Selfie Stick Update

Seeker615

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• May 20, 2015

• #1

This mostly talks about Disney Selfie stick usage but it does mention what Universal is doing too.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/...icks_n_7310946.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592

I just can't imagine what people are thinking using these things on rides! Potentially very dangerous!

 

Bluer101

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• May 20, 2015

• #2

This is why Universal has put in metal detectors, ahead of the injury.

 

Seeker615

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I hope more places follow suit. People just don't get how dangerous it can be to themselves and others.

 

Bluer101

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Seeker615 said:

I hope more places follow suit. People just don't get how dangerous it can be to themselves and others.

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Can't agree more. The problem with this world is the me first attitude and don't think about people around you.

 

gatordoc

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• May 20, 2015

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Well, I have to say that I was pretty irritated on our trip a couple of weeks ago to find that selfie sticks were being sold in the main in-park Universal Studios Store.

 

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RMulieri

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• May 21, 2015

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I got smacked/jabbed with so many of those last trip.People hold them out and don't care/realize how close they are to other people..I also see people walk with them and trip/fall because they aren't paying attention.

 

kbelle8995

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• May 21, 2015

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I saw them being sold in Citywalk. It's not so much the selfie stick itself as the people who insist on taking them literally everywhere and not using common sense.

 

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rangebob

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• May 21, 2015

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I was hit in the head too with one of these stupid sticks. After that happened I felt like walking around and slapping them out of the hands of people that were standing there in a crowd spinning around to film themselves and the mobs around them.

 

Bluer101

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Seeker615

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We saw a bunch on the cruise we just got back from. Luckily nobody was intrusive with them. I can't even imagine being in a crowded park with them all over the place.

 

CPanther95

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• May 21, 2015

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We have already been conditioned - and have signs galore to reinforce it- to keep all arms and hands inside vehicle at all times.

I cannot believe we now need separate signs that say that you should also not stick a big pole outside the vehicle - just because of some narcissistic idiots that don't have the sense to realize how dangerous it can be.

What's next ???: "Please do not beat yourself, or fellow riders, violently in the face with the Men In Black gun. Injury can occur."

 

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CTDisneyfan816

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• May 22, 2015

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CPanther95 said:

We have already been conditioned - and have signs galore to reinforce it- to keep all arms and hands inside vehicle at all times.

I cannot believe we now need separate signs that say that you should also not stick a big pole outside the vehicle - just because of some narcissistic idiots that don't have the sense to realize how dangerous it can be.

What's next ???: "Please do not beat yourself, or fellow riders, violently in the face with the Men In Black gun. Injury can occur."

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CTDisneyfan816

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• May 22, 2015

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Disney already banned these from the parks altogether. I think they are foolish period but if they wanted to use them off the rides, to me not a huge deal, but a lot easier to enforce if they aren't allowed at all. Using them on the rides is dumb period.

 

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rangebob

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• May 22, 2015

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CTDisneyfan816 said:

Disney already banned these from the parks altogether. I think they are foolish period but if they wanted to use them off the rides, to me not a huge deal, but a lot easier to enforce if they aren't allowed at all. Using them on the rides is dumb period.

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The only thing that I saw was Disney banned them from rides but I've seen them in the parks.