Using Google Calendar and Android for Park Touring

So I'm a week or so out from departing for land of Mickey and I decided to mess around with an idea for keeping track of park hours that I'm sure someone has already done before.

I have an Android phone (love it, BTW) so I'm a Google girl.  (Ok, that looks soooo funny, but I'm just going to run with it.)

I use Google Calendar for my VA practice so I was thinking why not make calendars for each park for the time I'm at Disney World, color code each park and that way I can see at a glance what the hours are, when the special activities (eg parades, fireworks, etc) are, and so on.

So I sat down and I did it this afternoon.  I have to say, it's pretty cool. I didn't go commando with every possible little thing on the schedule.  Here's what I have:

• How late each park is open
• If a park has EMH and if it's AM or PM
• Fantasmic, Wishes, MSEP, AK Xmas Parade - I already know Illuminations is every night at 9:30pm
• The pertinent ADRs

So if I decide I want to hop, I don't need to worry about carrying a times guide or whatever since I already have my phone with me.

I'll see how it goes, but here's my initial impression:

For a newbie who's never been and has the smartphone as an umbilical, it's probably a cool way to stay organized and informed.

For a veteran who's been at this time of year many, many times...it probably wasn't necessary because I could probably recite the hours and special events with pretty good accuracy.

We'll see how it goes when I'm actually down there.