Going on Rides w/a Broken Foot

[Cleokitty]

Wouldn't you know it, my DD10 spent 6 months in a cast earlier this year w/a broken foot. And now, she has gone and done it again--18 days before our trip.

She will be in one of those knee-high black removable casts that is a shoe on the bottom. Anyone have experience riding rides with one of these? Will she be allowed to ride?

I'm beginning to think that it's a sign we should cancel. DD8 was just diagnosed w/a heart condition and now this. AAAAHHHHH!

Thanks for any info.

 

[tacomaranch]

She can get a ECV for easy mobility and it will help on the strain of the foot. They also can issue a GAC at guest relations if you explain her needs. If you use the EVC you won't need the GAC. I ripped up my left ankle snowboarding a few years ago and wore the same thing. It was comforatable but not for walking all day.

As for it all being a sign. I don't know, only you will know, search your heart and ask the Lord and then you will know what to do.

I wish good things in life. April

 

[eeyoreiscool]

She shouldn't have a problem with the rides. You may want to check out the disabilities board and see what they say.

 

[ellenmiele]

We went to WDW in 2005 with my DH in the same situation - broke his lower leg 10 days before we left and he was in a cast just up to his knee. We pushed him around in a wheelchair and used the side entrances for rides he wanted to go on. Most rides - no problem. Hardest thing was that his was the left leg and for most of the rides you get in w/left leg first so it was awkward - few times they needed to stop the ride so he could get in/out. As a result, he didn't go on as many as he would have otherwise. But he says that if he was younger (it's tough to be in a cast when you're 42 yrs old!) , and in the black boot thing (which he got a few weeks after we came home), and if it was his right leg instead of left (which is your DD?), it would have little or no problem.

 

[Cleokitty]

ellenmiele: It's her left foot--exact same place the earlier break was. Go figure!

She's already bummed because this trip we were going to go to Typhoon Lagoon for the first time! At least I can tell her that she will be able to ride Buzz, Tower of Terror, Rockin' Rollercoaster and most of her other favorites.

Thanks

 

[disnut8]

She's not going to be denied going on any attraction. I broke my neck four months ago and managed to do Disney World over Memorial Day with a neck brace. I just focused on what I could do and not what I couldn't do. I had a great time. I'll be "limited" for the rest of my life but that's fine.

As others have said, get a wheelchair. Rent from offsite and have it available 24/7. It's very easy to push around. The husband was diagnosed with acute gout four years ago just two days before our Disney World trip. The wheelchair was the best thing we ever did. I even forced my father into one with his double knee replacement surgery. He admitted (at the age of 76) that it was a good thing. You don't get that much extra attention at the attractions since most of the queues are wheelchair friendly. We had fun with it. My dad, in a manual push chair, actually challenged a guy in an ECV to a race at Animal Kingdom!

Life hands you lemons, make some lemonade.