Just back....and I have a new pet peeve!

[mzspaz]

Our trip was good....not great, not bad, just good. Mostly because of the crowds and the cold that my husband took with him and ended up passing on to me.

My new pet peeve.......people who take pictures using their flash on "dark rides". I found many who were "above the rules" and were snapping pics right and left. This happened on quite a few rides and always left me seeing spots instead of the scenery.

After I had asked a guest NOT to take any more flash pics, he told me "who cares? Everyone has seen these and it's not like the rule is there to do anything other than to give Disney their sense of secrecy". Guess what, the rule might also be in place because the flash disrupts the experience for other guest! It gave me quite a headache on Pirates and blinded my DH on haunted mansion.

 

[JoyMouse]

I agree, flashing is RUDE!

 

[JJsmama]

WHat a jerk. Obviously, YOU cared or you would not have asked him to stop. I love that kind of person--the kind who knows so much more than everyone else and to whom the rule does not apply. It really bothers me when people have this same Who Cares attitude when flashes could be hazardous to performers or animals.

 

[Oh Kay!]

Slightly OT, on our last trip in Dec, we went to Biergarten for lunch. Another party of all adults sat next to us, and they started to take pictures. DS6 turned around to look at them and said very sternly, "Please, no flash photography!" It cracked us all up.

 

[Aisling]

I did this by "accident" once at Universals ET attraction. While we were in the forest waiting in the bicycle queue, without thinking I snapped a pic of one of the ETs. The flash stopped the atraction for about 20 seconds, and an announcement came on telling people not to use flash cameras. Everyon turned to look at me, wanting to jump on me. All I could do was say I'm sorry. It was so embarrassing. I sure learned my lesson!

 

[robyn323]

Sounds like a real jerk! I cannot stand people like that.But you know what they say. What comes around goes around and people like that usually get paid back. Except for the sad fact we don't get to witness it usually.

 

[mkpat]

Don't they tell you repeatedly, no flash photography, and yet STILL some people insist on doing so! I agree, it is annoying.

 

[Luckymommyx2]

I've seen it too. The worst was during the Little Mermaid show at MGM. It's not only rude but it can be dangerous for the CM's on stage! Some people...aarrrggghhhh!

 

[ScottieDog]

Well I'll be honest....I'd love to take few flash photos in both the Haunted Mansion and Pirates but I'd never do it!!! And it's not that I want to uncover any Disney secrets I just like putting together photo albums.

I was going through some old vacation photos (slides from the 70s) before my latest trip. My folks had some GREAT pictures of the inside of the Haunted Mansion & POC. When I asked how they got those shots she told me that the park used to sell photo slides of the park. I don't know about you folks, but I'd buy the modern day equivalent of that. A CD with digital photos showing the inside scenes of the really great dark rides.

Cathryn~

 

[dirkus]

The best part is the knowledge that their pictures probably won't turn out anyway. Most of the times, what they are trying to take a picture of is way beyond the distance limit of their flash. I just love watching something like a football game on TV and seeing all the flashes going off from the stadium seats! They must think they have the light from Las Vegas' Luxor in their camera!

On our trip this past Christmas we were seated right next to someone who insisted on using her spot light for her video camera during the Candlelight Processional -- now that is annoying!! Luckily it wasn't too long before a Cast Member came and told her to shut it off. I wanted to tell her all she was going to get was the glare from the head of the bald man in front of her (I can say that as I am also follicly impared) and a dark stage!

 

[Immelman]

I've fired off a flash in the HM once but it was worth it. I got this pic...

http://community.webshots.com/photo/224745966/224760578NVgMel

 

[safetymom]

I have a new pet peeve after going to MK today. 3-4 people holding hands walking side by side down the sidewalk or street. I don't mind when 2 people are holding hands but it was bad today. I couldn't move right or left because of the crowds so had to stop and hope they would break their hands apart and let me through.

They also were walking one direction on the bridges and sidewalks so if you were trying to go the other way you had a hard time.

 

[Immelman]

I have a new pet peeve after going to MK today. 3-4 people holding hands walking side by side down the sidewalk or street. I don't mind when 2 people are holding hands but it was bad today. I couldn't move right or left because of the crowds so had to stop and hope they would break their hands apart and let me through.

They also were walking one direction on the bridges and sidewalks so if you were trying to go the other way you had a hard time.

we got that yesterday. and they all seemed to stop in their tracks and whip out a map to read. move to the side, everyone.

 

[Hippychickali]

If you ask me, this is not only rude but very selfish. The only thing the "flashers" (pardon the expression) are thinking about is their own desire to get a stupid photo. They don't care about those around them. It's like people who refuse to turn their cell phones off at the movies even though they have signs and make announcements. I don't get it.

Ali

 

[Talking Hands]

I actually got a few good pictures of Candlelight Processional this year. I used flash for some and no flash for others. Funny because I got good ones at one show and the ones from another show where not so good. Same camera and settings.

 

[Kallison]

Me too -- nobody was abiding by the rules, we had a "flasher" all the way through Pirates and the Haunted Mansion also.

 

[tigerlilly]

We saw the flash photography thing a lot on our trips to Disneyland. On the Train ride thru the Grand Canyon and Primeval World people would be flashing away and we were sitting right next to the Conductor who told them over the loudspeaker 4 TIMES to stop! 4! He finally gave up and he proceeded to tell us none of their photo's would come out because of the plexi glass covering the whole exhibit and half the time the entire roll of film is ruined...
This was also a problem on POC and my DH finally had had it and told them to STOP now as they were ruining not only his experience on the ride but also his eyesight! He wasn't really nice about it so they stopped :lol

 

[Immelman]

If you ask me, this is not only rude but very selfish. The only thing the "flashers" (pardon the expression) are thinking about is their own desire to get a stupid photo. They don't care about those around them. It's like people who refuse to turn their cell phones off at the movies even though they have signs and make announcements. I don't get it.

Ali

exactly.

 

[Becky2005]

WHat a jerk. Obviously, YOU cared or you would not have asked him to stop. I love that kind of person--the kind who knows so much more than everyone else and to whom the rule does not apply. It really bothers me when people have this same Who Cares attitude when flashes could be hazardous to performers or animals.

I agree!!!! My DD is a gymnast and during meets they have explicit NO FLASH Photography rules...during the state meet, some idiot took a flash picture. One of the judges came over and told everyone 'ABSOLUTELY NO FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY' and not 5-10 minutes later *another* flash! I was ticked because they were putting our kids in danger (the judges were even MORE ticked - there were a few other rude things people were doing that the judges finally had to tell everyone that the kids are still performing and they were distracting them!)....considering this is at the end of the year, everyone should no better and even if they don't they announce it at the beginning and should be a "duh" factor that there are girls doing cartwheels on the balance beam!! HELLO!!! And jumping from a low bar to the high bar on the uneven bars, can you just imagine trying to "catch" yourself on the high bar and being blinded!

It just annoys me to no end when people don't follow rules on things like this.

 

[Stacerita]

Ugh, the nerve of some people thinking they are above the rules. I would love to take pics during some rides, but Im a rule follower and would never think of it. It makes me so mad that there are people who think they dont need to follow the rules or can do what they want because they want to. And as mean as it sounds, when they snap the pics when they aren't supposed to, I wish to myself that their pics come out horrible or ruined. Not very nice, but neither is breaking the rules.