Man banned from WDW for life

[dstrawn9889]

Yes they do. You'll laugh when I tell you where one of the main cameras is.
It's in the Tower of Terror sign on World Drive before you get off to go to DHS.
I'm not making that up. It's powerful enough to read all the way to MK. Several cast got busted for illegal dealings with main entrance passes via the monitoring from this camera.

Wow ~ that is pretty incredible I would never have guessed a camera could be used that far away for something like that!

ummm, counting heads in epcot from orbit?

[Amy]

Yes they do. You'll laugh when I tell you where one of the main cameras is.
It's in the Tower of Terror sign on World Drive before you get off to go to DHS.
I'm not making that up. It's powerful enough to read all the way to MK. Several cast got busted for illegal dealings with main entrance passes via the monitoring from this camera.

Wow ~ that is pretty incredible I would never have guessed a camera could be used that far away for something like that!

ummm, counting heads in epcot from orbit?

Is that a satellite image? Neat!

[dstrawn9889]

google earth with an average resolution of 1 meter in the US from a polar orbiting project keyhole satellite

[Wizzard419]

Remember, going back to the "why would anyone pay to see it" comment, this is the same company that can sell it's trash and have people lined up to buy it.

[mindflipper]

Looking for him, but I still can't find Waldo...

[Len90]

I don't know about everyone else, but every backstage area I have seen at Disney has been extremely disappointing. Why go through all the trouble just to see everyday buildings and pipes behind attraction buildings?

Having been there on the 4th of July at MK, I remember how they opened up the backstage area to handle overflow of traffic on Main Street. I wasn't impressed with the back area either, NaCler.

I do recall walking through that "bypass" twice, once in 2008 and once in 2009. Both times I felt like I was walking in DHS as it really just seems like a warehouse type building from the back. Disney did have tons of CMs along the path to ensure nobody tried wandering or taking pictures. For SWW the Darth Mall is located in a backstage area and I personally thought it was one of the better views since you get a nice look of the bottom of the ToT and you can see some of the power generators for the park.

As for the cameras, I personally like how Disney has four on top of crossroads at DHS. I always look up and want to wave at each of the 4 cameras

[theBIGyowski]

If you run any of the races Marathon weekend...you run backstage a few times. It was definitely weird seeing the back of Splash Mountain for the first time.

[kcarts]

Here is his youtube collection... seems pretty harmless to me....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlBXpRxf ... 8DD4AAC8CC

And the video where he talks about being banned.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH5lniaLcng

[Soarin08]

Here is his youtube collection... seems pretty harmless to me....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlBXpRxf ... 8DD4AAC8CC

And the video where he talks about being banned.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH5lniaLcng

He was in restricted areas and he deserved to be arrested. His ban was too light. If I were Disney I would have put Orange County on his trespassing butt.

[Wizzard419]

They would, if there was a benefit from it, but looking at florida law, there was no benefit and they may not have even been able to use any of the laws against him. So, by banning him, they can set the new boundary and press charges if he tries to enter the property.

[kcarts]

Here is his youtube collection... seems pretty harmless to me....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlBXpRxf ... 8DD4AAC8CC

And the video where he talks about being banned.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH5lniaLcng

He was in restricted areas and he deserved to be arrested. His ban was too light. If I were Disney I would have put Orange County on his trespassing butt.

They did. Orange County was present throughout his removal. Arresting him would serve no purpose. Tossing him for life was the right move. This kid loved going there and loved documenting his strange experiences. Not only that he had quite a following on YouTube and other sites including his own. Presumably people that follow him love Disney and might have been inclined to follow his lead. A lifetime ban will hopefully deter them. And hopefully deter his cohorts that are with him in those videos (Darkside of Disney and the like).

[TikiTikiRoom]

I just realized this is the same guy who (i think) wandered into a portion of Saratoga Springs resort when it was currently under construction. Granted it was pretty cool to see something like that under construction, where we just show up and it's all spick and span....but that WAS trespassing which is illegal and I shouldn't condone any of that.

[fancyfeet]

These are the kind of people that make guests look bad and make the castmembers look at all of us like potential problems. Too bad he just wanted to be cool instead of getting a job there.

[junebug1233]

I guess I'll have to be the dissenter here. I think everyone is really overreacting. I mean, yeah, if you work at Disney, backstage might not be cool to you. But there are lots of us who don't work there who find it really interesting. Would I ever personally go into an area where I am not supposed to be? Of course not. But seriously, to arrest this guy would be really silly, especially given that he was never given a warning (even if he obviously knew what he was doing was wrong).

[cy1229]

I guess I'll have to be the dissenter here. I think everyone is really overreacting. I mean, yeah, if you work at Disney, backstage might not be cool to you. But there are lots of us who don't work there who find it really interesting. Would I ever personally go into an area where I am not supposed to be? Of course not. But seriously, to arrest this guy would be really silly, especially given that he was never given a warning (even if he obviously knew what he was doing was wrong).

I'm going to disagree with your disagreement, at least in part. We have become such a permissive society, that we think everyone should get a warning the first time they do something that is perceived as harmless for the most part. All that does is make laws negotiable. Disney has its areas clearly marked for cast members only, and to ignore those postings is to assume that Disney property, which is privately owned, is open for anyone's amusement. I'm really curious about my neighbor's new finished basement, but I'm pretty sure they'd have a problem with me entering their house without permission, even if the door was unlocked. And they like me.

I don't think an arrest is out of line, but I do think jail time is silly. Community service, or even better, service to the entities wrongly imposed upon, would be a good penalty.

This guy is a worse violator than the dude who made the movie in Disney parks without a permit. While it's probably not true, one could possibly argue that since it's not posted, the movie maker didn't know it wasn't allowed. In the case of our phantom trespasser-come-YouTube star, he knew exactly what he was doing and just didn't give a rip.