Selfie sticks - is this a thing at WDW yet? Disney clarifies policy

mousehockey37

mousehockey37

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Doc Terminus said:
Maybe I'm not in the loop, but what does this mean?
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I'm sure others could go into greater detail, but in the jail scene on Pirates where the dog with the keys is, they've had problems in the past with people actually getting out of the boats and stealing the keys from the dog.

So take a lot of rides and how close things are in proximity to the ride vehicles, you're looking at a 4-5 ft extension of someone's arm(s) being able to reach things that were thought unreachable.
 
unkadug

unkadug

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mousehockey37 said:
I'm sure others could go into greater detail, but in the jail scene on Pirates where the dog with the keys is, they've had problems in the past with people actually getting out of the boats and stealing the keys from the dog.
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Aren't there camera's and intruder mats? I hope these "fans" were escorted out of the park...with no refund and a ticket to the pokey.
 
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Arthur Wellesley

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mousehockey37 said:
I'm sure others could go into greater detail, but in the jail scene on Pirates where the dog with the keys is, they've had problems in the past with people actually getting out of the boats and stealing the keys from the dog.
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:facepalm::facepalm:

This is why I could never be a Disney CM. I simply could not let stuff like this fly & nothing be done...all in the name of 'good customer service'. I'd be fired on day 1 for telling off some idiotic tourist.
"It's theme park!! Can't you just sit back & enjoy it???" (with a few other choice words thrown in)
 
mousehockey37

mousehockey37

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unkadug said:
Aren't there camera's and intruder mats? I hope these "fans" were escorted out of the park...with no refund and a ticket to the pokey.
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Like I said, I'm sure there's others that could fill us in more (I can't find the article, I thought there was something on here actually) with the details, if memory serves me right, didn't they take the whole dog one time?

Unless every camera is monitored every second of the ride every day, things are going to go unseen by human eye. Sure, it'll be on tape, but for the CMs to address it by the time people step off the ride can be somewhat slim. Maybe any willing CM's could add to this portion.
 
mousehockey37

mousehockey37

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Ultimately, with these sticks, there's been first hand testimony to the fact that they're being used in ways they shouldn't. Eventually you're going to get people trying to "out selfie" each other, they're going to hit an AA or something and knock it out of service. As things like this happen, rides will have to undergo more maintenance, AA's will go missing, those annual park price increases can/will get steeper. Remember, as the technology improves, so does the price tag to fix it and all those costs will be ultimately paid by the consumer in the end.

You also have the people side. I said it before, I'll say it again. Someone is going to go and use their selfie stick and be getting in the way of the performers, or they're going to hit someone's kid and a parent coming to the aid of their child is going to give a "selfier" the selfie of a lifetime... Them getting their clock cleaned, all on film/photo!
 
G00fyDad

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I took my family to a Cheesecake Factory near here and witnessed a couple of idiotic girls using a selfie stick at a table. Yes. In a restaurant. They snapped more photos of the food and them eating it than they should have. (By the way, that number should be 0) They were finally asked to put the stick away when they smacked a server square in the face (HARD) while swinging it upward to snap their latest treasured pic. The server ran off to the bathroom with a split lip. Who cares about having that many pictures of someone?? How self-obsessed can people be that they think anyone gives the slightest crap what they are doing every second of every single day. "Look at me eat this shrimp. How cute am I?" "Look at me do a duck face. How cute am I?" "Look at me flash a peace sign. How cute am I?" "Look at me pretend to kiss my friend's cheek. How cute am I?" "Look at me!" "Look at me!" "Look at me!"
 
rct247

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People would probably be surprised to know just how many ride stops and down times throughout the day across the parks are starting to be for selfie stick issues. The coasters are where it is most dangerous. The slow attractions and those with animatronics are more likely to just be a danger to the props themselves, but on attractions that are more easily monitored like Dumbo, the Cast are treating those extended sticks as an extension of the person and the person would therefore be outside the appropriate ride envelope that is safe. As with any safety hazard, they will stop the ride which in turn hurts the ride efficiency.

An attraction that carries 1500 people an hour with two 1 minute stops an hour due to a selfie stick means a loss of 50 guests per hour and over the course of a 12 hour day leads to 600 guests more that the attraction could have carried if those darn sticks didn't exist.
 
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ItlngrlBella

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Tonight I witnessed my first selfie-stick casualty.

We were at a high-end Asian fusion restaurant with friends and they seated us upstairs in a semi-private area overlooking the first floor.

The only other table up there with us was long and it seated 12 loud hipsters, who were waving an abnoxiously long-dong-schlong of a selfie stick. :cautious:

From 7-10pm they waved that thing around taking pictures of maki as it hung out of their mouths. :bored:

It took every fiber of my being for me to not walk over and beat them endlessly with it. :mad:

Finally, as a waitress walked over to bring them another large platter of maki rolls --- SMACK! :hungover:

They whacked her in the head and food went everywhere. :arghh:

My husband then went downstairs to the bar and ordered them a round of kiddie cocktails (yes, the actual virgin kiddie cocktails). :angelic:

Management came up with the drinks and said another patron sent them up who wished to remain anonymous, and then told them they had to put the stick away or leave. o_O

They settled up and left, and then the staff brought us complimentary dessert for us putting up with the morons and they said they got a kick out of the kiddie cocktail round we sent over. :happy:
 
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wogwog

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ItlngrlBella said:
Tonight I witnessed my first selfie-stick casualty.

We were at a high-end Asian fusion restaurant with friends and they seated us upstairs in a semi-private area overlooking the first floor.

The only other table up there with us was long and it seated 12 loud hipsters, who were waving an abnoxiously long-dong-schlong of a selfie stick. :cautious:

From 7-10pm they waved that thing around taking pictures of maki as it hung out of their mouths. :bored:

It took every fiber of my being for me to not walk over and beat them endlessly with it. :mad:

Finally, as a waitress walked over to bring them another large platter of maki rolls --- SMACK! :hungover:

They whacked her in the head and food went everywhere. :arghh:

My husband then went downstairs to the bar and ordered them a round of kiddie cocktails (yes, the actual virgin kiddie cocktails). :angelic:

Management came up with the drinks and said another patron sent them up who wished to remain anonymous, and then told them they had to put the stick away or leave. o_O

They settled up and left, and then the staff brought us complimentary dessert for us putting up with the morons and they said they got a kick out of the kiddie cocktail round we sent over. :happy:
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You and your party have made my day. :) I give you credit for having more patience than I do. We were a group of four at one of my favorite restaurants a few weeks ago with a similar event. I lasted about five minutes. I demanded to see the manager. I reminded him I eat there frequently, had yet to order, and he had 30 seconds to stop the punk party or we would leave. The punks left indignantly to a chorus of golf claps. A couple at the next table bought us a round and the manager bought us desert.
 
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Saw a bunch of them in December. I just don't get it.
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ItlngrlBella

ItlngrlBella

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wogwog said:
You and your party have made my day. :) I give you credit for having more patience than I do. We were a group of four at one of my favorite restaurants a few weeks ago with a similar event. I lasted about five minutes. I demanded to see the manager. I reminded him I eat there frequently, had yet to order, and he had 30 seconds to stop the punk party or we would leave. The punks left indignantly to a chorus of golf claps. A couple at the next table bought us a round and the manager bought us desert.
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Isn't all this nuts?!?

Last night I knew someone was going to get hit with it.

My friend's husband even offered to take pics for them and they said, "no, that's what we have this for!"

The only good thing that came out of your experience and mine was free dessert! ;)
 
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mousehockey37

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willtravel said:
I would be curious to know under this circumstance if the waitress had raised her hand to push the selfie stick away after SHE got smacked and there was some type of damage down to stick or electronic devise, would the waitress be responsible for damages?
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I think that's going to be the big legal battle that Disney wants to avoid in the parks. Who's going to be responsible for damages whether it be to person, device or property due to these sticks.
 
unkadug

unkadug

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willtravel said:
I would be curious to know under this circumstance if the waitress had raised her hand to push the selfie stick away after SHE got smacked and there was some type of damage down to stick or electronic devise, would the waitress be responsible for damages?
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Pretty sure yes. As the waitress willfully caused harm to another person's property, whereas the waitress was accidentally injured.

It would more than likely be a jury trial and would drag on for 8 or so months with national televised proceedings with the nation polarized according to their level of Facebook activity.
 
mousehockey37

mousehockey37

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unkadug said:
Pretty sure yes. As the waitress willfully caused harm to another person's property, whereas the waitress was accidentally injured.

It would more than likely be a jury trial and would drag on for 8 or so months with national televised proceedings with the nation polarized according to their level of Facebook activity.
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Again.. something Disney should be seeing in their future should they not do something about it now.
 

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