Inconsiderate boors ...

Originally Posted By Spirit of 74

I am really getting tired of people and pictures in attractions.

I took a first-timer on PoC this week and the whole thing was ruined by an idiot in the front of the boat, who literally snapped photos (with flash) the entire time, even after someone else said something to him.

And, no, no CM came over the PA at all.

This is something that has grown exponentially over the past 2-3 years and Disney allows it ... just some more WalMart behavior from boorish tourists who think they're the only people in the world.

 

Originally Posted By figment1986

Remember who's working, and if i remember didn’t they toss that rule out for 6 months yet never reinstate it??

If they had signs before boarding saying no flash, remain seated... and then turned up the safety spiel perhaps that might help eliminate the flash during most of the year?

They could always say, if you flash, more than once, you will be forced to detention in small world for 2 hours…

 

Originally Posted By TDLFAN

That is the main fundamental problem at WDW now.. No on does anything to keep guests' behaviors in check. Apparently only TDR CMs do that.

 

Originally Posted By DLFAN1979

""No on does anything to keep guests' behaviors in check.""

At Mansion YES and ONLY Mansion. Just TRY anything there.......

 

Originally Posted By wendebird

When I rode PotC earlier this month, we had a group of 3 young men in the front of the boat & every time someone snapped a flash picture they yelled out "NO FLASH PICTURES"

In the beginning, their behavior was just about as rude as the guests taking the picture, but as the ride went on, it became humorous with lots of giggles from our boat.

 

Originally Posted By Witches of Morva

ORWEN: Whenever flashes me on the boat through Pirates of the Caribbean, I just pretend it's lightning. I mean, after all, they do have lightning effects, anway. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between the two kinds of flashing.

ORDDU: Well, of course, there's flashing and then there's FLASHING. Perhaps the kind of flashing they truly don't allow on Pirates of the Caribbean is the sort I've sometimes gotten away with--when I wanted to impress the gorgeous hunk sitting next to me...

 

Originally Posted By TDLFAN

>>At Mansion YES and ONLY Mansion. Just TRY anything there.......<<

If that is the case... then why have they never stopped the ride and eject those who smoke pot in the mansion, and eject them from the park? Have you any idea how umpleasant it is to cover your nose for over 8 mins while some jerk is getting high in the dark, just a few doombuggies ahead of you???

 

Originally Posted By Inspector 57

<<At Mansion YES and ONLY Mansion. Just TRY anything there.......>>

Wow. Then DLR could take a lesson from WDW.

About 80% of the many times I visited the Mansion at Disneyland over the past few years, the stretching room experience was totally ruined by obnoxious fellow "guests" who yelled the narration over our Ghost Host. NOT a magical way to begin to experience a classic attraction.

Guess the DLR management is worse than the WDW management for allowing this to happen.

 

Originally Posted By Inspector 57

Oh, I forgot... Yeah, the flash photography at DLR on Pirates and iasw was pretty out-of-control, too.

Ummmmm...

I guess I'm agreeing with Spirit that tourists can be obnoxious.

I guess I'm challenging [and willing to suffer the consequences] the notion that this is specific to WDW.

 

Originally Posted By SuperDry

<<< About 80% of the many times I visited the Mansion at Disneyland over the past few years, the stretching room experience was totally ruined by obnoxious fellow "guests" who yelled the narration over our Ghost Host. NOT a magical way to begin to experience a classic attraction. >>>

I've posted about this before. This really gets to me, as it totally ruins the ambiance of the Mansion. I wish they would do something about this. I think that WDI could come up with something that would help with this if they put their minds to it.

 

Originally Posted By trekkeruss

<<<<< About 80% of the many times I visited the Mansion at Disneyland over the past few years, the stretching room experience was totally ruined by obnoxious fellow "guests" who yelled the narration over our Ghost Host. NOT a magical way to begin to experience a classic attraction. >>>

I've posted about this before. This really gets to me, as it totally ruins the ambiance of the Mansion. I wish they would do something about this. I think that WDI could come up with something that would help with this if they put their minds to it.>>

I'm thinking Cones of Silence.

 

Originally Posted By vbdad55

^^^

I'm thinking guest muzzles

 

Originally Posted By Spirit of 74

<<I guess I'm agreeing with Spirit that tourists can be obnoxious.>>

You SURE you want to agree with the mean, old, scary Spirit?

Oh, and I did notice a problem with flash photog on PoC in Anaheim during my two visits this spring. But there was a difference: CMs kept coming over the PA and eventually the morons got the idea.

At WDW it's open season. They actually encourage it on the new Seas with Nemo and it is nonstop and it does ruin the experience for others.

 

Originally Posted By Goofyernmost

Disneyland suffers from that more than WDW because Disneyland has a huge cult following. People that have been to DLR more often then they talk to their parents or friends. It's an obsession, I think! I really wanted to enjoy the Tiki Birds at DLR but 75% of the people in the show linked arms and (badly) sang the songs at top volume. I was really disappointed. I am glad that they were having fun but even though it didn't completely ruin it for me, it did rob me of what I wanted to hear.

WDW also has it's groups. I can remember once at Country Bears a large group of "guests" were clapping their hands and stomping their feet while singing (again badly) the songs. Any of you that have been to that show in recent years will know, the sound system is on it's last legs in there so nothing could be heard of the actual show. I know that many people that had never been before will never go again because, basically they missed the show and didn't get the chance to enjoy it.

It would be nice if Disney fans could get past their obsessions long enough to realize that they are not the only people in the room and what they consider great fun ruins the experience for many. I don't guess that will happen any time soon.

 

Originally Posted By Sport Goofy

The flash photography issue has nothing to do with some sudden influx of "boorish" tourists into the Disney parks over recent years, but everything to do with the explosion of digital photography. The amateur photographer no longer has to be concerned about the cost of a roll of film and the limited number of shots there. With hundreds, maybe even thousands, of shots available on a single flash memory disk, it encourages folks to snap as many pictures as they can possibly capture. If the old 35mm cameras had this possibility of nearly endless film rolls back in 1970, guests would have shown the exact same behavior. There really is no difference in guest behavior, just the equipment they now have at their disposal to demonstrate their true nature.

I wonder if Disney could offer some "canned" interior shots of attractions for their photo pass program -- essentially giving people who want to take pictures of attraction interiors the option of adding professionally captured images to their CD so they don't have to do it on their own?

 

Originally Posted By DLFAN1979

""then why have they never stopped the ride and eject those who smoke pot in the mansion, and eject them from the park?""

Um, once the doombuggy goes under the archway we dont know WHAT they are doing unless they get out and cause an intrusion. And i, PERSONALLY, do not know what pot smells like.

 

Originally Posted By DLFAN1979

and as far as ejecting guests from the park, Pirates takes the cake! Those guests are soooooooo HIGH MAINTENECE and psycho!

 

Originally Posted By BeautysBeast

Smoking pot is SOOO Grad night behaviour lol

 

Originally Posted By TDLFAN

Pot smoking happens at the HM more often than just Grad Night. I happen to know what it smells like because I am assaulted with that smell in Amsterdam's city center all of the time. It's gross and Disney needs to have more control and vigilance during the rides. I am really shocked to find out once those doombuggies go thru the first scene, the CM is totally unawared of what happens during the ride. What about an emergency in the middle of the ride? How can the cast react to it if they do not have a way of knowing what goes on during the ride?

 

Originally Posted By figment1986

Isn't the WDW mansion getting cameras from this upgrade/referbishment... so they can see what people are doing in the mansion... (I believe DLR's has cameras... yet WDW only had intrisuon mats)