Stupid Guest Tricks

Sometimes during the no flash speil the CM will say "no external video lighting" and other times they'll say "no video taping". I completely agree with the no external lighting but most of the time I don't understand the no video taping. I can understand why Disney couldn't allow video taping of a ride like Star Tours where they don't own the copyright. But on an attraction like Carrosel of Progress I don't understand why we can't video tape.

JustSomeGuyTN wrote:Sometimes during the no flash speil the CM will say "no external video lighting" and other times they'll say "no video taping". I completely agree with the no external lighting but most of the time I don't understand the no video taping. I can understand why Disney couldn't allow video taping of a ride like Star Tours where they don't own the copyright. But on an attraction like Carrosel of Progress I don't understand why we can't video tape.

It's Disney's property and you're on their land, they get to make the rules, so if they want to say no just to say no, not much you can do other than complain or just not give your money to Disney.

Really they probably just want to protect how their stuff is distributed. I.E. they would rather a professionally video'd/edited video of COP go onto the web vs. SG's huge ass video camera with vhs tape version where the sound sucks and the video quality sucks.

Or they just hate us all.

Well, my concern wasn't about putting it on the web but just watching my own home movies in my living room. I've kind of wondered if the actual SOP says "No video lighting" but some CMs read that as "No video taping"

A good number of the attractions with video prohibitions are shows, that involve projections, and taping a projected image doesn't often work too well.

In a lot of attractions it is annoying to the guests seated behind a video camera user because they a.) hold the camera up in the air and/or b.) allow light to shine out from that viewfinder.

CelebrationNM wrote:In a lot of attractions it is annoying to the guests seated behind a video camera user because they a.) hold the camera up in the air and/or b.) allow light to shine out from that viewfinder.

I paid a lot of money for my vacation, i'll videotape what I want :D: :twisted: :p: ;)

hehe

I know that for any dark rides (which is basically Peter Pan, Snow White, etc) it's no video lighting basically because if you light up the area you are videoing it'll show how some of the effects are done and Disney of course doesn't want that caught on tape.

I scoured the internet for answers and here is what I found out.

1. Copywrited material
2. Anything with a film in it.
3. No flash or lighting on any dark rides.
4. Visual effects
5. Safety such as Tower of Terror and roller coasters. You break your kid's nose and the camera while on a roller coast but Disney is not liable because ou were warned not to videotape and broke the rule. I read a CM story about people who are told to put away stuff and as soon as ToT starts the stuff goes flying.
6. Flash and/or lighting disturbs perfromers.


They make the rules to cover the average camera user and the idiots. They cannot make exceptions for nonintrusive users or empty theatres.


Some CMs on their own or through management are very strict while others rarely say anything if at all.

Now at some attractions, they invite you to take pictures (yes, even with a flash) and video, like the Festival of the Lion King.

mechurchlady wrote:I scoured the internet for answers and here is what I found out.
2. Anything with a film in it.
3. No flash or lighting on any dark rides.

Not entirely true here at WDW atleast. Philharmagic has no video restrictions, but there is the no flash rule. There are no posted signs (or audio warnings) at Peter Pan's Flight warning against flash pictures, but some CMs do try to enforce a no flash rule.