wheelchair

Most pools and hot tubs at WDW resorts have a lift installed for use by guests who could not otherwise get into the pool. This is the instruction page that is posted by the lifts.

This message is displayed at all WDW resort bus stops. The signs are themed to the location - this one is from Animal Kingdom Lodge bus stop.

Tiedown straps with hooks are attached to a sturdy place on the frame front and back of the wheelchair or ECV. Wheelchair users may ride in their chair, but should use the bus seatbelt. ECV users SHOULD transfer to a bus seat because ECVs have high risk for tipping, even when tied down securely.

The ramp is completely lowered or extended and the driver will invite the guest (plus up to 5 members of their party to board). Wait until the driver tells you the bus is ready to board.

The seats are folded up to make a space for wheelchair or ECV and the ramp is lowered (some buses, the ramp slides out)

The driver will open the back door for a guest with a wheelchair or ECV to board there

Step one - the driver opens the back door and begins the lowering of the ramp The seats will be folded up to form a place for a wheelchair or ECV to park. The ramp is fully lowered and the guest (and up to 5 members of their party) are invited to board. Wait for the driver to let you know it...

This picture shows some lights that we put on my daughter's wheelchair. They were made for bicycles and consist of a very thin flexible colored plastic fiberoptic tube and a fairly small battery pack. We wove the tubing thru the spokes of her wheels and attached the battery pack to a spoke on...

Some of the DME buses are equipped with lifts and places to securely tie down a wheelchair. This shows my daughter in her wheelchair, secured in the DME bus.

This is the view from the doombuggy toward the exit. We loaded at the unload area. We waited in a side hallway and came thru the he area toward the front of the picture. When we unload, we will follow the hallway ahead to get out of the building.

This is the back hallway, looking toward the unload area, where guests with disabilities load into the doom buggies. The yellow line marks the end of the moving walkway. The blob on the right side of the picture is a trash can outside of the exit. The doom buggies are to the left of the picture...

This is looking up the exit hallway toward outside. The ride unload area, which is also the handicapped boarding area is behind the camera.

After exiting the Stretching room, we were led to this hallway where we waited behind the sign (the sign is on the right side of the picture). The hallway in front of the picture leads to the exit/handicapped boarding area. The boarding area is to the left. Outside is to the right of the picture.

The plaque marks the entrance from the stretching room to the disabilities entrance to the boarding area. It is dim, but not as dark as it looks in the picture.

Guests with disabilities or using mobility devices are asked to stay to one side after the stretching room show. The kind of glowing oval to the right of the picture is a reflection on a plaque that marks the handicapped exit.

This is the entrance to the Haunted Mansion. Previously, there was a set of turnstiles at this entrance, which prevented guests with mobility devices from entering.

Thanks to Bill Sears. This attraction is due for renovation in 2012, so not sure how this will change.

Expedition Everest has a trial car where you can practice getting in and out to see what will work for you. Thanks to Bill Sears.

Test Track has an alternate boarding area for guests using wheelchairs. Rather than go down to ground level to get into the car, you can board at the seat belt check area where the ride car if above ground. It is a bit like transferring over the side of a bathtub. The guest with a wheelchair...