RideMax Users Thread (FAQs Linked in First Post!)

[dbaker375]

You can download it to two computers for personal use. I have it on my primary laptop and my netbook, which travels with me.

Thanks! Do you know if you can download it to a thumbdrive so that you can use it on any computer?

 

[MamaCrush]

Thanks! Do you know if you can download it to a thumbdrive so that you can use it on any computer?

I'd like to know this to!

 

[bgbthomas]

Thanks! Do you know if you can download it to a thumbdrive so that you can use it on any computer?

If anyone has done this.. and it worked, please let us know. Thanks for getting back to me on my 1st ?

 

[jamstew]

Downloading to a thumb drive -- I'm not sure, but I don't think so. I emailed Mark, and he responded specifically that the license allows you to install RideMax on two computers.

 

[akc]

I am not understanding this at all . It is a computer generated plan that you use right. you put in it at some time the speed that you walk, what you ride, and the dates right? what else do you put in it? is there anywhere I can see a actal pic of the printed sheet. Just one I would like to see what one looks like. It can even be a past one that is out of date. before I buy it .
Kitty

 

[vicki_c]

I am not understanding this at all . It is a computer generated plan that you use right. you put in it at some time the speed that you walk, what you ride, and the dates right? what else do you put in it? is there anywhere I can see a actal pic of the printed sheet. Just one I would like to see what one looks like. It can even be a past one that is out of date. before I buy it .
Kitty

You put in which park, which day, what time you are arriving/departing, and what attractions you want to do. It creates a scheduled plan with the proper order to do things in, which to get Fast Passes for (and when), etc. I don't have one saved to share any longer.

 

[mwerner2]

The RideMax website has this sample plan:

http://www.ridemax.com/disneyworldsampleplan.php

 

[reagan75]

Does it save each plan you create or do you have to print each one you complete at that time?

 

[mwerner2]

It doesn't save plans. You can print each one or do what I do, copy and paste them into Word or Excel or something similar and then save.

If anyone's interested, I have found that a simple copy and paste of the timetable lines into Word and *then* highlighting the timetable lines again in Word and copying them into excel with a "Copy Special, text only" will divide the columns of the timetable out into columns in Excel.

 

[MamaCrush]

It doesn't save plans. You can print each one or do what I do, copy and paste them into Word or Excel or something similar and then save.

If anyone's interested, I have found that a simple copy and paste of the timetable lines into Word and *then* highlighting the timetable lines again in Word and copying them into excel with a "Copy Special, text only" will divide the columns of the timetable out into columns in Excel.

That's very helpful-- thanks!

 

[vicki_c]

It doesn't save plans. You can print each one or do what I do, copy and paste them into Word or Excel or something similar and then save.

If anyone's interested, I have found that a simple copy and paste of the timetable lines into Word and *then* highlighting the timetable lines again in Word and copying them into excel with a "Copy Special, text only" will divide the columns of the timetable out into columns in Excel.

If you save them as .html files, then you can reopen them easily through your Internet browser. I also saved some as .pdf files, so if you have that capability that works too. In either .html or .pdf they look exactly the same as when RideMax created them, so no need to do any formatting at all.

 

[Blytheny]

subscribing

 

[jeannebrown]

When will the RideMax September calendar be posted? Anyone know? Thanks!

 

[nicolepdonnelly]

We purchased a one year sub. to RideMax for our trips. We jsut got back from a 4th of July trip. It was hot and crowded. Ridemax was wonderful. THe only day I had a problem was Sunday at HS. They didn't let us out of rope drop until maybe 10 after 9, so our times were off slightly. It was so hot our "runner" petered out after a while. So, we missed TT.
It was spot on with wait times, we often got ahead of schedule. this was a blessing as we were really hot and hadn't planned on going back to resort- but we did because we had extra time and were able to get fastpasses for things in the evening when we got back to the park.
I would reccomend RideMax for people who want to get the most out of their vacation. We did miss out on some photopass- character sightings etc, because of the stick to the plan in the AM, but was well worth it for us.

 

[jana616]

September hours are up!!!!

 

[tlcdoula]

Time to start planning LOL..... Its 45 days today I am so excited..

tlc

 

[KatInHat]

Has anybody used the plans from their cell phone (iphone) instead of bringing the printouts to the parks. What would be the easiest way to get the plans on my iphone. Would I just have to email them to myself and then look at the email? I'm new to Ridemax AND the iphone . Thanks

 

[marciemi]

I purchased and use ifile. It either cost 1 or 2 dollars and basically is just a way to get any documents from your computer to your iphone. I also am not at all tech-savvy (or even competent), but it's really easy. All you do is enter the numbers (a website code thingy like 12.456.78.90) that shows up on your phone into your search bar on your computer. That takes you to a website where you can choose files from your computer and 10 seconds later, they're on your phone.

Apparently it can do a lot of other things since it gives me a lot of choices each time (music, etc.), but that's what I wanted it for and have figured out! So each time I do a Ridemax (or TGM) plan, I just cut and paste it into Word and save it, then when I have a few I go into ifile and load them. I did all my calendars from the DIS home page as well that way.

Yes, attaching it and emailing would work, especially right before you left. I know it's my service provider, but my emails disappear fairly quickly if I don't keep (on the computer, NOT the phone) deleting all the junk because I reach my limit. So I know if I emailed stuff to me now, it wouldn't be there for our trip next month. I like ifile and just having the info there right now to reference.

 

[vicki_c]

I have done 2 things to get plans on my phone.

First time - I used a program called AirShare (available in the app store) which allows you to make documents resident on your phone. The drawback was - you have to have a wireless connection to get the plans on your phone. So if you wanted to change anything while you were there, there's no way to update the documents on the phone w/o a wireless connection, which we did not have. If you're not planning on possibly changing anything, this works fine.

Second time - I purchased OneDisk (also from the app store). This only works if you have a MobileMe subscription. You add documents to your iDisk (part of MobileMe) then OneDisk allows you to easily access them from your phone. If you wanted to update them while you were there - you just do whatever on your laptop, upload the updated files to your iDisk then OneDisk goes out and gets them. Wireless was not needed to update things in this case. This worked really well.

I saved files as .html, .pdf, .xls, and .doc and it reads all of them fine. The advantage to .html as I posted above is that no formatting is required - on your phone it looks just like it does when you make the plans through RideMax.

 

[Mommytobree]

Subscribing I used ridemax for our trip it June and it was a godsend! I literally got to do just about EVERYTHING with very little waits! And my dh was very impressed when we were in the little room inside haunted mansion and I quietly told him were we needed to stand and voila doors opened and we we 1st in line LOVED ridemax!