Again, someone just reading a few sentences from someone on the internet and taking it as the word of God. Neither you nor I knows what happened in those conversations. Some people maybe don’t want to share details because they don’t want others using their information to try to lie and get DAS. Others may just not feel comfortable and only share part of their experience. None of us truly know.
I still say planning is your best friend. DAS is not going to go back to the free-for-all. Will Disney offer other accommodations? Maybe.. but DAS is not going to be it.
I do realise it's a theme park and we navigate it by managing the risks as we do in other areas of life - otherwise we would have to stay at home all day - and that's no life
I hear you. We all must navigate how to deal with our issues. So can you take any of techniques and use them also in line (if needed)? Can the person who has the disability wait outside the line while other wait in the line then meet up at the merge? Just trying to offer alternatives that might work for you.
I went to star wars night, walked on rise of the resistance, but then it broke down so I was trapped in that cave my husband tried to get me out but there was a scooter behind us snd we couldn’t get out, i was ill i was about to send my husband to the front for help but then they exited the whole line. if i was in ll i wouldve been on the outside and couldve gotten out. i had it happen on buzz i had to wait for merge on buzz and it took 50 minutes, i was laid up in pain the next day had to cancel plans. ive had friends with similar experiences. im doing physicallly better now so i think i could abandon my scooter and walk out if i had to now eith my cane, but it was very upsetting to be in these situations snd trapped. Now i wont do some rides without purchasing LL because not worth risk for me.
OK, but DAS shouldn’t be granted for “just in case”
Exactly. And this is what I think the biggest issue was that precipitated the changes.
Exactly! I kind of break it down as caused by the line v. happens/might happen in the line.
From what I’ve seen - because it has to be done via the app you have to use a GPS spoofer which seems to be very much a grey area.
I don’t qualify for DAS, Im just pointing out the accommodation is return to queue which doesn’t work for me. im ok i already self accommodate by buying LL for the problematic rides or not riding.
In order to mitigate the risk we don’t get into queues which are more than 30 minutes. Yes I can wait in the queue while he waits outside (could be a bit stressful organising the meet up as WiFi in the park isn’t always great) but that does mean I could pick up some bugs and pass the on which isn’t ideal.
I know you don’t like the answer, but DAS simply isn’t a feasible accommodation for the endless multitude of “might/could/mayne” issues that guests have.
We simply wouldn’t take the risk - last visit we got into a virtual queue which we didn’t realise could be over an hour - ended up in hospital with flu.
IIRC the disability that was your family’s reason for DAS eligibility before the changes is that he is immunocompromised. His immune system is weak and cannot fight infectious diseases and cancer.
For people whose issues with their disabilities are caused by the line itself - I’ve been pretty clear about that, long before Disney made the recent changes, in fact.
Once again, coming to a theme park is inherently risky for someone who is immunocompromised. The risk doesn’t just exist in lines. There are many situations where you could be near someone with an illness for 20+ minutes besides in lines, but yet you still choose to focus only on lines. No one is saying your husband should stay home and have no life. But there are many other things he could do that are lower risk that still let him enjoy life. He is making the decision to go to a theme park knowing the enhanced risk, and Disney has made the decision that it DAS is no longer an accommodation available to him.
