something to remember about these restrooms is if someone is in when you get there they could take longer than normal to get finished as there are used by handicapped who take longer and may not be your best bet if it is a rush stop if you know what I mean. have seen people banging on door tell those inside to hurry up their child can not wait much longer
I agree.
There is often a wait because the person using it is disabled and needs extra time, but families also use them, often with multiple people - the biggest I’ve seen come out while we were waiting in line to use it was a family of 6. Even if each person only takes 2 minutes, that’s still a 12 minute restroom stop!
There are often long lines to use the Companion Restroom, especially the ’Rapunzel’ restrooms in Fantasyland, near the entrance to Toy Story Land in the Studio, the lower level at The Land and the one close to the Africa entry Africa in AK.
We use the Companion Restrooms because my daughter needs to be catheterized, which means we need a restroom with a sink and a toilet in the same place. I’m pretty fast at it, but ‘pretty fast’ still means at least 10 minutes to wash hands before, get out supplies, do the procedure, clean up and put things away.
At least 1/4 - 1/3 of the time, people pound on the door while we are in there. At the first ’pound’, I usually yell something like, “I’m in here with a disabled person. We will be at least [x number ] of minutes more.” Some are very polite and apologize or tell us to take our time. Some say something like they need to use the changing table and I let them know whether or not this particular Companion room has one (and that all the regular restrooms do have them).
Some are rude - especially at MK.
People forget that if they can hear me, I can likely hear them too. I’ve heard some pretty ‘interesting’ things:
PERSON 1: She said she’s going to be a while. Why don’t you use the regular restroom?
PERSON 2: Because I want to use THIS one.
PERSON TO CHILD: Pound on the door again. They will be faster if you do that.
As I’ve come out or while waiting in line, I’ve been told things like “these are for families. You have your own restroom stalls to use.”
Most (but not all) of the accessible stalls in the regular restrooms are big enough to get a wheelchair in and the remodeled ones include a sink. They are often in the back of the restroom though, do not easy to get to.