When businesses operate at the scale of Disney parks, it’s just so much easier to do a blanket response to a potential situation than to worry about potential consequences.
The vast majority of people who bring a bag into a convention aren’t going to steal anything or have a weapon, but some will.
I don’t get it. I don’t want to get it either. I hope I never get it.
I’ll just call it how I see it.
Freedom to choose… Sounds good.
God Bless America
Yo I remember that my uncle actually worked at disney land (or world idk) and yoyoed on stage as an entertainer, ill try and find a vid of him
The funny part about my Duncan Butterfly Confiscation is they didn’t see the backup butterfly in my backpack. Only the one in my pocket. LOL
Gottem!!!
So…. In other words, it cost you hundreds of dollars for the kids to run a ‘diversionary screen tactic for you’.or as the Government would say, ‘The success of the mission, justifies the cost’.
You really showed em😂
But I have to admit, I was just curious enough to move past the potential liability problems possibly caused by a yo-yo flying through the air, to actually check their master list of items not permitted in the Theme Parks?
And ‘Amazingly’, they provide a list almost as long as one of my posts………… and Never even mention the word ‘Yo-yo’. Not at all, lol.
Check it out>
Question>
What items are not permitted within Disneyland Park or Disney California Adventure Park?
Answer>
Items not permitted include, but are not limited to, the following:
Folding tripod stands or monopod stands that can fit inside a standard backpack are permitted.
Equipment used for unauthorized photography, videotaping, recording, broadcast or transmission of any kind for commercial purposes is not allowed. Professional photographers with professional cameras or recording equipment, who are visiting the Disneyland Resort with the intent to take photographs or recordings of people, Disneyland Resort properties, or icons for professional purposes must request permission and make prior arrangements with appropriate Disneyland Resort representatives. Permission for any recordings or broadcasts on the premises are within the sole discretion of Disney.
This information is subject to change without notice.
Please Check Our Disneyland Resort Rules
We regularly update our Disneyland Resort Rules to ensure you have a safe and enjoyable experience. We ask that you review our Disneyland Resort Rules before your visit to avoid any delays or disruptions.
2016 was the last time I tried bringing a yoyo into DL/DCA… Was told “next time leave it in the car”. Since, have not tried… But I don’t regularly visit there these days.
Thankfully other parks I’ve gone to don’t care (Had to eiffel tower at Kings Island in front of their replica tower).
Take them through the metal detector your fine according to a Disney security guard they are looking for very specific club/style of bottle basically what im saying is asking forgiveness not permission
Disneyland does seem way more strict kind of lame but I get why
Yeah kings dominion in Doswell Va doesn’t care at all.
My view from the rocking chair…
Disneyland(for this example)is supposed to be the Happiest place on Earth(while you’re there supposedly).
And at about $200 a ticket, the best guess is that most people that are willing to ‘Bounce’’ that high, they must have at least a certain level of ‘Expectancy’ as they step in to the Park.
And likewise, Disneyland has a certain level of Confidence, that you will have enough fun during your visit, that you will leave happy and have the enthusiasm to return again.
For you entry fee, they are suppose to provide you with a multitude of attractions to choose from. The various attraction options should not only be fun, but maintained to minimize safety related issues that may blemish your overall experience.
If for even 10 minutes, you consider just how many things could go wrong, it’s really Incredible the majority of guests survive the day without even needing a single bandage, lol.
If…. You read my post from above… you can easily see that Disneyland isn’t singling out Yo-yos as the ‘End of life on Earth as we know it’. As I already mentioned… in that LONG list of ‘noon’s’ they don’t even mention the word ‘Yo-yo’. Not once…
But if you just read down that list of prohibited items, you can easily understand that something Flying around on the end of a string, would most certainly fit in there somewhere🤓
Remove the emotion and consider the logic. You bring in a yo-yo. You know how to use the yo-yo. You are very good with a yoyo (like Ed for example). From going to yo-yo contests and club meetings, you have experience tossing around yo-yos without hitting a single fellow yoyo player more than once or twice😎. There are usually waits between rides and throwing a few combos certainly helps pass the dead time. Very reasonable and understandable up to this point. Here is the flip side…>
They don’t know you. They don’t know how good you are. They don’t know how much you are willing to pay attention to the immediate area and possible people in the flight path of your yo-yo.
…… This is what they consider> Disneyland make money by taking money ‘in’.
……They don’t make money by potentially having to ‘pay money out’.
‘You’ throwing yo-yos in the Park, does nothing positive for them…
But, you throwing yo-yos in the park can do something negative to them in the form of a Lawsuit based on an injury or injuries sustained by a visitor as a direct result of getting Smacked Upside the head(accidently) by your yo-yo.
Disneyland management aren’t yoyo haters. It’s more of a fact that they are money lovers…
… I know a few folks have chimed in and said nobody ever bothers them… Or security saw them throwing and said nothing… Or, security jumped right on them and gave them the ‘business’. Etc.
200 Security level employees can have 200 different reactions to what they see, no matter if every single one of them had the Exact same training.
Some Security members can have varied individual interpretations of every rule in the book.
How certain Disney employees react to yoers on one visit or another doesn’t justify breaking the safety protocols.
So, if you get hassled by security for a yo-yo, you ran into the wrong Security person…
And if you are throwing DNA’s nonstop while security is just standing there watching and smiling…… you obviously just ran into the ‘right’ Security folks.
…… Well, I scrolled back up to the ‘List’, and most interesting, to me anyways, is that in the Not Allowed list, they not only don’t mention ‘yo-yo’,they don’t even once mention: juggling pins, spin tops, diabolos or any other common skill toys?
But, obviously, even if they stepped off to the side to hear you justify your point of view, you might have trouble convincing them you could throw Around the Worlds or Horizontal combos while walking down Mainstreet, all day long without hitting anybody, lol😂
Some of the responses in this thread seem more based on the curiosity of ‘Selective Safety Enforcement’. That is a failure at the Security employee level. That is not a Management failure…. unless they know and some of them don’t care to bother either.
It might seem even more confounding when somebody like Ed, can chime in and say he brings yo-yos into Disneyland all the time with No problems.
You all have to realize that Ed, or only plays at a HIGH LEVEL, But he has a Large Tattoo of a No Jive on his arm.
When Security sees his yo-yo and his yo-yo tattoo, they probably just think he is a Bounty Hunter from the Planet Yoyo and here on Earth, tracking down his fellow yoyo Citizens that have a habit at hiding out by trying to blend in at major Theme Parks…… so they just walk away.
My theory anyways
Sounds like a personal problem to me.
When I was a kid, we actually read whole books.
Nowadays, some people are so lazy, that when they go into a Restaurant, they just order the Same thing, because they are too Lazy to even read the Menu.
More often than not, when I write up a long post, the information is logical and reality based. There is an old saying that goes, ‘There is no such thing as too much good information’.
So, when somebody goes to the trouble to post about how they won’t read a post because of the length, I just figure they either already know everything…. or they just choose the Reading Handicap Option.
I write for people that may be interested in a clearer view…
I could care less about the few that already have a Full CPU.
I have Astigmatism, I also have glasses that help correct that, but even with glasses, my vision is definitely not as good as many others
I guess my eyes are sensitive, and reading from a screen tends to give me a headache, yet I read nearly every post I scroll past.
why do I do this?
Because, to me at least, knowledge is invaluable, a headache is definitely not permanent, but knowledge usually is.
I heard a saying once, “Only a fool sees a teacher as a burden.” I can’t remember who said that, but it’s definitely a good quote.
I’m not saying you can’t appreciate knowledge and are only concerned for yourself at the very moment, and caring less for the future. and I’m most certainly not calling you a fool, but did you really need to point out that you are not reading his post?
Like I said earlier, I read almost every post I see, but I never go out of my way to make sure the person who wrote the post knows that I think it’s too long for me to read–I’ll often like a post so I can return and read it later when I have the time, because…
…“Knowledge is invaluable!”
I need to learn everything I can now, because it is not the slightest bit embarrassing when a kid doesn’t know something, but it can be a little more embarrassing when a grown-up doesn’t understand something.
I guess my point is, do you really feel the need to express your disregard for knowledge just because “thats a lotta words?”
I’m sure you only sent that video because you thought it was funny, but it does make people look a bit silly when they openly declare they don’t care enough about themselves to learn something helpful.
I’ll certainly be called a moron for posting this, but I think I can live with that.
Around 12 years ago, Downtown Disney had a kiosk that sold yo-yos. This is actually where I bought a pack of 100 strings that I’m still pulling from to this day.
Hahaha. I’m just lucky they are chill and lenient about it at Disney WORLD in Florida! I love Disney (or… well I love my WIFE who loves Disney), but it’d be a serious blow to my fandom if I bore the brunt of those security measures - even though I DO agree and understand them.
Best ever was doing tricks on the way to Big Thunder Mountain and a cast member said if I could do Shoot the Moon she’d give me a “Dream Fastpass” for like 8 dif rides. One of the rare times when you feel like this bizarre skill pays dividends 
Lol, little did they know that that is like asking Einstein “Can you help me with this math problem?”
So if you really wanna go to Disneyland and you wanna take in your yo-yo and you don’t wanna have any problems… I’m gonna tell you exactly what to do. It’s easier than you think and I should’ve told you this before.
You just flip out your wallet like an FBI agent and you show them your credentials. When they see your official badge, they’ll be speechless. They’ll give you a coupon for a free box of popcorn and a medium Coke with cane sugar.
Just wear sunglasses like Men in Black and don’t smile. You need to give off that vibe like Mr. Anderson in the matrix.
Here’s my identification>
