DAS Approval/Denial with New DAS Guidelines START 5/20 WDW & 6/18 DL

[Evita_W]

I wonder how many disabled guests they have compared to Disney. Like the percentage. I know a lot of other parks have more thrill type rides that many with disabilities can’t do. It makes me wonder if Disney has more guests that visit with disabilities overall.

Actually, many of them have similar percentages, some even higher. Not saying all of them, but a lot of them. The ones that are higher are the ones that actually have very robust accessibility programs. Of course all systems have their pros and cons, but is is quite possible to make the systems work for most, something Disney has lost sight of.

 

[nalababybear]

Datapoint. DLR DAS and renewed in December easily for duration of annual pass.

Wdw DaS call today. They tried looking up but couldn't find even with ticket# and username. Ended.up copying old chat over and they matched entier valid time to September. We do have a lot of nonexpiring tickets on our mde so guess that may have caused the issue of length of approval determine so they went with matching dlr time

Non questions on qualifications.

 

[eticketplease]

Took 1 hour today to get approved for DS @ DL so not too bad. Wish the systems talked together so that they could see we are already approved at WDW for DS.

 

[Angel Ariel]

Took 1 hour today to get approved for DS @ DL so not too bad. Wish the systems talked together so that they could see we are already approved at WDW for DS.

My understanding is that it's not about the systems talking to each other, it's more that the parks are different in their accessibility for queues and so it will likely always be different conversations.

 

[eticketplease]

My understanding is that it's not about the systems talking to each other, it's more that the parks are different in their accessibility for queues and so it will likely always be different conversations.

No there tech is not the same. LL is still based on MaxPass in DL where it is different in WDW. DL only works with MagicBand+ where WDW continues to work with all versions.

Once you get approved they are booked the same way with the MDE (WDW) or DL app but yes do to space DL you may need to go to the exit instead since it may not have a LL entrance.

 

[Angel Ariel]

No there tech is not the same. LL is still based on MaxPass in DL where it is different in WDW. DL only works with MagicBand+ where WDW continues to work with all versions.

Once you get approved they are booked the same way with the MDE (WDW) or DL app but yes do to space DL you may need to go to the exit instead since it may not have a LL entrance.

I wasn't saying the tech is the same. I'm simply saying I don't think the fact that the hardware tech is different is why we have to have DAS conversations for each park.

 

[EasinEpcot]

My 15 year-old daughter with autism was approved for DAS for our trip last week. I approached the call by asking whether my daughter might be eligible due to her autism-related anxiety and stimming behaviors. The cast member was very nice; both my daughter and I were on the call. I thought he asked good questions, wanted to know how we handle my daughter's anxiety/stress in our daily lives, what her behaviors are etc. My daughter also described what waiting in line is like for her. Honestly, I wasn't sure she would be approved as she does have a lot of coping strategies.

She was approved and allowed to include 4 people with her for each reservation though they did allow her to choose from all 6 members of our party, if that makes sense. She mostly wanted to go on rides with her sisters or me, so it worked out really well for her. She got to do everything she wanted to and was able to try some new experiences which was amazing.

Her issue is that long waits for something new or a little scary lead to her anxiety ramping up to the point that she doesn't want to ride any more, or if she does, she can't enjoy it since she's so stressed. DAS allowed her to ride Everest, Slinky Dog, Toy Story Mania, 7 Dwarves and she found she really liked them. And it allowed her to ride some of the rides for a second time knowing what to expect which made them even more enjoyable. If you have a kid on the spectrum you know what I mean.

It was a huge step forward for her to be able to ride with her sisters and not feel that she was different from other kids her age. DAS completely changed her experience this past trip.

 

[BlueGreen5]

Her issue is that long waits for something new or a little scary lead to her anxiety ramping up to the point that she doesn't want to ride any more, or if she does, she can't enjoy it since she's so stressed. DAS allowed her to ride Everest, Slinky Dog, Toy Story Mania, 7 Dwarves and she found she really liked them. And it allowed her to ride some of the rides for a second time knowing what to expect which made them even more enjoyable. If you have a kid on the spectrum you know what I mean.

Happy to hear about such a positive outcome for your DD! We totally resonate with your story, especially the quoted portion -- over the years, there have been so many abrupt queue exits for us for this exact reason. ASD and GAD are one tough combo and once they get going there is no slowing down that train (or at least no good strategy we have ever found). And you hate to be mad at them for "wasting" an hour in line for nothing, but we're all human and of course you're silently frustrated and that's just not fair to them at all so then you feel horrible about your own shortcomings and overcompensate in other ways. Love DAS for this.