Trip Report Food Update The Get Out of My Way, Watch Your Child, Turn Your Flash Off & SHUT UP Trip Report!!!

tink65 · Nov 8, 2011

Hey Black, just finished up your trip report & it was awesome! Loved all your pics and the great commentary! I understand completely about the kids.....our DD turned 17 in Sept and has been going to Disney since she was 3.......Never any tantrums or fits (anywhere for that matter) At the first sign she knew what would happen. Kids today have no discipline and then they grow up to raise even more kids with no discipline!

I will say this....don't wait til you don't have to push a stroller! Took Allison for the first time right before she turned 3. Had to have a stroller of course! The memories I have of her meeting Mickey & the gang for the first time are priceless & worth every push of the stroller!! I know you....you'll know how to be a considerate stroller pusher!! LOL!

Thanks for the great report!

muse1983 · Nov 13, 2011

blackthidot said:
The biggest one here is the flash photography on rides in the dark. I seriously hope that a satellite would fall from space and land right on your face. No lies. It's THAT annoying. If you are alone on a ride or whatever...go for it. Stay in the parks late so you can go last and flash away. But you know the rule. You read the sign. You heard them tell you before your ship set sail on Pirates. Nobody want to be in the dark and have a flash going on in front of behind them every 7 seconds. For real man...right on your face from space.

There needs to be an applauding smilie because I would give you about a dozen of them for this and the entire "rude people etc" post. You hit it right on the head man. I had a similar experience with flash photography at Fantasmic. We were sitting by a woman who was speaking fluent English and was constantly taking pictures with the flash on. The flash on her camera could have lit up a football stadium. I let her slide on the first 5-10 pictures until she received the stare...the stare that says if you choose to take another picture and light up the entire section of the theatre that we were sitting in, I will take it upon myself to see if I can hit the ledge that Pocahontas is standing tall upon right now. Almost out of spite and I swear while she was looking straight at me took another picture. I said " You seriously can't be that ignorant and rude can you?" and I swear she looked right at be and started speaking spanish faster than rosie perez. So I made it easy for her, I spelled it out using hand motions along with a throwing motion towards the lagoon (to the amusement of a father of 3 behind me). She huffed and scooted over away from me (a blessing in itself) and never touched the camera again.

Insane trip report by the way, enjoyed reading it at work!

muse1983 · Nov 13, 2011

derelicte19 said:
This makes me never want to hold another railing. Ever. Anywhere. Ewww. Just ewww.

I watched a kid lick the railing while standing in line for Dumbo. It's all I talked about for the next 2 hours to my wife's dismay. I might have to trade my child in if he ever attempted such a vile act.

blackthidot · Nov 13, 2011

muse1983 said:
There needs to be an applauding smilie because I would give you about a dozen of them for this and the entire "rude people etc" post. You hit it right on the head man. I had a similar experience with flash photography at Fantasmic. We were sitting by a woman who was speaking fluent English and was constantly taking pictures with the flash on. The flash on her camera could have lit up a football stadium. I let her slide on the first 5-10 pictures until she received the stare...the stare that says if you choose to take another picture and light up the entire section of the theatre that we were sitting in, I will take it upon myself to see if I can hit the ledge that Pocahontas is standing tall upon right now. Almost out of spite and I swear while she was looking straight at me took another picture. I said " You seriously can't be that ignorant and rude can you?" and I swear she looked right at be and started speaking spanish faster than rosie perez. So I made it easy for her, I spelled it out using hand motions along with a throwing motion towards the lagoon (to the amusement of a father of 3 behind me). She huffed and scooted over away from me (a blessing in itself) and never touched the camera again.

Insane trip report by the way, enjoyed reading it at work!

Yeah I have just had it with people ignorance.

Dads 2 Boys · Nov 14, 2011

blackthidot said:
Final Thoughts...

As always...who could imagine that 2 weeks could go so fast? The whole entire year actually flew by like that though, it was pretty crazy when I actually think about it. If not for doing this report and going through all those pictures I would have a tough time remember a lot of it to be honest.

The parks were all VERY clean. The refurbishments on Main Street were awesome to see. Especially at night when they were all lit up. It was really awesome!

Cast Members:

They were all very good as usual. They were not as "giddy" as they have been but they were still good at what they were doing, always around, always a smile and a happy birthday!

Wait Staff:

I said this is my last TR about people who complain that the quality of service goes down once free dining takes effect and I will say it again. It must be you and your family. We had the best service we could get from all the places we ate. Nobody "hated" on us because we were on free dining. Our wait staff the whole entire trip was amazing and I can not say it enough.

Resort:

We had some issues with our room, and the story with the football field being closed down without warning. Other than that it was good. Can't be great because of the issues we had (I'm not going to get into that because they fixed it and it's not worth talking about) but All Star Sports NEVER had waits for the buses. There were COUNTLESS times our bus filled up and we did not even go to Music, and Movies like we are supposed to. There were times we would go to Movies and there would be a line full of people waiting and we only took 2 and left. For that reason alone...I don't care how nice or little bit bigger the rooms might be at Movies, and Music...that is what makes Sports 10X better than the other two. You are ALWAYS picked up first, and dropped off first. There is no room (that we BARELY are in during our vaca) that could make all that waiting, and cramming into a bus more "worth it". Not that Sports rooms are small or dirty, my point is that a bigger, "cleaner" room will never out weigh how the buses run. I've stayed at Pop, and I stayed at Music...NIGHTMARES waiting for buses. Not so much at Pop the issues at Pop were there were just SO many people staying there and the bus drivers took the long way to the parks 90% of the time.

Guests:

Wow...can people you see for 30 seconds in a day really make you want to just punch 34 people in the face?

People are so unbelievably rude, ignorant and inconsiderate. I do not care where you're from. if it's America, Brazil, the UK or wherever. The park is not yours. You do not own the park. You and your idiot families are not the only guests in the park. It's just crazy to me the way people were "picking on" CM's. It was beyond people just being rude...they were in a state of bullying almost.

People leaving garbage everywhere...Smoking everywhere. It was just insane.

The foreigners were especially out of control. I know some of you on here are not from The States. I am not going to hold you accountable here because I am sure from you being on here you are aware of "manners" and such. If this does offend you...then you're probably the jerks who I am complaining about. I understand that different countries do things differently than we do here. That is fine. I am not knocking them for that. However... YOU ARE IN AMERICA. If I was going to go to a different country for a week or 2...you better believe that I am going to freshen myself up on things that are custom, and how the people there act. You can bet your last dollar that you will not catch me over there making myself look like a fool.

The language...Yes we all know that you do not speak English...BUT that does not mean you have to talk like you learned how to whisper in a helicopter. Everywhere...especially the resort, it was AWFUL. Just adults, and kids SCREAMING to each other in a different language. You are right next to each other SHUT THE F UP. I don't care if your foreign or local...there is NO need for all that.

Ignorance is bliss...I love standing in line with a group of people who are speaking perfect English...but they are not American. However when they are flashing their camera on dark rides and someone says something to them, they no longer speak English. Unreal. I just want to go to that glass shop on Main Street, buy a $600 sword and stab someone in the ear hole with it.

People just do not follow rules...

The biggest one here is the flash photography on rides in the dark. I seriously hope that a satellite would fall from space and land right on your face. No lies. It's THAT annoying. If you are alone on a ride or whatever...go for it. Stay in the parks late so you can go last and flash away. But you know the rule. You read the sign. You heard them tell you before your ship set sail on Pirates. Nobody want to be in the dark and have a flash going on in front of behind them every 7 seconds. For real man...right on your face from space.

Trying to cut in line. I was not having it. This goes on more than people are aware I think. Especially at The water parks. I don't really eve care that I have to wait maybe an extra 20 seconds to get on a ride cause you cut...it's the fact that you think you are entitled to cut the line because someone you know is up there. Let alone you just try and walk by everyone like it's your right to be up there with them. No I aint having it. You are not getting by me. Its the principle. If you said excuse me can I get in my family is up there. I would have no issue. But there is no chance you're knocking me over and not saying sorry so you can cut the line.

Kids:

Parents you need to discipline your kids. I don't really care WHAT you have to do. If you have to go behind a wall and beat the tar out of them, or just go back to the room. Do it. Just because you built a tolerance to your child acting like an idiot does not mean that the rest of us have. We were walking through Italy and some little idiot kid is running around with his stroller pushing it through people and ran over Colleen's friends foot. They watched it and said NOTHING. So I stopped and walked over and yelled oh she is okay...don't worry. The father looked at me and said whats the problem. I said oh yeah my bad...god forbid little Tommy does not get to run around like an idiot and do what he wants, and just walked away. I can't tell you how many times kids are standing by me and in crowds swinging swords and I just look at the parents with the look like "You know that thing is getting broken if it touches me"

Colleen and I were raised that we are not going to act that way in public. Colleens mother would have taken her home, my parents would have pounded me. I am not sitting here saying we were angels, but if we went somewhere...we knew our place and our parents weren't going to let us let them look like idiots. Because after all the kid is being a kid...you are the one who looks like an idiot.

Wow I almost forgot this one...if you've even been in a show and someone stepped all over you, and "accidentally" hit you in the face with his camera/tripod bag...That was me. You're supposed to keep moving, not stop in the middle so your 6 month old has a better seat.

"Friends"

We did meet some great people though. Just regular people we sparked up conversation with, people who recognized us, or people we were supposed to meet up with.

SeaCastle - Was really nice running into you at Epcot and was really glad we were able to get you that Filet...even more glad we could make you feel alive! Haha

Monty - What can I say? I can say $9 that is how much it cost me to text you while we were in Disney. But it was GREAT meeting you and Morgan and hearing your stories about the naked lady and the spider, and Morgans punishments. Hopefully we are there together again!

Tater - Good seeing you and the wife after Wishes that one night. Sucks it was not earlier so we could not get a lunch or hang a bit longer.

Miller Poppins - Karen Karen...My nudity. Haha It was WONDERFUL meeting you at Planet Hollywood. So glad we got to give you your first dose of Crunch Chicken. Also glad we got to spend the night in MK together as well. Hopefully you and your boo are down there again next year. Maybe we can eat at Via Napoli this time!

Other than that...We DID have a great time. It was so much fun being there alone with Colleen everyday and not really having anyone else on vacation with us. Normally someone is always joining us at some point...it's not a bad thing. It was just really nice being us two.

There I am done. And before Wednesday too! I am sure I will remember things and add to this...I am also sure someone will get their panties in a bunch and I will defend what I have said. Before you do though. Just remember that you're not going to change my feelings. Saying "wait till you have kids" won't change my feelings either. When I do have kids there is not chance I am taking them with us until they are able to walk themselves. I am not pushing strollers, or carry ANYTHING around all day. I hated carrying my 2 pound camera around all day let alone a child. If I do end up doing all the above some day then I am an idiot and you can call me one. Until that happens I stand by what I said! :king:

We've never met and yet our opinions mirror each other entirely too much. :lol: I cannot begin to agree with you more on virtually every signle damn thing you said.

The ignorance of people astounded me on our trip....especially foreigners but most people in general. When someone actually did act courteously I thought I was going to pass out. My youngest son almost got trampled while walking to Kilimanjaro Safari after rope drop and the guy never said a damn word. His wife grabbed him cursed him out and said "wth is wrong with you" and she apologized for him. Politely to her I told her she's fine but that her husband is an a-hole and he's lucky my son wasn't hurt.

Also, when a kid bumps into you and says "sorry" or "excuse me" it's now a shock and it shouldn't be. I was incredibly proud of my kids in the way they acted and I was commended a few times. My oldest son bumped into a woman kind of hard by accident in Epcot and he immediately turned and said "I'm really sorry, are you ok?". She said she was fine and then said to me that he was the first kid in 6 days that bumped into her that said anything remotely resembling an apology.

lebeau · Nov 14, 2011

blackthidot said:
Thanks!

Nikon D7000

Love the TR as always.

I'm so jealous of your pictures. If someone who has only ever used a point and click camera invested in a camera like this, would they (ie. me) be hopelessly confused as to how to use it.

I confuse easily...

blackthidot · Nov 15, 2011

lebeau said:
Love the TR as always.

I'm so jealous of your pictures. If someone who has only ever used a point and click camera invested in a camera like this, would they (ie. me) be hopelessly confused as to how to use it.

I confuse easily...

It's an interesting challenge. Not THAT bad. Just need to practice with it before you go. Shoot fireworks at home, stuff in the night, stuff in the day. It is just all about getting used to the settings. Honestly I am still not used to them really.

I am TERRIBLE at reading an retaining information. If someone shows me I will remember it forever. Well...I have been pretty much been teaching myself how to use this thing by winging it. Tom has really helped me a great deal. There were a few other posters on here that helped as well. I also searched a lot of image info on Flickr just to see the differences in settings that people used. THAT was a huge help.

I would say I am at a 70-75% comfort level with the camera and taking pictures. Once I get better at editing though it will jump to like 90%. I am working on it though!

Thanks for enjoying the TR!

blackthidot · Nov 15, 2011

Dads 2 Boys said:
We've never met and yet our opinions mirror each other entirely too much. :lol: I cannot begin to agree with you more on virtually every signle damn thing you said.

The ignorance of people astounded me on our trip....especially foreigners but most people in general. When someone actually did act courteously I thought I was going to pass out. My youngest son almost got trampled while walking to Kilimanjaro Safari after rope drop and the guy never said a damn word. His wife grabbed him cursed him out and said "wth is wrong with you" and she apologized for him. Politely to her I told her she's fine but that her husband is an a-hole and he's lucky my son wasn't hurt.

Also, when a kid bumps into you and says "sorry" or "excuse me" it's now a shock and it shouldn't be. I was incredibly proud of my kids in the way they acted and I was commended a few times. My oldest son bumped into a woman kind of hard by accident in Epcot and he immediately turned and said "I'm really sorry, are you ok?". She said she was fine and then said to me that he was the first kid in 6 days that bumped into her that said anything remotely resembling an apology.

It's just astounding to me the things parents let their kids do. It's even more astounding the things that adults/parents let themselves do. :brick:

lebeau · Nov 15, 2011

blackthidot said:
It's an interesting challenge. Not THAT bad. Just need to practice with it before you go. Shoot fireworks at home, stuff in the night, stuff in the day. It is just all about getting used to the settings. Honestly I am still not used to them really.

I am TERRIBLE at reading an retaining information. If someone shows me I will remember it forever. Well...I have been pretty much been teaching myself how to use this thing by winging it. Tom has really helped me a great deal. There were a few other posters on here that helped as well. I also searched a lot of image info on Flickr just to see the differences in settings that people used. THAT was a huge help.

I would say I am at a 70-75% comfort level with the camera and taking pictures. Once I get better at editing though it will jump to like 90%. I am working on it though!

Thanks for enjoying the TR!

My problem is that in addition to being easily confused by gadgets and gizmos, I'm also fairly lazy when it comes to learning about them. Also, two kids means I'm broke. So it may be a moot point. Odds are I'll stick with my point and click on the next trip. But I do dream of someday having a decent camera along for a trip and getting some half-way decent pictures.

No, the thanks goes to you for posting such excellent pics. It's the next best thing to being there. I keep looking at when we could possibly take our next trip and it seems like it keeps getting farther and farther away. TRs like yours allow me to live vicariously.

blackthidot · Nov 15, 2011

lebeau said:
My problem is that in addition to being easily confused by gadgets and gizmos, I'm also fairly lazy when it comes to learning about them. Also, two kids means I'm broke. So it may be a moot point. Odds are I'll stick with my point and click on the next trip. But I do dream of someday having a decent camera along for a trip and getting some half-way decent pictures.

No, the thanks goes to you for posting such excellent pics. It's the next best thing to being there. I keep looking at when we could possibly take our next trip and it seems like it keeps getting farther and farther away. TRs like yours allow me to live vicariously.

Well thanks anyways!

There are some things my camera does that I have no idea what it's called or what its function really does but I know when to use it by turning it "up" or "down" haha its just how I learn things.

chrissyw14 · Nov 21, 2011

nngrendel said:

i would love to learn how to do this!

blackthidot · Nov 22, 2011

chrissyw14 said:
i would love to learn how to do this!

Forget that your camera is on a 10 second exposure while you're shooting fireworks at home and start you twist your lens to zoom out...Haha it was a mistake but I learned something cool by it. Here are some from light up night on Friday!

And is that a helicopter or is Santa coming earlier this year!!!

mickeysshoes · Nov 22, 2011

very cool photos John!!!!

blackthidot · Nov 22, 2011

mickeysshoes said:
very cool photos John!!!!

Thanks!

TinkerChelli · Nov 22, 2011

Holy Crap I think I just went blind! /B]

blackthidot said:

Day 5

We had a 11:30 ADR at Le Cellier and we left the hotel at 11...Yeah we kind of slept in but we were at Epcot by 11:15 somehow so we figured we would stop in Club Cool on the way to Canada and boy am I glad we did. I got to see Sponge Bob Square Pants...

So we leave Club Cool and head to Canada, and yet again...

Now I really don't think it's that funny or that weird that people are laying passed out on the benches I just never seen it before and I am seeing it a lot this trip. Oh well...Canada, we are here!

Here is a shot of what is behind the caged door at le Cellier behind the check in counter...

Colleen is REALLY serious about her Filet...

Click to expand...

chrissyw14 · Nov 25, 2011

blackthidot said:
Forget that your camera is on a 10 second exposure while you're shooting fireworks at home and start you twist your lens to zoom out...Haha it was a mistake but I learned something cool by it. Here are some from light up night on Friday!

And is that a helicopter or is Santa coming earlier this year!!!

thanks sooo much for these tips! those pictures came out awesome

can't wait to try out my new canon rebel t3!

blackthidot · Dec 2, 2011

chrissyw14 said:
thanks sooo much for these tips! those pictures came out awesome

can't wait to try out my new canon rebel t3!

I almost got the Rebel T2i 2 years ago...

WorldKey · Jan 9, 2012

Just getting to reading your TR - love it! Great pics!

blackthidot · Jan 17, 2012

WorldKey said:
Just getting to reading your TR - love it! Great pics!

Thanks! Better late than never I guess! :xmas:

PolynesianPrincess · Jan 17, 2012

This is the worst trip report I've ever read. That is all.

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