Originally Posted By WorldDisney Wow, its been awhile since I read through an entire thread and this one IS interesting lol, but seriously, its a THEME park, we can't expect Disney make litteral interpretations to every aspect of the experience. You're not walking through a historical recreation of something that is suppose to fit every mode of that representation like the civil war recreations that are done. I mean, let's not kid ourselves here, Frontierland looks nothing like a TRUE experience of that time period, being so clean, sanitized and all. American Waterfront feels closer to something out of Warner Brothers studio lot than the a real waterfront. Think of it more as walking through an elaborate movie set, because honestly, that's what these parks are more represented as to me anyway. The 'actors' are the CM's with their wardrobe and roles and you are well, just the spectator and its more than okay to walk with camera's and cell phones as a spectator . And to be very honest, I don't think anyone thinks about this stuff very much other than the super hardcore geeks like us ;D.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 <<I think Inspector will be happy the day every visitor will be dressed like in 1912!>> <<I really have to wonder if you think there are ANY attractions out there that fit with the guests themselves?>> Your comments sort of imply that it's an all-or-nothing thing: that one either "gets" Disney Parks or he doesn't; that one either has the ability to suspend disbelief or he doesn't. I don't think that's accurate. I think there's a continuum of ability to suspend disbelief, and that I'm more toward the "easily distracted" or "critical" or whatever end of the continuum than you all are. Don't worry about me. I've overemphasized my case on this thread because it's felt so hard for me to make my point. The truth is, I enjoy the Parks as much as anyone. I hardly ever think explicitly about the context I'm in. I just enjoy the environment without questioning it, usually. I don't walk into Frontierland and immediately ask myself, "Okay, what's the premise here? Why do the guests' clothing not match the period?" I do think, though, that Lands and attractions FEEL more totally immersive when they incorporate, explain, or make irrelevant the disconnect between the supposed setting and all the cues that contradict it. I'd like to point out that I'm hardly the only LP'er to complain about elements that intrude on the illusion. When Disneyland brightened the illumination on the "Exit" signs in its ride-throughs a couple years back, LP's DL General section became FILLED with long and passionate threads that decried how DL had ruined the attractions. People complain that fellow guests who recite the Host's monologue in the Stretching Room diminish the overall experience. Same with fellow guests who use flash photography in the Mansion. LP'ers bemoan the fact that they can hear clacking noises in the Tiki Room, saying that it spoils the effect. (As if, absent the clacking, perhaps, they'd truly BELIEVE that those are REAL flowers singing?) People (one person, in particular!) complain that seeing trash at WDW spoils the magic. All of these things slap us in the face, take us out of the illusion, and remind us, "It's just PRETEND!" And, again, some of us are more susceptible to different kinds of these mood-killers. SuperDry, I think your movie analogy is a good one. I'd been thinking about the same phenomenon. I'd say I actually have an above-average ability to lose myself in a movie. I focus in and don't hear fellow patrons coughing. I'm not distracted by the Exit signs or my position in relation to the screen. I don't notice what the person next to me is doing. Except, that is, when someone or something really breaches the norm. A couple weeks ago some twit in my row continued to open her cell phone, thus lighting up the whole area, and giggled as she IM'd a friend. To me, the computerized terminals on Main Street, the fact that the Pirates aren't completely life-like, and the fact that our realistic little Main Street has a big fat Bavarian castle at the end of it are the equivalent of the people sitting in front of me in the movie theater. I (mostly) ignore them through some magical mental process. But the use of cell phones inside Tower, to me, is like the twit who distracted us all in the movie theater with her IM'ing. I think part of it is because we're not waiting in line to enter the attraction. While waiting to board the elevator, we're actually in the middle of the overall experience. Seeing cellphone useage (and, yes, digital camera useage) in the cue for Indy isn't as jarring to me; we're not really "into" it yet.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Ironically, seems to me the reason why loads of japanese use their cellphones in the queue is because they are WAY TOO MUCH into "it", trying to catch the feel of the experience to share it with friends and family thru pictures on the internet via their phones. Most times you see them using cellphones, they are taking pictures with them and not talking or texting.
