Cell phone vent!

[pittypat]

Why do you come to a Disney park (or any other park, for that matter) and spend the entire time with your face glued to a cell phone?? We saw this ALL DAY! And on almost every single ride. What is wrong with people? Look up! Enjoy why you're here.

 

[alvernon90]

I could not agree more!

-Sent by Verizon Droid in Anaheim, CA

 

[Dot2Vegas]

Why do you come to a Disney park (or any other park, for that matter) and spend the entire time with your face glued to a cell phone?? We saw this ALL DAY! And on almost every single ride. What is wrong with people? Look up! Enjoy why you're here.

I agree! Our phones go in the backpack and stay there for the majority of the day. We check them occasionally to make sure there are no emergencies. People I know complain that I am not posting enough pics to Facebook while I am in the park...hello! Too busy having fun!

 

[PocahontasLookALike]

I feel this way about life in general!!!

 

[DarthMole]

I did it on IASW. Sorry, couldn't help it.

Other than that I can't see using my phone on rides.

Other times...wait time apps.

But in general, people do have their phones out too much in society.

 

[beachdreamr1229]

Agreed...mostly.

We use them to text each other when we've gotten separated, to take pictures, and to check wait times. Otherwise, they're put away.

 

[Cheshirecatty]

Why do you come to a Disney park (or any other park, for that matter) and spend the entire time with your face glued to a cell phone?? We saw this ALL DAY! And on almost every single ride. What is wrong with people? Look up! Enjoy why you're here.

LOVE this!! We so agree--cell phone stays at the hotel while we are in the parks!

 

[cmpeter]

We use them for wait times, to take pictures or text each other when separated. But, we certainly are not glued to them. Way too much to look at for that!

 

[HippieChickadee]

people are too busy talking/bragging to people they are NOT with instead of enjoying the people they ARE with

 

[smiles33]

Wait--I have an even worse story. This past weekend while waiting for Soundsational to being, I saw a mom pushing 2 toddlers (looked like fraternal twins who were maybe 2 or 3?) in a double stroller, each with their own iPad, down Main Street. You are at DISNEYLAND! Why do you need to bring 2 iPads for your toddlers?!?!?

 

[GenGen22]

I agree! Our phones go in the backpack and stay there for the majority of the day. We check them occasionally to make sure there are no emergencies. People I know complain that I am not posting enough pics to Facebook while I am in the park...hello! Too busy having fun!

Exactly!!! I take photos w/my phone & maybe if we get separated call the other one but facebook can wait until I'm back from vacation for photos....

 

[zoeandjacks]

LOL, well I use mine to take all my pictures while there, and then it only takes 2 seconds with my iphone to select a group of pictures and upload them to facebook. I did this while standing in lines. It takes literally less than a minute. But other than that, unless I'm texting my DEAR hubby trying to find out where he is/why he's not where he's supposed to be...or taking a picture, it's away.

 

[Malcon10t]

OK, a different point of view here. I run a large family business. Because of cell phones, I can take 3 and 4 day weekends as long as I can work from my phone. I need to be available to my various supervisors, to my import/export attorneys, and to various brokers. Yes, last Friday I was in the park, and I was dealing with a payroll issue coming off Soarin', then I also dealt with a broker who needed to shift product in Spain while I was having lunch at BTMRR. But because I can do this on my cell while at Disneyland, I wasn't sitting back at the office 6 hours north, and could enjoy a long weekend with my daughter. I will take a 3-4 day weekend every 6 weeks at Disneyland where I need to spend a couple hours on the weekdays, than miss those trips.

Everyone's needs/choices are different. For me, I'd rather be at Disneyland for 2-3 days, knowing I will spend maybe 2 hours on the phone, than sitting home with no days in Disneyland.

 

[DarthMole]

Malcon10t - Your situation is pretty rare. Maybe 1%, probably less, are using their phone for essential business purposes in the park. The vast majority with their eyes fixed on their personal electronic device are using it for social purposes, including taking pictures and sending them to friends. For the most part, it's pretty easy to tell who is on a serious call, who is taking pictures, and who is texting, tweeting, facebooking. There's a lot of the later everywhere you go these days.

 

[pittypat]

I do understand that, sometimes, of course cell phone use is unavoidable. Here is the one that got me-while riding Haunted Mansion, the person in the adjacent car was on her phone the entire time. When the cars were in the side-by-side position, the light from the phone was really annoying. I looked over and she was playing a game!! This was a grown up. Go sit on a bench and wait if you must play a game DURING a ride. Had a similar experience on The Little Mermaid.

 

[Gatordude]

Yep , too much narcissism in this day and age.

 

[aleighc1]

OK, a different point of view here. I run a large family business. Because of cell phones, I can take 3 and 4 day weekends as long as I can work from my phone. I need to be available to my various supervisors, to my import/export attorneys, and to various brokers. Yes, last Friday I was in the park, and I was dealing with a payroll issue coming off Soarin', then I also dealt with a broker who needed to shift product in Spain while I was having lunch at BTMRR. But because I can do this on my cell while at Disneyland, I wasn't sitting back at the office 6 hours north, and could enjoy a long weekend with my daughter. I will take a 3-4 day weekend every 6 weeks at Disneyland where I need to spend a couple hours on the weekdays, than miss those trips.

Everyone's needs/choices are different. For me, I'd rather be at Disneyland for 2-3 days, knowing I will spend maybe 2 hours on the phone, than sitting home with no days in Disneyland.

This will be my hubby in 10 days on our first trip to Disneyland. As luck would have it, our new business took off about 6 weeks ago- after we'd already booked and paid for everything. (we've been working on launching it for a few months and suddenly things just took off) We've made arrangements the best we can, but I know we'll have to set aside some time each day to touch base at home and make sure all is running smoothly. We are a new company and cannot afford to leave our clients hanging for a week.

 

[mom2rtk]

Unfortunately this is only going to get worse when they roll out My Magic+, which includes the new fastpass+ system. You will no longer get paper fastpasses, but will instead preselect some from home on your computer, and the Disney app will be your means of tracking your return times. If additional ones are available same day in the park, you would not have a paper tickt for those either, but also track them on the app. (There will be some kiosks in the parks, but I won't want to wait in yet another line to double check my times). Additionally, it is rumored that Disney will send messages throughout the day with surprise fastpasses to try and distribute the crowds better throughout the parks.

I'm not a fan of this at all. Yes, I have a cell phone, but I keep it tucked away in my backpack and only pull it out a couple times a day to see if anyone has tried to reach me. Disney has been the one place I could escape reality and not be plugged in. But brace yourselves for it all to get a lot worse, not better.

 

[mdsd8700]

Overall I agree with the majority that many people are not "present" in the current moment they are experiencing and are somewhere else tweeting, texting, surfing the net, posting on FB, etc. I don't have a FB, I don't tweet and just got a smart phone so the whole concept doesn't appeal to me. My kids (16 and 19) know they are not allowed to take out there phones while we are on vacation and they can catch up with the "world" when there is down time later in the day. Unfortunately DH has a job that requires him to be available constantly and he can spend a good deal of the time on the phone, texting and taking care of minor and major situations. We wish it wasn't that way, but that is a fact we have learned to live with.

 

[lovebug33]

I am guilty of way too much using the phone. We went to the fair the other day and our phones wouldn't work. It was blissful and I lived not checking facebook ten thousand times.I'm doing that at DL!