Were you there? If not then please do not defend the trouble makers. As McCall said the problem is in certain individuals who are allowed to be brats. Were you there? Did you have people climbing over you or your property? Did you have a fun time at DCA and was stress free as the cheerleaders walked in a narrow group instead of taking up the whole street?
I was there and I had to dodge the darting darlings and stop for them and go around them I was there and I got my ECV kicked, see note below. I was there and had kids climbing over seats. I was there and had to wait half an hour for a meal while teenyboppers in microskirts were running around the park. It was a fun day for me and my friend.
My friend has quirks which I do not understand. I took him to see Muppets and he loved it. He would have loved ALADDIN but that was STOLEN from us. I have planned for a month to take him there. He loves music and plays. I got to take him to a one man play at the Wadsworth and that is all he talked about when we got home. He loves machinery and music but that moment was STOLEN from us. IT IS NOT FAIR that we had to skip something that he would have loved and that put a kink in our trip.
I am local but you are not here in my shoes and ECV in pain. I was so addled brained from mother waking me up from 6 am to leaving for the parks plus them cheerleaders and dealing with my friend. I now have bruise on my thigh and lower leg of which the latter is very swollen. I had to reroute my tour and I have only so much time.
I am local so it should not matter but for me it is $90 per trip for ECVs and then $100 for food and snacks, boy does he eat, and gifts. I am disabled so I cannot afford it. In two trips in the past two months I still have not done Bugs Land, Boardwalk, the Warf, Grizzly area, Fantasyland, Toontown, Innoventions, Honey I shrunk the audience, Inidana Jones, Big Thunder, Mark Twain, Critter country, and Haunted Mansion and Jungle Cruise. We still have not seen all of Blue Sky Cellar either. We have not done a through job on the rest of the parks either like taking time to look at the archetecture.
You were not there when them cheerleaders cost me half an hour of my time and made me have to dart around them. Most were good kids but some were brats but you were not there to see if I am opinionated or wrong.
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Note that wheelchairs, canes, crutches, wheelchairs, pushchairs, strollers, ambulators, rollators. service animals and ECVs are considered an extension of the person they belong to. Kick a stroller or wheelchair is just like kicking a kid or adult. We the disabled do not like people leaning on our chairs, do you like someone leaning on you? Do you enjoy getting your rump kicked? Do you mind people pushing you around? We the disabled do not want people touching service dogs as they are working animals which can cause the owner to be confused or even get hurt. That kid who climbed over my chair was just like her stepping on my lap to get to her seat. Cheerleader is the ones who kicked my ECV and climbed over me but it is also about how we the disabled are too often treat like our aides are something to lean on, kick, poke, nudge, shove, and climb over. Please have respect and remember that those are part of us and we do not like it at all. It is not easy getting around especially when people walk 5 abreast and will not break up their group.
I could not have said it better. I tried really hard to be understanding, I mean after all it could have been their first visit but there is no excuse for poor manners. And how dare anyone kick you or your ECV.
) but I am entitled to state my opinion as are you. I am absolutely not stating you are falsifying ANYthing you experienced, I too have experienced those Feb cheerleaders so I know exactly what you are talking about. You yourself stated you were waiting for flames, I did NOT flame you in anyway, I simply pointed out that not all kids are like that. I am sorry you had a bad experience and I completely understand budget constraints and being upset you missed you Aladdin (we missed it last year when we were there with cheerleaders, we too were sad) and I completely understand your frustration with the way you were treated by unruly teens who clearly needed parental supervision. I am extremely sorry that you had to deal with that, no one should. And I do see strollers, wheelchairs, ECVs, crutches etc etc as extensions of a person, but may I say (not referring to you OP at all in any way shape or form, and NOT dissing anyone who needs to use any of the aforementioned devices so please do not take this as pointing fingers) that many users of these same devices do not view them this way, many times I've been rammed into by strollers, by people pushing wheelchairs (luckily they've been empty at the time since I fell into them) and by an ECV or 10, I too have gone home with bruises on various parts on my legs and even arms in a couple cases. I too have been glared at as if I was at fault for standing on the sidewalk, in a line at a CS restaurant, in a store location or attempting to leave the parks with everyone else on a busy summer evening. OP I am not disagreeing that those kids were unruly and rude, in NO way should they have climbed over you to get to other seats but this does happen to "regular" people too, I've had people push me out of the way, knock me out of the way, almost knocking me over, climb over me to get to a seat that is on the other side of me, etc etc. We use that as a learning moment for our girls, we point out the behaviors and ask what the person should have done...oh and it's not always kids either, many times it's been adults who should know better. I hope you're able to go back soon and have a better experience, I hope you are able to take your friend to see Aladdin, it truly is amazing and I'm sure he will absolutely love it! May your next trip be blessed with small crowds and no unruly cheerleaders running amok thru the parks. 
