Disney Bets $1 Billion on Technology to Track Theme-Park Visitors - Businessweek

tbd if you can bring your data home after your vacation

"MyMagic+ promises far more radical change. It’s a sweeping reservation and ride planning system that allows for bookings months in advance on a website or smartphone app. Bracelets called MagicBands, which link electronically to an encrypted database of visitor information, serve as admission tickets, hotel keys, and credit or debit cards; a tap against a sensor pays for food or trinkets. The bands have radio frequency identification (RFID) chips—which critics derisively call spychips because of their ability to monitor people and things."

Disney Bets $1 Billion on Technology to Track Theme-Park Visitors - Businessweek