Are the GAC acknowledged in the waterparks/Disney Quest as well?

[disdrmg]

Wondering if the GAC is used the same in the water parks as in the main parks? Do they have alternate line ques?

 

[mgilmer]

GACs are not recognized in the water parks. I do not think they are recognized in DQ, but I could be mistaken.

 

[Tinker'n'Fun]

At Disney Quest there really isn't an alternate line for anything. If you have a problem standing, etc, I would recommend having someone notify the CM and they will make arrangements for you. There really isn't a line issue, but more of an arcade line.

 

[Cheshire Figment]

With the exception of the elevator at Crush "N Gusher at TL there are no alternate entrances other than stairs for any slides at either water park. And most queues are in direct sunlight with no shaded areas.

 

[jmartinez1895]

For DQ the only thing it would help you out with would be to use a stroller as a wheel chair, but you don't have to have a GAC to do that. Also when you get there tell the CMs what your needs are and your concerns and they will tell you if there is something they can do to help.

 

[SueM in MN]

There are also some links about DisneyQuest in post # 3 of the disABILITIES FAQs thread near the top of this board.

 

[disdrmg]

Any ideas for how to handle the waterparks - my son would have great difficulty standing in long lines?

If there is no alternate entrance than can you take a stroller in the regular que lines? Kind of doesn't make sense if you because you obviously won't be exiting the same way you came in....

 

[jmartinez1895]

I would think that as long as you have a GAC for the stroller as a wheel chair then they would let you take is every where that people in wheelchairs go. I have never been to the water parks, but I have often wondered how people in wheel chairs do the water parks ( sorry to sound so ignorant ).

 

[Cheshire Figment]

Unfortunately you cannot do any slides from a chair (other than Crush "N Gusher at TL which has an elevator). You must be able to climb stairs to get to the slides. And even if you could get a stroller up to the top of a slide there is no way you could get it back down.

Generally people with wheelchairs or ECVs are there to stay with their families, however the lazy rivers and the pools are all full accessible.

 

[sue and co]

I can confirm that the water parks are not really accessible as other than the lazy rivers and main pools most of the time you will be waiting around for your family to do the slides although you can get some great piccies. We go perhaps once every other trip despite it being on our ultimate passes due to this issue.

 

[melisandes]

DQ has different gacs than the main theme parks. The best way is to go up into the store by the exit and ask to speak to a manager on duty. The regular CMs there have given me problems until I did this. Then all I had to do was explain my situation and issues and they gave me a wheelchair as a stroller gac that is specifically for DQ.

I admit I have been told in the past by a cranky CM that the place is not even meant to handle wheelchairs anyways. That is false. It is just harder in a wheelchair but not impossible.

 

[OneLittleSpark]

Just wanted to add, it is possible to do the family raft ride at BB as a wheelchair user. The ski lift has a gondola car, which can fit one wheelchair user and another person. If you borrow one of their water chairs (they have a few at the bottom of the ski lift, and you can leave your own chair there while you ride), it makes life a lot easier. When you get to the front of the line, they'll pull two rafts up; you and your party get in the second one, and they put the water chair in the first. The tie the chair down with bungee cord, and it gets to have a fun ride down too ! It's then there and waiting for you at the bottom of the ride, in the water. You can roll straight out of there, and trundle back over to your own chair at the bottom of the ski lift. The water chairs aren't that comfortable, and don't really offer much in the way of support, but they would be OK for a lot of people for a short while.

I know this may not be relevant to the original poster, but seeing as the conversation has moved to include wheelchairs, I thought I'd stick my oar in... I mean add my two cents

Just keep swimming!

 

[disdrmg]

Thanks everyone! My son is ambulatory, but tires very easily and has a hard time standing for a long period of time and walking long distances due to his disability. I'll keep this all in mind when if we do the waterparks.

It's to bad they don't have some sort of fast pass system because the standing and waiting is what he will have trouble with.