When did they start allowing flash photography on rides?

I have tried to pay very close attention to the instructions at the beginning of rides. Some (like pirates) ALWAYS announce that flash photography is not allowed, but others (like IASW) do not announce this. Does that make it okay to flash on IASW? If not, how is a guest supposed to know. It used to annoy me but now it doesn't unless the announcement is made, because if its not made then the rule might not be known by the picture taker

Flash photography is actually allowed on IASW. Ironically, it is very well lit and one of the inside attractions where a flash would not be needed.
 
What is so stupid about people taking flash photography on rides and for that matter at entertainment events, is that a flash only reaches about 30 feet. So they are going to have a lot of heads that are close in front of them lit up and everything else further out will be hazy and dark.

It cracks me up when I see all the flashes go off at major sporting events like the Super Bowl. :rotfl2: Those people are often a hundred yards or more away from the action.

In any case, I personally don't see why people need pictures of rides. To me, that's just silly. There are plenty of postcards available if you want pictures of the rides. Whatever.

You obviously do not have the photography bug. Over on the photography board, getting good in ride shots comes up at least weekly. Many of us simply enjoy the challenge. Almost all of us are using DSLRs with fast lenses though.
 
On a side note to this conversation, the AF assist lights on many cameras are equally annoying to the other guests.
 
:guilty:Guilty as charged:guilty:. There were a couple of times I did this by mistake - I could have sworn that I had the flash and automatic mode turned off and the setting for dim light/dark, but when I went to take the picture **poof**. Mind you, once I realized what happened, I turned the camera off right away and put it in my purse.

I mentioned what had happened to another visitor when we were in line for POC - they were trying to set their camera for dark as well - and they suggested that sometimes cameras only hold the special setting for a few minutes, but if they go into battery saver mode, then it "resets" itself...so I did a few more "test" trials back at the resort later and sure enough...that's what mine does...so needless to say, I won't be trying to take any photos on a dark ride this time...and I so want a picture of the sailor and the pigs on POC....
 

I agree the picture taking on the dark indoor rides has gotten worse in the past year or so. I road SE last week with someone a few cars behind who must have taken 40 or 50 pictures during the ride.

Last year on pirates, we were in a boat with someone taking lots of pictures, so I shouted, "No flash photography" and much to my surprise they actually stopped.
 
A woman in the clam shell ahead of me on Nemo was taking so many flash photos, it turned into a strobe light show. :mad: I can understand people interested in capturing interesting photos on a ride, but when it's constant, it loses the point. How can anyone enjoy the ride with the camera in front of their face clicking away the entire time?
 
The last time we were in POC in December of course someone was ruining the ride with their camera. Someone behind us shouted "It's not the real Johnny Depp!!" everyone else cracked up laughing but the picture taking continued.. We had to ride it again because so many pictures were taken.
 
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We just got back yesterday and noticed flashes a lot more than we ever have. Actually on Soarin of all rides a person was flashing away so much the CM actually interuppted the ride to restate no flash photography. I mean what can you really take a picture of on soarin, it's such a massive screen you won't get anything.

Now, there is another bunch of folks that I noticed that used flashed after trying and trying to get good shots with a P&S on dark rides....never gonna happen. Simply not enough camera to capture high ISO pics clearly.

Finally, the last bunch I noticed simply didn't have a clue how to operate their camera. They looked shocked that it flashed, tinkered around, gave up and flashed away.

Yes, it annoys me to no end so I took notes :surfweb: No idea what Disney can or will do about it.
 
(copied from another post) Disney should hang a chicken wire like gray cloth mesh or a glass panel with a slight frosted effect in front of the scenery and preferably as close as possible to the ride vehicles. This will spoil any flash picture and won't be that obtrusive in a non-flash picture.

Additional strobe lights in the ceiling or maybe even in the ride vehicles can be set to go off a fraction of a second after a camera flash and burn a second image of the mesh into slightly different areas of the picture.
 
It cracks me up when I see all the flashes go off at major sporting events like the Super Bowl. :rotfl2: Those people are often a hundred yards or more away from the action.



You obviously do not have the photography bug. Over on the photography board, getting good in ride shots comes up at least weekly. Many of us simply enjoy the challenge. Almost all of us are using DSLRs with fast lenses though.

I definitely have the photography bug!!! Where is this board you speak of, please????
 
Maybe next time, I'll try "You know, you can get great pictures without the flash, plus, you won't be breaking the rules and annoying everybody." I would say this very nicely of course. Nah, just don't have it in me. I'm way too non-confrotational to do that.

"My eyes, they bleed!"

"The goggles, they do not work"

Hmm. let's see, I think the last one may be a bit too esoteric of a reference for most to get though.
 
It cracks me up when I see all the flashes go off at major sporting events like the Super Bowl. :rotfl2: Those people are often a hundred yards or more away from the action.



You obviously do not have the photography bug. Over on the photography board, getting good in ride shots comes up at least weekly. Many of us simply enjoy the challenge. Almost all of us are using DSLRs with fast lenses though.


Most people don't purposely turn their flash on, it's automatic so they assume if the camera let it go off then it was needed.
 
Most people don't purposely turn their flash on, it's automatic so they assume if the camera let it go off then it was needed.

And it does remind me that I need to make sure I know how to force the flash to stay off on my camera before we go :).
 
This is one of those discussions that goes round and round and round again... I never usually post in one but here goes...

Not saying I do one or the other, just playing out the opposite side here...

When you are loading a vehicle, are you usually standing there perfectly silent, listening to every word the CM says, or are you talking with your family, tending to your child, etc? Probably the latter, most folks are involved in their own conversations and have no clue that the CM is saying anything to them. Especially if you are in a large group, you might be talking about where you are going to eat next, or what ride you want to get on, or you might be calling the rest of your family on the cell phone to find out where they are, and when to meet up. OK, lots of distractions, people can and do easily miss the announcements made by CM's.

Think back to your first trip, if you had not used the disboards - our first trip was in the 80's when there wasn't even internet - and you were unaware of the "rules" regarding flash photography, so you want to make a good photo album of everything you did. Now you have some person in your face yelling about no flash photography - in my mind I would think, hey, your not a CM, your just some guy on vacation, why are you trying to boss me around??

If people are unaware of the rules, how can you blame them for doing something?? I have heard so many people on rides get beligerent at others regarding the no flash photography thing, that the people taking the pics first become defensive, and then defiant.

So, IMHO, if the flash photo thing bothers you, please talk nicely to the person doing it. I really hope the water gun thing on here was a joke, because squirting someone in the face with a water gun is FAR MORE rude than a few flash picures, for real.

And please remember too, that you may have the luxury of going back to WDW year after year after year. Try to remember, the people taking the flash pictures, it may be the only time in their entire life that they may get to WDW.

Is a few flashes in my eyes going to ruin my trip? No way! I'm on vacation, nothing can bother me that much! :goodvibes
 
I see people taking flash pics on rides occasionally, but not enough to bother me.
 
I took some pictures on Pirates when I was just there a few days ago...I took a couple pictures before I realized, duh, I have to shut the flash off. :eek: I shut it off and took a few more pictures and actually, the pictures without the flash came out better than with it on. I apologize if I ruined it for anyone else!

However, I was definitely not the only one taking pictures with a flash...and at least I shut mine off, these other people did not.

I also took some pictures on the Winnie the Pooh ride, without a flash, and they came out great!
 
Goofy4tink-I laughed so hard when you said they had taken enough pics to make a flip book,LOL :lmao:
And to the PP who said they waited and flashed in the person's face when they turned around to take their pic, kudos.
I'm sorry but whether you know the "rules" or not, I would NEVER think of turning around and flashing my camera in someone's face. That is just rude and inconsiderate and the next time someone does it, I will say something "nicely".
The best one ever was a foreign gentleman, taking pics of Mickey's Philharmagic, LOL....Sorry but I was laughing so hard, in fact everyone in the theater was laughing because he simply couldn't grasp that they weren't going to turn out...
And yes, Nemo at EPCOT has gotten ridiculous too....
 
On a serious note, my husband suffers from epilepsy and he never caught the Disney "bug" I did but he really couldn't handle all that flashing even if he wanted to go.
Some rides have strobes and those are the rides that we make sure he doesn't ride when we have gone to other parks.
I can tell you that with as many flashes were going off on Pirates the last 5 times I've ridden it, I would have been afraid to take him on that ride, because the many flashes would have seemed like a strobe. And I don't ever want to put him in a situation that would trigger a seizure.
He won't say it but I know it's one of the reasons he never wants to go with me and or the boys and I.
He has told me he never wants me to see him have a grand mal seizure. So far I have not seen it, he has been somewhere else each time. He is on meds but they are no guarantee.
So I started going solo this year, and I have a good time, but I wish he would go. I did get him to go 3 months before we got married, and I know he did it for me, because I wanted him to ask me to marry him in the MK and as we were watching Wishes that night, he asked me.(Even tho our wedding plans were already made, lol, it meant the world to me)
I would hate to convince him to get on a ride that has no strobes and have inconsiderate fools take pics with flashes.
Again, it's all about people only thinking of them..not others around them.:confused:
So before you get ready to take pics on a dark ride, remember the people around you may not only be irritated and have the experience ruined, but they may have special medical needs too.Thanks:goodvibes
 


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