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[kdibattista]

Hi everyone.... I hope you can help. DH and I (DH-34, me-26) are going to WDW in December with my parents, DS and her DH (23 & 25), DB (17) and other DS (19). My 19 yo sister has Downs Syndrome and although she can walk, she tires very easily and must be on oxygen at night. We plan to rent her a wheelchair to get around the park but she will be able to walk onto the rides (the lines hopefully should not be that long when we are there). My question is where do we "store" the wheelchair? Although there will be occassion when one or two of us won't go on certain rides, there are a few rides that we all want to do.

Thanks in advance!!!

 

[SueM in MN]

Welcome.
If she chooses to walk onto the rides, then her wheelchair would just be with the strollers. But, you may find it is better for her to stay in the wheelchair for the lines (most are wheelchair accessible) and park the wheelchair outside of stores and restaurants when you use those.
If she needs any extra time for boarding or is unsteady on her feet, she would be better off boarding at the wheelchair boarding area (here's a link to a thread about boarding rides).
If she does want to walk in lines, ask the CM how long the wait actually is (and more important maybe for her) what the distance is and if there are any stairs. Some attractions might not have a long wait, but you will still have to walk thru the whole queue and the distance can be deceptively long. Some I can think of off-hand are the queue for It's Tough to Be a Bug and the Safari at AK. The Pirates line is also quite long. Some, like Spaceship Earth have a ramp and Splash Mountain has stairs.