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I'm a privacy-focused person, but when we went to Disney World I kinda just accepted I was going to visit their sandbox and they were going to know everything I
by ocdtrekkie 4y ago
I'm a privacy-focused person, but when we went to Disney World I kinda just accepted I was going to visit their sandbox and they were going to know everything I did while I was there. I don't want them tracking my behavior outside the park, but in the park, it's their territory, and there are countless strategies they can (and do) use to monitor it.
I think if I wasn't going with a wife and kid, it would've been fun to try to avoid data collection as the author did, but if you're also staying on resort as we did, your magic band is your hotel key and stuff too, so it's really kinda a whole-hog thing. We didn't exit Disney's municipal boundaries the entire time we were there, so it's not like they could track us anywhere else.
I guess I made my vacation to Disney World sort of a vacation from being a privacy advocate, and just went ahead and cried at the sight of my credit card statement when I got home. (Hot tip: The "character dinners" that your vacation planner will recommend are obscenely expensive, and they will definitely know you are a Midwesterner if you dare ask for a takeout container when you are leaving. It's really great when you spend like $60 a seat for one person who's not feeling well enough to eat that much, and a kid who's going to barely sample the food.)