Read the rest hereThe park's atmosphere characters, once known as "walkarounds," are about to be prohibited from walking around. Instead, every character will be confined to a precise location, making it easier for a Disney's PhotoPass photographer to capture the marketable moment on camera.
After reading the full article, I was angry. I have nothing against Disney coming up with ways to make money. After all, that's kind of what businesses do. But for them to decide that Alice can't ride the teacups anymore or Mary Poppins can't occasionally ride the Carousel because there's no way to package that moment and sell it as a PhotoPass product, that's nothing but raw, naked greed. Once again, they're deliberately sacrificing a piece of the customer experience just to make a few extra bucks.
I'm always hearing that a healthy percentage of Disneyland's daily visitors are APs who aren't shy about complaining to Guest Relations about stuff they don't like. Hopefully, they give 'em an earful over this.