Live Boardwalk Webcam!!!

[pamlet]

It's back now - it's showing 5:45..

 

[WDWguru]

Just got back to the room and it looks like we had a little issue with bandwidth in the last hour or so. I've restarted the software so that should fix things, at least for a while.

For those of you who asked about Illuminations, YES you can see it! We have a terrific view with the Eiffel Tower right in the middle of the fireworks! I wish I could turn up the refresh rate, but the "high speed" connection is having a hard enough time keeping up with updates once a minute. I'm afraid any faster would just lock it up more often. FYI, we will adjust the camera before we head out tonight for a better Illuminations view. We'll probably lose Spaceship Earth in the process, but we'll move it back when we return.

For those wondering how we've hooked it up, it's pretty simple. I brought my laptop and USB camera and downloaded a little freeware piece of software called Cam Commander. I plug in all my ftp information and set up the page to display the image, then just fire everything up. We actually have two laptops with us and brought a wireless router as well, so we plug the router into the wall connection, then use the wireless to log the computers on. Voila!

We're headed out to PI in a few hours, so here's hoping things hold out at least through Illuminations!

 

[Tigger113]

Thanks for all the info! It looks cloudy at the Boardwalk now!

 

[wkrider]

Looks like it is starting to get a little cloudy there......hope that will not interfere with Illuminations tonight....thanks again for the view.

 

[hugsquared]

Bump

 

[siouxi31]

This is sooooo cooolll!!! Thank you for doing this. It looks like a beautiful evening tonight.

 

[snowglobe girl]

Thanks so much!! I'm so jealous - wish I was there, but glad others are getting to enjoy everything firsthand!

 

[civileng68]

Cam stopped working at 8:24. Guess there's no Illuminations.

 

[civileng68]

now it's working.

 

[wkrider]

I watched from 8:54 to 9:20 Florida time and it was difficult to see. I think I noticed the lights dime at the ESPN club but I could not see Illuminations. It was still fun to try though.

 

[civileng68]

Didnt see anything.

 

[The_Disney_God]

That's awesome. So cool.

 

[WDWguru]

Sorry, HUGE thunderstorm right during Illuminations, even hard for us to see from the balcony...hopefully better the next few nights.

 

[Deweysgirl]

What an awesome idea! This rocks!!
Thank you so much for doing this for all of us DISers to enjoy, it's getting me so psyched for our trip to The Swan in July!

 

[westjones]

Love it! We will be there next month. Can't wait! I love the Boardwalk!
DJ

 

[dani0622]

That was very awesome of you! Thanks!!!!

 

[tracy76]

Wow!! Thanks for the great view. Makes my up coming trip seem so much closer!! Thanks again

 

[nhpooh]

Looks like another nice day, have fun in sunny Florida .

 

[nhpooh]

Sorry, HUGE thunderstorm right during Illuminations, even hard for us to see from the balcony...hopefully better the next few nights.

That's Florida for you, storms here and there.

 

[nhpooh]

bump