Disney Vet needs help! Please!

[jagfanjosh3252]

Hi, my mom literally jsut told me we are going to Disney 3days THIS WEEKEND and with me being the Disney Vet I am, I've been told to plan. My little sister has a walking boot on, and this is the main reason we are going. Every year we go to St. Augustine Beach for Mothers Day, my mom doesn't think that she will be able to swim much since she has to take her boot off. My questions are such: (BTW, I've read the sticky. Just want to clarify a few things and ask questions I didn't see on there)

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1. Has anyone here had to have a walking boot on and go to Disney? What did the DR say you can't ride? What were you able to do? My mom is not gonna let her on any coasters. Is that smart?

2. If we get a wheelchair, it's just $10 a day if we do more than 1 right? And no deposit?

3. We don't need to get the GAC do we? I don't know if we need to get once if she has a wheelchair or can we just use regular queue.


4. Any other tips you can give me for someone using a walking boot would be helpful!

 

[ibcrazie4dizney]

I have broken my left foot twice, and both times it was just prior to a Disney vacation. so two Disney trips with boot. first time, I thought I was ok to walk the parks and also felt funny asking someone to push me around. well, what a mistake, my foot never healed properly and I had to have surgery to get a plate in my foot. On my second boot trip, I was smart enough to rent an ecv from an outside company and had it delivered to my resort for the whole stay. what a good thing, I was so much more comfortable, would definitely recommend it.

I didn't get a gac. since I did have the boot and was aloud some walking, I used the scooter to do all the long distance between attractions. parked it and got in line. plus, it was nice to stand up and stretch for a few mins. I don't do rollercoasters but every other ride I was able to get on without a problem. I don't know why she couldn't do coasters. If she is in a lot of pain and cant walk on it, then I would get gac, sometimes she could use scooter/wheel chair alittle further into the attraction.

 

[WheeledTraveler]

If she has the wheelchair, she won't need a GAC. GACs are for invisible disabilities and the wheelchair makes hers visible. I'd really suggest just bringing the wheelchair through the lines. The majority are mainstreamed so it won't make a difference in where/how long you wait. Even if she can walk some, bringing the wheelchair is the only way she can definitely sit if she suddenly needs a seat. If she wants to walk, I'd suggest doing so inside stores and possibly restaurants where she could get to a seat faster if she needed to sit than she could in a line. The wheelchair will also probably help her conserve her energy. I use my own wheelchair so haven't rented at WDW, but if I'm reading the FAQ correctly, you're correct about the pricing. The one caveat I have on renting is that the WDW wheelchairs are all at least standard adult size (some are even wider). That does mean that if she's small or a younger child, she may find it uncomfortable. Even if she's an adult, she probably won't be able to push it herself. At a point when I was a close to full-time manual wheelchair user, I ended up in a WDW rental for a short time when my wheelchair had a problem in the middle of the MK and we needed to fix it. I couldn't wheel myself in the WDW chair to get to where we fixed it then, even though I was in pretty much the best upper-body shape I've ever been in. If your sister is small enough that it would make more sense to rent a stroller than a wheelchair, you would need to get a GAC to be able to bring the stroller into lines (they will give them to you for strollers rented in the park). If she's large enough for a park rental to be okay (5 ft or so), you may want to bring a pillow with you for her to sit on and a towel to drape over the back in case the sun gets hot. I think the park rentals are all vinyl and that can start to stick to you in the heat.

It's worth having her (or your mother) put in a call to her doctor to ask about restrictions. Plenty of people in walking boots are able to do the majority of rides, including coasters. The only one I can think of where WDW might not let her ride is Soarin' (because of the legs dangling). For other rides, as long as she hits the height limit (standing) and can brace with one foot for coasters, WDW doesn't usually care. Without knowing why your sister has the walking boot, it's harder to give more specific info.