentioned above. (But for gloves, the CM's could use the hobo-stlye mittens that flip back to reveal gloves without fingertips, but I didn't think it ever really got that cold in Florida)
     
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    Originally Posted By trekkeruss

    You can have all the information without the touch screen. I mentioned airplanes; all modern commercial and military jets have so-called "glass cockpits" with multiple LCD or CRT screens showing tons of info, but controls are still "old fashioned" buttons, dials and switches.
     
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    Originally Posted By TDLFAN

    Interesting, since my freeloading customers in Business Class *can* touch their personal video screens for all of the functions available, including music, movies, emailing, games, shopping, survey participation...etc etc etc.
     
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    Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom

    Yes it is Expedition Everest. I don't know all the ins and outs of the system. But I have my concerns about this too. My friend said that he is about to head over to HKDL for 6-9 months. We says he is going to be working on a "new" ride. I asked it it was going to be ToT. He would not confirm that. Anyway, I guess its nice to know that Disney is attemting to be more cutting edge with their computer technology.
     
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