DAS pass and doctor's note?

[iveyrock]

I have read conflicting things about whether I should have a doctor's note when I talk to guest services about a DAS pass. Would it be helpful to have?

 

[Maggie'sMom]

I have read conflicting things about whether I should have a doctor's note when I talk to guest services about a DAS pass. Would it be helpful to have?

No, the CMs often won't even look at the notes. The DAS is based on needs, not diagnosis. Two people can have the same diagnosis but different needs. Just be prepared to explain why you, or the member of your party, needs to be able to wait outside of the standard queue environment.

 

[SueM in MN]

No, the CMs often won't even look at the notes. The DAS is based on needs, not diagnosis. Two people can have the same diagnosis but different needs. Just be prepared to explain why you, or the member of your party, needs to be able to wait outside of the standard queue environment.

Exactly.

You will find people's blog posts or whatever that say you need a doctor's note, but that is not a requirement and never has been - not with DAS or with the previous disability program.
Most CMs will just not look at a doctor's note at all. Many doctors have very little understanding of how DAS works, so the notes would not usually be helpful anyway.
What is important is to be able to briefly explain your needs as Maggie'sMom mentioned.

This is a link to a thread about DAS. Only the first posts have up to date info. The other posts are discussions from just before and just after DAS started.

http://www.disboards.com/threads/wd...15-digital-das-on-tickets-magicbands.3178976/

 

[gap2368]

if you are asking because you have a hard time exsplning your someone else needs for what ever resin. then by all means you can write this down on a pice of paper in your own words, and give this too the CM just be ready for them to ask a question or two. but the note need to come from you and I would just have why you someone else in your group can not wait in the normal lines.

 

[k8Davies]

I didn't need a note to get my DAS pass in WDW, they were just brilliant and very helpful, although can see why the information can be conflicting.

As I'm planning a Disneyland Paris trip (well very early on in the inception of it) and on their official website it says I need a doctors notes if I want the DAS (equivalent pass there) and it's got to be dates no later than 6 month previous.

so it means even though my son was only diagnosed last year, by the time I plan on going, I'll have to go to the doctor to get a note sorted out.

Which won't enlist a lot of sympathy, but it's not a free service, if you want a doctor note for travel it is one of the few things on the NHS you have to pay for. (I think it only £25 so not expensive but I have a note but due to the date on it I will just have to go an get it re-printed).

 

[unwritten01]

If you feel better to have the note then get the note but they should not ask for it..never like 100%'ing everything so should is included.

 

[Missyrose]

If you feel better to have the note then get the note but they should not ask for it..never like 100%'ing everything so should is included.

There's really no reason to get the note. The CMs have been trained that they are not allowed to look at doctor's note. Like PP said, you can write out your own note explaining your needs, but a doctor's note gets you nowhere.

 

[halssister]

Sometimes I wonder if some people (esp those who have never actually gone to Disney) are mixing it up with other theme parks - for example, we've also gone to Six Flags, which has a version of a DAS, and for that you DO need a doctor's note. It's very strangely specific, though; the note can NOT actually say what the disability is, due to privacy laws, just that the person has a permanent disability that makes them unable to wait in lines (along with some other specific things I don't recall). But at WDW, we've never had nor needed any sort of documentation

 

[gap2368]

Sometimes I wonder if some people (esp those who have never actually gone to Disney) are mixing it up with other theme parks - for example, we've also gone to Six Flags, which has a version of a DAS, and for that you DO need a doctor's note. It's very strangely specific, though; the note can NOT actually say what the disability is, due to privacy laws, just that the person has a permanent disability that makes them unable to wait in lines (along with some other specific things I don't recall). But at WDW, we've never had nor needed any sort of documentation

this and I think Disney land Paris you have to have a DR with in 6 months of your visit and you have to have someone with you no matter your disability.

 

[KPeveler]

this and I think Disney land Paris you have to have a DR with in 6 months of your visit and you have to have someone with you no matter your disability.

And this is exactly why I am not going to Paris, pretty much ever. My husband and I both use chairs and in many European countries they have the right to require you have a "carer" with you...