Disney Dreams Ruined for me

[travelingtwin]

We are getting ready for our next Disney Cruise, I have one concern, I don't think I can go through another Disney Dreams show with someone ruining it for me and my family by VIDEO taping the entire show!!! Let me just say to anyone taping this show,that it is annoying to everyone sitting behind and to the sides of you! I sure that everyone of you thought that no one even noticed. The light from it is very distracting!!
Has anyone else had this experience? How did you handle it?

 

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[jlowejd5]

People really need to understand that when you're sitting in the audience at a show like that, and you take a flash photograph, you are:

1. Annoying the performers.

2. Doing nothing but taking a picture of the hair of the person in front of you, but REALLY bright.

3. Even if you get some of the performers, the chance of them being washed out because of the stage lights plus your flash is dramatically increased.

If you want photos of the stage show (or a ballgame or concert or whatever), turn off your flash, use a higher speed film, and hold the camera VERY still.

 

[Corryn]

When I am video taping something, I get my picture lined up using the extendable viewer-mini tv thingie and once I've got the picture I want, I close it and look through the eye hole thingie because I realize how bright the tv thingie is and I don't want to distract anyone. If I have to adjust something, I open it up real fast and fix my framing and then close it real fast.

The same thing goes with those cell phones that totally light up the night. It's ridiculous.

 

[lbgraves]

Even if you have the flash turned off the light from the view screen of a digital camera can be distracting to those around you. I always keep that off & bring the camera down to shield the light when the picture that I just took comes up on the screen for a second.

 

[Miss Eeyore]

I don't think it is allowed to video any of the stage shows anyway.....they are copyright protected.

 

[lookingforward]

I think it is very rude and annoying too. It happened to us on our cruise. The light was very bright and my eyes kept wandering to her little screen because it was so close to our seat. Do people really sit and watch the tapes when they get home? The quality and sound are awful and it is so far from the live experience I am sure it does not do the show justice. I think they should be banned.

 

[Miss Eeyore]

This is just another area where folks think that the rules apply only to those "other" people out there. The quality of whatever they might capture on video is awful, and I agree with the previous poster when she asks if anyone really would or could watch anything of quality later.....and at what expense to those around them.

This is just the same kind of "It's all about me and my vacation" thinking that drives folks crazy up at the pool with lounge hogging or in the theatre with seat saving.

I usually don't have the courage to speak up about these things....but I wish I did.

 

[lbgraves]

Actually I was surprised how well the video of the kid's show was and we were sitting near the back of the first section on the right. I was afraid that it would be garbled and bright with the lighting but it came out very nicely. The kids have watched it MANY times since we have been home, just like the Cinderella Celebration show that we went to twice at MK. LOL! If they are getting too wound up I just pop that tape in & there is peace & tranquility for 30 minutes.

 

[Miss Eeyore]

I think there is a difference between the kids show and the stage shows. The stage shows are coopyright protected and an announcement is made before the show that videography is not permitted.

 

[Hercules10]

GAWD! This is my biggest pet peeve!

Using a flash, ESPECIALLY red-eye reduction, does nothing for the photo quality and only serves to endanger the performers by blinding them and irritate the rest of the audience. MORONS! Everyone of 'em!

 

[smchan]

Video & sound recording and flash photography were always announced to be prohibited in the handful of cruises I've been on. I took that to mean non-flash photography is fair game. (Also, I don't think copyrights have anything to do with recording a show as long it's for personal use. Sell it, though, and you're operating outside the law.)

A handful of good photographs help me remember the shows. Fast film (or sensor speed) and a fast lens will go a long way.

Sam

 

[jrabbit]

Video & sound recording and flash photography were always announced to be prohibited in the handful of cruises I've been on. I took that to mean non-flash photography is fair game. (Also, I don't think copyrights have anything to do with recording a show as long it's for personal use. Sell it, though, and you're operating outside the law.)

A handful of good photographs help me remember the shows. Fast film (or sensor speed) and a fast lens will go a long way.

Sam

Sam --- Question: Digital or Film? Then at what speed? Thanks

 

[smchan]

Sam --- Question: Digital or Film? Then at what speed? Thanks

Digital. Usually 800-1200 ISO using spot metering to avoid burning the highlights.

Lots of show pictures at the link below with EXIF data if you'd like to see my exposure settings.
http://www.pbase.com/srmchan/121104magic

Sam

 

[lbgraves]

I think there is a difference between the kids show and the stage shows. The stage shows are coopyright protected and an announcement is made before the show that videography is not permitted.

Of course the kid's show is fair game for the video camera but I was referring to comments that the video in the theater wouldn't come out well. The pictures were clear & not fuzzy with lights that were too bright. We taped the entire movie that was made with the kid's pictures and that is also clear. The quality of the sound is wonderful as well, not distorted in the least. I didn't expect the tape to be so nice, which is probably why the kids want to watch it over & over.

 

[CRSNDSNY]

We are getting ready for our next Disney Cruise, I have one concern, I don't think I can go through another Disney Dreams show with someone ruining it for me and my family by VIDEO taping the entire show!!! Let me just say to anyone taping this show,that it is annoying to everyone sitting behind and to the sides of you! I sure that everyone of you thought that no one even noticed. The light from it is very distracting!!
Has anyone else had this experience? How did you handle it?

This happened to us last month for Golden Mickeys. My husband said something to him and he stopped.

BTW -- The performer who played Cinderella (in the photo on page 1) was amazingly talented!

 

[travelingtwin]

That is what I am saying...They annouce before the show not to video tape it and both cruises we went on, there was still someone doing it. I kept waiting for a CM to talk to them...never happened.

 

[inkkognito]

Sometimes they say not to videotape and sometimes they allow it. Ages ago, my husband videotaped the original three shows. In order to be courteous to others, he sat in the back row, away from other people, so he would not be disturbing anyone else. He has taken non-flash photos with our digital camera, and he always shields the screen so as not to bother other people. They come out amazingly good without the flash if you know how to use the settings. The CMs used to come and ask people to stop taping, but I haven't seen them do it lately. If someone was doing it around me, I'd ask them to stop, and if they refused, I might have to narrate the show for them or do something else equally annoying...turnabout is fair play
Barb

 

[LuvThatMouse]

...it is annoying to everyone sitting behind and to the sides of you! I sure that everyone of you thought that no one even noticed. The light from it is very distracting!!
Has anyone else had this experience? How did you handle it?

It is very annoying that there are some people who are so obsessed with capturing every moment of their trip on film of one kind or another, that they intrude upon those around them, thus ruining other people's experience. Not only that, but they diminish their own enjoyment of the trip by focusing on taking video and pictures that they fail to sit back, relax and enjoy their surroundings.

 

[earpiemom]

my pet peeve is when people put their belongings in a chair by the pool and don't return until the end of the day to use the chair and other people that need a place to sit have no chairs...i wouldn't mind returning the chair to them if they came back but i was afraid to move their things so i ended up having no place to sit and i have a 6 month old so it would have been very nice...some people are just very rude