Disney World Vacations And Cell Phone Use!!!

[DISKATER69]

I've noticed a lot of people saying that it's "sad" to be texting in the parks.

Personally, I think what's really sad is that people actually care about somebody else texting this much...

 

[livie1205]

I think it is sad that so many people worry what others are doing on "their" vacation...for the people who may have seen me texting on our last trip..how would you know that my dad who has had 2 heart attacks had been back in the hospital (he was ok) and my mom was updating us on how he was? you wouldnt but do not judge others on what they are doing..we take our phone because my dh job policy says he has to be reached by phone at any time (LEO,he may have to take a call from a D.A. or atty regarding a case of someone he arrested or have to do a phone depo) and me because of my parents health...and both of us need to be aval. in case one of our boys are on another trip with another parent and need to reach us....so there ARE good reasons people have their phones on vacations..

 

[luvmy3]

Most people today are so busy chronicling their life on FB, Twitter etc. that they forget to actually live their life. We are so busy being electronically connected that we forget to speak with the live people standing next to us...

And vacation is to get away from work, not bring it with you.

And vacation is also to get away from the people you deal with on a daily basis...not bring them with you.

That may be what your vacations are for, but everyone has their own idea of vacation is to them.

You didn't ask me, but - I think it shows a lack of respect to your fellow passengers, and to the attraction designers. If you're texting, you're not fully appreciating the attraction.

I'm sorrry but this is the craziest thing said in thread. Do you really think they care if you are appreciating the ride? They get paid whether people appreciate their rides or not, and as long as you are in that park Disney got your money, they don't care if you are appreciative of their attractions, unless you show it by not using your wallet

 

[kaytieeldr]

But not every one is capable to turn of there phones. As I stated we come from a different time zone and we just have a very small time window to call. And if this happens during a ride well sorry but I'm going to take the call. I have to deal with screaming or spoiled children during that same ride.

Nope. Not buying it. You KNOW there's a "very small time window" to call or take a call. When you CHOOSE to be on an attraction or ride during that time window, you're the one being inconsiderate - to your fellow Guests. Use that as planned downtime.

Speaking of fellow Guests: that's what we all are at Walt Disney World. Do all the proponents of cell phone use follow the same practice as guests any/everywhere else? Just curious

 

[dislaney]

I find texting very useful and would think that it would bother someone much less if I texted someone while in the park- rather than be talking out loud on my actual phone. Why would someone care?

 

[kaytieeldr]

I'm sorrry but this is the craziest thing said in thread. Do you really think they care if you are appreciating the ride? They get paid whether people appreciate their rides or not, and as long as you are in that park Disney got your money, they don't care if you are appreciative of their attractions, unless you show it by not using your wallet

If you could quote where I said anything about being disrespectful to Walt Disney World, I'd appreciate it. That's NOT what I said; I was very specific. When a Guest is texting (or talking on a cell phone, or even just talking to a travel companion), they're not fully appreciating the attraction, and this displays a lack of respect for the other Guests on the attraction and for the attraction designers.

See? Not a company concerned about getting every possible dollar out of you. Individual beings. People. Persons. Humans. Some spent a lot of time designing the attraction, or bringing it to fruition, or maintaining it. Others simply want to enjoy it fully in the moment. If communicating with the outside world is vital at a given moment, don't use that moment to also be on a theme park attraction - especially one where light from a personal device, or one-sided conversation*, will be distracting.

But ALL this aside - since the OP's issue is with trance-like texters stopping in the middle of, well, anywhere, to text, I have a question. Given that texting and driving has been determined to be more dangerous than drinking and driving - because the brain generally can't concentrate fully on two activities at the same time - what in the world is WRONG with expecting texters to (a) step out of the flow of [foot] traffic to text and (b) not do it IN an attraction?


*Because we all know that cell conversations need to be held at a loud enough level that the phone isn't actually needed Or at least that's the decibel level practiced by many users.

 

[goofy!]

Speaking of fellow Guests: that's what we all are at Walt Disney World. Do all the proponents of cell phone use follow the same practice as guests any/everywhere else? Just curious

If you were a guest of Disney, you would be invited and not pay anything.

The people in Disney are paying consumers, not guests . Disney offers a product for sale, the consumer decides to purchase it. It is up to the consumer to decide how to use that consumable product.

I do agree that there should be some consideration for other consumers in no texting or talking during rides. That is infringing on the buying decision of the other consumers. However, if the consumer would like to use his product by just sitting on a bench texting all day, that is the consumer's choice.

It is much like buying a can of Coke. You are not Coke's guest and are not required to show appreciation to the product by drinking it and enjoying it. If I want to use it to clean my battery, I can. If I want to let it sit on my shelf for months, I can. It is my product that I purchased and I can use it in the way I see fit as long as I am not harming others.

One can say that to worry that others are choosing to use their product in a way different than you would, so much so that you are judging and it begins to ruin your vacation, then I would say you would be the one who is not living in the moment.

It is the consumer's money. If the customer chooses to use his product, ie; time in the parks by texting the entire time, that is absolutely the customer's right.

All Disney cares about is that the consumer purchased the product. How the consumer chooses to use the product is of no concern to anybody as long as they are not harming others such as being disruptive on a ride.

 

[LuvCuteBoys]

Most people today are so busy chronicling their life on FB, Twitter etc. that they forget to actually live their life. We are so busy being electronically connected that we forget to speak with the live people standing next to us...

And vacation is to get away from work, not bring it with you.

And vacation is also to get away from the people you deal with on a daily basis...not bring them with you.

If I could take my friends and family with me on vacation, I would do it in a heartbeat. But it just doesn't work that way. So I update them through text, and they do the same for me. Life is short and we only have so much time to enjoy our family and friends. I'm not going to cut them out just because I'm on vacation. We have very different ideas on what vacations are for.

People can have all the judgments they want about how people are too connected. Whatever. Why oh why do we spend SO much time caring what other people do?!?! I just don't understand it.

 

[kaytieeldr]

That is crazy. If you were a guest of Disney, you would be invited and not pay anything.

The people in Disney are paying consumers, not guests

That's Disney's marketing tool, not mine. You'll have to take it up with them. I'm just using their concept in my responses.

 

[goofy!]

That's Disney's marketing tool, not mine. You'll have to take it up with them. I'm just using their concept in my responses.

Exactly - a marketing tool to sell a product. Disney's product happens to be an experience. Once the product is sold, it is up to the purchaser to decide the best way to use it.

There is no stipulation that you have to appreciate the attractions nor the people who designed them.

As for appreciating the human behind the scenes, you can say that about any product. Every single product out there has a team of humans designing a product that will get you to buy it and to instill brand loyalty. They will use whatever marketing tool works to do that. Do you appreciate your toilet paper with the same reverence that you do Disney? There was a human that designed that piece of tissue paper. Do you think you have to show reverence to Quilted Northern every time you use it? Should the Universal customers show reverence to JK Rowling for helping to design WWOHP?

But it still boils down to once the product is sold, then it is up to the consumer to decide how to best use that product. If the customer decides the best way to utilize his purchase is to share it with family members via twitter and facebook, that is his right to use his product that way. If a customer decides that the best way to use his product is to tune out the rest of the world, that is his right to use it that way.

But to decide that everybody has to use his purchase exactly the same way you would and then stress about it if they don't use it exactly the same way you do is wrong. Everybody has the right to enjoy their product in the way that they see fit.

 

[DawnCt1]

this is what I mean! on the monorails, the buses...walking in the parks. They are completely tuned out!!! They are on vacation ..to do someone other then play with their cell phones and computers!
I never noticed it this bad till these last two trips. Including the people I was with.

If they are on monorails, riding on buses and not obstructing the flow of traffic, who cares? Now if they are talking loudly during an attraction, then that is another story but "tuned out" on vacation? That's why they call it VACATE ...ion.

 

[Disneyadore]

Nope. Not buying it. You KNOW there's a "very small time window" to call or take a call. When you CHOOSE to be on an attraction or ride during that time window, you're the one being inconsiderate - to your fellow Guests. Use that as planned downtime.

I can think of hundreds things that people do that I don't like. Screaming children in adjoining rooms late at night, children running through the resort gangways after two o'clock, My "neighbor " guests smoking on their balcony, ECV in the hallway, putting dirty plates outside your room on the floor and so on and on.
I don't like it but I don't complain. That are the "rat syndromes" when thousand pf people have to stay in a to small environment.

So I'll guess Ill be the rat with the cell phone

 

[DawnCt1]

I can think of hundreds things that people do that I don't like. Screaming children in adjoining rooms late at night, children running through the resort gangways after two o'clock, My "neighbor " guests smoking on their balcony, ECV in the hallway, putting dirty plates outside your room on the floor and so on and on.
I don't like it but I don't complain. That are the "rat syndromes" when thousand pf people have to stay in a to small environment.

So I'll guess Ill be the rat with the cell phone

In your "list of sins", I will take the guest with the cell phone too.

 

[Disneyadore]

In your "list of sins", I will take the guest with the cell phone too.

Well "sins" are maybe a to big word but those things happen and I just accept them. If I had to constant complain about others that make my vacation so miserable I had to go on a public board with it I just would stay at home.

 

[Jennasis]

Hey hey...we have a whole thread for Disney sins. You can confess to your cell phone use there and I will make sure you are forgiven!

 

[Lionqueen2]

A while back in line at an attraction in WDW, we were standing behind a family of five - mother, father, 3 well behaved children - who were enjoying talking about the ride that they would soon be on. The man in front of them was on a cell phone apparently doing business and told the family behind him to quiet down so that HE could talk on his phone.
I'm thinking if you're in line at WDW and you choose to be on your cell, you need to deal with the environment you're in. Other people are on vacation, too. They are not there to accomodate your choices or your business.

 

[mhsjax]

If I could take my friends and family with me on vacation, I would do it in a heartbeat. But it just doesn't work that way. So I update them through text, and they do the same for me. Life is short and we only have so much time to enjoy our family and friends. I'm not going to cut them out just because I'm on vacation. We have very different ideas on what vacations are for.

People can have all the judgments they want about how people are too connected. Whatever. Why oh why do we spend SO much time caring what other people do?!?! I just don't understand it.

Well I take my family on vacations with me, and friends, please, I love my friends to death, but my vacation is family time. I actually have had friends call me, first I ask if anything is wrong, if not, my response, You know I love you, but I am on vacation, talk to you later, bye bye. Just my opinion, but I don't understand why some people can't live without talking to their friends while on vacation, to me this is disrespectful to my family, I give them my undivided attention.

So if anyone wants to text to friends and family to "keep in touch" with no real serious reason, go ahead, but I will still think it is silly. Just don't get in my way and don't let me hear your conversation and please don't do it on a ride. I spend the whole time on POTC with some idiot young lady talking to her friend, I could repeat the whole conversation, and it was about NOTHING.

 

[mhsjax]

A while back in line at an attraction in WDW, we were standing behind a family of five - mother, father, 3 well behaved children - who were enjoying talking about the ride that they would soon be on. The man in front of them was on a cell phone apparently doing business and told the family behind him to quiet down so that HE could talk on his phone.
I'm thinking if you're in line at WDW and you choose to be on your cell, you need to deal with the environment you're in. Other people are on vacation, too. They are not there to accomodate your choices or your business.

this is the attitude that seem prevalent with people and their cell phones. They are way more important and everyone else should just accept it. WRONG. If that man were in front of me, Shoot, I can't repeat what I would have told him.

 

[luvmy3]

If you could quote where I said anything about being disrespectful to Walt Disney World, I'd appreciate it. That's NOT what I said; I was very specific. When a Guest is texting (or talking on a cell phone, or even just talking to a travel companion), they're not fully appreciating the attraction, and this displays a lack of respect for the other Guests on the attraction and for the attraction designers.

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You do realize that the designers work for Disney right? Well that makes them part of Disney and I still think its dumb to suggest that people that text on a ride are disrespectful to the designers of that ride. The designers designed that ride/attraction for Disney because thats who signs their checks, it only matters if they appreciate them

 

[RockAndRollBallerina]

In my opinion, vacation is a time to escape reality and the troubles back at home. You cant do that when you are constantly on your phone texting and doing other things on your phone. Add to that it is also extremely rude of the people back at home to be texting you constantly while you are on vacation. If the people back at home want to know what you did in the parks that day. Tell them that they can wait until you are back in your room for the night to know all the details. If, and only if its an emergency then they need to call you on the phone and speak to you directly. Otherwise they need to leave you alone while you are on vacation.