power chairs and Pirates

[BCV23]

I don't pop on to this forum too often these days so sorry if this is old news. But we were at WDW last week and I wanted to report that those in power chairs need to transfer to one of WDW chairs just as in the past.

Some months ago I read that the procedure had changed to allow power chairs all the way through the queue. I approached a CM to make sure and he said no. As we chatted, I told him I had read of the change online and he said it was that way for a short time but that there was an "incident." He didn't elaborate however.

 

[shovan]

I don't pop on to this forum too often these days so sorry if this is old news. But we were at WDW last week and I wanted to report that those in power chairs need to transfer to one of WDW chairs just as in the past.

Some months ago I read that the procedure had changed to allow power chairs all the way through the queue. I approached a CM to make sure and he said no. As we chatted, I told him I had read of the change online and he said it was that way for a short time but that there was an "incident." He didn't elaborate however.

Thanks for posting that info. I had been wondering about that. It's quite a chore just to get DH on the ride. But we have been considering it, since the ride was updated. A transfer into their chair & then onto the boat will make this even more difficult.

 

[SueM in MN]

thanks for the update.
When we were at WDE in April, we were able to take DD's manual wheelchair to the boarding area then a CM moved it to the exit. DD is not able to sit in one of the park wheelchairs, but we are able to lift her into the ride boat.

I can see that a power chair could cause some issues that a manual chair may not - like the CM having problems with getting it to the exit. Even with a manual chair, they still encouraged switching to a park wheelchair if possible when we were there.