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So, as briefly as possible: My DH and I have 8 young children, a couple with significant special needs. Due to transitions with my husband's job, we actually have quite a bit of time for this vacation and will be for three weeks in December, Dec. 2nd- December 22nd. We have purchased Annual...

Awesome! This makes me super happy and hopefully simplifies a lot!

I posted about this a long time ago, and think I have read that there is finally the capability to link Magic Bands so that there can be a group linked to more than one DAS holder now? My husband and I have 8 children, two who qualify for DAS, one of whom meets height/ability requirements for...

My DH and I have 8 kids, two with very significant disabilities. My oldest is a teen but cognitively about 3 years of age and blind. My youngest is 4, in a wheelchair with CP, ASL/AAC user, Hard of hearing, central line for IV meds/fluids, 24/7 enteral feeds/ cognitive delay the whole nine...

Am I correct in understanding that OKW doesn't have elevators, just stairs? It sounds like the GVs at Animal Kingdom will provide our youngest with the best accessibility--- do you have specifically request Jambo house? For those that have stayed at AKL and SSR or OKW--- how does the resort...

I have been reading that the DtD/DS parking is being re-constructed and will use garage parking? Does anyone have any links to the parking plans and how high the garage will be? We drive a 9 ft 6 inch tall wheelchair accessible Sprinter van. While we typically use our own vehicle to drive/park...

My husband and I have 8 children and our next trip will be the first where they are all over the age of 3 (cue *shock whendidthathappen?!?!? feelings). That means that this trip will be our first where we can't all squeeze into a 2 bdrm. We are adding onto our points to allow us to start using...

No one can know what the right answer is for you, but I just wanted to say I have been in your position and I feel for you. We were supposed to go this January, and my youngest has experienced some significant medical regressions this year. She was inpatient for so many months I honestly thought...

Perfect, thanks!

When making reservations for character dining and other dining experiences that are family-style eating experiences.... Does anyone know how Disney wants you to account for a person in your party that doesn't eat/won't be eating? Do just count them and have them pay full rate on the bill since...

we just flew a month ago to Miami. My daughter isn't mobile so they processed her security check with her in her chair. I was also allowed to push her down the ramp to the airplane door and then on the aisle wheelchair--- I don't know if it was because she is a child? I second/third/fourth...

Yeah, I wanted to double check that I wasn't missing anything, but I just couldn't envision how this could be safe. She has been making good progress but she is still very little and has so much safety learning to do. To clarify for a PP, the alternative is an adult pushing her manual chair...

My husband and I have 8 children all 14 and under and two with pretty significant disabilities. Under DAS when we went we had no problems getting approved for 10. Given the needs and ages of our kids, separating and having each parent solo with a set of kids is not practical. There are a few...

So my youngest daughter is 3.5 years old with multiple medical issues including Cerebral Palsy. She is being trialed in a power wheelchair right now and her PTs think this is a really great thing for her. She still also has her manual wheelchair. We will have a trip upcoming to Disney, and it...

My oldest dd is blind and we have likewise had the opportunity to watch a variety of techniques of blind/visually impaired adult travelers to see what has worked/not worked for them. Are you involved in the NFB or ACB? I know a ton of adults in those organizations that are experienced disney...

Love this idea! Thank you for the suggestion. That would work very well for us.

OurBigTrip, our DASholders are a multidisabled 13 year old and 2 year old and the rest of the party is the gang of siblings who likewise can't be without a parent. For our particular group, if one parent leaves, that means the rest of the group is an "all or nothing" package deal. That is why...

I think I am miscommunicating and derailing the thread. <3 This is coming up precisely because of a desire to "split up". The issue is that under some arbitrary splitting of our party between two DAS it prevents us from splitting up according the needs of our party *when otherwise we would have...

That would be exactly my problem. Because my kids are too young to be sent into a standby line without an adult. I only have three kids over 7, one of whom is one of the DAS holders--- so that leaves two, one of whom has SN of his own that have never been "DAS/GAC" acommodation necessary, but...

And posting on the internet is always hard--- I don't want to come across as sounding entitled. We have never minded waiting--- ever. Our use of the old GAC system wasn't ever designed to avoid wait times, it was for access (visual impairment; mobility/stamina issues). For years we barely used...