Hi everyone! I'm Sam from Europe, and my family and I are going to WDW this summer.
Since English is not my first language, I apologize if all my questions have been asked before.
I have searched this board, but still, I am not sure about everything.
I also tried to read everything about Disneys new service for disabled persons on their homepage, but I'm still not sure if I get everything right.
We have been to WDW a few years ago, but everything seems different now.
My DD has a walking disability. She can walk, but only short distances, and there is no way she can stand in line for an hour for example. The problem beeing the ability to stand, not the line itself. She also doesn't need a special car for the ride.
She uses a regular stroller as a wheelchair.
If I got this right, what we still need to do at disney is to get a "stroller as a wheelchair" tag for her stroller.
Does she now have to go with us to get the tagg, or could my hubby or me do it for her, like we did last time?
Further, my understanding is, as her disability is just walking/standing, she doesn't need a DAS Card.
If an attraction has a meinstream line, we can enter it, with her sitting in her stroller, a CM will tell us where we can leave the stroller during the ride, and my DD can walk the short distance to board the ride.
What I am not sure about is, what about ride with no mainstream entrance?
As I understood, we will get a return time, but how does it work?
Do we have to be "on time" like eith a FP, or can she be "late" like with DAS return times?
Are we allowed to do a ride with mainstream entrance during out wait time for the other ride?
And, finally which rides to provied mainstream entrances? I tried to look this up on diesney.com, but the list postet there and their own disability guid (I downloaded from their page) give me different informations (or my English is too bad to understand them correctly).
For example the list on the hompage does not mention Big Thunder or Jungle cruise to have a meinstram line.
But the disabled guide doesn't say anything about an alternate entrance at the jungle Cruise. At big thunder it says "ask CM for options".
The only ride i read about an alternate entrance on the guide was It's a small world.
(This ride seems not to have changed since our last time in WDW)
I am sorry if I seem to ask obvius things an/or silly questions.
It's just that I want this vaction for my DD to be great, and not to be running arround not knowing where and how to get in line for the rides she likes.
I am looking forward to hear from you and get some help.
Thank you in advance!
Sam
Since English is not my first language, I apologize if all my questions have been asked before.
I have searched this board, but still, I am not sure about everything.
I also tried to read everything about Disneys new service for disabled persons on their homepage, but I'm still not sure if I get everything right.
We have been to WDW a few years ago, but everything seems different now.
My DD has a walking disability. She can walk, but only short distances, and there is no way she can stand in line for an hour for example. The problem beeing the ability to stand, not the line itself. She also doesn't need a special car for the ride.
She uses a regular stroller as a wheelchair.
If I got this right, what we still need to do at disney is to get a "stroller as a wheelchair" tag for her stroller.
Does she now have to go with us to get the tagg, or could my hubby or me do it for her, like we did last time?
Further, my understanding is, as her disability is just walking/standing, she doesn't need a DAS Card.
If an attraction has a meinstream line, we can enter it, with her sitting in her stroller, a CM will tell us where we can leave the stroller during the ride, and my DD can walk the short distance to board the ride.
What I am not sure about is, what about ride with no mainstream entrance?
As I understood, we will get a return time, but how does it work?
Do we have to be "on time" like eith a FP, or can she be "late" like with DAS return times?
Are we allowed to do a ride with mainstream entrance during out wait time for the other ride?
And, finally which rides to provied mainstream entrances? I tried to look this up on diesney.com, but the list postet there and their own disability guid (I downloaded from their page) give me different informations (or my English is too bad to understand them correctly).
For example the list on the hompage does not mention Big Thunder or Jungle cruise to have a meinstram line.
But the disabled guide doesn't say anything about an alternate entrance at the jungle Cruise. At big thunder it says "ask CM for options".
The only ride i read about an alternate entrance on the guide was It's a small world.
(This ride seems not to have changed since our last time in WDW)
I am sorry if I seem to ask obvius things an/or silly questions.
It's just that I want this vaction for my DD to be great, and not to be running arround not knowing where and how to get in line for the rides she likes.
I am looking forward to hear from you and get some help.
Thank you in advance!
Sam