Class-action Lawsuit Filed Over Changes to Disney’s Disability Access Service (DAS)

[Evita_W]

um, well....I am just going to gracefully say that you have clearly never been in this situation, and I would never wish it on anyone. The feeling of helplessness is overwhelming as you literally have no control over what is happening.

Yes, many, including DH feel the same way, honestly the new system is very taxing mentally and physically for many and that's the problem. There are ways to better balance this.

 

[OurBigTrip]

The tick is in how the law is enacted and does depend on how the trip is booked. If booked entirely in Florida, i.e. you go there and buy everything in person, you are correct; however, if you book a trip online as a California resident, then it may apply (not every situation does, but that would be for the courts to decide), even in Florida. It is a nuance many miss.

No, it wouldn't.

One state can't enforce their laws in another state - that's ludicrous. State laws don't follow people when they travel to other states.

I realize that California sometimes think that the rest of the country has to follow them, but we actually don't.

 

[EACarlson]

No, it wouldn't.

One state can't enforce their laws in another state - that's ludicrous. State laws don't follow people when they travel to other states.

I realize that California sometimes think that the rest of the country has to follow them, but we actually don't.

California is of the belief that if you do any business in CA, that they can impose their regulations on your company as a whole. Until struck down by a federal court, that is the way that the laws in CA operate. It would take Disney being fined by CA for not complying in FL and Disney countersuing CA in federal court for relief.

 

[OurBigTrip]

California is of the belief that if you do any business in CA, that they can impose their regulations on your company as a whole. Until struck down by a federal court, that is the way that the laws in CA operate. It would take Disney being fined by CA for not complying in FL and Disney countersuing CA in federal court for relief.

Yay for California, but a park in Florida isn't going to follow the orders of a California state court ruling based on a California law and a California lawsuit against only the locations in California.

 

[Evita_W]

No, it wouldn't.

One state can't enforce their laws in another state - that's ludicrous. State laws don't follow people when they travel to other states.

I realize that California sometimes think that the rest of the country has to follow them, but we actually don't.

But they do it already, don't believe me? If you are trying to cancel something that you signed up for online and they tell you that you have to do it in person, change your address to a California address with them and you can now magically cancel online. Why? Because our laws require them to do so, even if the company exists in another state. That law has far more reaching effects than people understand.

 

[Evita_W]

Yay for California, but a park in Florida isn't going to follow the orders of a California state court ruling based on a California law and a California lawsuit against only the locations in California.

But again, it already is happening with many businesses, see my previous post.

 

[OurBigTrip]

But they do it already, don't believe me? If you are trying to cancel something that you signed up for online and they tell you that you have to do it in person, change your address to a California address with them and you can now magically cancel online. Why? Because our laws require them to do so, even if the company exists in another state. That law has far more reaching effects than people understand.

Enforcing actions online in CA is very different than enforcing a law on the ground in Florida.

Not going to happen.

 

[BrightMorningStar]

At the end of the day, Disney is not required by law to offer DAS. They are only required to follow the ADA, and they do.

 

[BrightMorningStar]

So, if I'm disabled (I'm not), or a member of any other type of protected class, I'm not entitled to be free from discrimination in the things I enjoy doing, only the things I need to be doing? Is that the point you're making?

I am not the OP, but I did not read anything that was an attack on a protected class of people. I believe what is being said is that DAS is not required by law. That is an extra that Disney offers, however there is nothing state or federal saying they have to. If there was, it would be offered everywhere. Movies, stores, malls, many places of entertainment, etc do not offer DAS or anything like it. Disney is required to follow the ADA, which they do. Granting people access to skip the lines without a fee is not required and it is not discrimination not to do so.