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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rodserling27" data-source="post: 4406277" data-attributes="member: 68472">I'm two days away from my trip, and I've been inspired to rock it in a very old-fashioned way. I will not be bringing any "modern day" conenviences to the park. I came up with the idea while watching the Twilight Zone New Year's marathon on Syfy Channel. There's an episode called "A Stop at Willoughby" where a man longs for the "simpler" times without the headaches of modern day electronics and whatnot. I won't tell you the ending, go see it for yourself, it's a real twist! But I digress...I figured that there's no better place to rid myself of modern day things than Disney World. It's all about escapism anyway, isnt' it? I read somewhere that Jack White, of the band the White Stripes (among others), said that he doesn't like when people are so focused on taking a good picture of his band on stage that they lose sight (no pun intended) of what's important: enjoying the music. While you can disagree with this to an extent, I feel he's correct in that you should enjoy something to its fullest without worrying about "documenting" it or whatnot. So, here is my personal list of "forbidden" items for this trip!- No cell phone use while on property - I have ZERO reason to use a phone, except in the event of an emergency.- No iPod or portable CD player - I would never use one in the parks, but I don't feel it's necessary on the plane ride down either. We'll see...- No computer use- No video camera use: I've got so much footage from my pervious two trips, and along with Mousebits and Martin's documentaries, I really don't need to bring one!- No still camera use- this is the most "controversial" of my ideas. I decided that I have PLENTY of pictures of me in front of the Castle, with Mickey Mouse, etc, that I would rather soak-up and live in the present moment as much as possible without worrying about whether I can effectively "document" that moment. Besides, I will have the availability of Disney's PhotoPass should I decide to use pictures when I get back (and I"m sure my sister will take plenty of photos with HER camera :lol<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />What do you all think of this? Any more suggestions? Has anyone ever done something like this before?I've been to WDW so many times, I think I'm at the point where I can start varying it up to change my experience, which is really the whole point of this. That's not to say that I'm "tired" or "sick" of doing it the way I usually do. In fact, it's quite the opposite. I suppose I'm just feeling a bit adventerous for this voyage. I hope that at this time next week I can look back and say, "That was a refreshing change of pace!"</blockquote>

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