Selfie Stick bans

[mom2rtk]

Oh brother. So now everyone with a DSLR camera is obnoxious, too? Now we're complaining about fully 30% of the population?

Why can't everyone just go on their trip and MYOB and not get so worked up about other people doing things that, the vast majority of the time, won't affect them in the slightest?

If there were as many people involved in selfie stick incidents as there were people who CLAIM to have been involved in selfie stick incidents, they would have been banned a long time ago, and I would have supported it.

There's a pretty substantial difference with DSLRs. Those have to be held close to the person to be stabilized and focused. Generally they don't get extended from the person to be used in the same way a selfie stick does.

 

[BellsFam]

Oh brother. So now everyone with a DSLR camera is obnoxious, too? Now we're complaining about fully 30% of the population?

YEP! They are... and I guess yes...I am!

 

[mom2rtk]

YEP! They are... and I guess yes...I am!

How do you figure?

 

[larryz]

Last time at WDW I caught two to the head from people just not paying attention to their surroundings and being more absorbed by finding a good angle for a picture. I hope they're given the ol' heave ho.

The thing to do would be to immediately bring that to the attention of park management.

 

[larryz]

On our trip in February, Universal was selling them in the main gift shop. If you can't beat em, join them I guess.

Disney could offer "the Pinocchio," an extensible selfie stick painted "wooden boy yellow."

 

[BellsFam]

How do you figure?

I - personally and I speak for myself only I'm "petite" so my opinions are biased - find it OBNOXIOUS to hoist your Ipad up over the crowds to video/photo whatever you are doing with it, in my sight-line. If I can't hoist my DD on my shoulders for fireworks, you shouldn't be allowed to hoist your half laptop up over yours...

To the people that wear the HUGE style cameras and bags that contain the "extra lenses" that you just had to have and you stop in front of me to take your families photo, and then switch out your lenses in queue lines (and then get BALLISTIC at me for having the nerve to "keep the line moving"... I DIDN'T CUT YOU, YOU STOPPED! To the same people who walk around with your expensive cameras and large long lenses attached to your body on a lanyard...why don't you take a lesson in personal space and NOT shove your lens into my back because you are TOO close!

Again... you asked, I answered...

 

[larryz]

To the people that wear the HUGE style cameras and bags that contain the "extra lenses" that you just had to have and you stop in front of me to take your families photo, and then switch out your lenses in queue lines (and then get BALLISTIC at me for having the nerve to "keep the line moving"... I DIDN'T CUT YOU, YOU STOPPED! To the same people who walk around with your expensive cameras and large long lenses attached to your body on a lanyard...why don't you take a lesson in personal space and NOT shove your lens into my back because you are TOO close!

Anyone who can't change a lens while walking backward and eating a Mickey Ice Cream bar doesn't deserve to be called a photographer...

 

[Jing]

Disney could offer "the Pinocchio," an extensible selfie stick painted "wooden boy yellow."

So many thoughts . . .

 

[TXAKDisneyFan]

I saw my first real selfie stick this past weekend. I personally don't like pictures of myself, so idk why someone would spend money on something that exists to take selfies. But, to each their own. Nobody's making me buy one or take pictures of myself; and as silly as I may think it is, there are worse things. I'm sure I'd feel more strongly if I or my family/friends got whacked by one a few times. If they truly are causing a safety issue, then I applaud the facilities that have recently banned them.

I do wonder if they're a fad that will eventually go away, in which case, people of the future will prob wonder why pictures in 2014/2015 were taken from such weird angles. And why so many of them have a long, skinny shadow in them.

 

[godders]

It's alright, soon our magic bands will link into Disney's CCTV and we can get our selfies that way....

 

[Planogirl]

I think that anything that sticks out can cause potential problems in crowds. We all know that many people are completely oblivious to everything around them so there's no reason to assume that people won't get wacked by these things. I'm in the "hope they get banned" crowd.

 

[crostorfer]

I.....um.......bought one last Saturday to take with us next week.

It is just me and my daughter most of the time, and I refuse to fork over the money for the Memory Maker, or pay the exorbitant fee for a single printed shot or download. Yes, I realize that Photopass photogs will take your picture using your own camera, but I don't want to be rude and take up their time when there are paying Memory Maker guests who need to utilize them. We don't even bother with parades or fireworks anymore, I don't film on rides, (RUDE), and I don't plan on walking, chewing gum, and taking pictures at the same time. I promise, it will be ok. Now, can we all stop griping about selfie sticks and get back to griping about our regularly scheduled issues...

 

[mom2rtk]

I - personally and I speak for myself only I'm "petite" so my opinions are biased - find it OBNOXIOUS to hoist your Ipad up over the crowds to video/photo whatever you are doing with it, in my sight-line. If I can't hoist my DD on my shoulders for fireworks, you shouldn't be allowed to hoist your half laptop up over yours...

To the people that wear the HUGE style cameras and bags that contain the "extra lenses" that you just had to have and you stop in front of me to take your families photo, and then switch out your lenses in queue lines (and then get BALLISTIC at me for having the nerve to "keep the line moving"... I DIDN'T CUT YOU, YOU STOPPED! To the same people who walk around with your expensive cameras and large long lenses attached to your body on a lanyard...why don't you take a lesson in personal space and NOT shove your lens into my back because you are TOO close!

Again... you asked, I answered...

Wow. You sound really upset about all this.

 

[rtbreneman]

I think they are fine, as long as you show some common sense and respect other people's personal space. I am actually constructing my own "mini" selfie stick for my family trip that will hold my Contour video camera. Nothing ridiculous in size, I just need a couple extra inches (insert Michael Scott joke here). Finalizing my plans for the rotating platform so I can film both the attractions and my DD's reactions with a flick of the thumb.

 

[mullysisters]

The last time I was at Fantasmic the man next to me held a 10 "tablet in front of his face through the entire show. It didn't really bother me, except I couldn't stop looking at it (like when you are in a bar with TVs-LOL) Then I thought he may be recording it for his mom at home, or whoever. There are so many things that COULD bother me while I'm at WDW (kids, strollers, other people in general, smells, I don't have enough money, my feet hurt.....the list goes on)
Then I think...."I'm at Disneyworld, how many people only wish they could be here, these are my 7 days to enjoy" and I'm happy again.

 

[Dan Murphy]

The sticks, the people with them, and many others at WDW remind me of a classic WC Fields segment with Mr. Muckle.

It's worth the few minutes viewing.......

 

[WEDWDW]

Yes, I realize that Photopass photogs will take your picture using your own camera, but I don't want to be rude and take up their time when there are paying Memory Maker guests who need to utilize them.

I ask the PhotoPass CMs to take a picture with my camera AND their camera-doesn't mean I am going to buy all the photos they take-they've never made me feel like I was being bothersome or rude.

Also,ALL WDW CMs(Management,Custodial,etc.)are happty to take photos if not occupied at that moment.

 

[amberama76]

last year at our local Renaissance Faire we were watching a juggling act our DD20 had gone to the restroom and came to find us after the show started, the spot I saved for her just happened to be right behind a guy who was filming the entire show with his iPad above his head and DD couldn't see past it. I told her to pretend it was her own personal Jumbo-tron.

 

[volfan1978]

We're gonna do this thread again? No minds will be changed...can we all agree that people have the right to look/be ridiculous, and that I reserve the right to ridicule those people mercilessly?

I do think these things are a safety hazard when used on rides...but it's not my park and not my liability when someone gets hurt. If someone hurts me or my kids with one though, let's just say I wouldn't want to be that person.

 

[silenttuba]

I was far more annoyed at the 20-somethings on the Haunted Mansion taking cell phone photos with the flash during the ride. Great job, you got a picture of the ballroom scene with a giant bright spot reflected in the glass you're not supposed to be able to see. Keep shouting about to to your friends three Doombuggys away, I'm sure they'll love to hear about it.