On our trip the first week of March 2009, at Kilamajaro Safaries, wheelchairs and EVC were diverted to a completely separate loading area and we all loaded on the same ride vehicle. This allowed each party to take as much time as necessary without being in the line of sight of the standy by line. While it was my impression that we loaded more slowly, I thought this allowed for well trained CM's to assist with the loading and allowed us to not feel rushed or pushed by others in line. I appreciated this immensely.
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Wheelchairs and
ECVs were loaded at the same spot as guests not using mobility devices during about the first year or so that the Safari was open.
Since then, there has been a dedicated handicap boarding area, which is also also used for unloading guests with disabilities. The 'pull off' point for this is just before the final part of the 'regular' line.
The dedicated loading area allows extra time for loading and also allows for wheelchairs, ECVs and walkers to be left at the loading/exit spot.
Unfortunately, there is only room for one wheelchair to be tied down with the person riding in it. This can mean an even longer extra wait if there are more than one guest who need to use the wheelchair spot.
Safari is kind of notorious for extra waits for people with disabilities, even if the person is getting out of their wheelchair/
ECV. Our longest extra wait was 40 minutes - this was when the posted wait was 10 minutes and we could see Safari trams being driven out with empty seats because guests were not walking up fast enough to fill them. I watched the people who had been ahead of us in line and the 40 minutes I counted was from the time they got on!
There were people with us in the handicap line asking the CMs if they could just leave their wheelchair or ECV and go into the 'regular' line.