Ride access for disabled ?'s

[Fantaluminishes]

My dad uses a walker and can't stand in long lines. How does it the entering through the exit thing work? We're taking my parents to the parks on Wednesday, and I want to do this. Does anybody have experience I'm this area.

 

[lovebug33]

We only have experience with kiddie rides because we use my daughter's stroller as a wheelchair. Most of them you go up to the exit, you wait in line, they let so many people go at one time. For most of the rides, they let one wheelchair group go, the ride went around once, then the next wheelchair group went. So like on Dumbo, when the wheelchair person in front of us was done, we went next. How it works on adult rides, I have no clue because we don't ride those with our daughter!

 

[Aladora]

My dad uses a walker and can't stand in long lines. How does it the entering through the exit thing work? We're taking my parents to the parks on Wednesday, and I want to do this. Does anybody have experience I'm this area.

Disney's answer to mobility issues is that the guest should use either a wheelchair or an ecv. Most (all?) rides in DCA are wheelchair accessible and for those in DL which are not, you can get a wheelchair return time and then enter through the exit.

This is a change from the way it used to be done but with the discontinuing of the guest assistance card and the start of the disability access service, this is the way it is done now.

 

[gottalovepluto]

Check out the disABILITIES board. I suggest posting this question there. You will find people with similar experiences. I believe the program is now the DAS & there is info on the DL website. There are also wheelchairs for rent & many find this to be a better option because walking through the parks with a walker can get exhausting fast. As far as the "through the exits thing", it doesn't work like it used to. If you're placed in the DAS system it simply provides an alternate que with a return time, you can still end up in 15-20 min fastpass lines after you've returned. Do check out the disABILITIES board here on the dis boards!

 

[SMD]

The best thing to do is to ask at the entrance of the ride where to go, as a few rides are accessible with a walker or wheelchair. If you have to use the alternative entrance, you may be directed to wait for a ride vehicle, you may have wait in a line with other people using the accessible entrance, or you may get a wheelchair return time. It will depend on how many people are using that entrance and how much space they have for people to wait. If you get a return time, there is usually a line to wait in when you return. Have you thought about a renting a manual wheelchair, so that he can push it like a walker if he wants to walk, but also sit if you have to wait at the accessible entrance. With a manual wheelchair, the accessible entrance procedure is the same as it is with a walker.

 

[Fantaluminishes]

The best thing to do is to ask at the entrance of the ride where to go, as a few rides are accessible with a walker or wheelchair. If you have to use the alternative entrance, you may be directed to wait for a ride vehicle, you may have wait in a line with other people using the accessible entrance, or you may get a wheelchair return time. It will depend on how many people are using that entrance and how much space they have for people to wait. If you get a return time, there is usually a line to wait in when you return. Have you thought about a renting a manual wheelchair, so that he can push it like a walker if he wants to walk, but also sit if you have to wait at the accessible entrance. With a manual wheelchair, the accessible entrance procedure is the same as it is with a walker.

Thanks for the feedback. His walker is one of those rolling ones with a sear that folds down. He's still a little too proud to use a wheelchair, but gets tired pretty easily.

 

[Malcon10t]

The walker is a visible assistance device. There are new ways of handling the queues. It depends on how crowded the park is. On some rides, with no one in the disabled queue, you will simply enter the exit. If the park is crowded, they will have a cast member at the exit. The cast member will scan everyone's tickets and give you a return time to come back (it was a 20 min window when we did it for Alice and Haunted Mansion, but 30 mins on Pirates and Jungle Cruise.) When you come back, they scan your ticket again, and send you through the exit.