I was told I couldn't take a picture of Donald Duck!

[Todd&Copper]

I don't know that it is so much about getting someone else's kid in the picture (b/c, to be perfectly honest, it is impossible to not get someone else's family in at least a few photos at WDW), and more with line-jumping. I know you only wanted a picture of Donald and not time with him, but letting you get your shot starts down a slippery slope. I will only take about 30 seconds to pose and have a photo with Donald - why should I wait on line with kids who want autographs. Little Billy only wants a quick autograph and photo, not like little baby Jenny who is only 2 and is looking forward to a longer period of interacting with Donald b/c he is her favorite character.
You could have waited in line with the other people who wanted a Donald photo and when your turn was up, you could have just snapped a shot of Donald with no one else in the photo.

 

[sbell111]

I swear all Canadians aren't this confusing, I don't even really understand the reason why they can't have photos taken...

Vampires.

 

[Phibbles]

Vampires.

Now that is funny!

 

[merryweather20]

Pictures are private property, you have no legal right to demand some one's personal property. Sure you can ask for it, you can ask for the moon if you wanted too, but it doesn't mean you have any legal rights to it. And if you take the film and destroy it you can get in trouble for destruction of private property.

If it's a serious issue it's best to let the law handle it.

Exactly

 

[blabbermouth]

Vampires.

If she just woulda said vampire foster children in the first place everything would have made sense!

 

[dburg30]

Pictures are private property, you have no legal right to demand some one's personal property. Sure you can ask for it, you can ask for the moon if you wanted too, but it doesn't mean you have any legal rights to it. And if you take the film and destroy it you can get in trouble for destruction of private property.

If it's a serious issue it's best to let the law handle it.

Exactly

Finally, you are starting to see that you just cant take someones film just because they took a picture.. Thanks for finally admitting that..

 

[sbell111]

... The children aren't in the witness protection problem, but the state will expect that reasonable precautions are taken to respect their mandates.

I thought Canada had provinces. You learn something new every day.

... Its justl not Okay to take pics of other kids with a character.

Even if the 'state' of Ontario deemed it to be a danger for the children to have their pictures taken, they would not have the authority to forbid some person in the state of Florida from taking a picture that happened to have the child in it.

... Since their Foster parents can't take one, why do so many people feel entitled?

That sounds like something for you to take up with the 'state' of Ontario.

BTW, how did you go about getting permission to take these foster children across international lines? It's also too bad that the 'state' of Ontario didn't have the foresight to hold onto the parents passport while you were out of the country, if they are such a danger. That would seem like a simple solution to your problem.

 

[merryweather20]

I give up go up to strangers and take pictures of them, be as rude as you like

Sooner or later you'll tick off the wrong person and then I shall know you by your black eyes.

It continues to floor me that so many people think its an important right to take pictures of strangers children. Can't say I'd want pictures of strange children myself... but to each his own.

I'll tell my Uncle to watch out for the people in the black eyes. They missed the day in Kindergarten where they taught you it was polite to ask permission and they met up with a guy who missed the day where they taught everybody not to fight.

 

[LadyDuchess]

"State" can also mean country.

 

[Sleeping Becca]

I'm guessing you didn't read to much of the thread. This is certainly not hhysterics. Many foster children simply cannot be photographed, so it makes ssense to make these simple precautions so they can enjoy WDW.

I'm trying to understand where you are coming from. What is the reason that the foster children can not be photographed and they have to wear hats and sunglasses in public while on vacation?

I agree with others that no harm is done from someone taking a picture.

 

[Robo]

I'm trying to understand where you are coming from. What is the reason that the foster children can not be photographed and they have to wear hats and sunglasses in public while on vacation?

The way I piece it together, If they are photographed standing in front of the Turkey Leg kiosk, that may be one remaining piece of the puzzle needed for Suddam's (still-in-hiding) rebel forces to locate the Canadian vampire offspring and send them a threatening candy-gram via the care of Donald Duck's CM handler.

 

[sbell111]

"State" can also mean country.

Sure, but a federal magistrate wouldn't have made the order in question, if anyone did.

 

[dburg30]

And if people are allowed to use fastpasses past their times, I'm allowed to take pictures of whoever I want!!!

 

[dburg30]

I'm trying to understand where you are coming from. What is the reason that the foster children can not be photographed and they have to wear hats and sunglasses in public while on vacation?

OH CRAP, I just figured it out!!! This must be Brad and Angelina's kids!!!

 

[melancholywings]

How do you protect the kids from the traffic camera's?

 

[LadyDuchess]

I was just pointing out that she was referring to the country, NOT insinuating that Canada has states like the U.S. Therefore the constant reference to the "'state' of Ontario" didn't make you look witty or her unintelligent.

 

[puzzles]

There's a bit that you are missing. You see, no one wants that random person in their photos.

Consider a Main Street photo. You have a few options.

1. Take the picture and move on with your life, even through there are random people in it.
2. Ask every person within your view if it's OK for them to be in your picture.
3. Ask every person within your view to leave the area.
4. Give up taking pictures at WDW.

I'm confident that you can see that neither #2 or #3 are viable. Heck, even if you could heard the local cats out of your picture, others would wander in before you could actually take the picture.

That leaves 1) take the pic and move on with your life or 4) Give up taking pictures.

I choose to take the picture with the knowledge that there will certainly be random strangers in it.

I completely agree!!! If some random people end up in my photos - who cares. If my kids are in someone else's photos - who cares.

 

[Sleeping Becca]

There was a thread on these boards a while back, wondering if anyone had recognized someone or seen themselves in the background of someone else's vacation photos posted on the boards.

BTW

Robo and dburg30 you guys are so bad!!!!!

 

[kakiegirl]

I am a very over protective mother. It was very hard from me to let my DD 9 go on a pirate cruise this summer at Disney World because I am such a worrier. Even being as overprotective as I am I would never go to Disney and not expect my child or any of us to be in someone else's pictures. I know in almost all our pictures someone else is in the background. At Star Wars weekend we did take some pictures outside of the line of the Disney Characters in their Star Wars Costumes. Now we did it between people going up to pose but again there were unkown people in the background. I doubt if some pervert wants a picture of your child they are going to be obvious about it they will probably try to hide it. With camera phones and technology today it someone wants a picture of your child they will probably take it. I think that is one of those things you have to file away under don't worry about something you can't do anything about. If DD 9 was getting her picture took with a character and someone excited to see that character wanted to take a picture without standing in line I honestly would have no problem with it. I think previous posters were not trying to make light of children being abused or harmed they were just stating their opinon that there is really no way to harm a child by taking their picture. I mean it is awful to imagine but if someone takes your child's picture and posts it on some website you will probably never even know about it.

Also, we always take pictures and sometimes videos at the pool at Disney and no one has every said anything to us. I have never heard you can't take pool pictures at Disney?

 

[LilGMom]

People are welcome to take pictures of my kids... they don't get much stranger than my two.

Wonder if I should Photoshop Yoda's head onto all of the kids doing Jedi Training that aren't my child before I print the picture out?