Apps help theme parks boost their Covid safety — and collect data on you


Customer Cesar Romero, with niece Valeria Ocampo, holds his phone showing a bar code so that it can be scanned by employee Daniel Abidin, right, at the entrance to Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California, which re-opened on April 2, 2021, after more than a year of being closed due to the coronavirus outbreak. — Los Angeles Times/TNS

Heading to Six Flags Magic Mountain for some gut-twisting roller coasters? Prepare to walk past a thermal camera that automatically takes your temperature.

Want to enjoy a Dole Whip at Disneyland? Have your smartphone ready to order it on the park's app.

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