Petition to bring back the special needs pass at Disney

[binny]

This is an email I received today as part of a CAPD group.

I, binny, do not know the full extent of what has happened to the special needs pass but thought I would share it with you. The email was as follows:
Please note the bold part, she ( the woman who started the petition) recognizes she made a mistake and will correct it.


> Hi there~
>
> Please see the email I received below from one of my listservs. Disney has
> discontinued the Special Needs pass for anyone except people in wheel
> chairs/mobility problems. They are advising people to use the "Fast Pass"
> instead but the "Fast Pass" requires you to sign up for times for rides
> ahead of time and it isn't even available for all the rides. An online
> petition was created to get Disney to reconsider. Take a look and see if
you
> want to join in on the petition.
>
> Thanks!
> > *****************
>
> Hi All-
>
> I am sorry about the mass email, but I am trying to get the word out as
> widely and quickly as I can. Some of you may or may not have received an
> earlier
> email from me or a friend about Disneyland no longer giving out the
Special
> Assistance passes except in very limited circumstances....
>
> Letters that I and others have written, along with emails and phone calls,
> have been met with the exact same canned response directing us to the
> availability of the "Fast Pass." Letters written to specific parties,
such
> as Eisner
> and Rasulo were re-directed to Disney Resorts without every having been
seen
> by
> either intended party. Needless to say, their response did not satisfy
me..
> Instead it mobilized me to do more...
>
> Therefore, I put together an online petition at the following site:
>
> http://www.petitiononline.com/BPparent/petition.html
>
> Please read the petition and sign it if you are in agreement. Please
> forward
> it to all of your friends and ask them to sign it and have them pass it
> along
> to all of their friends.
<b> I did make one mistake on the petition regarding the fast pass I said it was an extra cost when it is not, I will correct it when I present the petition to Disney</b>
The fact remains, however,
> Disney's response regarding the availability of the Fast Pass fails to
> recognize
> that it still does not eliminate the long waits and crowds that our
children
> cannot handle.
>
> I have set the preferred close date on the petition to Feb. 29, so we have
a
> month to get signatures. Publicize it as much as you can. If you have
> access
> to media, pass the url along to them and get their attention. The more
> signatures we can get, the more powerful our voice will be! I will be
> gathering
> the signatures and sending Disney both a hard copy of our petition and via
> the
> internet.
>
> Thanks all- Together we can make things happen!
>
> Please contact me privately if you have any questions...
>
>
> Ellen Jannol

 

[Rajah]

Oh yeah, I've heard about that. It's only at DisneyLAND, and is a temporary measure, as I understand it. The special assistance pass was HORRIBLY abused at Disneyland (and that's a VAST understatement), so the best way they could come up with to solve the problem was to cut the program for a short period of time while the new program (similar to what's done at WDW as I understand it) is set up and put into place.

It'll be back, or a similar thing that works better anyway, don't worry.

 

[Poohnatic]

Binny,

That was the SAC that was used at Disneyland. You may find some useful info over at the DisABILITIES board about it and there was an article on Mouseplanet a few weeks back about the change.

It doesn't affect WDW. Their GAC were minorly altered recently, but not to the extent that is reflected in the petition.

Suzanne