3D glasses

[mitsukoshi samurai]

This was at Universal so I can't 100% confirm what Disney does, but when I worked at Shrek 4-D I can confirm that every single pair of glasses was cleaned and sanitized. We would put them out, the guests would return them, we would rerack them, send them through a modified industrial dishwasher, and them but them back out for guests. Now, I couldn't guarantee that right before you picked up your glasses that a million kids with germy hands didn't touch every pair of glasses before picking theirs, but at the very least they were clean when we put them out. I remember talking to someone at It's Tough To Be A Bug and it sounded like they had a similar system.

Same exact system at ittbab and shrek

 

[dmunsil]

3D nerd here. The answer to the original question is yes you can buy your own glasses for some of the shows, but it's not easy for all of them.

Most of the older 3D movies like Muppet-Vision 3D and Philharmagic use linear polarized glasses. The newer and more recently refurbished rides (notably Flights of Passage and Star Tours) use Dolby 3D (which is licensed from Infinitec-3D).

You can get a ton of different linear polarized glasses in different formats, including aviator style, wraparound sunglasses style, clip-ons, paper disposable, etc. Any linear polarized glasses will work, and mostly they're pretty inexpensive. Just search Amazon for "linear polarized 3D glasses" and you'll find a ton of them. Just don't buy anything with colored lenses (those are primarily for comic books), or labeled for movie watching (those will be RealD, a different system), or that require batteries or are labeled "active" which are shutter glasses.

Most regular 3D theaters and home passive 3D TV's use RealD's system, which uses circular polarized glasses. Those will not work with any Disney show or ride. IMAX glasses should work, if you should happen to have a pair of them lying around.

Dolby 3D glasses are very complicated to produce and use multilayer filters. They cost, in bulk, something like $20/pair, compared with more like $1-2/pair for reusable linear glasses. They aren't sold retail by anyone (or at least I don't know of a source), because there's no real demand for individual pairs, and their system is very complicated to set up and use.

 

[Sargeant Tibbs]

3D nerd here. The answer to the original question is yes you can buy your own glasses for some of the shows, but it's not easy for all of them.

Most of the older 3D movies like Muppet-Vision 3D and Philharmagic use linear polarized glasses. The newer and more recently refurbished rides (notably Flights of Passage and Star Tours) use Dolby 3D (which is licensed from Infinitec-3D).

You can get a ton of different linear polarized glasses in different formats, including aviator style, wraparound sunglasses style, clip-ons, paper disposable, etc. Any linear polarized glasses will work, and mostly they're pretty inexpensive. Just search Amazon for "linear polarized 3D glasses" and you'll find a ton of them. Just don't buy anything with colored lenses (those are primarily for comic books), or labeled for movie watching (those will be RealD, a different system), or that require batteries or are labeled "active" which are shutter glasses.

Most regular 3D theaters and home passive 3D TV's use RealD's system, which uses circular polarized glasses. Those will not work with any Disney show or ride. IMAX glasses should work, if you should happen to have a pair of them lying around.

Dolby 3D glasses are very complicated to produce and use multilayer filters. They cost, in bulk, something like $20/pair, compared with more like $1-2/pair for reusable linear glasses. They aren't sold retail by anyone (or at least I don't know of a source), because there's no real demand for individual pairs, and their system is very complicated to set up and use.

Extremely helpful, thank you for taking the time to explain this.

 

[cgattis]

3D nerd here. The answer to the original question is yes you can buy your own glasses for some of the shows, but it's not easy for all of them.

Most of the older 3D movies like Muppet-Vision 3D and Philharmagic use linear polarized glasses. The newer and more recently refurbished rides (notably Flights of Passage and Star Tours) use Dolby 3D (which is licensed from Infinitec-3D).

You can get a ton of different linear polarized glasses in different formats, including aviator style, wraparound sunglasses style, clip-ons, paper disposable, etc. Any linear polarized glasses will work, and mostly they're pretty inexpensive. Just search Amazon for "linear polarized 3D glasses" and you'll find a ton of them. Just don't buy anything with colored lenses (those are primarily for comic books), or labeled for movie watching (those will be RealD, a different system), or that require batteries or are labeled "active" which are shutter glasses.

Most regular 3D theaters and home passive 3D TV's use RealD's system, which uses circular polarized glasses. Those will not work with any Disney show or ride. IMAX glasses should work, if you should happen to have a pair of them lying around.

Dolby 3D glasses are very complicated to produce and use multilayer filters. They cost, in bulk, something like $20/pair, compared with more like $1-2/pair for reusable linear glasses. They aren't sold retail by anyone (or at least I don't know of a source), because there's no real demand for individual pairs, and their system is very complicated to set up and use.

Yeah, super interesting—thanks! I LOVE when DIS’ers share their cool brainpower here—it’s amazing the knowledge that’s here in this community!

 

[ItsOnlyMoney]

3D nerd here. The answer to the original question is yes you can buy your own glasses for some of the shows, but it's not easy for all of them.

Most of the older 3D movies like Muppet-Vision 3D and Philharmagic use linear polarized glasses. The newer and more recently refurbished rides (notably Flights of Passage and Star Tours) use Dolby 3D (which is licensed from Infinitec-3D).

You can get a ton of different linear polarized glasses in different formats, including aviator style, wraparound sunglasses style, clip-ons, paper disposable, etc. Any linear polarized glasses will work, and mostly they're pretty inexpensive. Just search Amazon for "linear polarized 3D glasses" and you'll find a ton of them. Just don't buy anything with colored lenses (those are primarily for comic books), or labeled for movie watching (those will be RealD, a different system), or that require batteries or are labeled "active" which are shutter glasses.

Most regular 3D theaters and home passive 3D TV's use RealD's system, which uses circular polarized glasses. Those will not work with any Disney show or ride. IMAX glasses should work, if you should happen to have a pair of them lying around.

Dolby 3D glasses are very complicated to produce and use multilayer filters. They cost, in bulk, something like $20/pair, compared with more like $1-2/pair for reusable linear glasses. They aren't sold retail by anyone (or at least I don't know of a source), because there's no real demand for individual pairs, and their system is very complicated to set up and use.

That's very helpful. Thank you so much for answering my question. Guess I'll give up that idea.

 

[Timmy Boy]

All Disney 3D glasses are sent through a miniature car wash. Washed, washed with soap, washed again and sent through a dryer. I forget the temperature of the water but its at least 130 degrees.
Source: Me, someone who used to clean 3D glasses.