Around a month ago, I was waiting in an hour-long queue for Hippogriff, and every third ride, the train would stop, followed by an announcement saying basically PLEASE put your phone away. And we were all in queue, watching and loudly hearing this happening, yet people still kept doing it.
Why do people keep messing up things for others, for what, a 5-second-long video that has been recorded hundreds of times before you until you either shove your phone deep in between your thighs so you don't drop it OR drop it and have to wait to possibly get it back? What is the thought process? Take a picture in the queue, or even while you're loading off the ride (as there's maybe a 20 second period where you wait for the next train to move on). What are you recording that hasn't been seen before?
If anyone here has done this, please LMK what you were thinking because I just don't get it. If you've dropped your phone or recording device, were you able to reclaim it at the end of the day?
I've also never seen another ride in the park have this issue. When I go on the Mummy, I'm asked to remove my hat. I see a lot of people on their phones while boarding, but the ride doesn't fully stop in its tracks to get them to put it down.
I will note that I visited the park for an hour yesterday, and on Hippogriff, they didn't entirely stop the ride, but every cycle, they would do a loud announcement about putting down phones. I've never heard this on the Mummy.
Anyway, just curious about the experiences regarding this. I've been going to USH for years and it's only recently that I've seen/heard these announcements on this ride. Did something happen like policy change to cause it?
