Mickey_for_President
My job's only purpose is to support our WDW habit.
- Joined
- Sep 19, 2008
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Just arrived back home from a vacation to WDW Dec 31 - Jan 10th.
Unfortunately, for EVERY dark ride (i.e. Haunted Mansion, PotC, even DINOSAUR) someone in the car (boat, area) we were in would take a flash photo. Not only does this BLIND everyone else trying to enjoy the ride, but I can only imagine that this ruins the "first-time" experience for people who are on their first trip. Of course, I am there to growl at these people and tell them "no flash photos."
But... the last few days of really being annoyed by this, and tired of being labeled a be-yotch... I began to ask the CMs letting people on these rides to explicitly announce "no flash photography" before taking off. Every single CM I asked was totally nice about it and I never got the "rolling-of-the-eyes" "OK, lady" look that I expected. I just really wanted to thank the CMs for being so cool about making my experience (and everyone else's) more enjoyable!
Never have I had such a barage of people (a) talking loudly throughout an entire ride, and (b) taking pictures of EVERYTHING in each ride (dark or not)... as I had this last week. It was either the result of a language barrier or complete narcissism. I just don't understand why anyone would want to look at a photo album of decorations and rides... with no people to be found.
Unfortunately, for EVERY dark ride (i.e. Haunted Mansion, PotC, even DINOSAUR) someone in the car (boat, area) we were in would take a flash photo. Not only does this BLIND everyone else trying to enjoy the ride, but I can only imagine that this ruins the "first-time" experience for people who are on their first trip. Of course, I am there to growl at these people and tell them "no flash photos."
But... the last few days of really being annoyed by this, and tired of being labeled a be-yotch... I began to ask the CMs letting people on these rides to explicitly announce "no flash photography" before taking off. Every single CM I asked was totally nice about it and I never got the "rolling-of-the-eyes" "OK, lady" look that I expected. I just really wanted to thank the CMs for being so cool about making my experience (and everyone else's) more enjoyable!
Never have I had such a barage of people (a) talking loudly throughout an entire ride, and (b) taking pictures of EVERYTHING in each ride (dark or not)... as I had this last week. It was either the result of a language barrier or complete narcissism. I just don't understand why anyone would want to look at a photo album of decorations and rides... with no people to be found.
