Parking ECV with strollers vs rolling through the queue

[Sunshine2U]

My husband is the type who does not like to rock the boat or draw attention. He is somewhat uncomfortable with my decision to rent an ECV but understands my bum ankle won't let me walk multiple miles each day. Since I'm trying to minimize walking but not completely eliminate, are there attractions where you would recommend parking outside with the strollers if someone is able to walk the queue? Alternatively, queues that are super simple to park the ECV prior to boarding and then retrieve at the end with minimum disruption to CMs? I simply want to be respectful of his innate personality to want to blend in.

 

[Carol_]

It’s actually a real pain to drive an ECV through the ROTR queue.
Otherwise, just know that driving an ECV is fitting in. Just watch some park livestreams or other vlogs and you’ll notice them everywhere. It’s the right choice for a huge number of people who simply can’t walk 10 miles/day.

 

[gap2368]

some lines like sarin are very long like sarin so I would take the ECV with you on this ride only you know how much is too much walking lines can be longer or shorter then they look. like the PP said there are a lot of people using ECV at the park that I would not worry about standing out

 

[Eeyore daily]

I wouldn't suggest taking an ECV through ROTR, you can but it is very twisty turny so it's a little hard to navigate with it. MMRR at HS is pretty simple to drive through along with Millennium Falcon. In the Land pavilion you can just park it at the entrance and walk down to Soarin and Living with the Land. In Animal Kingdom we just parked it in the stroller parking outside Flight of Passage and along a tree wall by Kilimanjaro Safari to put it out of the way. Otherwise, you can usually park it away from the main walking spaces, take your key and it should be fine.

 

[Bjkandma]

Use the svc through the lines. If you decide not to and your ankle\leg gives out, there are very few of any paces to sit in line. Disney has e liminated most benches outside also, to help with crowd control. You will get out of scooter for ride (sometimes you must transfer to wheelchair to go through lines and to ride). Cast members will move your scooter and it will be available to you when you exit ride. Always turn off scooter and take key with you.

 

[Evita_W]

It’s actually a real pain to drive an ECV through the ROTR queue.
Otherwise, just know that driving an ECV is fitting in. Just watch some park livestreams or other vlogs and you’ll notice them everywhere. It’s the right choice for a huge number of people who simply can’t walk 10 miles/day.

I would disagree about ROTR, DH and I both drove ECVs through the ROTR queue, there is no way we could have walked that entire queue. In fact by driving them in, our party of 3 people got two entire ride vehicles to ourselves and made for an amazing and unique experience. They even would have let DH take his up to the ride vehicle right now, which is a change from the past in our experience.

 

[Carol_]

Yes, still easier than walking but the constant switchbacks became burdensome to the degree that we asked for an easier route and were finally given one through the backstage (after being rudely corrected by an in character CM about how to navigate.)

 

[Tiggerish]

In the Magic Kingdom, Toy Story Mania and Pirates of the Caribbean require you to transfer out of an ECV into a manual wheelchair to go through the line. They are ones you might prefer to park and walk. There is actually a parking area along where the manual wheelchairs are supposed to be for you to transfer into.

 

[ZellyB]

I was there last week and was allowed to take my ECV through the Toy Story line, so maybe they've changed that. As you mention I did have to switch to a wheelchair at Pirates. At Peter Pan, Haunted Mansion and Spaceship Earth, I was given either a return time or directed to a different entrance. But otherwise I used my ECV through all the lines. Mine is very maneuverable so maybe that's why, but I had no trouble going through multiple twisty queues including ROTR. I was self-conscious a bit at first as this was my first trip using an ECV, but it was actually very easy and I didn't feel particularly out of place. I would definitely encourage you to take it through the queue if you are allowed and save yourself any potential problems by walking or standing too long.

 

[lanejudy]

In the Magic Kingdom, Toy Story Mania

I think you mean Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin; that is in Tomorrowland at the MK and does require folks to transfer to a wheelchair.
Toy Story Midway Mania is a ride at Hollywood Studios, and last I knew that was an accessible queue as well as having an accessible ride vehicle. I think the TSMM queue can accommodate an ECV but not the ride vehicle.

 

[SueM in MN]

I think you mean Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin; that is in Tomorrowland at the MK and does require folks to transfer to a wheelchair.
Toy Story Midway Mania is a ride at Hollywood Studios, and last I knew that was an accessible queue as well as having an accessible ride vehicle. I think the TSMM queue can accommodate an ECV but not the ride vehicle.

I agree.
Buzz Lightyear in MK doesn’t allow ECVs in the queue. It’s even pretty tight and twisty for a wheelchair. It’s possible they might allow someone in line with a very small ECV, but I’ve never seen anyone in that line using an ECV.

Toy Story Midway Mania at Hollywood Studios line is completely accessible to wheelchairs and ECVs. There is a wheelchair accessible vehicle, which can handle power or manual wheelchairs, but not ECVs. There is a separate boarding area to use that vehicle.
Just near the Fastpass merge line, there are 3 paths where guests can be directed - the ‘main’ line with stairs, a line without stairs, and the line for the wheelchair accessible boarding area.
Guest who will transfer may be directed to the line without stairs.

 

[Evita_W]

For Buzz, there is an alternate access entrance, but you have to insist upon it if you need it.

 

[Evita_W]

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[Selket]

My husband is the type who does not like to rock the boat or draw attention. He is somewhat uncomfortable with my decision to rent an ECV but understands my bum ankle won't let me walk multiple miles each day. Since I'm trying to minimize walking but not completely eliminate, are there attractions where you would recommend parking outside with the strollers if someone is able to walk the queue? Alternatively, queues that are super simple to park the ECV prior to boarding and then retrieve at the end with minimum disruption to CMs? I simply want to be respectful of his innate personality to want to blend in.

The Soarin line is very long - at least for me - and has a downhill ramp which would be murder on my knees. I always take the ECV through there and it is very easy and does not disrupt anyone's experience. Same with the Pandora rides in the AK.

If you can walk a good distance and stand a good amount time that's great - very much depends on how your ankle is but I can't think of a time I've felt like the ECV seemed out of place in the line - I am just there like everyone else. I haven't been since ROTR so I can't speak to that.