My pet peeve is actually the people with the scooters who get on the bus. Some of them cant even drive them, then they park it stand up and walk on the bus. That gets me mad !
In the interest of sharing knowledge in a kind and compassionate manner (because not everyone knows this!), please understand that it's safer for people to NOT sit on their
ECVs if at all possible, while the bus is moving. So if the person does have some mobility and
can get on the bus, they are asked to do so. Should the
scooter fall over in a turn, it's much safer for the
ECV user and anyone around them to not have the person falling with the scooter.
And since there are SO many bonafide reasons to use a scooter but also have the ability to walk just a bit, there's no reason in the world to be angry with ECV users who can get on the bus, now that you know the above.
As for difficulty driving it...they aren't easy. A lot of people who use them at Disney don't necessarily use them, or don't use those exact models, at home.
I tried to get DH to rent one on our last trip because he had a nasty achilles injury that was misdiagnosed and not helped at all by the orthopedist he saw; if he had done so, he would have had a learning curve at the beginning AND he would have gotten up off of it and walked onto the bus and sat in a seat. But he still would have needed the scooter, and it would have made his trip a LOT less painful and slow. Instead he used a cane, which then caused it to become a knee injury then a hip injury. Fabulous.
And the reason why he wouldn't rent the scooter? He was afraid of being judged by people seeing him on it. He injured himself more and gave himself a worse trip because of the possibility that someone would see him get off of it and walk a bit and think he was a liar.
64 days..... standard room and oh I'm so hoping to get Mansions... I just loved the look of them (though obviously I chose to not book Royal this time so I won't get Parterre or Oak!)....
lol
