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Selfie sticks - is this a thing at WDW yet? Disney clarifies policy
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G00fyDad
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Found a really nice one (sturdy and expensive looking) at the Louisville Zoo the other day. I refused to take it to the lost and found. I tossed it in the trash. Every time we turned a corner there was a selfie-stick in someone's hand. Sometimes carried by a group of teens fully extended with zero regard for who almost got hit with the thing.
If I own an expensive tablet/phone/camera, the LAST thing I would do is put it on the end of a stick for someone to run by and grab.....
"Okay, officers, before you hit the streets I need to pass out a sketch of the latest criminal on our streets. We've had a rash of selfie snatchers and the sergeant wants us to catch the guy. And please ignore the applause from the bystanders when they witness him snatching someone's stick. Thanks. And be safe out there."
"Okay, officers, before you hit the streets I need to pass out a sketch of the latest criminal on our streets. We've had a rash of selfie snatchers and the sergeant wants us to catch the guy. And please ignore the applause from the bystanders when they witness him snatching someone's stick. Thanks. And be safe out there."
mf1972
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misspell...too excited by the news.
Tom
Beta Return
This is only the first step on their restriction in the parks. This took priority due to the severe safety risk they pose while being used on rides, but expect them to be restricted even further in the next coming weeks.
I would almost be willing to pay more for a ticket if they ENFORCED all of their rules. It would make the entire experience so much better.
G00fyDad
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This means exactly what? Nothing. Until it is a full ban on these annoying useless pieces of garbage then nothing will be done. Actually, I doubt anything will be done even then. However, this current incarnation will be no more effective than banning flash photography on the rides. And we all know how well that is enforced.
Tom
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This means exactly what? Nothing. Until it is a full ban on these annoying useless pieces of garbage then nothing will be done. Actually, I doubt anything will be done even then. However, this current incarnation will be no more effective than banning flash photography on the rides. And we all know how well that is enforced.
Except that letting people get away with flash photography doesn't hurt Disney's bottom line, or land them in court. Continuing to allow the sticks on rides will result in damage to the rides ($$$) and/or injury to the dimwitted guest using the thing (lawsuit, because that would be Disney's fault, of course). I believe they will enforce this....and I believe it will be expanded upon.
bethymouse
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A totally useless piece of technology if you ask me. It's a hazardous weapon. J/K. But it is not necessary IMHO. Your cellphone is equipped to take selfies! Good for Disney! But I can't imagine being on a ride and having it stopped because some idiot decided to use that contraption!
wogwog
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The "ban" is a start but an inadequate small step by Disney. More to come and eventually a total ban with signage at the gate. Selfish selfie users will still use them in crowds and on the parade route. The real idiots will use them on/in an attraction and laugh at the CM.
G00fyDad
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And that is my point right there. This will not be enforced. They will publicly admonish the person, but what does anyone really expect Disney to do to a selfie stick user? Fine them? Kick them out? Ban them? No. They will simply keep stopping rides and reminding people that the use of these things are prohibited.
wogwog
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A full ban will happen when a stick injures a guest seriously and Disney is named in the lawsuit.
tribbleorlfl
Well-Known Member
Say that 10 times fast.
Rinx
Well-Known Member
Doesn't matter, unfortunately. On Splash Mountain back in September, the log in front of me was a family recording the ride and taking pics with a selfie stick. Twice before the Laughing Place a CM over the loud speaker told them to put it away. They could've said it 20 times but it wouldn't have mattered they didn't speak English or at least chose to not understand English, conveniently. At the bottom of Brer Fox's Lair they stopped the ride, turned the lights on and a CM came out directing them to put it away. Can you imagine the potential consequences of those idiots using the selfie stick whilst going down a 50 foot drop?