Better Attraction Pages
We’ve recently been working hard to improve our attraction pages. Firstly, we’ve updated the content and are putting in much better infrastructure to keep the data as updated as possible. Stale data, in guidebooks and websites, is the enemy — and we’d love to have you help us fight it. If you notice anything stale or inaccurate, please let us know.
Secondly, we’re trying to put more crowd-stuff into the attraction pages. For our subscribers, we’ve added the current wait times (if the park is closed, we tell you that too), and for shows, we’ve added today’s showtimes. We’ve also included links to the Touring Plans that each attraction is listed in. Expect more coming on this front.
Lastly — and this is the thing I’ve had the most fun with — we’ve started to connect a lot of the structured data in our attractions database. For example, if you scroll down to the Touring Tips section of the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad page, you’ll see that a lot of things now include links where they didn’t before. If you click on FASTPASS, you’ll see a list of all the FASTPASS attractions in the Magic Kingdom. If you click on the 40″ inches height requirement, you’ll see a list of all the height requirements in MK. Same goes for which attractions have Physical Considerations and which we rate as Not To Be Missed. All these lists exist for the other parks as well, and should stay protected from the “staleness curse” as they are automatically generated.
We’re excited to keep building out these attraction pages, and are eager to hear what you think of them! What else would you like to see?
UPDATE: You can now see a list of all the categories by going to the main Attractions page for each park (like the Magic Kingdom attractions page) and scrolling to the bottom.
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24 Responses to “Better Attraction Pages”
I’d like to see some kind of feedback about crowd levels. For example on a given day did a 3 feel more like a 6. That sort of thing.
Cool, we’re actually working on this. Thanks!
Excellent work! Another great addition to the site!
Cheers Dave!
You guys rock! Planning 2 WDW trips right now, a girls trip in Feb 2011 and a 10 day trip next October. It gets easier and easier and at this point I almost never have to check a different website for a piece of info I can’t find. Fantastic work…
Thanks a lot, Melissa! Happy planning!
These new attraction pages are great, easy to understand but still visually appealing! The site has improved so much over the recent time, you are doing a fantastic job!
Thanks a lot, Magdalene! They still have a long way to go yet
Looking good Henry! Makes me ill considering what Len used to pass off as a design on this site before he found you
Hah! Cheers Matt. We’re hoping to get acquired by StudiosCentral any day now.
You guys just keep making the site better and better! THANKS!
Thank you!
I’ve been looking at TouringPlans.com but I can’t find out where we can provide feedback/ratings for the various attractions. Surely there is a way for a subscriber of the site to rate each attraction, right?
Kevin! There is — but it’s currently only via the Reader Survey. We’re half-doing this because we only want quality feedback, but half-because we just haven’t implemented any sort of rating system on the attraction pages. Thanks for the nudge on it.
Reader Survey. Meaning, printed out of the Unofficial Guide books?
I think you can fill out a survey on the website, actually. Up at the top right of the website, under “More,” go to “Unofficial Guide Survey.” Hope that helps!
I’ve recommended your site to others many times and it only keeps getting better! Thanks so much for the great work you do.
Thank you very much, RS! Lots more to come.
Nice job with these! I love the per-park crowds page too. Very nice! And I like the link to send when we something missing or incorrect. That will help you keep it fresh and clean. You guys do a great job!
Sweet, thanks Ferg!
Really great look to the pages. Can’t believe how far this site has come in a few years. Well done!
Cheers, thanks Adam!
WOW!!! I thought you guys had covered a lot before, but this blows everything previously out of the water! I love the historical data (i.e. opening/closing dates) and being able to jump around using various options. I can’t wait to see what’s next. Thanks for all of your hard work!
Thanks Deb! Lots more in store…