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

[BoarderPhreak]

Don't celebrate just yet. You'll still have to smack someone in the head with their iPad.

You say that like it's a bad thing...

 

[JERiv]

Oh good lord... will people now have to resort to... *gasp* ... asking the person standing next to you to take your picture?!?!??!11?

THE HORROR!!!!

...

 

[dial3001]

RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!! HUMAN INTERACTION!!!

 

[yensid67]

Attention Disney World Guests...SELFIE STICK/EXPANDABLE POLE FOR USE OF ATTACHING A CAMERA ARE NOW BANNED FROM WALT DISNEY WORLD RESORT!

I understand and will comply with the rule, but again some morons have ruined it for those who follow basic rules of respect for others. Oh well, at least they haven't said anything about the helmet mounted cameras...but just wait...some IDIOT will be thrashing their head around trying to take a selfie and will have it banned as well! I know I am being funny, but #1 don't put it passed someone to do this and #2 Just imagine what they would look like trying to take that selfie!

 

[UnhealthilyObsessed]

I was going to use this post to protest the decision, but while typing I was smacked in the head with three different idiot tourists' selfie sticks, so I'm super-on board with the ban.

OUCH!

Four. Four different idiot tourists' selfie sticks.

 

[sgtmgd]

Good decision by Disney, but a shame people simply couldnt follow the original guidance on selfie sticks..

 

[bethymouse]

I was just there, and believe me this is a good decision! They cause so much more congestion in the walkways where people with those very long sticks just stop right in front of you. It truly is a "selfish" device because no one pays any attention to anyone else while using them!

 

[Figgy1]

YEA!

 

[dial3001]

Don't worry, it'll be soon enough that the next great "tourist invention" will come through the gates at the parks... What will that be? Who knows, but it's coming...

Stun gun on a stick, pepper spray on a stick.....

 

[Ben_since_1971]

Woo. Hoo.

 

[mousehockey37]

Stun gun on a stick, pepper spray on a stick.....

HAHA... Disney will be the first to the punch with this one... After they get past Jeff Dunham...

NEW TO MEXICO!!!!! JOSE THE JALAPENO.... on a stick...

 

[Doodlyday]

YES! I remember how funny and awesome it was when I saw the no selfie sticks sign at BTMR.

 

[TRONorail12]

I don't work at MK so I don't know their policies, but multiple times in the past few days I saw CMs tell guests to stow their selfie sticks even when they weren't on rides. Don't know if they just misinterpreted the old rule about not using them in rides.

A cast member has the right to judge if actions being carried out by guests inside the park are safe. If a CM perceives a guest's actions as unsafe, they have the right to ask the guest not to do such action. Refusal by a guest to obey a CM's instruction could lead to security being involved and the guest being removed from the park, especially if the guest's actions could be harmful to themselves or others.

 

[Chef Mickey]

I can't wait until they ban cell phones/cameras on rides. This will be more difficult to implement, but the deterrent of telling you not to or face potential discipline might help.

My issues with phones/cameras now are:

1) Excessive flashing
2) Holding up a camera the entire ride, blocking views and generally annoying other guests.
3) Potential safety issue if a camera is dropped or jostled free and hits someone
4) Potential safety issue for people trying to take pictures and hanging out of ride vehicle or stretching their arms out of the vehicle to get shots.

 

[Sage of Time]

Good riddance.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Coming up with the rule is one thing. They have a very spotty history of enforcing any of them, so we shall see.

 

[Rinx]

I'm not exaggerating or being sarcastic at all when I say this is the best announcement and development that I have heard from Disney in quite some time. I know some will slip through the craps but I expect a great improvement compared to what I saw in September when I go in a couple months.

 

[epcotisbest]

Those things are dangerous and ridiculous. Hope they actively and aggressively enforce the ban.

 

[zurgandfriend]

Okay I am officially declaring myself an "old man." I had to look up "selfie stick."

 

[epcotisbest]

OK, that is wrong. The selfies sticks are not what is dangerous and ridiculous. It is a lot of the people using them that are.