[HN Gopher] Why Disney World Doesn't Have Mosquitoes ___________________________________________________________________ Why Disney World Doesn't Have Mosquitoes Author : jbonniwell Score : 25 points Date : 2021-08-06 21:57 UTC (1 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.greenmatters.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.greenmatters.com) | torgoguys wrote: | They do a good job of controlling mosquitoes, but they're not | miracle workers. Disney World has mosquitoes. Go to the store | near the entrance and they'll even give you complimentary insect | repellent. | | EDIT: Snopes wrote about this https://www.snopes.com/fact- | check/disney-world-mosquitoes/ | m3kw9 wrote: | Real world UX | 2bitencryption wrote: | Seriously. Everyone probably knows the famous use of forced | perspective at Disney. [0] | | Or the famous story how on the soft-launch days, Walt would | hand children candy at the entrance, then watch how far they | walked before they threw the wrapper on the ground. That's | where they would place the garbage cans. (Yeah, sounds fanciful | enough to be a fable, and perhaps it is. Even if the story is | embellished, it definitely reflects the truth of the attention | to detail at the Disney parks) | | But did you know they do similar "real world UX" magic with | music as well? | | The different "themed" areas of the parks play different music | to match the theme. | | As you walk from one themed area to another, the "transition | areas" play the treble from the area you are leaving, and the | bass for the area you are entering. | | Since all the music is in the same key and tempo, it produces a | "fading in/out" effect as you travel, and never sounds | dissonant or clashes, even though the themes in the different | areas are totally different otherwise. | | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_perspective | kipple wrote: | > No standing water means no ideal spots to lay their eggs. In | the '60s, Potter accomplished this by digging drainage ditches | built into the park's base layers, effectively draining the swamp | in its entirety. | | Seems like this is the real meat, I wish the article had gone | into more detail here. | chrisseaton wrote: | Lack of standing water, if anyone was wondering. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-08-06 23:00 UTC)