show me pictures taken from rides

[SplshMtn99]

duplicate post (where's the darn delete button)

 

[SplshMtn99]

I got yelled at over the intercom for taking pictures in COP!!!

Wonder why. I've taken lots...just all without a flash. It doesn't say no photography, just no flash photography. (I think.)

 

[Groucho]

On our last trip, it seems like I saw a lot more people taking flash pictures on rides where that was prohibited. It's really very annoying - I can only assume that the abundance of cheap digital cameras that people have no idea how to use is to blame. I suspect a fair number of people aren't even sure how to turn the flash off. (Actually, one of my friends falls into that category, and he's relatively tech-savvy otherwise - he's a programmer by trade.)

Same story with camcorders with built-in lights - at the Lion King show, right after they said no camcorders with lights, the woman behind me starts recording - with the light on. I told her and she had no idea that it was even on and it took some fiddling before she figured out how to turn it off.

I was admonished at the Tower of Terror in CA to not use my camera - it was just sitting on my lap, but the guy didn't like that I had the lens cap off. Which kind of ruined the ride, nothing like being singled out when you haven't even done anything.

My only concern now is that a DSLR's shutter is so loud compared to a point-n-shoot, which can be figured to take pictures silently. It makes it a bit tricker to take pictures surreptitiously - I hate to annoy others when I'm taking a picture at somewhere like WDW.

 

[Kycha]

On our last trip, it seems like I saw a lot more people taking flash pictures on rides where that was prohibited. It's really very annoying - I can only assume that the abundance of cheap digital cameras that people have no idea how to use is to blame. I suspect a fair number of people aren't even sure how to turn the flash off. (Actually, one of my friends falls into that category, and he's relatively tech-savvy otherwise - he's a programmer by trade.)

I didn't notice too many people using flash. But, I did notice alot of people using the lcd screen of their digital camera rather than using their viewfinder. Those lcd screens give off alot of light and are very distracting in a dark show like Voyage of the Little Mermaid or Country Bear Jamboree.

 

[pxlbarrel]

I took a lot of photos from rides this past trip to DL but I never used a flash for any of the rides (digital SLR's are wonderful for those kind of photos). I was truly annoyed at the people who took flash photos in POTC and HM....really, really annoyed at the HM flashers.

I'm not so much annoyed for It's a Small World (although my photo is still flashless) but I think that for the full effect of certain rides, you just need to take the photos with the ambient light or why bother? HM and POTC and even IASW are lit specific ways and THAT'S how I'd like to remember them...not full of glaring light. And...if you take flashless photos, you don't annoy the people in the other boats or doom buggies so extra bonus!

 

[Groucho]

I'd agree with that complaint too. To be fair, though, most digicams are 3x zoom models with no electronic view finder, so the rear LCD is the only way to see what your photographing - meaning a bright LCD held out in front. A friend of mine calls it "the zombie walk" - I can't say that I disagree, but my only digital cameras have had EVFs or been a DSLR. I will probably set mine to not "review" the pictures after taking if I'm in a dark show or ride.

The frustrating thing is that you just KNOW that the vast majority of those pictures people are taking in the dark are going to be deleted because they're going to turn out terrible! Oh well...

 

[Groucho]

I took a lot of photos from rides this past trip to DL but I never used a flash for any of the rides (digital SLR's are wonderful for those kind of photos). I was truly annoyed at the people who took flash photos in POTC and HM....really, really annoyed at the HM flashers.

I'm not so much annoyed for It's a Small World (although my photo is still flashless) but I think that for the full effect of certain rides, you just need to take the photos with the ambient light or why bother? HM and POTC and even IASW are lit specific ways and THAT'S how I'd like to remember them...not full of glaring light. And...if you take flashless photos, you don't annoy the people in the other boats or doom buggies so extra bonus!

Yes, PotC and HM seem to where I noticed the prime offenders - especially PotC the last trip. The other problem is that the props are designed for specific lighting - under a glaring flashbulb, the best stuff at HM can look like a cheap prop that you'd find in a local "haunted house"! I'd rather NOT have a picture that makes the attraction look crummy, especially if I'm showing it to someone who hasn't been on the ride itself.

In the spirit of full disclosure, I do have a picture that I took when I was maybe seven or maybe ten of the skeleton at the wheel in PotC - but I was just a kid and I think that's the only flash picture I ever took on one of the rides.

 

[boBQuincy]

Carousel of Progress rules seem to vary, maybe with the CM in charge. I have heard "no photographs", "no flash", and nothing at all. Of course I like the "no flash" best.

The photography rules for shows on the Disney Cruise Lines have changed from time to time also.

The flashes in "Pirates" greatly increased when Jack Sparrow ("that's CAPTAIN...") arrived, you would think it's Johnny Depp himself from all the flashes going off!

A few weeks ago the CM on Rock n Roller coaster told me to make sure my camera was off. I was more concerned that the strap was wrapped around my wrist properly!

LCD screen "Zombie walk"... I like it! When and how did this style of taking pictures start? I liken it to locking the car doors with the remote from 30 feet away, how do you know the doors actually locked? All you really know for sure is that the horn beeped/lights flashed! Hmmm....

Anyway, we can set good examples by gently notifying the "flashers" that it is not good ride etiquette to flash in a dark ride. Maybe, just maybe, a few of them will think about it.

 

[kmadams]

Here's a series of pictures from Everest

Right before the climb up (my son and daugther)

View from the top before you go into the mountain:

Track out ahead! At the top before you go backward

The big drop!!

The curve after the big drop

The track as you go around this curve:

And coming back to the unloading dock:

 

[Groucho]

A few weeks ago the CM on Rock n Roller coaster told me to make sure my camera was off. I was more concerned that the strap was wrapped around my wrist properly!

I just picked up an OpTech Pro Strap (wow, is it nice - it really does make the camera feel much lighter) and I considering picking up their Gotcha wrist strap, which uses the same quick-release buckles and should prevent the camera from completely flying away! Then there's their Grip Strap but that's veering even farther into the "dorky accessory" look. But the Gotcha wrist strap could be a nice accessory for rollercoaster photography.

Actually, a bigger version of the Clamperpod would probably be the best... but I don't know if they'd appreciate you clamping on to their ride vehicles!

Anyway, we can set good examples by gently notifying the "flashers" that it is not good ride etiquette to flash in a dark ride. Maybe, just maybe, a few of them will think about it.

PotC offers the added convenience of accidentally bumping them and kersplash! There goes their camera down into the drink... let Davy Jones start his own collection of digital cameras.

 

[rtphokie]

Test Track, many years ago

 

[extreme8]

Here's a couple.

I've posted this one before, but it fits the topic, so here it is again!

 

[cazzie]

From the great movie ride

 

[rtphokie]

 

[boBQuincy]

Here's a photo tour of Spaceship Earth:

http://www.mindspring.com/~bobquincy2/wdw/sse/sse.html

 

[KarenAylwood]

Not very good since it's off center, but it was hard to get!

 

[andromedaslove]

Monster's Inc at DL

Test Track

Journey Into Your Imagination

Living With The Land

Tower Of Terror

Thunder Mountain (WDW)

Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh

 

[rtphokie]

Monster's Inc at DL
Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh

A shot of this scene (the final one on that ride if I remember correctly) was entered into the photo competition of the NC state fair.

I was surprised at how many people walked past it and commented "isn't that from the Pooh ride at Disney World."

People know their Disney.

 

[Enforcer]

Very cool pictures.

 

[MarkBarbieri]