Updated Rules at WDW

[lovethattink]

I have an upcoming trip and this was included in the "Know Before You Go" email.

"IMPORTANT! Updated Park Rules.
To ensure a safe and enjoyable experience, we regularly update our park rules. Please review them before you arrive to avoid any delays or disruptions in your experience."

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/park-rules/?CMP=WPSTBK-6341-30305-PWTKLPH1EU-04

"Walt Disney World Resort Park Rules
GENERAL RULES
Welcome to the Walt Disney World Resort. To ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for all our park Guests, please respect the following rules:

1. All persons, bags, parcels, clothing, and other items may be subject to screening/security checks at the Park entrances and also within the Parks.
2. We reserve the right not to allow any bag, parcel or other item to be brought into the Parks, and to deal with any unattended object in such way as we consider appropriate.
3. Please show common courtesy to fellow Park Guests and our Cast Members by not using profanity or engaging in unsafe, illegal, disruptive or offensive behavior. For your safety and the safety of others, please refrain from running.
4. Proper attire, including shoes and shirts, must be worn at all times. Costumes may not be worn by Guests ages 14 or older. Clothing that drags the ground is prohibited. Clothing with multiple layers is subject to search. We reserve the right to deny admission to or remove any person wearing attire that we consider inappropriate or attire that could detract from the experience of other Guests. Visible tattoos that could be considered inappropriate, such as those containing objectionable language or designs, are not permitted.
5. For the comfort of all Guests, smoking of tobacco, e-cigarettes or other products that produce a vapor or smoke are allowed only in designated smoking areas.
6. Please supervise your children at all times. Guests under age 14 must be accompanied by a Guest age 14 or older to enter the Park. To board an attraction, children under age 7 must be accompanied by a person age 14 years or older.
7. Access to attractions depends upon the safety rules for each attraction.
8. Masks may not be worn by any Guests ages 14 or older (unless required for medical purposes). When worn by younger Guests, masks must provide unobstructed peripheral vision at all times with openings that allow the eyes to be fully seen.

Tickets and other entitlements are non-transferable, non-exchangeable, non-refundable, revocable and void if altered. The ticket must be used by the same person during its period of validity and is not valid for special events that require a separate admission charge. Please present your ticket and TicketTag confirmation for re-entry into the Park on the same day.

PROHIBITED ITEMS
The following items may not be brought into the Parks:

1. Recreational devices such as drones, remote control toys, skateboards, scooters, inline skates or shoes with built-in wheels.
2. Alcoholic beverages or any illegal substance.
3. Strollers larger than 36" x 52" (92 cm x 132 cm).
4. Suitcases, coolers or backpacks, with or without wheels, larger than 24" long x 15" wide x 18" high (61 cm x 38 cm x 46 cm).
5. Any trailer-like object that is pushed or towed by an Electronic Conveyance Vehicle, wheelchair or stroller, or pulled by a person, including wagons.
6. Wheeled mobility devices with less than 3 wheels or devices that cannot maintain stability and balance when stopped, unpowered or unoccupied. Training wheels or similar modifications are not permitted. Devices must be manually or electrically powered and operated at a walking pace. Devices should be single rider and not exceed 36" (92 cm) in width and 52" (132 cm) in length.
7. Weapons of any kind, or objects that appear to be weapons (also including toy blasters, squirt guns, etc.)
8. Folding chairs.
9. Selfie sticks (hand-held extension poles for cameras or mobile devices).
10. Large tripods.
11. Glass containers (excluding small containers such as baby food jars).
12. Pets or other animals, except approved service animals (e.g., dogs). Service animals must be under the control of the owner at all times and should remain on a leash or in a harness. Due to the nature of some attractions, service animals may not be permitted to ride certain attractions.
13. Balloons and plastic straws are not permitted in Disney’s Animal Kingdom Park for the safety of our animals.
14. Other items that we determine may be harmful or disruptive.

PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
The following activities are not allowed:

1. The sale of goods or services or the display of goods or services for sale.
2. The distribution of printed or recorded materials of any kind.
3. Engaging with other Guests or impeding the operation while posing as or portraying any character in costume.
4. Unauthorized events, demonstrations or speeches, or the usage of any flag, banner or sign for commercial purposes, or to incite a crowd.
5. Feeding any animals in the park, including birds.
6. Photography, videotaping, or recording of any kind for commercial purposes.
7. Engaging in any unsafe act or other act that may impede the operation of the Park or any associated facility.

COMPANY RIGHTS

1. We may photograph, film, videotape, record or otherwise reproduce the image and/or voice of any person who enters any Park and use the same for any purpose without payment to any person.
2. We reserve the right to deny admission, or to require a person already admitted to leave a Park, without refund, liability or compensation if we consider that the circumstances so require.
3. We may from time to time, without prior notice and without refund, liability or compensation, change the operating hours of any Park or attraction, close any Park or any part of it temporarily, restrict the number of persons having access to a Park, and/or suspend or cancel any attraction or entertainment program if we consider that the circumstances so require.
4. Park Rules and Regulations are subject to change without notice.
5. If you have any questions, please visit any Guest Relations location."

There is a discussion about the pros and cons. http://www.disboards.com/threads/new-security-measures-at-the-parks.3469414/page-25#post-54898498

 

[Eastern]

I was fine until I got to #1 under "Company Rights".

 

[jaceraden]

Selfie sticks!!!
Yay!!!!

If you look at pics of my family on Test Track, you'd think my son and daughter had selfie stick heads thanks to the TWO single riders who came in our car and documented their entire experience.

 

[mom2rtk]

Selfie sticks!!!
Yay!!!!

If you look at picks of my family on Yest Track, you'd think my son and daughter had selfie stick heads thanks to the TWO single riders who came in our car and documented their entire experience.

When was that? They actually added seflie sticks to the prohibited list earlier this year.

 

[MakiraMarlena]

Selfie sticks were banned during the summer. Although I did see a group of young men with one, in Epcot, in October.

I think #1 under Company Rights is nothing new.

 

[yulilin3]

now lets see how many of these they will actually enforce.
Just last week I was almost whacked in the head by a selfie stick, had to walk carefully around 4 families with rolling coolers, had to actually tell a group of 4 to go smoke in the smoking location (they were right next to Sleepy Hollow), saw a girl in her 20s in full Jasmine costume and saw more than one person walking around without shoes

 

[HopperFan]

I was fine until I got to #1 under "Company Rights".

Not new and a basic company right on just about any ticket that you buy like concerts, sport events etc. especially if event is broadcast or taking photos for media/pr reasons.

 

[HopperFan]

now lets see how many of these they will actually enforce.
Just last week I was almost whacked in the head by a selfie stick, had to walk carefully around 4 families with rolling coolers, had to actually tell a group of 4 to go smoke in the smoking location (they were right next to Sleepy Hollow), saw a girl in her 20s in full Jasmine costume and saw more than one person walking around without shoes

Right!?! In last couple trips, as crowds constantly grow, I've seen huge wagons, people pulling coolers and strollers behind them, an ECV with the man sitting and the woman straddling him standing and driving at full speed, smoke everywhere .......... and the one trip beat all with the two probably 12 year olds with no shirts on - and one was a girl!!!

They have all these rules, they make more but they don't define them nor enforce them. For those of us who follow them, it is aggravating.

 

[minnie mum]

I was fine until I got to #1 under "Company Rights".

That policy has been there for as long as I can remember.

 

[AngiTN]

I was wondering what exactly is new?
Haven't most all of these been there since the Selfie Stick ban was added in the summer
Enforcement has always been a grey area for many of them, like rolling coolers, right?
Which we did see last week, after the new security checks were started. So they are still letting them enter

 

[Good Morning Dewdrop]

I wonder how they define "large tripod"

 

[AngiTN]

I wonder how they define "large tripod"

I know it's not your normal, "full size" with extending legs, type. I see those every trip. Gentleman sat his up next to us on Sunday night last week

 

[supersnoop]

had to walk carefully around 4 families with rolling coolers,

I can't tell if rolling coolers are actually banned. If they meet the size restriction under #4, are they allowed? Or does #5 cover rolling coolers?

 

[Travis B]

I can't tell if rolling coolers are actually banned. If they meet the size restriction under #4, are they allowed? Or does #5 cover rolling coolers?

The way I read it rolling coolers would be fine if within size specs. Number 5 seems to be there to address the issue of 'towing' objects with an ECV.

 

[MakiraMarlena]

there's a thread on the DISAbilities board from someone who recently saw a wagon that had been brought into a park as a mobility aid for a disabled child - and it was being towed behind an ECV. That is two big no-nos in one sighting.

 

[AngiTN]

The way I read it rolling coolers would be fine if within size specs. Number 5 seems to be there to address the issue of 'towing' objects with an ECV.

But it also says "or pulled by a person"

 

[Travis B]

I was fine until I got to #1 under "Company Rights".

I imagine that is there to prevent lawsuits from people who may have been caught in background crowds at commercial shoots, etc. They're not running commercials or literature with raw video/photos from the parks. Anything they use to make money almost certainly be shot and produced professionally, with attractive, paid participants.

 

[Travis B]

But it also says "or pulled by a person"

Ohh, you're right! I missed that bit! I guess it depends on what 'trailer-like' means? I think of trailer-like being something with four wheels, flat on the ground, being pulled by a rope or long handle (like a wagon). Rolling coolers are pulled more upright, like a rolling suitcase - right?

 

[Travis B]

there's a thread on the DISAbilities board from someone who recently saw a wagon that had been brought into a park as a mobility aid for a disabled child - and it was being towed behind an ECV. That is two big no-nos in one sighting.

There's so much potential for danger there it's ridiculous.

 

[bumbershoot]

I was fine until I got to #1 under "Company Rights".

That has always been so.

I was wondering what exactly is new?

The costume stuff, probably. Like no masks for 14+. (I swear it used to be no masks at all, but...) The searching stuff.