If you love visiting the Disney Parks, then there’s a good chance that you love going on the RIDES.

When you enter the rides, you’ll be presented with a big, long list of rules pertaining to the safety of yourself and others throughout the experience. While a lot of them don’t require a whole lot of thinking to figure out WHY the rules are in place, there are other rules that might seem nit-picky or a bit strange. Other, more technical rules might not even be listed at all, but Cast Members are looking out at all times to ensure that folks are being safe.  This post is dedicated to some of those!

Here are three BIG rules that Cast Members are sticklers on, and why they exist in the first place. Let’s go!

Children Must Be In FRONT Of You

So, let us explain. If your 5-year-old is walking behind you as you’re walking around the parks, that’s fine. This rule pertains to those who are on an attraction that allows you to carry or wear your baby. Examples of rides like these are the Haunted Mansion, “it’s a small world,” and Frozen Ever After.

A lot of folks will try to put their kid on their back, shoulders, or wear their baby-wearing device in a way that secures the child to their back. This isn’t allowed. You can carry your child on your hip or your front, and wear your child on the front only. The reason is simple. If they’re on your shoulders, there’s a greater chance of them being injured or hitting their head while you’re walking into an attraction. As for the baby-wearing, do you really want to squish your infant when the Haunted Mansion tilts you backwards to head into the graveyard scene? (Hey, more people try to baby-wear on their back than you’d think.)

You won’t always get photos back.

Ride photos go through a bit of a screening process. There are folks (yes, really) who flip the ride cameras off, do profane hand movements or signs, present political propaganda (like, think harmful/disrespectful messaging) for the sake of the photos, and even folks who show body parts that not everyone wants to see.

You probably won’t get these photos back, even if they’re the more mild cases. The reason is that Disney doesn’t allow Cast Members or company branding to be associated with anything that isn’t family-friendly. “But it’s MY photo.” No, you’re in a photo taken by Disney on a Disney ride themed to a Disney story in a Disney Park. 

No selfie sticks or tripods.

Some folks apparently weren’t traumatized by that one Final Destination movie in middle school. Just kidding. That probably wouldn’t happen due to today’s technology for track systems, but you’re still risking a derailing probably a little bit by choosing to bring selfie sticks or larger tripods onto a ride.

The most likely scenario, though, is that the stick will fly back and hit a poor, unsuspecting rider in the face. Imagine being on Expedition Everest and getting a face full of selfie stick. That’s a hospital visit, no doubt! These aren’t even allowed in the parks, so don’t worry, this probably won’t happen to you. This does happen with phones, though, and it HURTS, so that’s why you have to put your phone away on rides, too.

And there you have it! We’ll continue to keep you updated with more Disney news as we have it, so make sure to follow along for more so that you never miss a thing.

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Have you ever witnessed a situation where one of these rules were broken? Let us know in the comments! 

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