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Selfie sticks - is this a thing at WDW yet? Disney clarifies policy
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unkadug
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And I thank you and respect you for that.
draybook
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I really wish I had video of when I told the crowd to move in that refurb spot at the bakery. It was quite the impressive reaction given for a guy that's only 5'11" and 220. Sometimes you gotta be the bad guy.
Clamman73
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I was like...what's a belfie...oh, that's a belfieAs long as Disney bans the "belfie" sticks...
Daniel Johnson
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A little rock or a large selfie stick....lol
I put some kid on blast at 7DMT at one of the Halloween parties. I had had enough. I was tired, I needed a beer. There was a large puddle in the queue, everyone was walking on the rail, trying to stay dry. I jumped the rail and walked to where the path is covered. Waiting on my wife, and our friends and two kids when this kid comes stomping through the path, and ushering his friends. I waited until I was at the far side of the jewel river (?) and I learned over and just explained to him, one of us would be in jail and one of us would be in icu if he didn't get behind us with his friends...
I'm glad there was no camera, I would have gone to jail. But. Luckily the kid and his friends fell way back in line.
FettFan
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well, they never pat you down for slingshots at the gate....
BoarderPhreak
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Every time I see someone using a "selfie stick" I get the urge to grab it - and beat them with it.
Cesar R M
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maybe the security should start doing that.
I've seen a few people hit others with the sticks at Animal Kingdom :/
Texas84
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Yep, during the marathon. But then some people run with flags. And don't the pacers hold something?
jloucks
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7 years or less, drones will be everywhere, including your wrist. ...unless legislated against. They are already getting spooky smart. My dad has one that if you're flying it around and lose sight of it, it will come right back to you. (Gps I think).
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wogwog
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Is this a thing? Yup. My Daughter and friends were in the MK this AM. I asked her to pick a popular spot and for just one minute on the clock count the visible sticks in use. Not just being carried around. She whose the Mickey floral with the new fence. the count was nine sticks in one minute at one spot. So yup they are there. Imagine how many of the 60K folks have one in their group.
Another thing she saw was a large group walking down Main St she assumed was a Brazilian group given matching shirts and back packs. Turned out they were Australian. They did not chant at least.
Another thing she saw was a large group walking down Main St she assumed was a Brazilian group given matching shirts and back packs. Turned out they were Australian. They did not chant at least.
jloucks
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ONLY?
Larry Mondello
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PinnySmart
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I witnessed an altercation involving a selfie stick while waiting for FOF. I emailed guest services when I got home with a detailed description. I received a call back just a few days later. I urge you all to email guest services. They are aware that this is an issue and I think they are taking our feedback seriously.
unkadug
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details...please give us the juicy details
Cesar R M
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well, umbrellas have a function. Unlike selfie sticks which are just EGO battons.
Dwarful
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We went to the Blues game last night and the teen girl in front of me kept holding up her tablet to take selfies. After I spent the first 10 minutes of the first period play trying to peer around her obnoxious tablet, I asked her nicely to put the tablet down so we could see THE GAME. She refused...so I eventually went to get an usher...who politely informed her and her friends that if she continued to obstruct the view of those around her she would be removed from the arena. I heard a lot of complaining throughout the second period, but based on their conversations, they weren't hockey fans anyway.
So this selfie phase has taken over EVERYTHING. I was disappointed that the Cardinals recently upgraded their free wi-fi...honestly, don't people go to watch the games? Growing up we didn't take photos of every single thing and we sure weren't taking random photos of ourselves 24/7. Sad to see these sticks infiltrate WDW. Guess I will see how bad they are in just 4 days!
So this selfie phase has taken over EVERYTHING. I was disappointed that the Cardinals recently upgraded their free wi-fi...honestly, don't people go to watch the games? Growing up we didn't take photos of every single thing and we sure weren't taking random photos of ourselves 24/7. Sad to see these sticks infiltrate WDW. Guess I will see how bad they are in just 4 days!
JasonDeyoung
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I honestly think they're beyond stupid, who wants to walk around all day holding a long a** stick with a camera video taping themselves. I haven't seen too many to really say its a huge issue. But watching the videos and just the way people are going about it is pretty obnoxious. It'll just take that one idiot to be taping and flip around and bop someone in the face or head and game over. It's already a pain having to deal with the idiots who take non stop flashing photos inside the rides and now to deal with a 3' stick waving around? I'm pretty sure when it gets to the point of a real serious issue Disney will address it. Don't they already have rules for tripods and "non professional" filming equipment
Bairstow
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With access to the internet, is there ever really a need for the average tourist to simply take a picture of a place? A one-time event, sure, or something in motion, but unless one fancies herself some kind of amateur photographer, why take a picture of, say, Spaceship Earth when you can instantly access several thousand better photographs through Google?
What Google isn't going to have are pictures of one's friends and oneself in front of Spaceship Earth, so it makes more sense to actually take those.