Flash watchers redeployed?

[DisneyCane]

I think part of the reason this was such a big deal to crack down on this (especially at DL) is that many of the flashers were underage which I guess could technically make the photos illegal.

Didn't they put shoulder harnessas on splash at DL just to stop this?

I don't really think the preview photos traumatize anybody. The screens are so small you could barely see a from that distance even if you knew what picture it would be in. I think the bigger issue is not letting people purchase them which can be controlled on most rides but I guess you could photopass test track and do it on there pretty easily (especially in the middle seat).

 

[Gucci65]

if you go to snopes.com and do a search for "Flash Disney" it will bring up a short story and a link to see the pictures.

 

[jhastings74]

One of my jobs was working in the photo booth at Dinosaur, and one of the primary reasons for 'watching' the photos first before letting them go through to the preview screens out in the post-ride area is so that the other people in the ride vehicles (who DIDN'T flash, make an obscene gesture, etc.) wouldn't have their ride picture ruined. Although flashing or throwing up the 'shocker' might be fine for some, others may not want it in their photo of their time at Disney.

 

[RiversideBunny]

Isn't there a big slide at one of the water parks where women frequently lose their swim suit tops?
There are cast members at the end of the slide who assist them. It's considered a desirable job.

Not sure since I don't go to the water parks but I heard this somewhere.

 

[brich]

are not dirty... :shrug:

 

[AndrewRnR]

I never understood why Disney didn't do it like nearly any other amusement park with on-ride photos. Let the cashiers screen them. Most on-ride photo shops in amusement parks have the cashiers facing the photo displays for that reason - so they can simply block them if one pops up. Disney still has the CM standing in front of the Splash Mtn photos why not give them a little key pad they could quickly punch in a photo number to be blocked? Sure it is not as great as a pre-screening but that seems to be the standard practice in the industry.

 

[Lucky]

I never understood why Disney didn't do it like nearly any other amusement park with on-ride photos. Let the cashiers screen them. Most on-ride photo shops in amusement parks have the cashiers facing the photo displays for that reason - so they can simply block them if one pops up.

Cashiers can't block them if one pops out, uh, I mean pops up, because they're all busy looking up photos for guests that were taken 5 or 10 minutes earlier.

 

[cpolitz]

I can confirm that somebody is watching these at Magic Kingdom this week. The log behind us or ahead of us threw up the shocker and their picture was blocked out.

 

[RyanS]

Cashiers can't block them if one pops out, uh, I mean pops up, because they're all busy looking up photos for guests that were taken 5 or 10 minutes earlier.

I work in the shops of two rides with picture capturing, and these can be blocked at the counter as well as the backstage editing machine. I haven't been to work since these changes were made, but the photo editing position was a spot on our rotation. Allegedly now if we see them at the counter we delete them there.

The reasoning behind the editing is because Disney has a copyright and its name on each picture that is taken. Disney does not want to have its name being displayed on pictures of people flashing or making obscene gestures. Yes, things get through sometimes because people working edit may not be paying attention, or it's borderline passable, but the vast majority do get caught. (This is all from my experience in having this position, I'm not sure how it works now with all editing being done at the registers, I'll find out in a few weeks though)

 

[HMF]

This is a problem? :shrug:

It's a big enough problem to force Disney to remove Captain Jack Sparrow as a walk-around character.