Disneyland are now trialling using DS consoles as interactive tour guides. Track Mickey in real-time!

Guests at one Disney theme park in the US have been testing out Nintendo DS consoles with an interactive tour guide of the park on it. Your location is shown in real-time, along with a full directory of all the attractions, service and dining options, space for a personal wish-list of what you want to see during your visit, park trivia, and (coolest of all) a character tracker so visitors can find out where their favourite Disney characters are at any given time!

Guests were supplied with a DS by Disney for the trials, although its likely that if full public use of the system gets approved, guests will be required to bring in their own DS handhelds. Initial response from the trials has been largely positive, so fingers crossed we should have more news on this soon.

Click below for a scan of the instruction leaflet, which includes scans of the DS interface: