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Message: <blockquote data-quote="David S." data-source="post: 4408372" data-attributes="member: 44400">I think it's a great idea, and I applaud you, Rod Serling! :sohappy::sohappy::sohappy: I personally don't ever carry any of the things on your "Forbidden List" into the parks with me because I like to "immerse myself" completely in the Magic!In fact, I don't carry a cell phone on my person anywhere! (although I do keep one in the glove compartment of my car in case I break down and need to call for help).I bring into the parks the following items:*My annual pass, in it's case, which I keep inside of a ziploc bag slightly larger than the size of a standard plastic card. Into this ziploc bag, I store any FPs I aquire that day.*A second ziploc bag of the same size, which includes my drivers license (to confirm my identity if my pass doesn't work or needs to be replaced), my car key, and an extra contact lens in case one of mine falls out (which almost never happens, but you never know). The second bag usually never needs to be opened or accessed from the time I leave my car to the time I return to it. Both of these ziploc bags fit comfortably into either a zippered or velcro shorts pocket, making them very secure on my person.* Cash for my food, drinks, and any souvenir impulse buys* A Times Guide that I pick up upon entering the park.I guess by many people's standards this is "roughing it" by carrying so little, but it feels perfectly normal for me. In fact, I'd feel "trapped", less "free", and "restricted" if I had to carry a cell-phone and keep it turned on in the parks!I was reading an article recently in USA Today about how electronic devices are causing people to lose focus on what they are doing and who they are with, causing them to do many things at once. Personally, I prefer to give 1,000,000 percent of my attention to whatever it is I am doing. When I watch one of my DVDs or listen to a CD, or read a book, my ringer is turned off, the doors are locked, and as far as I am concerned, nothing or no one in the world exists except the work of Art I am experiencing.That's the attitude I take when I am at a park as well. I want my mind to be 100 percent on where I am and what I am doing. When I am out in public with someone else, I don't feel the need to make myself "accessible" to anyone else who isn't there, via cell phone. Not that I am criticising other people who have a different approach (and may have to due to their job), but when I am in public supposed to be spending "quality time" with a family member in a special place like WDW and they inturupt me mid-sentence to take a non-urgent, non-business related call, I find it beyond rude.I personally refuse to make myself accessible 24/7 to anyone who knows me just because the technology exists that allows this. Everyone survived just fine without it. That's just my opinion of what works for me - other's mileage may very! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Have a fun trip!</blockquote>

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