Twisney - Twitter Goes To Walt Disney World
Take Walt Disney World - everyone’s favourite theme park, throw in Twitter, add Microsoft Virtual Earth and what do you get? Twisney.
Twisney allows Disney World visitors to update their status and let everyone know just what they’re up. It works via text message, IM, email as well as Twitter. Users can attach photos with their updates which will be displayed on the appropriate place on the map.
As the site claims:
From Walt Disney World (WDW), visitors send status updates to Twisney.com. Anyone can visit Twisney.com to watch the
new status updates throughout the day or take a trip back in time to review historical reports.
When you send your status update to Twisney.com, we match it to a location by looking at the first few words of your message. You can use an abbreviation (i.e. btmr), a paraphrased name (i.e. thunder mountain), or the location’s full name as listed on the official WDW maps that you get at the Parks (i.e. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad). Each of the following status updates will be mapped to Big Thunder Mountain Railroad on the map because they begin with one or more words that Twisney.com recognizes for the ride.
Surprisingly, the site is fairly active - there was a post every 20 minutes or so when I viewed it. Not a bad idea to create a buzz around Walt Disney World, but doubt if it would ever be an extremely high traffic website.
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