Imagine if there were no iPhones or iPads inside Disney attractions

[seabreezept813]

Wow-crazy! Zero tolerance for sure!!

This happened to us at 6 flags and we were stopped on the ramp of Superman for quite some time. It's a major safety concern if that phone or camera is dropped or swept back going 60 some odd miles per hour, so it should be taken very seriously. At Disney it's more of a nuisance and I wish they'd be proactive.

 

[seabreezept813]

I was at MK on Tuesday. At least 75% of the crowd was recording the electrical parade, Celebrate the Magic and Wishes. I mean, come on, who really thinks those videos/pictures are going to come out? I guess they do. I guess people get some kind of satisfaction out of recording everything.

Personally, I just like to sit (or stand) back and enjoy the moment.

I also prefer to be in the moment and observe. My husband will take pictures of everything he sees..and it can drive me crazy. He grew up on a farm and Brazil and has very few photos of his childhood, and never really experienced family fun per say. For example, Christmas was just a day to eat a big meal. So for him, I think it's a pyschological need to make sure his daughter has photos/memories when she grows up. Also as being somewhat ADD it keeps him involved in the moment. Personally, I want to embrace the emotion. Either way it's kind of complicated.

 

[gljvd]

I saw guns and roses and everyone was standing recording the concert. I can understand taking a picture to post online or a selfie with the stage / attraction behind you but after that its enough.

I want to enjoy the ride.

 

[Larry Mondello]

Check out this story... they refer to concerts
http://www.metalsucks.net/2016/06/29/apple-planning-make-taking-concert-photos-videos-lot-difficult/

http://gizmodo.com/new-apple-patent-could-stop-you-from-taking-photos-and-1782732782

But the premise would be the same.. apple could disable photos or video taking inside attractions or shows if the devices supported this kind of technology. Talk about improving the guest experience!

What do you think?

Here we go again with another example of someone not liking something and wanting to ban it for people that do enjoy it. The practice of taking pictures and using ones phone does not infringe on anyone else, yet because this person doesn't like it then nobody should do it. Probably doesn't like selfie sticks and people playing Pokemon either. This may improve the "Guest experience" for you but diminish it for far more people.

 

[G00fyDad]

Here we go again with another example of someone not liking something and wanting to ban it for people that do enjoy it. The practice of taking pictures and using ones phone does not infringe on anyone else, yet because this person doesn't like it then nobody should do it. Probably doesn't like selfie sticks and people playing Pokemon either. This may improve the "Guest experience" for you but diminish it for far more people.

Maybe you have not been on a dark ride and could not even experience it because your vision never adjusted. The rest of us are tired of waiting in a long line to ride something and have half or more of the ride washed out by the blinding flashes. OR, having the entire immersion of the ride ruined by some padhole that wants to hold up a tablet to record every second of the ride so they are able to watch the grainy, shaky, horrible video later. As for the tech the other poster is talking about, how many times have you been to a show/concert that did not allow recording but you see hundreds of people doing it anyway?

 

[Santa Raccoon 77]

Here we go again with another example of someone not liking something and wanting to ban it for people that do enjoy it. The practice of taking pictures and using ones phone does not infringe on anyone else, yet because this person doesn't like it then nobody should do it. Probably doesn't like selfie sticks and people playing Pokemon either. This may improve the "Guest experience" for you but diminish it for far more people.

 

[flynnibus]

The practice of taking pictures and using ones phone does not infringe on anyone else,

What color is the sky in your world?

 

[Smiley/OCD]

This happened to us at 6 flags and we were stopped on the ramp of Superman for quite some time. It's a major safety concern if that phone or camera is dropped or swept back going 60 some odd miles per hour, so it should be taken very seriously. At Disney it's more of a nuisance and I wish they'd be proactive.

At 6F/ Great Adventure here in NJ, they have signs and warn you when enterng the line...if they see you with it, you're removed from line. If you lose it and it falls, you have to wait until the next day to TRY and claim it at lost & found...if you are lucky enough to get it back, and it's broken because of the fall, you're SOL!!!

Yeah I know that the policy might "crimp your style", but everyone at WDW is entitled to enjoy their vacations without the insensitive knuckleheads who think THEY are entitled to do anything they want, and this policy doesn't pertain to them...If it stops the guests from running around playing Pokemon Go and running into me on my ECV, then I'm ALL FOR IT! Now if WDW could disable using certain APPs while in the parks...

 

[rsoxguy]

Man, I'd settle for no iPhones or iPads in my house so that I could occasionally have the sense that someone was listening to me as I speak.

 

[Dragonrider1227]

Maybe you have not been on a dark ride and could not even experience it because your vision never adjusted. The rest of us are tired of waiting in a long line to ride something and have half or more of the ride washed out by the blinding flashes. OR, having the entire immersion of the ride ruined by some padhole that wants to hold up a tablet to record every second of the ride so they are able to watch the grainy, shaky, horrible video later. As for the tech the other poster is talking about, how many times have you been to a show/concert that did not allow recording but you see hundreds of people doing it anyway?

You must either be cursed or just have terrible timing because that almost never happens to me on Disney rides. I often expect it, but it doesn't. Mind you, I only go once every two years. I don't know how often you go.

 

[englanddg]

Here we go again with another example of someone not liking something and wanting to ban it for people that do enjoy it. The practice of taking pictures and using ones phone does not infringe on anyone else, yet because this person doesn't like it then nobody should do it. Probably doesn't like selfie sticks and people playing Pokemon either. This may improve the "Guest experience" for you but diminish it for far more people.

The issue isn't the photography, per se, it's the screen and the use of flash. Especially the Plus, Mini and full on iPad screens. They are bright, by design, and detract strongly from the attraction themselves. Someone who goes on board with a DLSR or a GoPro has the same issue, but far less by default, as even large screen sizes for those are in the 1" - 3" range. An iPad is 3 times that, minimum.

Flash concerns have been an issue for decades, and are not limited to someone being a "fogey"...they are disturbing on a dark ride, and have been well before Jobs conjured up the i(whatever).

As far as selfie sticks, well, those are banned. But, to make a similar, but far less PC (though equally apt) argument, you should try and defend smoking on attractions and around the parks. Or, even better yet, vaping.

See where that gets you.

I suspect you'll find the same people who will defend holding up a 10" bright screen on a ride isn't "rude an intrusive" will pitch a fit if they even get a whiff of tobacco, and will likely go into convulsions and claim that they have cancer.

 

[englanddg]

What would those of us do that rely on youtube to help us get our "Disney fix" when we're not there!

Footage from i(devices) isn't really the best for that youtube fix anyhow.

And, it certainly isn't a requirement of youtube to have filmed on an i(device)...

 

[Magenta Panther]

I have asked people to turn off the flash and I have witnessed others ask. It has always been polite the first couple of times we have had to ask, but most of the time I get a dirty look from the person and they just continue to use the flash. I have even get a hearty "F*** you!" from them. Yeah, that goes over really well with me.

That happened to me once when I rode Pirates in WDW. Some lady in the front of our boat took flash pictures all the way through the ride. I made a loud remark about it, then the guy next to me made an even louder remark, but the lady just ignored us and did her part to help diminish the ride experience for all of us. I wish I'd had the guts to grab her phone and throw it in the water.

 

[G00fyDad]

You must either be cursed or just have terrible timing because that almost never happens to me on Disney rides. I often expect it, but it doesn't. Mind you, I only go once every two years. I don't know how often you go.

No. You must be blessed since nearly everyone else experiences this.

 

[Santa Raccoon 77]

No. You must be blessed since nearly everyone else experiences this.

I never have this hassle

Spoiler: ;-)

Too busy filming on my eye-pad to notice anyone else

 

[Brad Bishop]

Here we go again with another example of someone not liking something and wanting to ban it for people that do enjoy it. The practice of taking pictures and using ones phone does not infringe on anyone else, yet because this person doesn't like it then nobody should do it. Probably doesn't like selfie sticks and people playing Pokemon either. This may improve the "Guest experience" for you but diminish it for far more people.

This is pie-in-the-sky but I think it would help a great deal if people actually learned how to use the equipment (camera, phone, etc) which they are using.

First, realize that the picture you're taking on a moving ride (assuming something like Haunted Mansion - not a speedy ride where you could drop your phone and possibly injure someone) is going to be crappy. Those pics you take at the concert: crappy. "Those blurry human-looking things on that platform are Pearl Jam! YEAH!!!" It's a crappy picture and not something you're likely to go back and review/treasure in the future but, instead, just you letting everyone else know "you're there".

For concerts, I don't get why bands don't let people take pics/record. It seems like free advertising. Yeah, you may get the odd guy who wants to watch the concert for free that's been recorded off a mobile phone but that's not the greater population.

Mobile phones aren't "bad".. Cameras aren't "bad". I do wish people would learn to:
- turn their screens all the way down in darkened environments. I don't like having this blinding light up in my face.
- hold the phone discretely instead of way up in the air blocking other's views
- learn to (not) use the flash/light.. So often people just leave this on "auto" and never have an idea that it actually makes no difference in recording, say, fireworks and, if anything, gives you that weird haze because the light is reflecting off the particles/humidity in the air around you.

A lot of it really is just: educate yourself and be courteous. Do that and a lot of these issues go away.

 

[Disney4family]

We had to ask people to stop using flash photography on almost every dark ride this past trip - and in every scene of the ride, especially Under the Sea. We were stopped once for an extended time right before the "Kiss the Girl" scene. Since no music was playing after the CM spoke, my daughter spoke up and explained to the people using flash throughout the ride that they have to turn off their flash because they were ruining the experience for everyone else. It worked. Unfortunately, telling people "no flash photography" and "turn your flash off" rarely worked this trip. Honestly, if people weren't taking flash pictures, they were talking nonstop. It was challenging to enjoy a lot of attractions this trip due to flashes and talking.
We did experience someone using a selfie-stick on Splash. He was in the boat ahead of us. He held it up high even through Slippin' Falls despite repeated announcements by CMs to put it away. Actually, all we heard were CMs speaking over the attraction music until he finally put it away.

 

[harryk]

[QUOTE="
We did experience someone using a selfie-stick on Splash. He was in the boat ahead of us. He held it up high even through Slippin' Falls despite repeated announcements by CMs to put it away. Actually, all we heard were CMs speaking over the attraction music until he finally put it away.[/QUOTE]
Was 'he' escorted out of the park for violating the selfie rules? Most likely not.....

 

[Disney4family]

[QUOTE="
We did experience someone using a selfie-stick on Splash. He was in the boat ahead of us. He held it up high even through Slippin' Falls despite repeated announcements by CMs to put it away. Actually, all we heard were CMs speaking over the attraction music until he finally put it away.

Was 'he' escorted out of the park for violating the selfie rules? Most likely not.....[/QUOTE]
He was not. We actually watched to see if a CM would speak with him when we exited the ride. Nothing was done. Nothing was said.

I forgot to mention that we did speak with CMs on a lot of the dark rides about the flashes. They said it is mentioned to not use them, but they mostly rely on Guest integrity. We only heard it mentioned on Nemo. We suggested that they have a visual of no flash photography. It would reinforce the courtesy rule/request to some and help those who may not understand (or wish to understand) English.

 

[jrlbc06]

I used to have a folder with quite a few photos of people's extremely shocked faces as I got off of rides, stepped in front of them and took a flash photo. I love how upset and indignant they got when I did it. Nearly every time I have been on a dark ride at Disney there has been some idiot snapping away with a flash, or sitting there with their cell phone/tablet held up recording the entire ride. Like I've said before I also carry a small LED flashlight that emits a tight beam. That gets shined in people's faces when they use flashes after they are politely asked to cease the behavior.

You are my hero!