Fastpass for pay???

[DVCMem100]

Hey, last time we were there were TONS of people with those motorized chairs. They were allowed to jump in line! a FEW were actually handicapped but most did not look like they were. They were not forced to wait in line.

I had heard a rumor that Disney was going to get rid of this privilege to every person unable to walk around the park all day (just older or fatter!)

BTW - When I saw a child who was obviously truly handicapped I had NO issue with them jumping the line!

 

[minnie61650]

Hey, last time we were there were TONS of people with those motorized chairs. They were allowed to jump in line! a FEW were actually handicapped but most did not look like they were. They were not forced to wait in line.

I had heard a rumor that Disney was going to get rid of this privilege to every person unable to walk around the park all day (just older or fatter!)

BTW - When I saw a child who was obviously truly handicapped I had NO issue with them jumping the line!

Sorry, you are misinformed an ECV allows me and others to experience the magic of Disney that we may not otherwise be able to experience.
It provides equal access and opportunity it does NOT allow
the user to skip the lines.

With the exception of the Make a Wish children Disney does not give out front of the line passes


Disney started mainstreaming most of their lines in the late 1990's. Those in WC/EVC will usually enter in the regular line. They will be able to stay in EVC with their party until just before boarding most of the time.
Sometimes the WC/EVC may be pulled from the mainstream line part way down so they can board the ride in an
Accessible area. * Note they are not being taken to the front of line just an area that is accessible for them. EVC's can't climb steps so sometimes they need to take an elevator. Or they may need to board a ride where the riders usually exit in case
they need an accessible vehicle or need the moving sidewalk slowed or stopped so they can board.

Have you ever been on IASW, HM, Buzz Lighter, or SE when the ride slowed momentarily slowed down or stopped for minute or two?

Most likely that was because the ride had to slowed or stopped so a disabled person could board or disembark from the ride.

When that happens just relax, sit back and enjoy the scenery. After all you are at Disney!

This was posted by SueM in MN .(she is a moderator of the disABILITIES forum) in this thread:

http://disboards.com/showthread.php?p=15921408#post15921408

I agree with the other posters, but I wanted to respond to one comment.

Most of the people who write about wheelchair/ECV abuse are writing what they think about assumptions they have made, rather than about actual facts.
Many people assume that guests using wheelchairs or ECVs get to bypass lines on most attractions. Because of that, they assume that anyone they see who does not look like they need the wheelchair or ECV must be abusing it to get what they think is an advantage.

When MK and Epcot were built, no one thought that much about how people using wheelchairs or ECVs would access the attractions. As a result, some were not wheelchair/ECV accessible or were not accessible thru the regular line; those attractions had a 'wheelchair entrance'. People who didn't use wheelchairs or ECVs saw the 'wheelchair entrances' as a 'perk' or something Disney did to be 'nice' to people with disabilities.
Those of us who used wheelchairs or ECVs knew the truth; that was the only way that those particular attractions were accessible. As time went on and those attractions were renovated or replaced, some were able to be made accessible without a wheelchair entrance.

AK and the Studio were built with accessible lines/attractions (called Mainstream Access), so in most cases, people using wheelchairs or ECVs at those parks will wait in the same lines and for the same amount of time as other guests (LONGER in some cases).

The majority of attractions at WDW are Mainstream Access, so don't worry about people thinking your mother is 'abusing the system'. As the other posters wrote, if she can't walk the distances, she needs to use something.

From this thread:

http://disboards.com/showthread.php?p=15932834#post15932834

Don't count on shorter waits, though.

All of the Fastpass lines and many of the other lines are wheelchair/ECV accessible, so wheelchair/ECV users wait in line with everyone else in the same lines for those attractions (that is called Mainstream Access). All of the attractions at AK and MGM were built with Mainstream Access. Because MK and Epcot were built much longer ago, before wheelchair access was thought of, some of the attractions there have regular entrances that are not accessible and DO have wheelchair entrances. As they renovated attractions, they added Mainstream Access if possible and wheelchair entrances are now the exception, rather than the rule.

Many people have posted that their experience was that for around 50% of attractions, their wait was the same as it would have been had they not been using an ECV/wheelchair. For about 20-25% of attractions, it was faster, but usually not that much faster. And for about 25-30% of the attractions, the wait was longer; sometimes much longer since some attractions have limited numbers of wheelchair 'spots' and there are also fire regulations regarding how many people with special needs may be in the building at one time.
Traveling for many years with one person using a wheelchair and another using an ECV, I that has pretty much been our experience too...........

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[disneymomof2boyz]

I don't know about having different fastpass privelages to Deluxe guests compared to Value guests. That would seem completely unlike Disney to do something like that. But I have been hearing about Disney wanting to give priority to their guests for the Fastpasses. Like an itenerary that is already made, and you choose what you want. I think that's cool.