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| The lift on Phantom's Revenge at Kennywood is stopped so a camera can be taken from a rider. |
When I make a journey to a new amusement park I always check
out the info page to find out what the photography policy is at that specific
park. I have found that most parks don’t
mind you using the exit and queue areas to get a great shot as long as you stay
out of the way. As a general rule
amusement parks do not allow cameras on rides.
This is as safety policy for the riders.
A camera can easily fall from your hands and smack you or someone else
in the face. It also has the potential
to fall from a riders hand and damage the sensors that keep riders safe.
More and more parks are making a policy of stopping a ride
and confiscating cameras until the ride is over. Kennywood, located in the Pittsburgh area of PA, has signs posted in the stations and outside the lines of many rides that states no cameras and violators will be ejected from the park without a refund.
Some parks will hold trains in brake
areas until security arrives to either issue warnings or remove the offender
from the park without refund. For the
safety and enjoyment of yourself and all other riders keep your camera or phone
in your backpack, pocket or in a locker.
Most coaster clubs have a code of conduct that states
violating a parks camera policy can result in being removed from said
club. Chances are pretty good that there
are professional on ride videos made by the park or with the parks permission
somewhere on the web you can watch.
There’s no reason for you to make yet another poor quality, shaky video
to post.
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