Systems and methods for providing in-application messaging

A portable electronic device, comprising:

• one or more audio sensors configured to detect an audio signal broadcast into a physical environment of an amusement park as part of a cinematic presentation of an attraction of the amusement park;
• and
• processing circuitry configured to identify at least one audio watermark encoded within the audio signal, and to cause a display of the portable electronic device to display in-application messaging information relating to the cinematic presentation of the attraction based at least in part on the at least one audio watermark during the cinematic presentation of the attraction, wherein the in-application messaging information supplements the cinematic presentation of the attraction.

An in-application messaging system, comprising:

• an audio generation system configured to encode at least one audio watermark within an audio signal;
• and
• one or more audio systems configured to broadcast the audio signal into a physical environment of an amusement park as part of a cinematic presentation of an attraction of the amusement park during the cinematic presentation of the attraction, wherein the audio signal supplements the cinematic presentation of the attraction.