Our experience with wheelchair access on rides

[April76]

First, I'd like to thank everyone who gave me advice for our trip to WDW with my 83yr old mom who uses a wheelchair.... it was greatly appreciated!

I wanted to pass along our experiences with ride accessability ...

Mom cannot take steps without assistance, so she needed to stay in her wheelchair or be able to wheel completely up to the vehicle seat to be transferred.


She could stay in the wheelchair and ride on:

* Kilamanjaro Safari
* It's a Small World
* Mexico Ride
* Jungle Cruise
* Backlot Tour
* Ellen's Energy Adventure
* Imagination

She was able to wheel the WC along side of the ride vehicle and transfer (the ride completely stopped for the transfer):

*Haunted Mansion
*Pirates of the Carribean

Other rides that loaded easily from the wheelchair:

*Spaceship Earth


I'm sure there are other rides that would be WC user-friendly, but these are the only ones she felt comfortable about riding.

We really appreciated how nice and helpful the CM's were about our needs.

Wheelchair access/seating for all of the shows was very easy -- CM's were quick to direct us to the right places.

If anyone has any questions, please ask!

 

[SueM in MN]

Glad to hear things went well for you.
If anyone wants a complete list of which rides you can stay in the wheelchair for, click here to get to the DIS page about mobility disabilities.
There is a Guidebook for Guests with Disabilities for each park - sort of general information, but they do give a little description of each ride/attraction. You can pick up the guides from Guest Services at any park or click here to get to the link to download them from the official Disney website. The official site often changes their web pages/links, so if it doesn't work, go to www.disney.com and type "wheelchair" or "disability" ito the Search.

 

[Nanajo1]

Glad you had a good trip and good experience with the w/c. Thanks for letting us know.

 

[JudithM]

I have always found CMs to be very helpful when they see me using the ECV. Glad to read your mom had a good trip.