Ride Entrance Instruction Books

[Torch]

I have a ECV and at some parks I have gone to they have special entrances and special instructions in little books that you pick up at the entrance of each section of the park. Does Disney have these little books and if so where do you get them?

 

[Cheshire Figment]

Hi and to disABILITIES!

The majority of attraction lines in WDW are "mainstreamed". This means that a wheelchair or ECV will use the regular entrance and line all the way to either a show seating or ride load area. If a line is not mainstreamed there will be signs and/or Cast Members to direct you where to go.

If a show, normally there will be spaces to park a chair or ECV and there will be seats next to the space for other members of the group.

If a ride, usually you will have to transfer to a ride vehicle, although some rides will allow a person in a wheelchair to remain in their chair. If you have to transfer to a ride, and unload is not at the same location as load, your chair or ECV will magically appear at the unload area.

At each Park Guest Relations Office they will have special Guidemaps for people with disabilities. I know at DHS at the big map holders right inside the Park entrance they have a pocket which has the Disability Guidemaps for the Studios..

 

[bedogged]

I have a ECV and at some parks I have gone to they have special entrances and special instructions in little books that you pick up at the entrance of each section of the park. Does Disney have these little books and if so where do you get them?

I picked up ALL of the guides for all of the parks at Guest Relations at the Magic Kingdom last month. I have to say that I didn't find them particularly helpful. I thought a lot of the information was outdated.

 

[KPeveler]

I picked up ALL of the guides for all of the parks at Guest Relations at the Magic Kingdom last month. I have to say that I didn't find them particularly helpful. I thought a lot of the information was outdated.

What information did you find outdated? The accessible entrances do not change very often and not too many rides have been updated recently. I expect many coming changes with the new Fantasyland.

 

[bedogged]

What information did you find outdated? The accessible entrances do not change very often and not too many rides have been updated recently. I expect many coming changes with the new Fantasyland.

What it says on the guide and what happens in real life are often not exactly the same thing. Just looking at the Magic Kingdom issue, for Pirates of the Caribbean it says, "Mobility Access: Enter through standard queue." It doesn't prepare you for having to park an ECV outside and switch to one of their wheelchairs and then be pushed up to the ride. I could list many, many more. I guess I was disappointed that the guides weren't more specific. I thought that they were just outdated and did not have the current information.

 

[BillSears]

What it says on the guide and what happens in real life are often not exactly the same thing. Just looking at the Magic Kingdom issue, for Pirates of the Caribbean it says, "Mobility Access: Enter through standard queue." It doesn't prepare you for having to park an ECV outside and switch to one of their wheelchairs and then be pushed up to the ride. I could list many, many more. I guess I was disappointed that the guides weren't more specific. I thought that they were just outdated and did not have the current information.

Doesn't it also have the symbol that says ECV riders must transfer to a Wheelchair?

 

[bedogged]

Doesn't it also have the symbol that says ECV riders must transfer to a Wheelchair?

I just gave the guides to my daughter so I can't look. You may be right, but there were many more examples. Do you think the guides are very helpful?

 

[BillSears]

I just gave the guides to my daughter so I can't look. You may be right, but there were many more examples. Do you think the guides are very helpful?

I think they were accurate. I already knew the information so it wasn't extremely helpful to me. It basically confirmed that the access methods I had been using were correct.

I'm a paraplegic/full time wheelchair user so all of the transfer to a wheelchair things were already taken care of. Plus I'm used to pushing myself in my chair all day long so pushing through a line wasn't a problem. I almost always go through the normal line so not having alternate entrances was fine too. I've never gotten a GAC because my needs are met by having a wheelchair accessible line and preferably a ride vehicle I can transfer into.