29yrswithaGApass Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Major museums start banning selfie sticks by Steve Dent - March 9, 2015 Selfie sticks, the logical "extension" of an already irksome activity, were recently banned in Premier League soccer stadiums. Now museums around the world are starting to do the same over worries of accidental damage to artwork. The Smithsonian barred their use effective last week as a "preventative measure to protect visitors and museum objects," especially on crowded days. Meanwhile, a formal ban is pending at Versailles palace and Centre Pompidou in France, and visitors are now being told to stow their sticks by guards at the Louvre. Both Pompidou and the Louvre will continue to allow regular photography and selfies. The list doesn't stop there. New York's MOMA and Met museums, along with Washington DC's National Gallery of art, the Getty Center in LA and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago have all laid down the banhammer. Seattle's Museum of Art has also ruled them out, but a spokesman said it's part and parcel of an existing tripod and umbrella ban, put in place to prevent accidental damage. Then she added the zinger that the rest of us were thinking: "There's also the obnoxious factor." Source: The Telegraph I haven't seen these being used too often at Great Adventure (thank God). However, when I went to Disney Aulani Resort in Hawaii this past summer they were all over the place, mostly being used by the Japanese visitors. They were even using them as oars to paddle their tubes in the lazy river! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshi Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 I didn't see too many at Disney last week and was glad there weren't many people using them since I had heard it was a problem there. I hope Great Adventure (and other parks) ban them because it's bad enough with people taking out phones during the coasters to take pictures as it is and I can see people trying to sneak them on the coasters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Tokyo DL has banned them. I have a feeling they will be banned in all parks soon for safety concerns. I saw a video of someone using one on Big Thunder Mountain the other day so it's only a matter of time until someone is injured and the ban goes in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 I never understood the appeal of selfies. Those sticks are not something you want to see flying at your face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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