Soarin' Over Pgh
Well-Known Member
So hypothetically speaking if someone flew a drone over the MK without Disney's permission and it hit something and crashed, how would anyone know WHO or WHERE the drone came from?
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UFO Sighting: Disney Drones
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ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Is it worth expending the missile on the RQ-4, Noisy attracts a lot of attention...
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Idiot probably has name/address/phone on it in case it gets lost...
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
Fingerprints...
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
That's why opinion here is it did not belong to Disney, Cam's are so easy to install and lipstick cams can be installed just about anywhere and they will not fall onto guests like drones can (and DO).
Tom
Beta Return
Fingerprints, serial number, other easily-traceable information.
vonpluto
Well-Known Member
mikeymouse
Well-Known Member
PeterAlt
Well-Known Member
Rich people and their toys... Not rich (yet)... Not so sure if I would want a real drone as a toy... Hmmm
CDavid
Well-Known Member
It's too dark to see anything but two colored lights, could be anywhere, or anything. How do we know its the Polynesian?
danlb_2000
Premium Member
In the description of the video it say...
"Also there was a kite shaped canopy over the drone supporting flight"
The video was published Jan of 2013 so my guess is that it was the Fantasyland dragon.
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
Why would it have been over the Poly? The dragon was a one time deal over New Fantasyland.
awesomeinabox
Active Member
Ok color me stupid. Not being snotty I actually want to know why they wouldn't use quads to film over guest areas? We use them where I work over guest areas (it's an arena and used for promo shots I'm not a creeper) why wouldn't Disney? Basically mock out shots cheaply prior to bringing in more expensive equipment?
I'm missing something I don't know what please help.
relots
Member
Disney is considered a No Fly Zone but it's only to 3000 feet above the parks. Still a good ways up and since you have MCO in the area you would still have to know what you're doing to fly in and around that area. You can fly into this zone WITH special permissions ahead of time. The circle covers pretty much the entire property. If you look up Disney World No Fly Zone you should be able to find a map with a red circle around both WDW and DL. If I had my maps on my work computer I would upload it. Disney is the only theme park that I know who has a restricted airspace around their properties, and for good reasons too.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
One word that you should be thinking of as well LIABILITY if that quad loses its link or power you are going to have a suit on your hands and one you should just settle because the plaintiff will win.
Vader2112
Well-Known Member
With the range some of these have they could have been operating it from the parking lot or a room at the Poly, GF or Contemporary.
danlb_2000
Premium Member
We don't know what route it flew to get to and from Fantayland. It also could have been some night time testing before the actual even.
bethymouse
Well-Known Member
Just seems strange to me.
GrumpyFan
Well-Known Member
Seems to be a lot of paranoid people here.
Sounds to me like the local Law Enforcement have a new toy. If this is the case, then I'm sure Disney gave them full permission to fly it.
Personally, I don't have a problem with this, if it is in fact Disney or Law Enforcement. However, I do have to wonder if Disney has thought about such devices being used by non authorized individuals. It could pose a huge threat to the security of their guests and the resort. All the more reason why Disney should own as much property around their parks as possible, just to prevent something like this. Although, I would venture to guess that most commercial devices like this on the market could be disabled via a simple signal jamming device.
Sounds to me like the local Law Enforcement have a new toy. If this is the case, then I'm sure Disney gave them full permission to fly it.
Personally, I don't have a problem with this, if it is in fact Disney or Law Enforcement. However, I do have to wonder if Disney has thought about such devices being used by non authorized individuals. It could pose a huge threat to the security of their guests and the resort. All the more reason why Disney should own as much property around their parks as possible, just to prevent something like this. Although, I would venture to guess that most commercial devices like this on the market could be disabled via a simple signal jamming device.