i was wondering i had a go pro for awhile and i havnt brought it to six flags to take povs of the rides since i havnt had chest mount. i finally got one and i was wondering if i have the camera attached will they tell me to put it away? i would think they wouldnt because your technically not holding it and its on the mount.
Luxornv wrote:They would probably tell you no. Their policy is no cameras on the rides, with the exception of Sky Trek Tower and probably Columbia Carousel.
well i can see them because of that but it came to my mind because i have saw someone with a go pro before and the ride ops didnt care. i also had a friend who had one and recorded all but batman and ironwolf because ride ops said no. i really wonder if it just comes down to the ride ops maybe?
My advise - wear a zipper sweatshirt with the camera mounted underneath and unzip it on the lifthill. Those rules are meant so cameras don't go flying off the ride, and chest mounts are pretty darn safe.
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w00dland wrote:My advise - wear a zipper sweatshirt with the camera mounted underneath and unzip it on the lifthill. Those rules are meant so cameras don't go flying off the ride, and chest mounts are pretty darn safe.
Thanks! Ill try that and they are I cant see the camera flying off but I guess there would be that one time someone does it and it does and than there's a lawsuit(I would think)
w00dland wrote:My advise - wear a zipper sweatshirt with the camera mounted underneath and unzip it on the lifthill. Those rules are meant so cameras don't go flying off the ride, and chest mounts are pretty darn safe.
I've done this a number of times and it works great. Other times, I didn't even need to hide the camera to get it on the ride. The ride ops were fine with it! ex: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj_y3moe ... D8&index=5
w00dland wrote:My advise - wear a zipper sweatshirt with the camera mounted underneath and unzip it on the lifthill. Those rules are meant so cameras don't go flying off the ride, and chest mounts are pretty darn safe.
I've done this a number of times and it works great. Other times, I didn't even need to hide the camera to get it on the ride. The ride ops were fine with it! ex: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj_y3moe ... D8&index=5
Simply playing Devil's Advocate, I can see a few reasons why the park or a random ride op trying to think on his/her feet might not want such a thing:
We don't want videos of our rides put up online unless we do it. This seems silly, given the enthusiast sites that post videos, but I could see the argument: "If anyone's going to get Google Ad revenue from this, it should be us," or even the crazy idea that people might decide they don't want to go to a park after seeing what certain rollercoasters look like in "virtual rides," making the park perhaps want to not have them up. (As if watching a POV video comes anywhere close to the experience of riding a coaster.)
We don't want anyone other than us or enthusiast sites putting up videos because then every dope with a cell phone will think he can do it, too. Face it, it's true.
There's a dude that appears to be hiding something strapped to his chest. Gee, I hope it's not a terrorist. Fact of life in these times.
All in all, I don't think it's a bad idea, but you might want to clear it with the park first before you randomly start taking video. If you have a GoPro and a professional chest mount, you're likely a serious photographer/videographer, so I would think that with proper clearance (and perhaps permission for the park to use the video as well), they'd let you do it.
DeathbyDinn wrote:^ Plus the fact that chest povs just don't look good.
Depends on who's chest you're looking at.
I had used the chest mount for snowboarding also and the videos came out great! I know ex demon Batman are rough rides soo IT would be shakey but I think it would turn out good and I guess ill just hide it in my sweatshirt for opening day and in summer see what happens?
PfightingPolish wrote:Simply playing Devil's Advocate, I can see a few reasons why the park or a random ride op trying to think on his/her feet might not want such a thing:
We don't want videos of our rides put up online unless we do it. This seems silly, given the enthusiast sites that post videos, but I could see the argument: "If anyone's going to get Google Ad revenue from this, it should be us," or even the crazy idea that people might decide they don't want to go to a park after seeing what certain rollercoasters look like in "virtual rides," making the park perhaps want to not have them up. (As if watching a POV video comes anywhere close to the experience of riding a coaster.)
We don't want anyone other than us or enthusiast sites putting up videos because then every dope with a cell phone will think he can do it, too. Face it, it's true.
There's a dude that appears to be hiding something strapped to his chest. Gee, I hope it's not a terrorist. Fact of life in these times.
All in all, I don't think it's a bad idea, but you might want to clear it with the park first before you randomly start taking video. If you have a GoPro and a professional chest mount, you're likely a serious photographer/videographer, so I would think that with proper clearance (and perhaps permission for the park to use the video as well), they'd let you do it.
The main reason really would be your #2 obviously. Some person that has a camera on the ride loses the camera, and it hits someone else. Than, the person that gets hit sues the park, and that person gets a lot of money. The park says that they have signs saying no loose objects, but the judge doesn't care because the workers should be enforcing their policy. The whole thing is that the people will go after the park rather than the actual individuals because it happened on the park's ride. Those rides SHOULD be safe. In reality though, I think people should go after specific people. The park is warning people, and people don't really care about certain rules. Just for a video...
Another ride you can take a camera on though which is safe is the train.
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We don't want videos of our rides put up online unless we do it. This seems silly, given the enthusiast sites that post videos, but I could see the argument: "If anyone's going to get Google Ad revenue from this, it should be us," or even the crazy idea that people might decide they don't want to go to a park after seeing what certain rollercoasters look like in "virtual rides," making the park perhaps want to not have them up. (As if watching a POV video comes anywhere close to the experience of riding a coaster.)
We don't want anyone other than us or enthusiast sites putting up videos because then every dope with a cell phone will think he can do it, too. Face it, it's true.
There's a dude that appears to be hiding something strapped to his chest. Gee, I hope it's not a terrorist. Fact of life in these times.
All in all, I don't think it's a bad idea, but you might want to clear it with the park first before you randomly start taking video. If you have a GoPro and a professional chest mount, you're likely a serious photographer/videographer, so I would think that with proper clearance (and perhaps permission for the park to use the video as well), they'd let you do it.
These are all great points and are most likely Six Flags' reasoning for not allowing camera's whether they're mounted to the head, chest or whatever.
When I worked there I didn't allow them at all, mounted or not. Best advice is not to bother using them since some employees will confront you about them. And if you try taking it out while you're on the ride and you cause a downtime then you're really screwed.
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^These guys are all absolutely right, when it comes to the rules that's definitely the response you'll get from the parks. What I was saying earlier was a bit more of a common sense approach for a responsible adult.
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Now I need to rant a little.....What's the point of recording it when there's already 10,000 plus videos of the SAME thing? Some people just lack the ability to create their own youtube content so they do what everyone else is doing, Copy>Paste. And what makes your video "OFFICIAL"? Was it sponsored by Great America? No, did you get permission to post it? No. Then what makes it "OFFICIAL"?
"I've been told that some part of every wish will be heard but lately I lost sight of the truth in those words."
Now I need to rant a little.....What's the point of recording it when there's already 10,000 plus videos of the SAME thing? Some people just lack the ability to create their own youtube content so they do what everyone else is doing, Copy>Paste. And what makes your video "OFFICIAL"? Was it sponsored by Great America? No, did you get permission to post it? No. Then what makes it "OFFICIAL"?
They are, in a sense, good for documentary purposes - it's cool to see a POV from years ago and look at how the area has changed - but the whole smuggling thing ultimately gives you awful footage, which is why I stopped doing them for the most part.
I didn't smuggle it, I used my handlebar mount and mounted it on the handles. Then I asked the lady if it was ok to film and she said it was fine as long as it was mounted on there, and also told me that if it breaks or falls Six Flags isn't responsible
I seriously doubt that story. But anyway, Rides Team Members do not have authority to make exceptions to the rules. You broke the rules, and if the story is true, the employee broke the rules. And the fact that you called it the "OFFICIAL" POV is still a total freakin' joke.
