Have you ever had a shock?

[SueM in MN]

I was told that if I had a form completed by her doctor, we could move to the front of the lines. I did not do this.

You were told WRONG. The only people who get cards that let them move to the front of the line are children on Make A Wish trip and similar.
The card that WDW has is called a Guest Assistance Card (GAC, so we don't have to type so much).
The GAC says right on it that it is not meant to shorten or eleminate waits in line. It is a tool for CMs to tell what sorts of accomidations people need in order to experience attractions. The GAC is based on the needs the person has and allows things (if they are available) that will meet those needs. Some possible things might be a place to wait out of the sun, bringing a stroller into lines and having it treated like a wheelchair. Not all GACs say the same things; the CM stamps the appropriate messages to meet the needs of the person onto the card when it is issued.
If you want more information about GACs, check out the disABILITIES FAQs thread near the top of the disABILITIES Board.

First, she will be living with this condition her entire life. She needs to learn to pace herself so that she does not exhaust herself. She needs to learn what her limits are because she will not always be someplace where she will get to skip to the front of the line. Second, it would not be fair to all those people who have waited so long if we just walked right up and got on with no wait at all. I did rent her a stroller although she was much too big for it so that we were guaranteed that she would have a sit when she needed one. Also, she sat in it during parades and the castle stage show, etc. On our next trip, I will probably have to rent her a wheelchair, because there is no way she can use a stroller now. However, I can assure you that we will not use the chair to get out of standing with the rest of you.

Very good outlook.
If you do rent a wheelchair next time you go to WDW, you will find that most of the lines/attractions are wheelchair accessible and you will be waiting in the same lines as everyone else. In fact, for someone like my DD who can't get out of her wheelchair without us lifting her out, we may wait even longer sometimes for the attractions that have a wheelchair accessible car.

 

[MASHELL]

Absolutely sad that you are THIS angry at ONE person in a wheelchair getting on a bus before you. Maybe you need to think twice about going again if you're going to get all pissy over a guy lifting his own wheelchair onto a bus.

mquara, I think this person was being sarcastic. I too have no problem with anyone using a wheelchair, crutches, ECV, etc. What I have a problem with is people thinking
because they use these items, it entitles them and their entire party to go to the front of the line when using a bus. How many times have you been in a veeerrrryyy long line, see your bus approaching, feel "O.K. I'm finally getting back to the room.", only to have a wheelchair and 20 (I'm not exaggerating) family members arrive at the last second and board the bus, with every member taking a seat. I think Disney should allow the wheelchair bound person and ONE or TWO persons to accompany them, if they are allowed to the front of the line. The rest of the family should wait in line with everyone else.

 

[mytwotinks]

What have I started and what have you people done to me. I simply meant that the it was not what I was unexpecting to see.

Now that I have been put in my place it makes me wonder how this is going to effect me in the future... more or less sympanthy for folks with medical conditions. Before this thread I would have had some sympathy for folks in wheelchairs and thought how brave they must be to to Disney with extra challenges and now I have to admit that I will be thinking to myself well just get up and lift your darn wheelchair. Go ahead now.... I am totally use to getting blasted my unknown internet posters.

So should we all wait in line or should there be a priority line rotation ... Disney could hand out color buttons and rank you place in line based on mental or physical challenges. Limited mobility folks could get a green button and folks dying of breast cancer could get a pink button and folks that were having their babies shipped off to war could get a blue button, etc... Only Disney would have to fiqure out which color deserved to go first or second or third.

IMHO if you are lucky enough to have the resources and determination to get to WDW then you should wait in line for the stinking bus after fireworks. You won't see me in those lines I will be hiding in the back of the park afraid to move. Gawd blast you folks and your darn discussion boards!

Don't let it get you down. I always laugh when I read about the "invisible disabilities" that some people have to deal with. Don't get me wrong. I totally agree that there are issues that people have to deal with that no one can look at them and see. I guess my problem is that these people are not concerned about the "invisible disabilities" of the other guests in line that they may be stepping in front of.

My 8 yo has major kidney/bladder issues and has to "go" without much warning. So, if another guest gets in the back of the line and then the bus pulls up and their family of 20 gets on first (this happened to me in June) and then causes my family to have to wait for another bus, this could be a problem. My dd may not be able to wait that long to "go". I am not saying that there don't need to be some concesions given to the handicapped. I just don't see any reason that they don't have to wait at all in line for the buses. If they are healthy enough to be in FL when it is 95 degrees outside, maybe they could wait for a bus.

 

[mytwotinks]

Absolutely sad that you are THIS angry at ONE person in a wheelchair getting on a bus before you. Maybe you need to think twice about going again if you're going to get all pissy over a guy lifting his own wheelchair onto a bus.

She didn't say she was angry. She said that she was shocked. You seem to be the one getting "pissy"!

 

[mikymouse]

I was not angry just shocked, otherwise I would have posted on the "what made you angry" thread... quite frankly nothing makes me angry on vacation I am with my family and I would rather be sitting with my babies in my arms sitting on a sticky concrete bus stop for 90 minutes than working at my job any day of the week... thankful for every second I get on the earth with them.

 

[MareQ]

She didn't say she was angry. She said that she was shocked. You seem to be the one getting "pissy"!

Nope - I'm not pissy about anything

 

[DebIreland]

I was not angry just shocked, otherwise I would have posted on the "what made you angry" thread... quite frankly nothing makes me angry on vacation I am with my family and I would rather be sitting with my babies in my arms sitting on a sticky concrete bus stop for 90 minutes than working at my job any day of the week... thankful for every second I get on the earth with them.

I like your thinking. Count me in. I

 

[rgribik]

mquara, I think this person was being sarcastic. I too have no problem with anyone using a wheelchair, crutches, ECV, etc. What I have a problem with is people thinking
because they use these items, it entitles them and their entire party to go to the front of the line when using a bus. How many times have you been in a veeerrrryyy long line, see your bus approaching, feel "O.K. I'm finally getting back to the room.", only to have a wheelchair and 20 (I'm not exaggerating) family members arrive at the last second and board the bus, with every member taking a seat. I think Disney should allow the wheelchair bound person and ONE or TWO persons to accompany them, if they are allowed to the front of the line. The rest of the family should wait in line with everyone else.

Well said, this happened to us many times(one group had 15 ppl). You have to stop and think if I was with a group and a wheelchair bound person, would we want to split up?
But it is very frustrating to wait and wait then get bumped by a large group.
It is even harder when it is 100 or so and the sun is frying your kids.

 

[MASHELL]

Well said, this happened to us many times(one group had 15 ppl). You have to stop and think if I was with a group and a wheelchair bound person, would we want to split up?
But it is very frustrating to wait and wait then get bumped by a large group.
It is even harder when it is 100 or so and the sun is frying your kids.

RGRIBIK,
Splitting the party would be their option. They could also sit and wait until their party gets to the front of the line and then board.

 

[DisneyWorld Delight]

Ok, we have spent 3, 4 pages debating the disabilities, advantages, disadvantages of ecv/wheelchairs....I'm sure this isn't the first and won't be the last. But...we've gotten past the breastfeeding debates a couple times, taking your kids out of school, and many others.

Lets make nice and move on. Back to shockers!

 

[Darian]

Ok, we have spent 3, 4 pages debating the disabilities, advantages, disadvantages of ecv/wheelchairs....I'm sure this isn't the first and won't be the last. But...we've gotten past the breastfeeding debates a couple times, taking your kids out of school, and many others.

Lets make nice and move on. Back to shockers!

I think it might help "calm the waters" regarding this whole loading wheel chair passengers first on the busses if people knew why Disney does this. One reason is for safety - the wheelchair lift would very easily sever the hands, fingers or feet of children or adults that got in the way. Remember, a large piece of the bus floor moves up and down. The other reason is that seats have to be folded up to accomodate the wheelchairs. Accomplishing this is much easier if no one but the driver is aboard the bus.

As the survivor of 5 heart attacks and 30 heart surgeries, (number 30 was two weeks ago) I'm one of those with a "hidden" disability. I've been shocked and amazed by the kindness and heartwarming assistance I've recieved at WDW by complete strangers. Maybe I've just been lucky but I've yet to experience the snide looks and nasty murmurs other posters have experienced. And yes, I wait in line like everyone else to ride the attractions - after all, why miss the pre-ride show?

A Word to My Smoking Friends

I like the smell of smoke. Unfortunately, my arteries do not. The nicotine in the smoke is a powerful vasoconstrictor... meaning it makes your arteries shrink in diameter and reduces the flow of blood to your heart. Even one breath of smoke is enough to give me instant and severe chest pain. A few shots of nitro glycerin and some rest get rid of the pain, but during those times I'm at greater risk for a heart attack. If I blunder into a smoking area then its my own dumb fault. But please, confine your smoking to those areas. There are more people with heart disease than you may realize.

 

[jann1033]

so was the kid who " relieved himself" on the guy's leg at least related to him or was it a "random walk-by peeing"

 

[shawnaluvs2teach]

This happended at (gasp ) Knotts Berry Farm here in california. DH was in line for a ride withe some friends and DS7, one of the friends was a police officer, and from behind them a group of teenage girls start to cut in front of them and my husband said " you've got to stand in line like the rest of us" and one of the girls says "but our boyfriends are in line ahead of you and they have our purses" so our cop friends says "which guys?" and they point to some random guys in line ahead of them and our cop friends says to the guys "hey, do you have these girls purses?" and the guys say that they don't even know the girls. so my husband says "tough luck" to the teenage girls and they start getting attitude with him and our friends, and our cop friends pulls out his badge and tells them to calm down or something might happen, and then one of the girls yells "hey! he's a po-po, everyone look, there's a po-po. He's cool with his little badge." and everyone in our group can't believe the disrespect. These girls were only around 12 or 13 ( dressed like hooches, too) So my husband realizes that he'd better get DS7 out of there before the bomb drops, so he starts to leave the line and the girls start calling him a sissy man "hey look at the bald sissy man leaving" so our cop friend says he's going to call security and the girls are like " we've got a knife in our purse, we're not scared of you Po-po". Security came and escorted them out of the line and they were cussin' at my Dh and our cop friend the whole time. sheesh!

 

[FutureMrsC]

Is it my imagination or are kids getting worse and worse at a younger age each year? At this rate, we'll have some kindergarteners cussing us out (and using the language correctly...) Oh wait... no... one of my first graders can already successfully call women b****es, as well as explain to other students what the word means

 

[mitros]

This happended at (gasp ) Knotts Berry Farm here in california. DH was in line for a ride withe some friends and DS7, one of the friends was a police officer, and from behind them a group of teenage girls start to cut in front of them and my husband said " you've got to stand in line like the rest of us" and one of the girls says "but our boyfriends are in line ahead of you and they have our purses" so our cop friends says "which guys?" and they point to some random guys in line ahead of them and our cop friends says to the guys "hey, do you have these girls purses?" and the guys say that they don't even know the girls. so my husband says "tough luck" to the teenage girls and they start getting attitude with him and our friends, and our cop friends pulls out his badge and tells them to calm down or something might happen, and then one of the girls yells "hey! he's a po-po, everyone look, there's a po-po. He's cool with his little badge." and everyone in our group can't believe the disrespect. These girls were only around 12 or 13 ( dressed like hooches, too) So my husband realizes that he'd better get DS7 out of there before the bomb drops, so he starts to leave the line and the girls start calling him a sissy man "hey look at the bald sissy man leaving" so our cop friend says he's going to call security and the girls are like " we've got a knife in our purse, we're not scared of you Po-po". Security came and escorted them out of the line and they were cussin' at my Dh and our cop friend the whole time. sheesh!

Yes, this the sad state our great country is in, There is no respect for authority. And that's mainly because of how the authority has had it's hands tied by the courts and the liberals. "nuff said, I won't get into any further debate about the situation.

 

[Philadisney]

Yes, this the sad state our great country is in, There is no respect for authority. And that's mainly because of how the authority has had it's hands tied by the courts and the liberals. "nuff said, I won't get into any further debate about the situation.

i hope you are kidding.


please, no political debates people.....


now i'm off to disneyworld, i'll keep my eyes open for shocking events!!

 

[mitros]

i hope you are kidding.


please, no political debates people.....


now i'm off to disneyworld, i'll keep my eyes open for shocking events!!

No, I am NOT kidding, and I did say "nuff said, so don't push the subject, please.......

 

[Philadisney]

No, I am NOT kidding, and I did say "nuff said, so don't push the subject, please.......

just fyi...making an insulting statement about a huge group of americans and then saying 'nuff said' doesn't make it okay and doesn't mean you're not going to irritate anyone with your statement.

let's get back to the stories!

 

[mytwotinks]

No, I am NOT kidding, and I did say "nuff said, so don't push the subject, please.......

I'm sorry, but you have to be kidding. You can't make a statement and then say that others cannot make a statement in their own defense. This really makes me wonder what you are like in the real world.

 

[a*lil*bit*goofy]

i hope you are kidding.


please, no political debates people.....


now i'm off to disneyworld, i'll keep my eyes open for shocking events!!

and please share a review, esp of the hotel.. if u notice in my siggy, thats where i am staying!