Originally Posted By Mickey Mouse Lover I heard that there are webcams with view of the parks and possibly backstage. Does anyone know the links to these cams and if there still running?
Originally Posted By trekkeruss The official Disney webcams were taken offline years ago. There is only one that I know of is atop the Dolphin hotel, looking towards Epcot: <a href="http://www.aws.com/wxcomm/commercial/ccam.asp?sid=LKBNV" target="_blank">http://www.aws.com/wxcomm/comm ercial/ccam.asp?sid=LKBNV</a>
Originally Posted By billy pilgrim It is too bad, it is 2007 and disney does not have web cams, up here in the cold of winter i love to visit fun places on line, my favorite is sloppyjoes in key west, great web cams. even our summer spot of wells beach maine has web cams, come on disney
Originally Posted By MPierce There are some prety knowledgeable people on this site. I wonder if anyof the know why the web cams were removed. Surely it couldn't be a money issue. (and don't call me Shirley)
Originally Posted By trekkeruss They were removed after 9/11, so some speculate that they went offline for security reasons.
Originally Posted By avromark Couldn't they just "time delay" or put a very slow refresh on those webcams to minimize the security risk? Ie. Half hour refresh rates, delayed say 5 minutes.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I suppose, but as I said, it's merely speculation that security was the reason they were removed.
Originally Posted By Mickey Mouse Lover This might be true. Could it also be upkeep and maintanance issues as well?
Originally Posted By danyoung I've never understood what kind of security risk the cams would pose. Does the average terrorist gain anything by seeing a crowd of people walking down Main Street, or what the weather is like around Spaceship Earth? I really dug those cams, and miss them greatly. I enjoyed tuning in and picturing what it must be like to actually be there right now.
Originally Posted By avromark LP's own Asian Trekker of vast encyclopedic knowledge who drives a staid normal family sedan (even in a neutral colour if I remember) probably hit it on the head, although I don't know how much "Bandwidth" costs and upkeep there is for webcam's. I'd think the cost is negligible. They could even have it on timers so it only showed the parks when open (forgot if they did this).
Originally Posted By mrichmondj << I've never understood what kind of security risk the cams would pose. >> Most terrorist operatives, even the most inexperienced and inept, conduct surveillance of a target prior to an attack. They take into account traffic patterns and routine events that occur in a location. They also monitor for the appearance of law enforcement officials or other items that might foil their attempt. While the webcams seem benign, they provide quite a bit of free assistance for a terrorist threat looking to obtain basic information on the daily happenings at a Disney park. You might argue that the same information can be gained by someone who buys a park ticket or looks at a schedule for the park, but over a period of several days, weeks, or months there is no comparison to the same information that could be gained by a static webcam showing the same basic scenes repeatedly.
