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About LinkBacksI, for one, am very interested in every second of your waking moments, and the web cam of your sleeping hours is also very enjoyable.Originally Posted by 2DieFR
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I, for one, am very interested in every second of your waking moments, and the web cam of your sleeping hours is also very enjoyable.It's tweeting, and yes.
"Here You Leave the World of California Today and Enter the World of, um, er, California Today."
It doesn't bother me much if they want to take a couple of photos. I am an avid scrapbookker and know how important it is to me to get the perfect picture for my family vacation. If someone was being obnoxious about it then I would get upset but I figure the time I am taking to get upset about it is the time I would be using to enjoy the ride! I do however get upset with the people that have to video tape everything!!! And hold their hand up right in front of you to get the shot for the entire ride. I personally don't take picture on the rides but I do try to get a few while we are in line. There have been a few times when scrapping my Disney Trips I was able to find much better ride shots for my scrapbook page from online people anyways.
My last trip, there was an older (early 50s, maybe) gentleman in front of me on Pirates who took a flash picture literally every 5 seconds. I politely asked him to stop. The voice came over the loudspeaker asking him to stop. When I pressed the issue, informing him that it was against the rules of the ride, a woman in his party told me, "We're here for his birthday, he can do whatever he wants." So, let me get this straight- the fact that you didn't pay to get in today gives you free reign to do as you please? I'm sorry, but after you turn 16, "It's my birthday" stops being an excuse for anything.
-SilentDante
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Sad but true, people will bring there DS PSP Cell Phones which are equally bright on rides... some really curious people might just bring flashlights.. I think it will be impossible to prevent LCD screens on dark rides.. flashes are barely preventable.. people take flash pictures all the time..Sometimes the flash photography can cause damage to the paint on some characters...All disney can do is tell you be courteous and follow the same rules you would at a movie theatre I guess...but even with that its not easy to enforce unless one person completely abuses it.
My camera has a viewfinder, but I hate using it because it's not exactly accurate. I pretty much do the same as you with hiding or cupping my hands around the screen to lessen the brightness of it.
At least you folks are trying!
I've told people to stop taking flash pictures and its worked. I've never gotten into a fight or been jumped after ride because of it
The thing is.... even if CMs come over the speaker and tell people to stop (which doesn't happen enough IMO) if people DON'T stop... it makes no difference. They don't get in trouble after the ride or talked to or anything... if you don't care about anyone but yourself (because really - the people who just don't know or just don't think will stop if a CM tells them to) and you don't get in trouble for doing it.. why would you stop?
No words, My tears won't make any room for more,
And it don't hurt, like anything I've ever felt before, this is
No broken heart,
No familiar scars,
This territory goes uncharted...
Why do people let it bother them so much? Let them take photos. No one can expect perfection in a ride and to just let someone's flash take over your ride experience is just a bit too much.
Flashing a light in their face? Yeah that's mature. Just look forward, look around, enjoy the music, which the flash doesn't interrupt, enjoy the surrounding experience that the flash only disrupts in a split second... this nonsense of following people around after the ride and getting "rude" right back is crazy because YOU are the ones looked at as crazy for doing these actions.
Taking photos on a ride is almost normal behaviour even though most don't know the rules or even care about the rules. I have yet to hear, read or see someone get kicked out of a park for taking pictures on a ride. But i have heard of people getting kicked out for going after guests over very very small issues.
Again these rides are for everyone, not just how YOU want it to be or how YOU think it should be. The only people in charge decide what happens to the guest taking photos... NOT YOU.
I can't ask people to stop their "revenge" tatics but I would hope you could learn to just look past it. Why let an amatuer photographer ruin your ride or day? WHY LET THEM?
I think that banning all cameras would be dumb. If you have a problem with their LED screen too bright, just politely ask them if they could cover the light up. I'm sure that most people would do it without a problem, and im sure that they dont even realize that the light would bother someone.
You've got to think of it another way. a LOT of people that go to Disneyland, only get to go once every few years. They take those pictures because those pictures make the Disneyland experience last for the next few years and that all they have. They DONT get to buy AP's and go to Disneyland once a week, or whenever they want.
I can understand that myself because i live 1000 miles away. And i try to make sure that i dont bother others experience, but if i was taking pictures with no flash, the last thing i would think about is the LED screen bothering someone else.
And really, for those that LIVE within minutes of Disneyland and get the opportunity to go once a week....REALLY? You get to ride that ride once a week and you REALLY let ONE time get to you?
What is wrong with you? thats very weird. Go to Disneyland to have fun, not be a cowardly stalker.i take night shot photos of people who do that and put them in a very special album on my myspace page
i've even followed people out of the ride and taken regular pix of them in the daylight so that everyone can see what @%%#"^!'s they are
I know that even when I'm taking video on a dark-ride like Pirates or Mansion I ALWAYS close the side view screen and just use the eye-piece as to not distract people around me.
It's called common courtesy people, use it.
- Gregg
Currently raising funds for the AMAZING Give Kids The World for their annual Coasting for Kids event. Any amount would go a long way in helping a family enjoy an amazing Orlando vacation. You can donate on my page.
I agree... it's as bad as someone texting during a movie. I had someone doing that in a dark movie theater in front of me and once right next to me.. it's VERY distracting.
I'd say... take the pics without the screen on.. wait until you are outside.. check them, then ride the darn ride again. Sheesh! Some people have no social skills... rather.. many don't. Sad but true. Most people think only of themselves.
I would do that ONLY if I was on the back of the boat.. and even then, it would depend on how crowded it is, because quite often, there is another boat right on our bumper.. so even then.
Vickie
~Dead Men Tell No Tales~
I've actually seen people actually let someone know when they are being rude... by taping them on the shoulder and telling them straight out that something bothers them. Problem is, the person who is on the receiving acts like "who ME???" and then they proceed to tell the person reminding them that THEY are the ones being rude. And this when the person who tells them are actually doing it in a kind way, softly.
Wish I had guts to do that.. but, if it's on a dark ride like that.. it's hard to NOT notice and get around the "bright" bothersome of the screen. It's like being flashed by driver's in the pitch dark.. your eyes don't adjust, and for some it IS quite hard to NOT be distracted. My son, who is ADHD, would realllllllly be bothered... so think about what it would do to a person with say, ummm Austism? In such close quarters, we always should be on our best behaviors for other's viewing pleasure as well, that's all. I might be going overboard on these thoughts.. but "I" am always thinking of others around me.... mostly because most people don't.
Vickie
~Dead Men Tell No Tales~
Having a bright flash constantly going off in your face second after second Hurts peoples eyes, can trigger migraines in some guests, is downright rude.
and most importantly is against park rules.
Taking matters into our own hands is dangerous and not recommended since it is not worth getting killed by triggering someones rage by mimicking there rude behaviors. Some of these people are unstable and just as it is more dangerous to attempt to "get back" at someone on the road who has cut you off, sometimes we just need to let it go. Politely advise the supervisor when you exit the ride that your experience was disrupted by the flash photos, perhaps they will let take that into consideration and pay closer attention for that issue next time.
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