The RTs don't have the date on the card, they would never know if you waited the next day until after the same time as the card. We had them cross out Matterhorn from yesterday at 12:20 because it was 8:30 am this morning and we were going to go on it first so we got a new return time.
There is no double line for chairs aand DAS that I saw. We did standby for Pirates and small world because of 10 min waits this morning. When we did peter pan, we used DAS and there was only 1 in front of us. Though this was yesterday morning and standby was 40 min.
There is a date on the wheelchair return tickets. There is not a date on the times given on the DAS card.
I have had them use a double line for Peter Pan for me when I had a DAS return time, but only because the wheelchair return line (this is after waiting their "turn" with the wheelchair tickets) had 5 parties in it. I arrived at my return time, and went in about 10 minutes after that.
I think if they can, they will pull people with a DAS ahead of the wheelchair return parties, but not all lines and needs allow that. Some places are too narrow for two lines, and some it is not needed (like when there is one person in front of you).
I do say that if you have a DAS return time and there is a long "return line" - ask a CM what to do, especially if you do NOT have a wheelchair in the group. For some attractions, everyone with a wc return time or a DAS time were being sent through the same place, and the lines can get to be pretty long at certain times of day (after parades, fireworks, fantasmic, end of the night, things like that)
There is no end time on the wc return tickets, and that is causing some congestion at the rides - the idea was not only to combat abuse, but to spread people out, so the wheelchair line did not get too long.
I keep ending up having the same problem - I need the wheelchair boats/vehicles, and it seems like every time I go back to a ride when it is time, there is at least one other party that needs the same vehicle. Which means I get to wait, somewhere between 4 and 20 minutes per party (depending on ride length) in addition to the wheelchair line, in addition to the time I already waited.
I got a wc return time for Jungle Cruise yesterday, and no one needed the wheelchair boat. I am in a manual chair, and since it was a 20 minute wait time, I just stayed in the area. I am solo in the parks, and do not have the ability to push myself in circles all day getting the return tickets, then going back. I watched the wc boat go by empty, then when it was my turn, I was behind someone who needed the wc boat as well. They cannot deviate from the system yet, but rides like JC and IASW are hoping (the attractions CMs hope, I have not heard this from management yet) to have the ability to mark on a ticket whether that person needs the wc boat. That not only gives the ride a heads up what is coming, but if no one is waiting for the wc boat and it is empty, they would just load me in that previous circumstance.
I am all for waiting my turn, but instead I would have waited twice as long as stand-by, because I need the wheelchair boat.
This is going to be especially problematic for Small World Holiday, as those lines are very long. They are having problems at HM right now for the same reason - they don't know if someone needs to park a chair and walk, or take the chair in (green or red card). Since there is no "end time" to the wc return ticket, sometimes 5 or 6 "red cards" show up in a row. This happened the last time I road Mansion. I waited my 90 minutes, went to the attraction, waited outside the queue (even the wc queue was too full to send us in) for about 10 minutes, then waited in the wc holding area for the people in the building to cycle out (another 20+ minutes).
I wish that the wheelchair return tickets had a window like a FP - with opening for the CM to make personal judgments, like if a ride broke down or someone was in an interpreted show that ran late. Most families will be able to make it back, or get another time. If the goal is to spread out wheelchair users, not knowing when people are returning is not helping.
I have had no problems with the DAS. I wish that wheelchair return times had a return window. And as a solo manual wheelchair user, I wish I could get a return time for Splash Mountain without having to push all the way there (very bad hills). I have a DAS, but most manual wheelchair users will not.
The idea is sound, there are just a few bugs to work out. In general, I have had good luck with the way things are working now.