How does Haunted Mansion work with an ECV?

[disneyandme]

My DM will be using an ECV wand I would like to try to get her to ride HM with me. She can work short distances but cannot use the moving belt entries. How does that work?

 

[WhateverLolaWants]

As far as I know, she must do the walkway. In May 2007 (before the new HM), my grandmother was forced to walk a long hallway to the stretching room, and then fight the crowd of people who were pushing her out of the way. I unhooked the line chain so she didn't have to weave in and out and told the CM to slow down the walkway. I'm not quite sure how it is now since they redid the attraction, perhaps they changed the handicapped boarding pratice because it was ridiculous before. /rant

 

[SueM in MN]

People using ECVs enter the regular line and stay in the line with everyone else in line until just a little way before the line gets to the turnstiles before entering the building. Look for the black hearse on the right side of the line. There is a chained area with a wheelchair symbol near it. Wait there until a CM comes to let you into the exit courtyard.
At that point, you will have a choice of walking into the stretching room thru the "Servant's Entrance", which is a back door into the room. After watching the 'show' in that room, the guests continue on thru the room to the regular boarding area. The boarding area is dark and starts out wide, but gradually gets narrower and narrower to funnel people into a single file line for boarding. The guests kind of crowd thru the dark area to get to board. The CMs at that area can't slow or stop the moving walkway when you board at the usual entrance (except an emergency stop). If the moving walkway is not a problem, it is OK to board there and the ECV will be waiting at the end where you left it parked.

The other choice is to skip the stretching room and just go on the ride by boarding at the exit. The scooter can be brought close to the ride car for boarding or you can park it in the exit courtyard area and walk into the exit. The CMs normally slow the moving walkway, and that is often enough for most people. If you need it to be totally stopped, they can stop it for you, but you need to ask for what you need. It can only be stopped if you board at the exit.
Here's a picture of a stopped Doombuggy.

It has always been the way I described, but CMs are not always clear to people (they usually ask, "Can you walk 200 feet" and don't mention that the moving walkway can't be stopped if you enter that way.