Public Service Announcement on Dark Ride Flashes

Whoa....that is a serious flash unit you have there Jeff! ;)

Seriously though...why do ppl do that?!

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i must agree... people using flash irk the heck outta me as well. i am not above taking out my flash tube and firing one back if they refuse to stop. i was actually applauded one time for that.
 
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This shot is amusing me, actually. It's making the typically underpowered P&S flash look like a nuclear explosion, as if when the boats move on the outlines of the passengers will be seared onto that bridge.


This still isn't as bad as the occasional person using a video light on a camcorder. That's the peak of obnoxious stupidity, the sort of complete lack of courtesy that leads someone to figure that using a high powered video light to illuminate a DARK RIDE is an acceptable thing to do.
 
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LOL Dan- That reminds me years ago I was at Illuminations and when the show started a guy near me started filming it with a video light. The got insulted when halfway thru the show CM's found him and told him to turn off the light.
 
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I've debated for years and years whether people are just completely inconsiderate or just terribly stupid and unaware. I still have not reached a decision on the point yet.
 
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um, I am sure that Tim and I and anyone else that has done public service could answer this question. I think that you would find as we have that the answer is both.
 
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YES STOP!!! YOU ARE RUINING THE RIDE FOR THE REST OF US!!

this just happened to us for the first time. two people on pirates flashing every 10-20 seconds. the worst was in the seat in front of us. and he would even turn around to get a shot. I kept popping him in the face with my onboard, but he must have assumed that was just a normal way to ride pirates. he never quit!

I was going crazy and way too tired to intelligently ask him to stop. Luckily, I can ride potc over and over again, and it was not my only chance to ride on a "once a year" trip.
 
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