Recording Ride video

[SpencerOrg]

We have booked our tickets and will be heading over to Florida from the UK next August! The family are excited! To help record memories of this once in a lifetime trip I have bought a GoPro to record video on the rides.

Two quick questions if I may:

1. Are you allowed to record video on most rides?
2. Would I look strange walking around with a GoPro strapped to my chest? (my wife thinks I would)

Many thanks

 

[fritodenny]

1. Yes.
2. No.

 

[njpyro]

I filmed many rides with a gopro on a wrist strap. Worked out great, and no one questioned me.

 

[SDSorority]

Yep, you're fine to film on most attractions. The only attractions I have been told I could not film were:

Ellen's Energy Adventure
Monster's Inc Laugh Floor
Rockin' Roller Coaster

Other than that, I have been fine to film! Lots of people GoPro around the parks. I don't LOVE the audio that the older GoPros produce (it sounds tinny) so if you're new to it, practice and evaluate the sound at home first and make sure it's up to the quality you're wanting.

 

[dad24]

used a GoPro on most rides, never had a problem. In 6 days at the parks, I saw about a dozen or so different people using GoPros.

Instead of the chest strap, I opted for the GoPole.

 

[SeilerBird]

You would only look strange if you didn't have a camera.

 

[Robo]

Yep, you're fine to film on most attractions. The only attractions I have been told I could not film were:

Ellen's Energy Adventure
Monster's Inc Laugh Floor
Rockin' Roller Coaster

Add Soarin' to the list.

 

[Robo]

Instead of the chest strap,

I opted for the GoPole.

I'm thinking that soon, those "cameras on a stick" devices will be forbidden for use on many attractions.
Nothing "official," as yet, just some rumblings.

 

[PSUGuy]

FWIW, I've successfully filmed on all the previously mentioned rides as being not allowed. As long as there's no flash or lighting and your cam screen is not visibly lit you should be able to subtly film nearly everything. If your cam has a tally light on it just put a dab of electrical tape on it.

Bill From PA

 

[MakiraMarlena]

Definitely add Soarin' to the list of attractions where they will tell you to put away the GoPro. A CM actually interrupted the movie with an announcement for someone to stop filming.

The sticks have to go...or at least be banned from moving rides.

 

[Donald - my hero]

Not sure what the "stick" is that you're referring to but if I'm not mistaken we saw someone in EPCOT actually fall into someone's stroller because he was walking backwards holding his camera out on some contraption to film his daughter's reactions to the various sites

 

[figment_jii]

Add Carousel of Progress to list of attractions that prohibit guests from recording/photographing the show. On most attractions I think you can physically take photos, but if they ask you not to, then it's up to you to decide whether you're going to obey or not.

In terms of question 2, personally, yes, I think people with cameras strapped to their chest or heads look funny. I especially think they look odd/out of place in the bathrooms. There are plenty of people that wear their camera, so you probably won't stick out (unless you have the stick for the camera and you walk around with it in front/behind you - if you do that, please try not to hit other guests).

 

[Lavitz]

As much as it'd be fun to have a record of the ride and my family's reaction on it, this is heavily outweighed by the fact I'd have to walk around looking like a dork the whole day. I'll stick to the pics, easier to put in an album anyways.

Not that I personally really think people look like a dork with them on, but I know pictures of me with a camera strapped to my head/chest would make it into my post trip album, and I can guaranteed my friends/family wouldn't let me live it down.

 

[bumbershoot]

2. Would I look strange walking around with a GoPro strapped to my chest? (my wife thinks I would)

Being honest here because you asked...yes. People look strange when they have their gopros strapped to any part of their bodies, or holding them with a stick, etc.



Filming the rides...you could probably find excellent video of every single ride you'll go on, right now, without setting foot in the parks. I'd just go with that, and take nice pictures, not hours of video that you might never watch again...

 

[cgattis]

I personally don't like the bobbing/shaking you get with a pole, besides the obvious potential of dropping it or whacking someone with it. Unless you're in the front row, the chest mount isn't going to show much except the back of the seat in front of you. I prefer to hold mine in my hand, with a wrist tether.

To those who say "just go watch someone else's video," it's just not exactly the same. I prefer to hear my own kids screaming/laughing or whatever. Plus it's MY trip. It's so cool to me to look at my own pics of a Shuttle launch, national parks, whatever, instead photos in a book. It was MY point of view. Same thing. Plus I'll physically have my video, not relying on finding it somewhere on the internet.

But to answer your question about looking weird....this is a place where grown men will wear plastic mouse ears on their heads. You're not really going to stand out just by wearing a camera

 

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

used a GoPro on most rides, never had a problem. In 6 days at the parks, I saw about a dozen or so different people using GoPros.

Instead of the chest strap, I opted for the GoPole.

I'm thinking that soon, those "cameras on a stick" devices will be forbidden for use on many attractions.
Nothing "official," as yet, just some rumblings.

Just don't' annoy other guest or act like the guy in this video.

http://youtu.be/ggxRlOtClRc?list=UUhcvNviiDG_VLdJmv9K_Zkw

By the way the guy taking the video was also using one, he's someone I follow on twitter.

 

[jmb912]

Add Soarin' to the list.

Please do...a guy in my row took repeated flash photos on Thanksgiving and it was so annoying!!

The same thing in Carousel of Progress last week

And finally..,on Splash Mountain on Wednesday they came on the loudspeaker and scolded someone who didn't listen. Then coincidentally the ride stopped about ten seconds later and they were stuck on the last ascent and we were at the bottom of the hill. We were stuck for 30 minutes and guess what we had to watch the whole boat take flash photos almost the whole time. Ugh!

 

[Sarahleigh]

As other posters have already mentioned Rockin' Roller Coaster is a definite no go for video.. It led to my most embarrassing Disney moment ever. I'd seen videos and knew other people had video taped it so I really didn't think there was anything wrong with it. I had my Cannon DSLR on video mode and was just holding it tightly against my chest at the launch part and we sat there, and sat there, and sat there and I'm thinking "great the ride broke down" a few minutes later a CM came over and told me I had to turn my camera off. Oops. I'm sure it wouldn't have been a great video in the end anyways...

My dad has a head strap and recorded the Osborne Lights with his GoPro strapped to his head.. I've always said who cares what people think!
We saw a ton of people with the camera sticks (I call them selfie sticks...) walking around the parks!

 

[dad24]

2. Would I look strange walking around with a GoPro strapped to my chest? (my wife thinks I would)

Many thanks

No way. There's plenty of 'strange' things to see at Disney.

Besides, who cares? Some people aren't happy unless they have something to complain about.

Enjoy your trip, capture your moments, and don't think twice about it.

 

[chartle]

I'm thinking that soon, those "cameras on a stick" devices will be forbidden for use on many attractions.
Nothing "official," as yet, just some rumblings.

Well South Korea banned them

https://www.google.com/webhp?source...F-8#safe=off&q=south korea bans selfie sticks