How to go through line with an ECV?

[IckyMickey]

My friend's parents are taking her family of 6 and her brother's family of 5 to Epcot for their 50th Anniversary. Her dad will either be using an ECV or wheelchair. How do they stand in line? Is there a separate line similar to the fast pass line? Is their wait shorter then a stand-by line then?

Thanks!


PS - I was telling them how I thought they should tour including the use of fast passes and they thought you had a buy fast passes.

 

[disnut8]

Just about every queue line at Disney World is wheelchair friendly so they will be standing/sitting with everyone else. The Cast Member at the entrance will direct them if they need to follow any other procedures than the normal ones.

There are designated handicapped seating areas in theatres and shows. The rest of the family can join the wheelchair person in those seats but I can tell you from experience, the seats are really not the best in most cases.

You might want to go over to the disabilities forum where there's lots more information. In short, they shouldn't expect that much difference from a person not in a wheelchair.

 

[Brian_WDW74]

I've moved this thread to the disABILITIES! board.

 

[kaytieeldr]

There will be some lines where he will be required to transfer to a park-provided wheelchair (generally because wheels can manuever through the line, but ECVs are too bulky). Examples are Pirates of the Caribbean and Tower of Terror.

In ALL cases, simply approach the Greeter (Cast Member at the entrance to a ride/attraction queue) and follow that person's instructions.

 

[Chuck S]

There will be some lines where he will be required to transfer to a park-provided wheelchair (generally because wheels can manuever through the line, but ECVs are too bulky). Examples are Pirates of the Caribbean and Tower of Terror.

In ALL cases, simply approach the Greeter (Cast Member at the entrance to a ride/attraction queue) and follow that person's instructions.

Pirates of the Caribbean seems to vary their procedure. Last Saturday Mom was allowed to stay in her own manual chair until she boarded the ride, upon exit, we used an attraction wheelchair. We then returned to the entrance queue area to retrieve her personal chair.

ECV users will need to transfer to an attraction chair before entering the queue.

On prior visits, she had to transfer to an atraction chair before getting into the queue.

As the previous poster said, ask the Greeter for the procedure for each attraction.

The OP is corect, if the ride is popular, it is best to use Fastpasses. The waiting time for standby on most attractions will be equal (in some cases longer) than for ambulatory folks, depending upon safety regulations and ride cars. For instance, most rides can only accomodate a certain number of wheelchair guests at any one time, even if they are ambulatory with a cane or other assistance, in case an evacuation is required.