Parking with a cast?

[rili]

Hi, we are thinking of taking a trip to MK this weekend. I am currently in an Air Cast or CAM walker, After surgery for a broken Tibia. I plan to rent a w/c for the park. I am a little worried about getting from the parking lot to the entrance. I don't have a handicap sticker, this is a temporary situation. Just walking long distances is difficult, and getting jostled by crowds could result in a fall.

Will they let my husband drop me off and then go park? Any other ideas on how to make this work?


Thanks for any help. Lisa

 

[Shelly F - Ohio]

Yep we did the exact thing last year. I was in a walking boot and he would drop me off at the entrance. Even though there are trams to pick you up in the parking lot and drops you by the gate, it can be a long walk from where they park you verses where the tram pick you up.

The only park you can not do this is MK. It would be best to ride the bus to MK. It drops you off at the gate. If not going up and down the ramp in the boot is horrible or you can take the elevator.

 

[Ladygoldenhair]

A other thought is if you explain, they may park you at the end of the next row so you can hop a tram.

 

[delilah]

I am not sure when you are leaving, but, in our state, we give patients removable handicapped placards which can be put in any car. In our state, when we fill out the form, I think that the patient get the placard almost immediately when they go to the license branch, which is just down the block from my office. I do this all the time for my patients. Ask your doctor who is treating you for the injury. In the parking lot, there are usually wheelchairs at the end of the rows that you can use to get to the park entrance. Once, we needed to borrow them for my husband's cousin who didn't usually use a wheelchair but found that walking around Disney was just too much.

 

[rili]

We are staying off site and plan to go to MK. I know there is a lot of walking and ramps just to get to the wheelchair rental area. Maybe we should switch to a smaller park.

I didn't get a temp sticker, and until now I haven't really needed one. I am not sure I could get one by tomorrow. I hate to take a spot from someone who is truly handicapped. I already feel kind of silly having to use a w/c!

I think I'll call Disney. I can't be the first person with this issue!

Thanks for all the input.

Lisa

 

[rili]

I called Disney and was told to just let the parking CM know I needed a w/c and the would get me a chair to access the park entrance.

This will probably take a few minutes, but I am happy they have such a great accommodation.

 

[TinkFan74]

Two years ago I was in a very similar situation, I tore ligaments in my foot on day one of a 19 day trip. The CMs could not have been kinder, I explained the situation to the first parking attendant I saw and they always allowed me to park up front where the wheelchairs are kept, my daughter would then push me to the park where we would rent a wheelchair. Luckily I could weight-bear after only a few days and we were able to go back to our usual routine.

 

[NotUrsula]

I would think it would be a problem no matter where you were, so why not deal with it properly? Call your doctor and ask for a temporary disabled permit hangtag. Every state has provision for temporary disability parking permits. The DMV will mark it with the expiration date that the physician gives them. I've had to get them for three different temporary situations; it only took 15 minutes at the DMV once my doctor signed the form.

If you don't have time to get the hangtag before the trip, tell the parking CM that you are in a cast and ask to be allowed to park at the near end of the row so that you are right next to the tram stop. We did this when traveling with my MIL so that she wouldn't have to walk the extra distance from the car to the tram. Sometimes this is preferable to parking in the disabled rows if you can handle getting into the tram but not walking very far.

 

[Betty Rohrer]

even with handicapped tag the parking for MK is a long walk and up hill and no tram from that section. we were not able to get a wheelchair to help adult daughter who had had a heart attack with trouble walking distances. MK is the hardest park for ones needing help to get there. also in evening we have never been able to get a wheelchair at the park to help get us back to car

 

[Disney753]

If you are staying at a hotel rent a scooter and have it delivered.

 

[DVC-Don]

When I had foot surgery a while back my doctor authorized a temporary handicap placard. Took the doctors form to our town hall and I was issued a red temporary placard that was good for 90 days. Looks just like the blue permanent ones, only red. When my time ran out I was still having issues so the doctor authorized a 180 day placard. Been good to go since then.