Lots of good stuff in Jason's update!!!!I read the same thing... and my own personal belief is that the entire Adventureland area, including the Jungle Cruise, will be revamped to this pirate theme in response to the recent announcement of a Harry Potter themed land at IoA. I could do with or without the spinner, although I like the fact that it alleviates some crowds from the other 2 spinners.
I'm not quite sure where you're going with this. Presumably this technology is to be used at the resorts. If you're at a bus-stop at a resort then you must be staying there because the resorts are all gated and you have to get past security to get in. Also, they were talking about a kiosk, and not a turnstile.
Here's the scenario that they're trying avoid with this technology - you want to go to the MK. You get to the bus stop and watch 2 Epcot busses go by and maybe 1 family gets on each Epcot bus. Then the MK bus comes by and 5 families of 4 get on and you still have 3 bus stops to go! The idea is for the transportation people to have real-time information on who wants to go where and how many so resources can be allocated properly.
If this actually works - I think this will be a tremendous enhancement to the transportation system. You already have to spend 10-30 minutes on a bus once you get on it, so the only thing to do is to reduce the amount of wait time.
This is a step in the right direction as far as I'm concerned.