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

[merryweather20]

You are actually taking the position that one should not ever take a photograph at WDW if there is going to be a random stranger in it? You are further taking the stance that taking a picture that has a random stranger in it is unreasonable, rude, and sick?

Should everyone just leave their cameras at home? After all, there is virtually no way to avoid getting strangers in park photos.You can demand all kinds of things, but you can't enforce those demands. If you demanded that I delete pictures that I took in public areas of WDW, I'd tell you to get bent. If you tried to force your demands, you could find yourself in the pokey.

Nope I'm taking the position that you don't photograph other people's children without asking first. As I said in my previous post a child that needs to be protected will, be wearing a hat, or sunglasses if necessary and there parents going to let them wander into your photographs either... Pretty simple really, if you want someone else's photograph you ask first and at character meetings you wait your turn.

Not sure why you would leave your camera at home. I'm planning on bringing mine, and it can't be too difficult to avoid having strangers in pics, because as I said I looked through mine and I don't have any, except in some indistinguishable crowd shots. If someone told me to get bent after they took a picture of a child I was with, I'd have no problem letting a CM know so that the situation would resolve appropriately.

 

[PixieDust32]

Too much "to catch a predator"

 

[dburg30]

If someone told me to get bent after they took a picture of a child I was with, I'd have no problem letting a CM know so that the situation would resolve appropriately.

I wouldnt tell you to get bent, I would just walk away. It would be unwise at that point to start following me or in any way harassing me.. Again this 'demanded the film be given to the person' WHERE did this take place, and I dont mean at a game or anything, WHERE in the world?

 

[motofox4]

so what if i were going during a really crowded time of the year and i wanted to take a picture of someone i was there with and other people, strangers, whether they be adults/children, whatever, were walking in the background.. am i supposed to not take the picture then because other people's children would be in the picture?????

 

[JenniBugInPink]

You are actually taking the position that one should not ever take a photograph at WDW if there is going to be a random stranger in it? You are further taking the stance that taking a picture that has a random stranger in it is unreasonable, rude, and sick?

I think perhaps a vacation at a private compound might be more appropriate for this family and those who share their beliefs. This level of paranoia, even if justified, would seem to make WDW (or DL) a completely joyless place.

I would suggest though, if a child needs THIS MUCH privacy protection, that the child be relocated to a remote island or wooded area. You take them to any public or private gathering of people, you need to assume they will end up in a photograph or two. Even if the photographer has no intentions of putting them in a photo.

I agree completely.

 

[3"Mouse"keteers]

I'm guessing it will have been incase you got a pic of a kid in it
can't take pics of your own kids in swimming pools here incase you get someone elses kid in it

Is that true for disney too? I was really looking forward to getting pics of my son swimming in the Hippety Dippety Pool at Pop Century!

 

[PixieDust32]

so what if i were going during a really crowded time of the year and i wanted to take a picture of someone i was there with and other people, strangers, whether they be adults/children, whatever, were walking in the background.. am i supposed to not take the picture then because other people's children would be in the picture?????

I guess so! That don't make any senses. The're people and kids on almost every picture i took.

 

[sbell111]

Nope I'm taking the position that you don't photograph other people's children without asking first. As I said in my previous post a child that needs to be protected will, be wearing a hat, or sunglasses if necessary and there parents going to let them wander into your photographs either... Pretty simple really, if you want someone else's photograph you ask first and at character meetings you wait your turn.

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.

... If someone told me to get bent after they took a picture of a child I was with, I'd have no problem letting a CM know so that the situation would resolve appropriately.

Your welcome to let a CM know anything you like. That still doesn't give you any authority over my camera. I'm pretty certain that the CM will tell you the same thing.

Too much "to catch a predator"

Agreed.

 

[PixieDust32]

Is that true for disney too? I was really looking forward to getting pics of my son swimming in the Hippety Dippety Pool at Pop Century!

Please! On our recent trip DH and my girls were swimming and I took tons of pics of them, I didn't see anything about not taking pics of your children any where posted nor anyone told me not to do so, and I also saw many other parents taking pics of their family/children as well, so please!

 

[motofox4]

yeah, mine too... it's not that i'm trying to get other people in my pictures, in fact i'd love to have just the person/people i want and no one else in them for the "ideal" picture, but you're at Disney World, there are tons of people there, you're bound to get someone or someone else's kid in your pictures!!! If you're not getting other people in them, i'd like to know what time of year you're going so I can go then too!!!!!!!!!!

 

[dburg30]

so what if i were going during a really crowded time of the year and i wanted to take a picture of someone i was there with and other people, strangers, whether they be adults/children, whatever, were walking in the background.. am i supposed to not take the picture then because other people's children would be in the picture?????

According to some people, yes, you arent supposed to. Now, I know what I would do if I saw a cool picture at WDW.. I would take it. Be it some middle aged fat dude (looks in the mirror.. woops) with a magical look on his face, or a 4 year old girl meeting a real live princess for the first time. Pictures are stories that show emotion. I think that gets overlooked a LOT.

 

[PixieDust32]

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.
Your welcome to let a CM know anything you like. That still doesn't give you any authority over my camera. I'm pretty certain that the CM will tell you the same thing.Agreed.

No kidding! I guess if you don't want nobody to see your kids then keep them home and keep in mind that most of the child molesters know their victims and some are related to them.

If I see a person looking (you know the look) at my child or stalking my children, that would be a different issue.

The point here was that only one handler was rude to guest and in my case even the character, we saw many characters and no other handler said anything to anybody about it!

 

[Lynn5700]

I think if that law really prohibited taking pictures of other people's kids then no one could bring a camera to the parks. But I agree, I think it was probabaly just to prevent the idea of line jumping. I've always thought they should allow a pause so people could get a "just character picture" in. That could take care of 10 people at once. Maybe allow it right before the character is going to leave. Everyone can snap a photo at the same time and then the character can leave.

One of the CMs did that for the characters,it was a good idea

I don't know about the rest of the population, but I for one never walk in front of someone else's photo if I can help it.

Several years back I was in line to meet Jasmine. Just as it was my turn, a woman was trying to snap a photo of the princess. Me, being somewhat overly considerate of others at times, stayed back so I wouldn't ruin the woman's picture, much to the chagrin of the character attendant. The CM told me to please go ahead while she told the other woman that if she wanted a picture, she'd need to take it from a distance or else stand in line.

Afterwards, the CM apologized to me and told me that she knew I was just trying to be courteous, but that allowing others to take pictures holds up the line and fewer people get to meet the character as a result.

(Also, I've witnessed on several occasions people who weren't waiting in line asking the next guests to please wait a minute so they can snap a picture -- and then throwing complete tantrums when other people were blocking their shot!)

Just my experiences with it. But like I said, my instance happened probably 5 years ago, so I don't think it's anything new... maybe it just depends on the CM? I seriously doubt it has anything to do with getting other children in the picture.

I think that is why they tell people to get in line so that it doesn't get out of hand.

 

[PixieDust32]

yeah, mine too... it's not that i'm trying to get other people in my pictures, in fact i'd love to have just the person/people i want and no one else in them for the "ideal" picture, but you're at Disney World, there are tons of people there, you're bound to get someone or someone else's kid in your pictures!!! If you're not getting other people in them, i'd like to know what time of year you're going so I can go then too!!!!!!!!!!

Exactly! And what are you going to do, ask them to move out of the way? please, people walk in front of your pictures even when you asked them to please wait. How can I ask the crowd in front of the castle to move because you know I might be a creepy person

 

[merryweather20]

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.
   [*]Ask every person within your view if it's OK for them to be in your picture.
   [*]Ask every person within your view to leave the area.
   [*]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.
Your welcome to let a CM know anything you like. That still doesn't give you any authority over my camera. I'm pretty certain that the CM will tell you the same thing.Agreed.

There is a big difference between taking a wide crowd shot of Main Street or the Castle and taking a photo of a specific child with a character.

I think Disney has made it pretty clear what there position is on people who take pictures of other peoples children without asking. I've heard of people getting escorted out by security and of CM's watching while the person deleted digital pictures. I haven't heard any CM's tell a patron to "get bent". So no I don't agree.

 

[PixieDust32]

 

[PixieDust32]

I agree, people should wait in line if they want a pic with a character, I always do, however if they see the character with nobody next to him why not taking a pic of them, and again in my case, the handler should had asked insted of assuming and yelling at my Mom.

 

[Mr. & Mrs. Smith]

I don't know if anyone watched the Steve Wilkos show last week . He had a guy on that has a website to watch and "rate" young girls. His site tells people where to go to see young girls and how to get their pictures and "get close to them". I guess this guy has been banned from the entire state of California and various other places. So as disgusting as it is to think about-freaks are out there. (Not suggesting that is what the OP was doing)

There are sick people in the world. There have always been sick people in the world. There will likely always be sick people in the world. But these people were, are and always will be in the minority. So, to assume that someone who takes pictures of kids they don't know in public are up to know good is ridiculous. This kind of thinking has helped to create this society of fear that we find ourselves in.

I'd expect someone to ask first before taking a picture of my dog for pete sakes. At best taking picturs without asking first is just rude, at worst it is sick.

Are you for real? Why would you care if I took photos of your dog?

Reading all these posts with people like Robo and Phibbles who think that sexually harassing children, and maintaining privacy for abused children is a joke, is a little depresing.

Wow. Those are HUGE allegations. I didn't see anyone here say that sexually harrassing or abusing children is funny. Taking a photo of a child you don't know who is fully clothed in public is NOT sexual harrassment.

Now, I know what I would do if I saw a cool picture at WDW.. I would take it. Be it some middle aged fat dude (looks in the mirror.. woops) with a magical look on his face, or a 4 year old girl meeting a real live princess for the first time. Pictures are stories that show emotion. I think that gets overlooked a LOT.

I too take photos of strangers - kids and adults - in public places. *gasp* I enjoy photography as a hobby. Beautiful or funny candid moments happen all the time to people that I don't know. I like to capture them on film. If someone told me to stop taking their photos, I would. (This has never happened.) Otherwise, I'll snap away. I call it art not pedophelia.

To get back on topic . . .

I think that the OP was close enough that the CM felt she could disrupt som guests' interaction with the characters. No one might have been with Donald right at that moment but how did the CM know how long the OP was planning to stand their taking shots? Likely, character handlers are instructed to keep those not in line away from the characters. I can understand this. They are trying to offer a certain personal experience at these meet 'n greets.

 

[TDC Nala]

I can't think of any reason why anyone would have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the public areas of a theme park.

Why is a photo with a character any different from someone taking a picture of the castle, and in this picture is an entire family getting their photo shot by photopass people?

The rule, if there is one, must have to do with 1) the characters, 2) the crowds, 3) the fact that a family might feel their intimate moment with a character is being usurped by someone else. Legal liability isn't likely to be implied unless the photographer then either publicly displays the photograph in a way that embarrasses the people in it, or publicly displays the photograph for profit.

Because the CMs appear to be prohibiting those outside the line from taking photos of the characters at meet and greets even when there are no people with them, it's got to be some other reason than the privacy of guests.

 

[Texas Rob]

I understand where EVERYONE is coming from really I do! However, I also appreciate Disney and its CMs working toward creating the most secure and safe place for my family to come that is possible. That may mean that I have to give up a few comfortable features....but hey I am okay with that personally.

In my humble opinion....I think we should be allowed to take photos as long as someone is not trying to take a picture of a child intentionally that does not belong to their party.

Now how do you regulate this? Who knows....thanks DISNEY!