No Cameras on Space Mountain

[JohnD]

No. Your cell phone screen is showing what it's recording - a dark ride. Even you have the brightness cranked on it, you'd never know if someone was recording a video unless you specifically looked at another car, and even then, you are close to other cars for only split seconds during the ride.

I honestly understand the safety aspect of it, but like every other piece of safety legal wording in this country, this was implemented because someone did something they weren't supposed to. Example - "Do not attempt to consume Tide Pods."

"Do not climb" after someone climbs the Mexico Pavilion building.

 

[JohnD]

I make it a point to loudly ask them to turn off their flash on Mermaid. Nothing mean just a polite command. On slow moving rides like that it’s just wrong, I do it with fireworks too. Most of the time they have no idea it’s on. Everyone should know you can only take flash pictures during e-stops.

Had it happen to me on Pirates. Ugh. They looked at me as if I'm the one at fault for deigning to bother THEM during the ride. They continued taking photos with their flash which I already knew were going to drowned out.

 

[Incomudro]

Why does that matter to you?

It matters to me because of the possible dangers involved - the reason Disney is requiring phones to be stored.
Cel phones can be tremendously distracting on dark rides like Pirates, where your boat can have a couple of bright screens ruining the immersion. There's a reason they used to say "no flash photography."
I've also wondered for quite a while how much time is wasted finding lost cel phones for customers, and how many times a cel phone may have damaged a ride mechanism.

 

[THEMEPARKPIONEER]

That track system is so tight I keep my hands in place the entire time

 

[thomas998]

Lost a phone out of a pocket a year or so ago… got it back eventually, pretty banged up- laughed about it until we started analyzing where it fell, and what :could: have happened… ugh….

I can't remember which roller coaster it happened on, but someone lost their phone and it hit a rider further back in the face taking out an eye. A rare thing to happen, but as more and more people use phones and more people start trying to use their phones and gopros on rides the probability of it happening starts to go up pretty quickly.

 

[bcoachable]

I can't remember which roller coaster it happened on, but someone lost their phone and it hit a rider further back in the face taking out an eye. A rare thing to happen, but as more and more people use phones and more people start trying to use their phones and gopros on rides the probability of it happening starts to go up pretty quickly.

I’d like to be clear- at least in my instance- This phone was in a pocket and was jostled out…
Absolutely agree that a dropped item the size of a phone could do major damage.

 

[Gringrinngghost]

Why does that matter to you?

Up and coming youtubebr I guess...

They should ban cameras on all rides...ok, I took a pic on Living with the Land of Christmas decorations. Especially anything dark.

Had a moron two shells over on Little Mermaid taking pictures with flash. WITH FLASH! 1st, that's annoying to everyone else and you are basically saying, I don't know how to take low light pictures with florescent colors. The pics probably came out terribly.

If there is anything social media work taught me is that people prefer absolute crap over quality. and I've been doing this now for 10+ years. People prefer videos shot with a cellphone than that of a n actual camera.

to be fair the worst are the big ipads on pirates, ive seen boats where everyone has their phone or ipad out. And it totally ruins the ride for others even in other boats.

@marni1971 has told me many times that he loves those iPads

It matters to me because of the possible dangers involved - the reason Disney is requiring phones to be stored.

Its because someone reportedly got beaned in the head by a phone on SM.

I can't remember which roller coaster it happened on, but someone lost their phone and it hit a rider further back in the face taking out an eye. A rare thing to happen, but as more and more people use phones and more people start trying to use their phones and gopros on rides the probability of it happening starts to go up pretty quickly.

Dueling Dragons at Universal Orlando. After that they disabled the dueling functionality and violated their warranty with B&M.

 

[ppete1975]

Up and coming youtubebr I guess...


If there is anything social media work taught me is that people prefer absolute crap over quality. and I've been doing this now for 10+ years. People prefer videos shot with a cellphone than that of a n actual camera.


@marni1971 has told me many times that he loves those iPads


Its because someone reportedly got beaned in the head by a phone on SM.


Dueling Dragons at Universal Orlando. After that they disabled the dueling functionality and violated their warranty with B&M.

All people also think they take the best footage, or pictures. Regardless of the subject.

 

[JenniferS]

Anyone using a flash on a camera on a dark ride doesn't know what they are doing.

They know. They don’t care.

 

[thomas998]

They should ban cameras on all rides...ok, I took a pic on Living with the Land of Christmas decorations. Especially anything dark.

Had a moron two shells over on Little Mermaid taking pictures with flash. WITH FLASH! 1st, that's annoying to everyone else and you are basically saying, I don't know how to take low light pictures with florescent colors. The pics probably came out terribly.

Using a flash on any dark ride only results in crap photos that show every wire and support you were never supposed to be aware of. In fact even taking photos with a high end camera with no flash but a high ISO often results in photos that destroy the illusion of the ride. I think the real reason you get people using flashes on the rides is they are suing cheap cameras or phones that can't get a non-blurry photo without the flash.

 

[Mickey's Pal]

Soon they will implement no vlogging and and no live streaming. I predict it will be announced in January. So veey soon until all annoying vloggers like Adam, Justin, the Trackers are all gone. This is the 1st step.

 

[drizgirl]

Up and coming youtubebr I guess...

And you would guess wrong.

I'm just in favor of people enjoying their vacations however they prefer as long as it doesn't infringe on other guests.

 

[JenniferS]

Soon they will implement no vlogging and and no live streaming. I predict it will be announced in January. So veey soon until all annoying vloggers like Adam, Justin, the Trackers are all gone. This is the 1st step.

You always have the option of just not watching them.

 

[danlb_2000]

Soon they will implement no vlogging and and no live streaming. I predict it will be announced in January. So veey soon until all annoying vloggers like Adam, Justin, the Trackers are all gone. This is the 1st step.

How would they enforce that? How would they know the difference between a vlogger/streamer and someone who is just doing for their own use?

 

[MAGICFLOP]

Had to do it, people dont have the ability to detect flying asteroids while zipping thru space.

 

[Mickey's Pal]

How would they enforce that? How would they know the difference between a vlogger/streamer and someone who is just doing for their own use?

Same way the asian parks do

 

[mysto]

They would ban phones, but G+ needs them. Gonna have to just ice the lumps.

 

[DCLcruiser]

Using a flash on any dark ride only results in crap photos that show every wire and support you were never supposed to be aware of. In fact even taking photos with a high end camera with no flash but a high ISO often results in photos that destroy the illusion of the ride. I think the real reason you get people using flashes on the rides is they are suing cheap cameras or phones that can't get a non-blurry photo without the flash.

I think people just don't understand how camera settings work, or how to control their aperture. So they, based on decades of disposable cameras, use the flash in any dark setting. Even for fireworks

 

[DCLcruiser]

How would they enforce that? How would they know the difference between a vlogger/streamer and someone who is just doing for their own use?

I thought it was always against T&S to video record on a ride as that is copyrighted content?

 

[danlb_2000]

Same way the asian parks do

... and what way is that? I know they have a rules against "commercial photograph" same as the US parks, but I am not sure how they enforce that.