Has Peter Pan been Mainstreamed?

[minnie mum]

Wheelchair/ECV users have, in the past, always needed to use the alternate entrance (the exit). I know that they were going to refurb the entrances to the ride, and I wonder if they have been (or will be with the upcoming closure) mainstreamed for those of us on wheels?

 

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

they haven't started work on the peter pan line yet so none can really say if it has been or not. It most likely won't be mainstreamed due to the issue with the conveyor belts for load and unload unless they change it to get rid of them and make it so the ride stops like in Disneyland.

 

[lovethattink]

No, Peter Pan has not been mainstreamed. However, there is something about a 2 wheelchair rule. When we rode it the other day, a cm was talking to his manager about someone who had been ahead of us who was upset that his wait was so long because of the 2 wheelchair rule.

 

[minnie mum]

I'm not surprised that they have to limit how many wheelchair guests are on the ride at any one time. First, there isn't much room to store the wheelchairs while the guest is riding. And second, I think they have to have a limit for safety reasons in case the ride breaks down and guests have to be evacuated.

I'm hoping that they will modify the queues and the loading/unloading areas with the next refurb so that it can be mainstreamed. Or at least provide a better entrance for wheelchairs than the current one. I know that there must be major design problems because the ride was designed WAY before accessibility was a thing. Here's hoping...

 

[cmwade77]

Why not make it where they can start and stop it like Haunted Mansion, etc.?

I would also like to see them make the People Mover accessible.

 

[bidnow5]

Why not make it where they can start and stop it like Haunted Mansion, etc.?

I would also like to see them make the People Mover accessible.

I think it would be a big deal to make it stop I was on it once when it stopped it stopped dead and my head hit the back of the vehicle I don't think there is a way to slow it

 

[WheeledTraveler]

The way Peter Pan runs, if you stop the ride, everyone has to disembark. I believe it has to do with a safety issue with how some cars would be suspended when it stopped, but I can't remember where I read that. My guess is that it's much more complicated than just providing more room at the loading area.

 

[Michigan]

Why not make it where they can start and stop it like Haunted Mansion, etc.?

I would also like to see them make the People Mover accessible.

Has to do with people dangling that high up when ride is stopped. You can go to the CM at the end of the night and ask if you can be the last ride of the night. After everyone is off they stop the ride and the CM's get to ride. My daughter asks once a year and has never been told no.

 

[SueM in MN]

Why not make it where they can start and stop it like Haunted Mansion, etc.?

I would also like to see them make the People Mover accessible.

When they were doing the construction for what turned out told be the Tomorrowland stage, we were hoping it be an elevator and boarding area for Peoplemover. ::

Has to do with people dangling that high up when ride is stopped. You can go to the CM at the end of the night and ask if you can be the last ride of the night. After everyone is off they stop the ride and the CM's get to ride. My daughter asks once a year and has never been told no.

Agree with Michigan.
The pirate boats are suspended above the ground and for safety, they can't leave unrestrained guests dangling up in the air.

There are rumors that the current Peter Pan renovation will include interactive elements. Since they will have the [removed] bathroom space to use! they could make part of the line Mainstream, but they would still need to have a 'holding area' at boarding for guests to get into position to get on (quickly - those Pirate ships do fly pretty fast) and a place to store wheelchairs while guests are riding.
..........

 

[KPeveler]

Also note - ECVs and powerchairs, basically wheels with a motor, are not allowed in - I was stopped at the exit and told to park by powerchair about 30 yards from the ride exit. At that time, I was not offered a park manual wheelchair to transfer and use to access the ride.

This was 4 years ago - though I still expect that power vehicles are not allowed past the exit and into the ride itself, I am not sure if they have a manual chair there to get from where parking to ride. I am also not sure about

I never believed the thing about being suspended when stopped as the reason for why Peter Pan cannot be stopped for a disabled guest, because the Peter Pan in Disneyland is suspended the whole time, and each ship is stopped to load each guest. DL's version is not continuous-running though (like Haunted Mansion, I can't remember how Florida is).

The ships in DL, however, have modified lap bars that are much more like a roller-coaster and even more confining - it is designed to wrap around the sides, so once it is pulled down, no one is getting out (it has more safety features than the rollercoasters in the park). The ships are jerky when stopped, but they are designed to do so.

It may be that in MK, the ride mechanism itself is not built to allow the ride to stop completely. It is an older ride, original to the park, and heaven knows how recently the mechanism was changed. It may still be the original style.

So the ride not stopping in MK may have something to do with the style of the ride vehicle - it may be pass the Disney lawyers and safety experts when it comes to keeping kids actually in the boat if it stopped. And it may be that the mechanism that moves the ride is too old or is not equipped to safely stop with guests on board. On person has already reported the ride stops abruptly and they hit their head. It may be with a ride update, when the do the queue (I don't know if the ride is going down), that they will be able to stop the ride for guests with disabilities.

For WDW goers - if you currently cannot ride because it does not stop, please write to Disney. Here in DL, they tell me to use the "contact us" option at the bottom of the DL website. If the true is the same in WDW, then this is the link to "email us" at the bottom of the WDW website:

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/help/email/

Changing the mechanism and potentially even the style of the ride vehicle will be expensive, and Disney may not do it if they do not know that enough people will want it. So email them - I usually get fairly good results if I do! If nothing else, it can't hurt.

 

[SmallWorld71]

Can it be slowed down?
I would swear that when I rode in April, they stopped the ride. There was a party of 3, including a young boy with a GKTW button that got on. The whole process was very quick. It appeared to me that the ride stopped, but maybe it just seemed that way? I was in the FP line, not on the ride, when it happened. The kids (14 and 10) noticed it too.

 

[lanejudy]

Can it be slowed down?
I would swear that when I rode in April, they stopped the ride. There was a party of 3, including a young boy with a GKTW button that got on. The whole process was very quick. It appeared to me that the ride stopped, but maybe it just seemed that way? I was in the FP line, not on the ride, when it happened. The kids (14 and 10) noticed it too.

No, Peter Pan cannot be slowed or stopped.

 

[BillSears]

It can be stopped but only in an emergency. The last time I rode Peter Pan in WDW was when they hit the panic button. I was at the exit debating if I could make the transfer fast enough and someone was slow getting off the ride. They were about to run into the railing while part way off the ride and the CM hit the panic button and stopped Peter Pan. I used that lucky break to get on. I haven't been on since then in WDW because I just can't make the transfer fast enough.

 

[SueM in MN]

It can be stopped but only in an emergency. The last time I rode Peter Pan in WDW was when they hit the panic button. I was at the exit debating if I could make the transfer fast enough and someone was slow getting off the ride. They were about to run into the railing while part way off the ride and the CM hit the panic button and stopped Peter Pan. I used that lucky break to get on. I haven't been on since then in WDW because I just can't make the transfer fast enough.

We have something in common

We ALMOST had them hit the panic button the last time we rode with DD. My DH could not get off fast enough carrying DD and was almost ready to run out of space.
The CMs were ready to hit the panic button, but he and DD made it off just in the nick of time.
That was kind of scary and was the last time we rode Peter Pan.

We keep thinking of asking if we can ride the last ride of the night, but DD doesn't usually make it to park closing.

 

[mrsclark]

The way Peter Pan runs, if you stop the ride, everyone has to disembark. I believe it has to do with a safety issue with how some cars would be suspended when it stopped, but I can't remember where I read that. My guess is that it's much more complicated than just providing more room at the loading area.

I have been on the ride when it was stopped (probably for 2-4 minutes) and we were not evacuated??? Maybe I am not reading the above post correctly. While we were waiting in line, a father was carrying his daughter (who used a wheelchair) and loading her into one car. He put her with her brother in one ship and then ran back with his wife and got in the ship behind. I remember thinking that is going to be a problem unloading - he should have put her in the back car and gotten in the front so he could get out and unload her, instead she had to sit and wait for his car to unload (not sure that it was possible to do it that way though just making an observation). Anyway one minute or so into our ride, it was stopped and I am guessing it was because they had to hit the panic button so the father could unload the daughter safely on the other side. We were stopped maybe a couple of minutes, someone came on the loud speaker to say we would be moving shortly and we started up again. But a couple of times when we have ridden PP, I thought about how hard it would be to evacuate from that ride...

 

[SmallWorld71]

It can be stopped but only in an emergency. The last time I rode Peter Pan in WDW was when they hit the panic button. I was at the exit debating if I could make the transfer fast enough and someone was slow getting off the ride. They were about to run into the railing while part way off the ride and the CM hit the panic button and stopped Peter Pan. I used that lucky break to get on. I haven't been on since then in WDW because I just can't make the transfer fast enough.

Perhaps we saw something like this without realizing it.
We were looking at where you would get on via the exit (because of where we were in line), not at people getting off.