Disabled Priority Card question

[owensdad]

I know DLP have recently changed things since we were there in 2010 with regards to this, I was just reading on another forum that this card would entitle an adult plus 3 children with the Disabled Card holder, this has got me concerned as its our little boy who is disabled so I would need the card for him and 2 adults and 1 child, basicly parents and sister, I hope this shouldn't be a problem but as ive not been since they introduced this new system then i'm not sure. I do know he will be entitled to the Disabled Priority Card as he is right at the severe end of physical and mental disability, but I need the rest of the family to be able to accompany him too.

 

[scampbunny]

hiya
i think u will be ok as they do have a limit on the number of ppl....
on the card, there is a section where they put the number of adults and number of children accompanying the disabled person....
i really cant see them refusing u all to be together - try not to worry!! they are lovely in city hall and very willing to do their best to help u

hope that helps a lil xx

 

[Julesdis]

I know DLP have recently changed things since we were there in 2010 with regards to this, I was just reading on another forum that this card would entitle an adult plus 3 children with the Disabled Card holder, this has got me concerned as its our little boy who is disabled so I would need the card for him and 2 adults and 1 child, basicly parents and sister, I hope this shouldn't be a problem but as ive not been since they introduced this new system then i'm not sure. I do know he will be entitled to the Disabled Priority Card as he is right at the severe end of physical and mental disability, but I need the rest of the family to be able to accompany him too.

We're in the exact same situation. I emailed DLP and asked them and they replied that it would be fine, all four of us would be able to go on rides together on the disabled card.

 

[scampbunny]

now brain is working.....

u will both be ok!!! met a family in disney that were in ur situation (2 a, 2 c) and they were all on the pass....

think, if u were taking aunts n grandparents etc - then ud b hard pushed to get it, but disney will not split up a family of 4....

dont worry - just go about planning!!!!!!!!!!!!!

xxxx

 

[owensdad]

Thanks for the info, although we wouldnt be doing that many actual rides as such as our son is very severely disabled and needs to be in his chair.

Do you need the card for character meets, princess pavilion etc? just thinking as my mum and two nieces are coming along and obviously wont be on the disabled card, would it pose a problem for stuff like that? i hope not as that is a big part of the trip for us as we cant do much in the way of rides.


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[scampbunny]

anything u want to 'skip' the queue for, u will need the pass, and they check the number of ppl on the pass....

if u were wanting to do the princess pavillion, u wud either need to all stand in the queue, or the ppl on the card 'skip' the queue and the others queue.... does that make sense??

of course - there is no stipulation WHO the adult/s and children on the card are, so maybe u cud take turns.... altho for the pavillion u can only queue once every hr....

anythin else - do ask

 

[lilacgems23]

It spends on the CM my pass is for me and my assistant when I got it I was told I would have to choose who to take either my dh or 1 of my children! I said if I need assistance obviously thIs has to be an adult for 6yo or 1yo can't help me and I can't leave them alone but they didn't care.

On sOme rides I was told only 1 person can accompany me but u didn't feel it fair choosing a child and if your on a family holiday you don't want to do rides and watch parades separately. A few cm's would allow it and during dreams another cm stepped in and allowed dh and my youngest in.

 

[scampbunny]

ur pass is different tho - just for pregnancy...

owensdad will have the proper disability one which is different

 

[lilacgems23]

When I was in city hall Tuesday there was a family in there complaining about their disabled pass. The nan was partially blind and so had a card allowing her to take her daughter as her helper . Hersaufhter had 3 children ,2 of which were 12 so they werebeing classed as adults and not being allowed on the ride with them and had to que separately.

 

[DLPdaft]

I'm not entirely sure what the family you saw were complaining about though lilacgems? I don't think its unreasonable for 12-year olds to queue together without their parents/guardians (thats what secondary-age school kids will be doing all the time on school trips for example, and lots of kids that age would prefer to do rides with their peers compared with their parents anyway).

were they complaining because their whole party of 5 couldn't use the nan's pass? Surely there has to be some kind of restriction of numbers put in place for the passes, otherwise the whole system would be blocked up, and there would be no advantage at all in anyone having a pass?

 

[scampbunny]

i wud assume elaine they were complaining about that!!

the pass is for immediate family, and it will enable the family to stick together, and i wud think in that scenario that the children of the daughter arent technically immediate so it wudnt cover them...

this is the issue of the pass - the old one let anyone and everyone onto the pass - this is the way to prevent misuse...

a disabled parent, can usually take their carer (partner) and kids (within reasonable number) onto the rides - so prob wud go up to 5 if the children were all young.....

a disabled child, can usually take one parent (carer) and wud also be able to take other parent and sibling.... again, within reason, maybe 2 siblings dependant on age....

taking grandparents, ok, they are entitled, but wud have thought in most case, they wouldnt be wanting to do loads of rides anyhow?? in that case, then maybe they were complaining that they cudnt use the pass for the kids to bypass the queue when the nan didnt ride?? anyhow, it is supposition....

there u go - and yes, i have looked into this loads due to how it affects us

 

[owensdad]

Exactly, there has to be a limit on it therwise it would just be silly.

There are 7 of us in our party, but only myself, the wife and our daughter will be on our sons disabled priority card, my mum and 2 nieces wont be on it so will have to queue as normal, I see nothing wrong with that at all and quite agree that a line has to be drawn somewhere.

Although I am kind of hoping that we could all possibly do some character meets as a whole group, and maybe IASW as there is a special wheelchair enabled boat which would hold all of us just fine, we've always had the boat to ourselves in the past so hopefully it may be ok.

But i'm certainly not going to grumble if its not the case, the main thing is that the immediate family is together.

 

[Julesdis]

Exactly, there has to be a limit on it therwise it would just be silly.

There are 7 of us in our party, but only myself, the wife and our daughter will be on our sons disabled priority card, my mum and 2 nieces wont be on it so will have to queue as normal, I see nothing wrong with that at all and quite agree that a line has to be drawn somewhere.

Although I am kind of hoping that we could all possibly do some character meets as a whole group, and maybe IASW as there is a special wheelchair enabled boat which would hold all of us just fine, we've always had the boat to ourselves in the past so hopefully it may be ok.

But i'm certainly not going to grumble if its not the case, the main thing is that the immediate family is together.

I presume (as you have obviously looked into it) that you know that there are five or six rides that a wheelchair user can't go on at all? Usually where there are steps to climb in the event of an emergency evacuation I think. There's a list on the DLP website in the disabilities guide. This might be a challenge for us if my daughter wants to go on rides my son can't go on.

(We went to Chessington once and they forgot to tell us this, we got turned away from one ride. My son was upset, we complained and they gave him some vouchers to spend in the gift shop. He was fine in the end but it would have been better to have known in advance!)

 

[owensdad]

To be honest the rides aren't a big thing for us at DLP, due to the severity of our son's disability we can really only take him on a few, mainly IASW and Buzz. This is why character meets and things like that are so important for us as it gives him much more pleasure. I'm hoping he has a great time as this may well be his last time at DLP, his condition is unfortunately terminal and as he gets older we know time is very limited.

As long as he is happy then i'm happy!

 

[scampbunny]

i wud certainly ask at iasw.... i reckon if its quiet u wont have an issue at all.... is it school hols when u go???

when we were there, we actually ended up queuing as it was quicker than waiting in the disabled section - go figure that one out!!!!! but then, that was school holidays!!!!

as for the character meets - maybe ask specially - there r sum lovely cms out there that will help - and, altho the character train is a scrum - if u show ur pass and they bring the character to u - thats ideal chance to get ur pic altogether then saying that...... when u go to get the pass, do ask about adding the others on - and maybe, bad as it is, emphasise ur sons condition being terminal and they cud add them..... i work on the if u dont ask, u dont get!!!! my ds2 isnt terminal, but this time the autism got the better of him and buzz & iasw were the only rides he really wanted to go on, so for him, characters were the main thing.....

seriously - do ask, the worst that happens is u end up with the pass for u and ur family, so nothing lost!!!!

jules - yes, that is a prob when ur son can go on rides ur daughter wants.... i think in that case itll either be separate, or not do.... with this new pass, ds2 cant do parachutes & rcracer - both toy story rides, and he loves toy story.... so we avoided the area completely, but as it turns out, i dont think he wud have wanted them anyhow!

i do hope u both have magical trips, i so felt the proper disney magic (due to wonderful cms) and hope that u both get some of the same xxx

 

[Julesdis]

jules - yes, that is a prob when ur son can go on rides ur daughter wants.... i think in that case itll either be separate, or not do.... with this new pass, ds2 cant do parachutes & rcracer - both toy story rides, and he loves toy story.... so we avoided the area completely, but as it turns out, i dont think he wud have wanted them anyhow!

i do hope u both have magical trips, i so felt the proper disney magic (due to wonderful cms) and hope that u both get some of the same xxx

Thanks. We'll work something out - probably involving some sort of food related bribe one way or the other

 

[scampbunny]

Thanks. We'll work something out - probably involving some sort of food related bribe one way or the other

good plan i like ur style!!!! always reminds me of when i did a parenting course, and asked for a mum slogan..... "chocolate is a mums best friend - if in doubt - bribe!"

 

[grad06]

I'm not entirely sure what the family you saw were complaining about though lilacgems? I don't think its unreasonable for 12-year olds to queue together without their parents/guardians (thats what secondary-age school kids will be doing all the time on school trips for example, and lots of kids that age would prefer to do rides with their peers compared with their parents anyway).

were they complaining because their whole party of 5 couldn't use the nan's pass? Surely there has to be some kind of restriction of numbers put in place for the passes, otherwise the whole system would be blocked up, and there would be no advantage at all in anyone having a pass?

I know there has to be a limit to these passes but as a parent of a 16 year old that we are taking and 2 friends 16 year olds, I also feel that sometimes you want to experience things together. Although my DD will have 2 friends with her this holiday it is likely one of the last holidays that she will experience with her dad. He is disabled and his condition has deteriorated in the last 6 months and prognosis is poor. She wants to us to experience parts of the holiday together as a group of 5 and parts of it she will go of with her friends, as her dads condition can be very limiting in what or how much he can do.

So yes there are times that a child over the age of 12 can que with their peers but sometimes it is nice for the party to be together. DLP is a special place that you want to create special memories at. That at times should mean that a party can stay together.

We will be requesting a pass but will not abuse it, had one last time and was very embarrrased using it as did not want to push in/jump any que, often would just go on things with hardly any que.

This time we will most probably only do a a handfull of rides a day as DH gets so tired trying to walk between things, and refuses to have a wheel chair. I am hoping to create really special memories for us, even if DH can sometimes remember the day before

Hope I have not said the wrong thing here but just a point of view that I have.

 

[DLPdaft]

yes, I totally understand your point of view grad06 .

 

[grad06]

Thank you. DLPdaft.

I did not want to upset anyone with my point of view. I just understand that at times you only have a limited time to make memories and sometimes families just want to be together.