Nicholas C. Arias

Disney.Com Web Site: http://disney.go.com/home/today/index.html

  • Walt Disney World (Roll Over’s that highlight where you are.)
  • You can get a quote for a vacation package
  • You can plan, and customize your vacation package to see the things that are a must see for you.
  • get a planning video
  • check the forecast and temperature for the day
  • Find a place to stay
  • Organize everything into an itinerary
  • Choose what you want to see and do
  • Receive planning tips and reminders
  •   what is the site is about? Most of the site is made for overwellming you about the Walt Disney Magic: The part of the site is designed to take you on a fantasy trip: A Disney vacation.
    • Just one part of what there is too do on this site
    • Planning
    • Tutorials on how to plan a vacation to customize it to you.
  • who is the site for?  This part of the site is mostly for adults: parents who want to plan a vacation
    • This site in general is for kids, however, the particular part of the site is for the purpose of helping the parents plan a customized vacation for their famiy.
  • what do people do at the site? There are “sub-sites” for the whole family:
    • There are site maps to Disney Theme Parks and Resorts
    • Family Fun Crafts & Recipies
    • Disney Archives & Corperate Information for those interested
    • Entertainment: Movies, Video & TV, Music, Games & More
    • Shopping
    • Playhouse
    • Games
    • Toontown Online link
  • how do people navigate through the site?
    • To navigate, you click on a picture, each picture has a menu that pops up with a list, or site map of what’s in the sub-web.
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  • how effective is the site? It’s a good tool because it uses children to convince their parents to spend money.
  • It pushes visual and audio the boundaries on the web
  • has an interesting navigational scheme based on a lot of pictures with popup menus of text,  and sound.
  • gives children an art experience,
  • what child does not want to experience the World of Disney?
  • A benefit would be to use bigger text for the adults who actually have and are willing to use their credit cards at this site.
Strengths
  • Everything works and the site has a multipurpose of shopping, entertainment; including children’s activities.
  • Graphics are interesting and load fast (on my home computer)
  • Content is complex, yet navigation is easy for children and adults
  • clear, interesting and creative navigation
  • interactive for children and visually stimulating
  • attention to detail
  • good use of sound
  • there is something for everyone in the family
Weaknesses
  • moderate transition between pages and  animation, may be slow for some home computers
  • not simple to get back to where you want to be if you go down the wrong path
  • contains too much information in small text, and though the sound helps to tell you what’s going on, if you don’t have speakers, your not going to be happy, especially for older people.