2 ECVs at All Star Music?

[The Mice Family]

Hi all,

After learning so much from the DisBoards over the last several months, we have finally decided to join the crowd!

I have a couple of questions I wonder if anyone can help with. My mom and a friend are planning a Disney trip, and I am trying to help as best I can. But I'm stuck with one nagging worry... they will both have an ECV while they are at Disney (renting through Walker, I believe) and I'm nor sure it will work. They can get around while in the room with a cane, but beyond that, the ECV would be very necessary.

My questions are these:

1. Will they and their ECV's (one probably regular size, and one larger) fit into their AllStar Music room? I would be so sad if they got there, got checked in, and then couldn't get into the room or not be able to get the door shut. They haven't requested any special room or anything.

2. If you suggest a special kind of room, do you know if any are on the first floor? My mom was in a hotel fire a couple of years ago and I know is skittish after that experience. It's hard to get out of a room if you can't walk and can't use the elevator during a fire. She's not picky, just scared.

I called Disney with my questions today, and the CM I talked to said that in 20 years, she's never been asked this question and then she really couldn't offer much of an answer. I hope there is more helpful (and hopeful) information out there!

Thank you so much for any advice you can offer on these two questions- or anything else! I haven't seen my mom so excited about a trip in ages!!

 

[WindyCityDisney]

Are there any outlets on the walkway walls at ASMu? My gram had an ECV at the Poly and we left it outside the room plugged into the wall to charge. You may need some sort of cover in case of rain since the walkways at ASMu are outside.

Gram's ECV came with a key, so we weren't worried about someone riding off into the sunset with the ECV.

 

[Mickiethepooh]

Are there any outlets on the walkway walls at ASMu? My gram had an ECV at the Poly and we left it outside the room plugged into the wall to charge. You may need some sort of cover in case of rain since the walkways at ASMu are outside.

Gram's ECV came with a key, so we weren't worried about someone riding off into the sunset with the ECV.

They may not ride off with it but you can put any of them in free wheel and wheel them away, don't leave it outside at your hotel.

I will have two ECVs with me on my POR trip and it is a very tight fit to get both in there. I park one between the two beds and one near window or sometimes in the bathroom but it takes a lot of manuveuring. Also HC room does not necessarily give you more room for these and they vary by what is required, for instance roll in shower as opposed to rails etc.

 

[pugdog]

You could have them take out the table and chairs in the corner and then you could put both ECV's there.

 

[Cheshire Figment]

Several comments.

The value resorts all rooms are 260 sq ft including bathroom and dressing area. To get two ECVs in as well as being able to be placed in such positions that they can be charged will be very difficult at best.

The moderates are all 314 sq ft, except Caribbean Beach where the rooms are 340 sq ft.

Do not even think of parking an ECV outside your room in either value or moderate resorts. First problem would be locating an outlet that you could plug into for recharging. Second is there are lots of teen-age kids running around at all hours, and an ECV would be "something fun to play with or do something to". Third even removing the key is not safe. I was at a store a few days ago looking for a new ECV. I wanted to try one and there was no key in it, so I took my key ring and tried the key for my ECV, which is from a different manufacturer, and it worked. The person at the store said almost all ECV keys are fully interchangeable.

Accessible rooms really are not any larger than regular rooms; however, the sleeping areas tend to be smaller as the bathrooms must be larger. It is much more common for the accessible rooms to have one king size bed than two doubles becuase of the space constraints.

All the resorts at WDW are concrete and steel. The value an moderate resorts all have outside corridors so if there is an emergency they can go in either of two directions when they go out of their room.

 

[SueM in MN]

Accessible rooms really are not any larger than regular rooms; however, the sleeping areas tend to be smaller as the bathrooms must be larger. It is much more common for the accessible rooms to have one king size bed than two doubles becuase of the space constraints.

Accessible rooms are usually exactly the same size as the 'regular' rooms. The difference is in how the room is arranged. As Cheshire Figment mentioned, the ones with a roll in shower are arranged to make the bathroom larger so there is room for the shower and manouvering in the bathroom with a wheelchair - which means that the sleeping area of the room is smaller.

There are 2 types of handicapped rooms - one is fully wheelchair accessible with roll in showers. The other is handicapped accessible and has a raised seat toilet and grab bars.

The general CMs at CRO don't have a lot of information about the rooms. Special Reservations deals with arrangements for the handicapped rooms and would be better able to answer your specific questions.

All the resorts at WDW are concrete and steel. The value an moderate resorts all have outside corridors so if there is an emergency they can go in either of two directions when they go out of their room.

They would be able to get outside in any of the moderates or values just by walking out their door, so in case of fire, they would not be trapped inside a hallway with no way to get outside. Also, none of the moderates or value resorts have high tower buildings. I think the very tallest are 4 stories.

If one of your requests is "First Floor for Medical Reasons" they should not have a problem. The "medical reason" requests are filled before the 'general' requests for the same thing, so most of the time there is no problem with getting it.
Many people don't want first floor because it can (not always) be noisier since you have people above you. People with strollers will request first floor so they don't have to drag the stroller up stairs, but in the buildings with elevators, that is not a problem for them and most don't care what floor they are on.

 

[dclfun]

I just wanted to mention that there are fully accessible rooms with roll in showers on the upper floors but there's elevator access and as others have mentioned, no worries about being trapped in the event of a fire. You may want to think about whether or not they will need the roll in shower or just to request a room with tub/rails. I've heard of others asking for furniture to be rearranged or removed from resort rooms to accomodate either a rollaway bed ( in the event of three people in an accessible value resort room or two unrelated guests who want separate beds ) or to accomodate equipment. While I think two ECV's could fit, it would be a tight squeeze. You are able to ask for engineering to remove the spring loaded door assist so that it's easier to get in/out of the room but then the door will not close automatically- they'll need to be sure someone remembers to shut it on the way out. ---Kathy