For my personal curiosity, roughly which decade were you born? Am I getting old? It was (obviously) previously possible to visit Disneyland without this sort

For my personal curiosity, roughly which decade were you born? Am I getting old? It was (obviously) previously possible to visit Disneyland without this sort of antics, so I don't think the problem lies with the author. It's more like the author is demonstrating to what ends you need to go to maintain a modicum of privacy.