Selfie Stick bans

[ttintagel]

Flash photography in a dark queue or preshow area where people are walking is absolutely a safety hazard. I've narrowly averted more bone-crushing falls than I care to count because I was blinded by some idiot's flash.

 

[Xennia]

I have a selfie stick.

I would never use it or my camera or my iPhone while on a ride. It's rude. It's insane. It's disruptive. Seriously. Who does this on a ride? I have seen people use them and not bother anyone.

I'm gonna agree with the poster here who said strollers were more annoying. Seriously most of those people are looking all around except in front of them. I understand it's Disney, but hello?

 

[mummabear]

How about strollers? My heel is nabbed at least once a day per visit from someone not paying any attention that runs right into me.

Funny because as a stroller users I spend my time having to be super vigilant to avoid "your" heels because "you" decide to shoot the gap (that I have purposely left) in front of the stroller or saunter side to side without paying any attention to those walking around you and get upset of you wind up getting side swiped....

I think the "stroller issue" is something that goes both ways, certainly some aggressive/inattentive stroller pushers and some people who have no special awareness and then blame the stroller

 

[mummabear]

I'd rather see them ban light emitting devices and cameras with lighted displays during nightime shows / parades / fireworks first. While you are at it make everyone turn off those annoying flashy hats during the shows / fireworks too. That's just RUDE.

As to the sticks, I haven't noticed an issue with them. I don't own one, nor would I buy one, but on the list of annoying things, they are way down it.

Speaking of which, as long as someone in front of me has a ipad hoisted up during a show/fireworks, don't say anything to me about putting my daughter on my shoulders until you talk to them first.

you mean the ones that Disney sells that Glow with the show.....good luck getting those banned.

 

[ThumpersMommy]

WDW banned selfie sticks just 3 days ago

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2015/04/break...icially-bans-selfie-stick-use-on-attractions/

 

[Squirlz]

WDW banned selfie sticks just 3 days ago

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2015/04/break...icially-bans-selfie-stick-use-on-attractions/

They just reiterated the rule that has always been in place. Not on moving rides, okay elsewhere.

 

[quagmire0]

I didn't even realize selfie sticks were actually a 'thing'. I thought people just made fun of the idea.

 

[Mrs. Max Goof]

Doesn't MK's Move it! Shake it! Dance & Play it! Parade now encourage selfies with the promises of seeing your picture on the floats? With Instagram and Snap Chat being so popular, I wouldn't be surprised if WDW starts selling selfie sticks. Every selfie, especially ones with hashtags and location, is free advertisement for the parks. I agree that they should not be permitted on rides for safety concerns.

 

[UncleMike101]

Funny because as a stroller users I spend my time having to be super vigilant to avoid "your" heels because "you" decide to shoot the gap (that I have purposely left) in front of the stroller or saunter side to side without paying any attention to those walking around you and get upset of you wind up getting side swiped....

I think the "stroller issue" is something that goes both ways, certainly some aggressive/inattentive stroller pushers and some people who have no special awareness and then blame the stroller

Yup.....
Our trip last May was our first with a stroller cub. (Granddaughter)
It was a full time job avoiding the people who thought the break between us and the people ahead of us was an open space that they could dash into to get through the crowd faster.
Kinda like the dummys on the highway who assume that you are leaving a three second gap behind the car in front so they can zip in there.

 

[Drusilla99]

Funny because as a stroller users I spend my time having to be super vigilant to avoid "your" heels because "you" decide to shoot the gap (that I have purposely left) in front of the stroller or saunter side to side without paying any attention to those walking around you and get upset of you wind up getting side swiped....

I think the "stroller issue" is something that goes both ways, certainly some aggressive/inattentive stroller pushers and some people who have no special awareness and then blame the stroller

Funny timing on this. I don't have/use a selfie stick, but did use a stroller for many years and I was able to not run into people. I was just at wdw Easter Sunday trying to make my way down Main Street to get to my dinner reservation, while people were trying to get to good viewing spots for the fireworks. My foot was ran over by a stroller, I was just walking along with the crowd, not taking photos, not stopping, just walking. Mother stroller went over my foot...broken bone now on the top of my foot & a nice walking cast.

These accidents do happen even when people are doing what they are supposed to be doing. When I start getting hit in the head with selfie sticks and getting black eyes and those types of injures, I suppose I will develop the same feelings for them as I do for many strollers.

 

[mummabear]

Funny timing on this. I don't have/use a selfie stick, but did use a stroller for many years and I was able to not run into people. I was just at wdw Easter Sunday trying to make my way down Main Street to get to my dinner reservation, while people were trying to get to good viewing spots for the fireworks. My foot was ran over by a stroller, I was just walking along with the crowd, not taking photos, not stopping, just walking. Mother stroller went over my foot...broken bone now on the top of my foot & a nice walking cast.

These accidents do happen even when people are doing what they are supposed to be doing. When I start getting hit in the head with selfie sticks and getting black eyes and those types of injures, I suppose I will develop the same feelings for them as I do for many strollers.

Ouch, I hope it is a quick recovery and not too painful.
You are right that sometimes accidents just happen and neither party is at fault.
I can tell you about a time where a grey haired man trying to push in front of our stroller as the crowd was trying to exit Main St after Wishes where he ended up pushing a 6 month pregnant me on top of DD20 months in the stroller DH was pushing in a desperate attempt to use that small gap to get through, then had the gall to start screaming at me to watch out with the damn stroller.

 

[Jing]

I'm not saying it's the 14 year olds using selfie sticks in the parks. Just that the art of the selfie is alive and quite well among the 14 year old set.

And in my neck of the woods, among the middle-aged suburbanites, after the Botox has taken effect

 

[dad24]

banning these is silly. are strollers next?

rude people do rude things.

 

[Kandiwilde]

Please don't flame me but I will be taking a selfie stick with me to WDW in August. Not because i'm obsessed with taking pictures of myself but because i'm sick of handing my dSLR to someone and getting a blurry picture back because they don't know how to use my camera (yes this happens with memory maker CMs as well). I will not be holding it above my head nor will I be using it on rides, attractions or during parades. All I want is a picture of myself and my family that I can control and not cut anyone out of the picture because I have stupidly short t-rex arms. I am always aware of my surroundings and have never battered someone over the head willy nilly with a selfie stick.

 

[Jennasis]

Please don't flame me but I will be taking a selfie stick with me to WDW in August. Not because i'm obsessed with taking pictures of myself but because i'm sick of handing my dSLR to someone and getting a blurry picture back because they don't know how to use my camera (yes this happens with memory maker CMs as well). I will not be holding it above my head nor will I be using it on rides, attractions or during parades. All I want is a picture of myself and my family that I can control and not cut anyone out of the picture because I have stupidly short t-rex arms. I am always aware of my surroundings and have never battered someone over the head willy nilly with a selfie stick.

They make selfie sticks for DSLRs?

 

[Kandiwilde]

They make selfie sticks for DSLRs?

Unfortunatly I will be using my iphone with the selfie stick, sorry i should have made that clear.

 

[monkyby87]

banning these is silly. are strollers next?

rude people do rude things.

I don't think banning the sticks is silly, not at all. And it's quite different from strollers.

 

[mickeyluv'r]

What I really wonder, is really, who actually looks at all these photos?

Does the world benefit from 100+ new clips of Wishes made every night? To what end? Why can't we all just enjoy the moment?

Last time I was at WDW, we made the mistake of seeing Wishes from the hub. Simply put, I couldn't see the fireworks, just a prism of screens. We were surrounded by screens. I used to love Wishes. Any child in that crowd had less of a view than I did. This is what MK has become. So sad.

Maybe this will pass the way of Heelies, laser pointers, and fur coats.

Recently we were on HPotter and some guy refused to give up a stick, despite Universal's many free lockers, and warnings. The CM's (eventually) kicked him off the ride, meanwhile some poor girl was terrified. Her car was stopped by the Dementor. She was SCREAMING for her mom in a full blown panic attack. It was horrible.

The next day, US went to full metal detectors at thrill rides- nothing allowed in any pockets!

 

[Eolyn]

What I really wonder, is really, who actually looks at all these photos?

Does the world benefit from 100+ new clips of Wishes made every night? To what end? Why can't we all just enjoy the moment?

I understand the motivation of people taking their own pictures/videos, and I've been there done that too. You want to make your own memories. Sometimes it's nice to watch your clip of this or that show or event. It's nice, heartwarming, I get it. --I admit, I don't get those who want to capture the whole thing and who are basically viewing the entire live event through a screen. I think people have developed this need to try a preserve everything since they have the technology to do rather than to just have the memory, and I guess I don't feel that. I can watch that same Wishes video on youtube and it will be just as boring because really the fun and magic come from being there in person. A friend once told me at a concert that you won't remember every second of the band playing, but you'll remember that you saw them and that's what matters which is basically my new mentality.

Having said that, I also used to be the person who insisted on taking pictures of everything and every place sans my family, friends or myself in the shots. I used to think these were the most valuable keepsakes, but it turns out that those are the pictures I never look at. I much prefer the few that I have that include the people I was with and myself. --I'm guessing no one really goes through their hundreds of random pictures more than a few times.

To each his own, though. Just, y'know, be nice to those around you who want to enjoy the shows without a million random things blocking their view.

 

[NobleAlyssum]

Please don't flame me but I will be taking a selfie stick with me to WDW in August. Not because i'm obsessed with taking pictures of myself but because i'm sick of handing my dSLR to someone and getting a blurry picture back because they don't know how to use my camera (yes this happens with memory maker CMs as well). I will not be holding it above my head nor will I be using it on rides, attractions or during parades. All I want is a picture of myself and my family that I can control and not cut anyone out of the picture because I have stupidly short t-rex arms. I am always aware of my surroundings and have never battered someone over the head willy nilly with a selfie stick.

I have T-Rex arms too. I don't have a selfie stick, but I'm kinda tempted to buy one. And if I do get one, I will be ever diligent to not hurt people with my fancy stick and use it responsibly (honestly, I get scared bringing certain shoes on rides, depending on the ride type).