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Credit: Inside The MagicThe Walt Disney World Resort is one of the most magical places on earth—it’s been that way since the ’70s—but guests still seem to find new and often ridiculous ways to ruin it for everyone else. After calling the company out for price-gouging, many guests have taken to stealing their Disney souvenirs.
Unfortunately, thefts have been a common and consistent problem on the rise in recent years at the Disney parks. Everything from rare Passholder magnets to full-bodied animatronics seem to be disappearing, but one common item kleptomaniacs can’t seem to keep their claws off might actually have some harmful results.
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Tyson Blatter is a Disney influencer and cast member who often posts on TikTok to share the ins and outs of Disney World, but a recent string of thefts prompted him to make the video below. It’s not the act proving to be hazardous, but rather what is being stolen.
Cast Member Cautions Disney World Thieves
@t_blatt IT. IS. NOT. WORTH. IT. #disneyworld #disneysecrets #disneyhacks #dcp #disneyland
It’s one thing to slip out of a Disney attraction like Mickey’s Philharmagic at Magic Kingdom, Star Tours or Midway Mania at Hollywood Studios, or Flight of Passage at Disney’s Animal Kingdom with a pair of 3D glasses (accidentally or otherwise), but it’s another to actively try to use them as sunglasses or other form of eye protection. As Blatter points out, doing so could have incredibly dangerous effects.
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An article from How Stuff Works explains how Disney’s specific type of 3D glasses function in the passage below.
“At Disney World, Universal Studios, and other 3-D venues, the preferred method uses polarized lenses because they allow color viewing. Two synchronized projectors project two respective views onto the screen, each with a different polarization. The glasses allow only one of the images into each eye because they contain lenses with different polarization.”
While polarized glasses are great for trips across the galaxy with C-3PO and R2-D2, enjoy a shooting gallery with Buzz and Woody, or go over the falls with a Banshee, they shouldn’t be used in direct sunlight. The light from synchronized projectors is leaps and bounds different from UV rays.
Is It Such a Big Deal
Stealing the 3D glasses is one problem, but using polarized lenses designed for 3D movies for sunglasses can potentially be dangerous for your sight. In the simplest terms, they don’t offer the same protection from the same kind of light rays, and looking into direct sunlight without appropriate coverage is never a good idea.
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Disney park guests are capable of some pretty ridiculous things, like trying to take a dip in a water fountain at Coronado Springs, but things get even more out of hand when they start injuring themselves. In the end, just be smart, be safe, and return your glasses after the show is over.
Have you stolen any 3D glasses? Make your confession to Inside the Magic in the comments down below!