EE and a broken ankle?

[trampslady]

So, my father is going with us, and he's nursing a shattered ankle in a cast. He will have a scooter, and he cannot put weight on the foot at all. He will use crutches to move from the scooter to rides, dinner, etc. Any opinions on whether he can ride Expedition Everest? I've ridden it, and I think it's pretty smooth, and I don't recall any reason why I would have put weight (other than resting) on my foot. Am I being too "wishful thinking" here?

 

[DisneyDad in PA]

My only concern would be leg room. I know it seemed tight for me when I got in. I believe there is a car outside the ride to test and see if you can fit. Perhaps try that first.

 

[Colorado DISers]

If he's over 6 feet tall he may have some leg room issues. I'm 6'5" and was pretty cramped, but I could pull my legs into a semi-comfortable position

 

[trampslady]

Thanks guys. He's 5'11". I guess we'll let my mom ride and let her be the judge.

 

[pezheadmeg]

It all depends on what time of trooper your father is. I did almost everything with my ankle casted after an ORIF. I was back camp supervising while on crutches and started a job as live in staff for a group home while just coming off of them. Would I have tried Everest, well it wasn't open at that point, but probably.

There's wimps that deal with being on crutches and there are wimpy crutches that deal with us nuts who don't know they're on crutches!​

I'll have my aircast in 3 weeks, just in case I have a tendonitis flare up, and to be honest advil and Thermacare heat wraps exist for a reason.

 

[SueM in MN]

My only concern would be leg room. I know it seemed tight for me when I got in. I believe there is a car outside the ride to test and see if you can fit. Perhaps try that first.

There is a test car outside to try. I have not ridden (I sent my DH in as a test subject). I wonder if there would be any points where you would brace yourself with your foot while going around curves??