DAS Pass for ankle injury

cmwade77 said:

I am not saying they did have an avoid turnstile stamp (although, they are fairly common on older attractions: Train (except Main Street), Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, Storybook Land Canal Boats, Teacups, Casey Junior, Snow White, Pinnocio, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, Jungle Cruise, Tiki Room, Haunted Mansion (exit) all have them, I am sure that I am missing some, but these are just the ones that I know of), what I am saying is that to avoid stairs, CMs at the attractions with stairs (except Indy for some reason) insist you have to have a DAS or mobility device to avoid the stairs.

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POOHsie said:

If your friend doesn't want an EVC and you "volunteer" to push her in a wheelchair, it will ruin YOUR trip. It's too much exertion in the sun and heat for long hours.

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fbb said:

I've got eight days of pushing my wife in a wheelchair next week. There's no other choice but for it not to ruin our trip; we'll just take it much slower than usual and get to where we're headed when we get there. I'm actually looking forward to a more relaxed pace.

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POOHsie said:

The poster who recommended inexpensive bike gloves had a worthwhile tip. Good luck to you -- you have a good approach and that helps plenty!

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Mrsjvb said:

DH uses his weight lifting gloves. and it is FAR from 'ruining' his time..in fact he was a helluva lot less stressed knowing that i was not in massive amounts of pain. we can now do most parks open to close. before when I was too stubborn to admit I needed a chair( now I need one pretty much always) if we made early afternoon after rope drop i was not able to function at all the next day

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KPeveler said:

There is actually *more* walking with the DAS a lot of the time, as you need to go to the ride to get a return time, then go somewhere else while waiting for your return time. Even if you have a DAS, that will not eliminate walking or even most of the standing. The DAS does not work for most shows, parades, fireworks, restaurants, stores, meet & greets, Disney transportation, water parks, resorts, anything not in the parks itself, a lot of stuff.

And as others said, an ankle injury will not get the person a DAS. There is no reason to be embarrassed using a wheelchair. I would suggest a scooter, though, as it is a LOT of work to push someone all day. She can try out scooters at a local store, though it does not take long to learn to use one.

If she is self conscious about what others think, she can always put an ankle brace on so there is a "visible" reason for using the scooter. But she will hardly be the only person using a scooter without a "visible" need. I certainly look "fine" and I use a wheelchair full time.

As others have said, most lines are entirely wheelchair accessible, so you go about your vacation as you usually do.

Really, this is all about enjoying your vacation, so who cares was some random strangers think?

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