did anyone notice?

[gwynne]

Funny? I don't see the humor. I guess it's tangible proof there are folks who suffer from a deficit of attention. Maybe it's funnier to folks who live near their most of their relatives. Possibly they have tons of family photo ops, and don't see it as any big deal.
They probably don't think about families who get together at Disney, and who don't live near each other. Those photos can be particularly precious.

 

[Disneefun]

Funny or cute? Maybe, depending on your tolerance for other people's stupidity.

But I'd never want my kid doing it for this reason: We were in DC not long ago and saw a kid (probably 13 or so) photobombing people at the Lincoln memorial. He did it to one group and the father grabbed him and yelled at the kid. Actually shook him a little bit and called him a name I can't repeat here. I don't know where the kid's parents were but no one stepped forward or else the incident could have gotten really ugly, I think.

Given how unstable some people are (particularly in hot, crowded tourist destinations where they've just about had enough) I wouldn't do anything that might set someone off.

 

[gwynne]

Funny or cute? Maybe, depending on your tolerance for other people's stupidity.

But I'd never want my kid doing it for this reason: We were in DC not long ago and saw a kid (probably 13 or so) photobombing people at the Lincoln memorial. He did it to one group and the father grabbed him and yelled at the kid. Actually shook him a little bit and called him a name I can't repeat here. I don't know where the kid's parents were but no one stepped forward or else the incident could have gotten really ugly, I think.

Given how unstable some people are (particularly in hot, crowded tourist destinations where they've just about had enough) I wouldn't do anything that might set someone off.

BBM--that is the exact reason why I would never say anything to a photo bomber.

 

[FireDancer]

That doesn't change the rude and obnoxious behavior of the photobomber. I may have thought it was funny at 10, but I have since grown up

You are right but since you can't control the actions of strangers it really isn't hard at all to just look quickly at the picture and, if someone has stuck themselves into it, just retake it.

It also isn't rocket science to control your own child's behavior.

True but you can't control someone else's child's behavior and once the they are in your picture it is too late. You can say something at that point before the retake but this is just something I can't get all that upset over. I just retake it. In the digital age photos are free and immediately checkable.

 

[JerseyJanice]

Clearly written by someone NOT traveling with children. It can be difficult to get a great picture when all the kids are looking at the camera, smiling, hands off of their faces, etc. when you have that picture and someone has purposefully ruined it for sport. Not cool

And that isn't rocket science either.

ITA! Not everyone is all that photogenic to begin with, then you finally get a decent shot of that person only to have it ruined by some prankster. Like there's not enough to do at Disney World, somebody has to entertain themselves by "photobombing"? It's really stupid and obnoxious.

BTW, we were badly "photobombed" by our nephew during a WDW trip in July 2010. This kid did something jerky in every single Photopass picture we took. That was the one and only trip that I insisted we stop for a lot of Photopass pictures, and I had no idea what my nephew was doing until I got home and saw the photos on-line. In every last shot, he made a funny face, or some stupid wrestling pose, or gave someone the finger or bunny ears. He ruined every picture, and I was pretty mad about it. I don't usually tell on kids, but that time I did because his parents needed to talk to him about it. It was an obnoxious thing to do.

So yes, you can be photobombed by your own family, and I know because it happened to me.

 

[JerseyJanice]

You are right but since you can't control the actions of strangers it really isn't hard at all to just look quickly at the picture and, if someone has stuck themselves into it, just retake it.



True but you can't control someone else's child's behavior and once the they are in your picture it is too late. You can say something at that point before the retake but this is just something I can't get all that upset over. I just retake it. In the digital age photos are free and immediately checkable.

See my post above. If they're Photopass pictures, then no, immediately retaking them is not an option.

And while you can't control the actions of strangers, you can certainly tell them off and embarrass them, which is what should have happened to the parents of the child in the OP.

 

[luvmy3]

You are right but since you can't control the actions of strangers it really isn't hard at all to just look quickly at the picture and, if someone has stuck themselves into it, just retake it.



True but you can't control someone else's child's behavior and once the they are in your picture it is too late. You can say something at that point before the retake but this is just something I can't get all that upset over. I just retake it. In the digital age photos are free and immediately checkable.

Of course you can re-take it, but we are DISers and that means we have to get upset that some little twit is trying to ruin our Disney memories!!

Seriously though, I don't think its cute but I don't see it as something to make a case out of. Like you said, just re-take the pic and move on. And maybe flash the kid a dirty look during the re-take

 

[GaSleepingBeautyFan]

I go alone during the year and have seen it happen to people but don't think it's funny at all.
I think it's rude and obnoxious and there are much more productive ways to have fun without bothering others.

When I go with my family which is once every 3 years or so, I can barely get them to take a picture together.
On our last trip, I was only able to get 3 photopass group shots of the 4 of us. And they wouldn't redo any of them. Two of them weren't good and I wanted to get them redone but the family said no way.

I would have been very unhappy if someone had jumped into any of the photos. I don't own photoshop type software so I wouldn't have been able to photoshop anyone out if they had.

 

[Magpie]

True but you can't control someone else's child's behavior and once the they are in your picture it is too late. You can say something at that point before the retake but this is just something I can't get all that upset over. I just retake it. In the digital age photos are free and immediately checkable.

In the case of the boy in the third photo (page 4 in this thread), if I'd been the photographer, I would have asked the CM to escort him back to his parents. I wouldn't want to have to try a retake with him standing right there all ready to ruin my next photo too. Especially as Pooh doesn't have a whole lot of time to spend on photos with us.

 

[Eljay]

.....In every last shot, he made a funny face, or some stupid wrestling pose, or gave someone the finger or bunny ears.....

Wow, PhotoPass allows that to go through? I'm a little surprised.
I assumed it was like the ride photos, where they censor obscene gestures. Interesting.

 

[FergieTCat]

Of course you can re-take it, but we are DISers and that means we have to get upset that some little twit is trying to ruin our Disney memories!!

My bad. Mea culpa.

 

[PollyannaMom]

OP, if there was a random kid in my photos, I'd laugh over it too! (In fact, I'm right now picturing a really adorable mystery bio scrapbook page. ) I guess it's all in how you look at it.

 

[JerseyJanice]

Wow, PhotoPass allows that to go through? I'm a little surprised.
I assumed it was like the ride photos, where they censor obscene gestures. Interesting.

Hard to explain, but his middle finger gestures were kind of subtle--not like a "salute," more like a wave or disguised within some other jerky gesture.

Everything the kid did to ruin our pictures was sneaky because none of us saw him doing it while it was happening. He got over on me big time.

He's got some impulse issues (obviously), but I gotta tell you that it was maddening that he did this in every.single.Photopass.picture. I've never seen the kid act so consistently. I swear if we told him to make sure he did something stupid in every picture, he could never have kept it up the way he decided to on this trip.

 

[sbell111]

A few thoughts:

• I think it's kind of funny.
• I don't see how it's especially dangerous.
• I doubt that the OP would notice the girl doing this in 'multiple parks' unless she was traveling with the OP.

 

[Eljay]

A couple thoughts:

• I think it's kind of funny.
• I don't see how it's especially dangerous.
• I doubt that the OP would notice the girl doing this in 'multiple parks' unless she was traveling with the OP.

Unless someone did it to MY family, I'm just sayin'...

 

[sbell111]

Unless someone did it to MY family, I'm just sayin'...

Are you in the practice of delivering beatdowns to ten year old girls (who aren't even yours)?

 

[LuvsDragonflies]

I'm thinking if she just go into one or two of my photos, I'd laugh, if she was just doing it to one family, it'd be more annoying to me. Lighten up Francises.

You KNOW she's in more danger going into the bathroom by herself.

 

[FireDancer]

You KNOW she's in more danger going into the bathroom by herself.

Only if she goes into the men's room. You do know that is were all serial killers get their start, right? That is why there are never ending stories of rape and murder all over the bathrooms at Disney and why I don't think mom's who take their tween/teen sons into the ladies room with them are over-protective mental cases in the slightest.

 

[Magpie]

Anyone remember the Goofus and Gallant cartoons from Highlights Magazine?

Goofus photobombs families at Walt Disney World.

Gallant asks, "Would you like me to take a picture of your whole family together?"