BadPinkTink
Republic of Ireland is not part of UK
- Joined
- Mar 13, 2015
Im hoping to get us back to DL before my hubbies condition no longer allows us, he has ALS. he currently uses a PWC, and has very little to no upper body strength, cant use his hands to grasp and hold on.
Was wondering for those that have been on the ride, would the seat belt they have be enough to keep someone like my husband in and safe. He wants to go on with our 14 yr old son, but if there is any chance that he would be injured due to lack as support on the ride, its just not going to happen.
Thanks for any help you can give me.
Nikki
I was on the ride with a mother and child who both were in the pilot positions. The child was a teen, maybe about 12 or 13 but was in an electric wheelchair, the mother carried her into the pod. I have no idea what condition the child had, she didn't seem to have any mental disabilities just physical disabilities. She had the use of her upper body and arms but her legs seemed very thin with no muscle tone.
She was able to work the controls and pilot but got thrown around alot and couldn't stay on the seat. Her mother had to re position her maybe twice as it didn't seam like the seat belt was giving her the support she needed. The ride might have been smoother if both her and her mother had not been pilots, but its very likely she still would have not been able to hold herself in the seat in either the gunner or engineer position.
Also just in case you are wondering, we hollered and cheered and just went with the flow. I was solo and there were 2 other strangers and none of us got mad or annoyed because of the situation with the disabled child as a pilot.
There is a pod beside an elevator exit. Depending on the pod assignments you may need to wait for the next rotation once you have been assigned your team and are waiting in the chess room. The wheelchair will need to stay outside the pod, your husband will need to transfer out of the wheelchair into the pod seat.