Disney World to riders: No selfie sticks

[UrbScotty]

People just don't seem to get it. Theme parks don't want you using selfie sticks on their rides.

So on Friday, Walt Disney World went a step further to make that point. It posted a "No Selfie Sticks" sign at the Magic Kingdom's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.

Guests can bring selfie sticks on the rides but must securely store them, a Disney spokeswoman said Monday.

Disney policy forbids visitors from using the sticks, which can be used to extend cameras out for up to 3 feet, on its rides.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/tourism/tourism-central-florida-blog/os-disney-world-stronger-selfie-stick-warning-20150518-post.html

[drm604]

1. People can be so stupid at times.

Sure, let's stick something 3 feet out from the ride and smack a passerby in the face or hit a beam, break the stick off, and injure the person behind us. What are people thinking?

[MosheFeingold]

2. I am saddened people are so stupid they need this policy.

Of course, in my life, I've personally seen:

A person back off into the grand canyon and die taking a picture

People feeding bears by hand in Yosemete (no known injuries)

A guy trying to pet a bull at the Houston Livestock Show (tackled by a cowboy before he got stomped)

A soldier shoot a buddy screwing around with a captured German rifle (DOA)

A guy strolling on top of a moving subway car (no idea what happened)

And George W Bush kind of win two elections (sigh)

So maybe this warning really is needed.

[FSogol]

4. I've told this story before, but in Gran Teton NP, I saw the following:

Guy silently walks up, sets a four year old on the back of a bison and steps back to take a photo. Bison takes off and charges right thru the guy. Guy suffers a broken arm, nose, and cracked ribs. Crying kid tumbles off the back of the bison, unharmed. It happened so fast, I couldn't even shout a warning. Park Ranger called him a F'ing dumbass as they loaded him into an ambulance.

[liberal N proud]

3. Good move.

Those damn sticks are a pain in the ass. We were at WCW in late December on one of their busiest days and idiots were sticking those things everywhere.