We are getting evacuated off small world. Exciting!

[piscesmama]

I would be one of those unfortunate people. I can barely walk by the ride now for fear of hearing that song.

Luckily they turned off the music...however i can't get the pic out of my head of those little figures moving. We were right in front of the platypus.

My mom was in a scooter, she has balance issues ans limited mobility. The CMs and our fellow ridees were GREAT with helping her out. It was our first ride of our first Disney adventure. Needless to say we were a little shell shocked and more careful when considering to go on other rides...."hmmm....in the event of a malfunction...."

 

[piscesmama]

For guests not as able bodied we had to call reedy creek as they could safely get the guests off. We closely monitor who would need to be evac by them and which cars they are in. I know the ride got a face lift a few years ago
But the track system is really due for an upgrade

Yikes. Considering we were evacuated off small world and rode Spaceship earth. My mom is not so able bodied and she just said, "yeah....I think I'm shows only from now on." Lol

 

[Jules76126]

The picture thing is mainly if you need to evac off stage - basically behind the scenes. They don’t want the magic to be ruined for other guests as you can imagine the behind the scenes stuff not really that great looking. We asked that people not stop and take photos with the ride scenes as many people want to do that in spaceship earth. It ruins the magic and honestly it’s hard enough getting people down in a timely manner not stopping. I personally have photos with the ride scenes as we were allowed to do that one night but we told under circumstances to post them on social media. It was strictly for private use

 

[720L]

We were evacuated from Frozen, I started taking pictures & was sternly told " no pictures" by a CM. It was a neat experience, would've liked some pictures. I guess only Disney lovers would be excited by this LOL. We didn't mind a bit.

I'm terrified of being evacuated from Everest on that first hill. I'm not sure I could get down, I just freeze out of terror in situations like that. When we went to Yellowstone there was a stairway to go down to bottom & I made it a few flights & ended up on my knees not being able to go any farther. Had to crawl back up!

 

[piscesmama]

The no pixture thing on small world came after we were outisde in what appeared to alley way of sorts between two buildings. Nothing about it seemed magical. Lol

 

[FastPass Dad]

I guess I don't understand. If you are requested not to take pictures why do you continue to take pictures and why do you have to be asked a second time and you still don't comply. I could get on a long winded rant about selfish people but this is not the forum. But this appears to be pretty selfish to me.

The way I look at it, if someone wants to break the rules, it's none of my business unless it directly effects me. Now, if there was a fire or something and he stopped to take a pic, that's different. But if it has no effect on me, it's non of my business. Live and let live, I say.

 

[Micca]

No personal experience here, but I do believe it's a ladder. That's another reason one must be ambulatory to ride that one. I read another report of a woman using a scooter due to knee surgery, I believe it was, and as she went to board the ride, the CM asked her if she would be able to climb down a ladder in the event of evacuation. She responded "no," and was unable to ride.

Wow, thanks for the info! I'm not a big fan of ladders, but I'd bite the bullet to get a chance to see inside Peter Pan with the lights on.

 

[DisneyDude71]

The "rule" about no photos of evacs or other mishaps goes way back, probably from the opening of the park. But in the 21st century where everybody has a camera, it's beyond the control of the CMs. In a world where there are pics of all kinds of people doing awful things, a pic of a CM helping keep people safe could really be seen as a positive. The policing of photos could use a revision.

Is this "RULE" in print anywhere? or is it that the CM did not want thier picture taken? Now backstage I can understand.

 

[Micca]

Is this "RULE" in print anywhere? or is it that the CM did not want thier picture taken? Now backstage I can understand.

Great question, I don't know. I assume it's part of CM training as it seems to have been pretty consistent for a long time. In the pre-digital photo era I'm recalling a thread here where there was a mishap (I think the monorail) and people taking pictures had their cameras confiscated unless the film was removed. I may not have that exactly right, this was probably 15 or more years ago. Not trying to stir the pot, just providing some context of the idea that these types of photos have been prohibited for a long time.

 

[sdomino11]

We were evacuated off Great Movie Ride last Spring. It was the end of the night and we got stuck at Tarzan. I wanted to walk thru Oz (the yellow brick road!) but they sent us the other way. But it was very cool walking through all of those scenes. HOWEVER, I had no idea that would be my last chance to ever ride! Now, for the rest of my life, I’ll have an incomplete feeling from making it only 2/3rds of the way thru on my very last ride! Quite a challenge for an OCD type like me!

 

[DisneyDude71]

Thanks! Hopefully I never get stuck on a ride, for more than a few minutes, really don't want to spend what time I'm there waiting on something like that!

 

[extreme8]

I want to get evacuated from 'Escape from Gringotts'. I guess I could look it up online, but I have no idea how the cars move like they do...

It uses a Kuka arm, just like Forbidden Journey next door. Rumor was that Universal had an exclusive on it's use in theme parks for 10 years (that was in 2007) but I don't know if that was true or not.

 

[dina444444]

It uses a Kuka arm, just like Forbidden Journey next door. Rumor was that Universal had an exclusive on it's use in theme parks for 10 years (that was in 2007) but I don't know if that was true or not.

Gringotts is on an actual rollercoaster track. It’s an Intamin track. The Kuka arm is not and I would compare its track to how the dark ride vehicles move like Winnie the Pooh.

 

[1lilspark]

Is this "RULE" in print anywhere? or is it that the CM did not want thier picture taken? Now backstage I can understand.

I don’t think it’s a print rule but I think it’s more common curtesy so as not to ‘ruin the magic’

 

[miTnosnhoJ]

Gringotts is on an actual rollercoaster track. It’s an Intamin track. The Kuka arm is not and I would compare its track to how the dark ride vehicles move like Winnie the Pooh.

I went back and looked, and it was Forbidden Journey, not Gringotts, where I was evacuated. It was more like an 8 foot chair on wheels with the ability to raise and lower the rider independently on several axes. Of course, my memory could be faulty. This was in 2011.

 

[dina444444]

I went back and looked, and it was Forbidden Journey, not Gringotts, where I was evacuated. It was more like an 8 foot chair on wheels with the ability to raise and lower the rider independently on several axes. Of course, my memory could be faulty. This was in 2011.

Yes. The bench sits on an arm thats connect to a base with wheels that has a base that runs along a track and the arm has the ability to move the bench in just about any direction and can contract/extended to raise or lower the bench.

 

[momimouse27]

In over 40 trips, I've never experienced an evac. I have to admit, it would be kind of cool to experience. Love the photos...

 

[Kathlita]

In the late 90s, I was at the very crest of the Splash Mountain drop in Disneyland, mere seconds from the plunge.... when the ride broke down. I was stuck there for 15 minutes or so, not sure whether or not the ride would start up again at any moment, before being evacuated.

I've still never successfully ridden Splash Mountain. Also, I'm afraid of heights now.

I'd like to be evacuated from Splash right before going up that last hill!

 

[YawningDodo]

Is this "RULE" in print anywhere? or is it that the CM did not want thier picture taken? Now backstage I can understand.

Great question, I don't know. I assume it's part of CM training as it seems to have been pretty consistent for a long time. In the pre-digital photo era I'm recalling a thread here where there was a mishap (I think the monorail) and people taking pictures had their cameras confiscated unless the film was removed. I may not have that exactly right, this was probably 15 or more years ago. Not trying to stir the pot, just providing some context of the idea that these types of photos have been prohibited for a long time.

I don’t think it’s a print rule but I think it’s more common curtesy so as not to ‘ruin the magic’

As a former cast member (and iirc another has already spoken up in this thread to basically the same effect): it may not be a written rule for guests, but it is a hardline written rule for CMs. We were told that we would get in serious trouble (like writeup, maybe getting fired) if we took photos backstage, and it was very very rare for there to be an occasion where the rule was waived (the only time I can remember is when we took a parade costume crew group photo, and we carefully chose a blank wall behind one of the buildings to use as a backdrop so nothing was showing). Particularly as someone who worked in costuming and shows, there were also specific rules about what work could be done where, which backstage route you were allowed to take when transporting certain items, and so forth, in consideration of even the smallest possibility a guest might happen to be passing through an area where it was possible for them to glimpse something backstage. And no, I'm not going to tell you which areas those are.

Disney doesn't write up similar rules for guests probably because they don't want to remind guests that there's an illusion that could be broken, and probably because it would only encourage those who might go hunting for opportunities to "ruin the magic" for others. Don't assume it's not something they take seriously, though. I don't know what the exact rules for guests are or what power attractions CMs do or don't have to enforce them, because that wasn't my work area and I was never trained on anything related to direct interaction with guests outside the basic standards they cover in Traditions (there are tons of CMs at work whom you never even see), but I'm not the slightest bit surprised that they at least make an effort to discourage people from taking photos backstage. It's just common sense when a huge part of what Disney is selling is the grand illusion that there is no backstage to begin with.

 

[FortForever]

If people didn't want to look at the photos on this thread, or anywhere else, they certainly don't have to.

Besides, Disney offers behind the scenes tours, so clearly people are curious. I'm sure no photos are allowed during the tours, but it's no big deal taking some quick shots during evacuation, as long as it's not causing a delay or interfering with the process.