Parent going on pirate cruise as accommodation?

[Cheshire Figment]

I am going to chime in here with a similar theoretical situation.

Beccabunny; I am going to give you a free meal, complete with wine pairings if desired, for you and a guest at Victoria and Albert's. This offer, including tax and tip, is worth over $400.

However, V&A has a firm rule of nobody below the age of ten is allowed to dine in the restaurant.

Therefore, you will not be able to bring your under-10 son in with you and will have to find some other way to have him taken care of while you have a dining experience as you have never had.

Just because he has a disability and you do not want to be separated from him, V&A will not make any accommodation to you to allow him into the dining room as it will disrupt everybody else who is spending large amounts of money to dine there.

This is the same as you are asking; your going on the Pirate Cruise with your son would be disruptive to everyone else on board whether you intend to be disruptive or not, and other people would ask for similar accommodations for any reason they want.

(And, again, this is theoretical, I am not actually making this offer.)

 

[SueM in MN]

I'm going to close this thread permanently at this point since the question was answered.

Disney has to provide reasonable accommodation and that does not necessarily mean that the reasonable accommodation that is offered will be the accommodation that is desired by the person with a disability.

This is from the ADA website and is an ADA publication for businesses:

QUOTE:
The ADA has limits. Businesses are not required to change their policies and procedures in any way that would cause a “fundamental alteration” in the nature of their goods or services, would undermine safe operation of the business, or would cause a “direct threat” to the health or safety of others.END QUOTE

WDW apparently feels that allowing an adult to accompany their child on the Pirate Cruise would be a fundamental alteration.
They may also feel allowing it could undermine safe operation of the Pirate Cruise (i.e. their employees are screened, trained and pass a criminal check, but any parent coming on the cruise would not be).

If they were sued about this, I have a feeling that these would be successful arguments in favor of not allowing any parents on the cruise.