MulanMom
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I had posted a message or two about our concerns with staying at OKW with an ECV. We've returned and I'm happy to report that all went very well. It started out well with being assigned a first floor unit. And bus transportation was solid and dependable. Even with holiday crowds and traffic backed up on the major WDW roadways, we never waited more than 20 minutes for a bus. We were at the South Point bus stop, which is the 2nd coming into the resort. I don't think we ever had a bus arrive that was too full to board the ECV. Maybe from the parks to the hotel we encountered having to wait for another due to the max number of ecvs/wheelchairs being on board, but that is to be expected during park closing.
In the past 5-6 years, we had been staying at monorail resorts. They always worked well for us and I always admired how well they took care of people in ecvs/wheelchairs. For this trip, we only had to take the monorail a few times and I was really surprised. They would double load one side of a monorail car reserved for handicapped while leaving the other side empty, and even after asking who was going where, the one who had to get out first was loaded further in, making it necessary for the person behind to back out, then drive back onto the monorail. Admittedly, it was a busy night, but odd that it happened each time we were on it.
WDW CMs really do an awesome job where handicapped people are concerned. Sometimes there are oopsies, but for the most part, it's handled very well. Forewarning to those who can transfer, sometimes answering yes to the question "can you transfer?" leads to situations involving a lot of walking/competing with others for seating. It just doesn't work out well for those who are mobility impaired. My DH can park, and walk to a seat within reasonable distance, but when you have crowds streaming in, by the time he gets to a seat he's aiming for, someone else has taken it. Many times it would've been better if he just remained in his scooter.
Thank you to everyone who answered our pre-trip questions and reassured us when we were concerned. It really went very well.
Happy New Year!
In the past 5-6 years, we had been staying at monorail resorts. They always worked well for us and I always admired how well they took care of people in ecvs/wheelchairs. For this trip, we only had to take the monorail a few times and I was really surprised. They would double load one side of a monorail car reserved for handicapped while leaving the other side empty, and even after asking who was going where, the one who had to get out first was loaded further in, making it necessary for the person behind to back out, then drive back onto the monorail. Admittedly, it was a busy night, but odd that it happened each time we were on it.
WDW CMs really do an awesome job where handicapped people are concerned. Sometimes there are oopsies, but for the most part, it's handled very well. Forewarning to those who can transfer, sometimes answering yes to the question "can you transfer?" leads to situations involving a lot of walking/competing with others for seating. It just doesn't work out well for those who are mobility impaired. My DH can park, and walk to a seat within reasonable distance, but when you have crowds streaming in, by the time he gets to a seat he's aiming for, someone else has taken it. Many times it would've been better if he just remained in his scooter.
Thank you to everyone who answered our pre-trip questions and reassured us when we were concerned. It really went very well.
Happy New Year!
