Ecv bus waiting area

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I've been searching for a thread that's about 18 months old. Can't find it. Can you help please? I think the policy has changed: While waiting for a bus, do we wait off to the side or get in the regular line. With all the negative publicity about Ecv use lately I don't want to add fuel to the fire. Thanks for your help.
 
I've been searching for a thread that's about 18 months old. Can't find it. Can you help please? I think the policy has changed: While waiting for a bus, do we wait off to the side or get in the regular line. With all the negative publicity about Ecv use lately I don't want to add fuel to the fire. Thanks for your help.

at the parks they want you to wait in the regular line but the drivers will tell you to wait off to the side where you always waited. at dhs the ak,ttc,epcot buses pick up in charter and have a separate waiting towards the back with wheelchair symbol on the ground. most of the parks their drivers waiting to change out a driver you can always ask them or ask at the info booth which each park will have.

At the resorts that don't have a que you just wait at a safe distance to the curb when you see your bus wave to the driver so they know you want that bus. sometimes they focus on parking the bus so you may need to let them know you want to board. The resort that has a que will have a separate que towards the back.

Thanks for your service
 
At the resorts, many of the bus stops have buses for many locations stopping at the same stop. Since people don't know whether the bus they are waiting for is the next one coming, the 'line' often doesn't form until people can see which bus is coming next.
All the resort bus stops have a painted box outline with a wheelchair symbol inside the box at the bus stop. Guests with mobility devices can park in or near that box so the driver can see you.
If the bus coming is the one you want, let the driver know by waving, nodding, pointing or some other way that lets the driver know you want that bus.
Shaking your head would be the way to lt the driver know you are not waiting or that bus.

At the parks, different bus stops are set up a bit differently. The expectation is that guests with wheelchairs or ECVs will get into the line with other guests.
A few lines have no 'opening' until the line comes to the front of the bus.
Many of the lines have a wheelchair 'opening' at the last turn of the line, in front of the area the back door will be when the bus stops. In those lines, the intent is to enter the line and continue in it to that 'opening' and at that point, wait where the driver can see you.

Some drivers my tell guests to go directly to that waiting area, and others will tell guests to use the regular line up to that point. If there are other guests already waiting and the line extends further than the wheelchair opening, guests who go directly to the wheelchair area will not be 'popular' with other guests (if that area is even accessible without going thru the line - some are not).

If in doubt, you can ask the CM who is directing guests to their stops.
 

The only problem we had was at the parks, MK more so. You go through the queue with everyone. Then they put you on the side when you get up there. It may take about 4 buses or more to get back at night. Once we got up there with family you can't get on the loading bus.

I had the bus driver tell our family, i didnt see you. At that point you wait again, but the next bus may not have handicap entry, the buses are pulled from everywhere to empty out. So wait again....we like to stay at night and taking the car to MK is a hike in and out.

We all tried the boat and were run over by teens and adults. There was no place for the older family to sit when we got in there. The monorail is mobbed.
 





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