honugirl
One of those darn ECV users out to ruin YOUR vacat
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First of all thanks to the moderator for leaving the thread open, without that I would have never come up with eye-opening conclusions
1.) Disney has no other option than to load EVCs, Their riders and family first. After seeing the trials the driver had while loading the ECV with a loaded bus my suggestion of having an able bodied family member wait in line also is most inefficent unless the said ECV riders family is first in line....and how many times does that happen to anyone? Disney Drivers must load Diabled persons first to allow for maneverabilites. If family members waitied in line, there would NEVER be an empty bus for the disabled ECV rider. They would wait forever. ECV riders get enough grief already, both from folks like me that "HAD" less than compassionate ideas about ECVs and their riders and folks who may still share the ideas I "HAD". I cannot imagine how upset I would have become prior to my revelation had a ECV rider ran over my foot after trying to load their ECV with a full bus. Thus Disney's best option is to load an empty bus.......Before I get on.
2.) Several have mentioned that my experience with our trip back to a resort and a driver loading a ECV with a fully loaded bus is unusual. leading me to believe the family might have had an unusual situation I was unaware of. ie..losing insulin, needing to get back for a breathing treatment, etc.
3.) the bus system works best for families who have older children, and not children who fall asleep in mothers arms. there is an inevitabilitiy that one might have to stand on a Disney bus. It appears as though in our families timeline we are not prepared to stand. So we have decided to rent a car until our girls get older. not because of intolerance of ECVs and disabled persons. because "I" and my family was unprepared to stand. With all the support equipment we must take I'm not certain we were prepared to even sit on Disney transportation
4.) There has to be far more folks who need ECVs than folks misusing the system. There may or may not be folks scamming the system, in fact I would believe that there might only be 1-2 folks per park even considering this as adventagious. And its pretty ridiculous an idea that an abled body person would want to rent a ECV/wheelchair and use it throughout their stay with the sole intent of getting on a ride or bus before me.
These are but a few of the realizations I have made for myself. I know that I do not have history on my side when it comes to message boards. There are most certainly folks who post just to stir things up, however there are folks who post who have genuine problems, who want to understand and vent. After hearing alot of the resoponses, Some kind, and some not so kind, I have concluded that I was most certainly the person with the wrong mind set. Not everyone who post controversial threads are into it to ruffle feathers and some have acknowleged that.....and I thank them all for that.
Lastly and most importantly, no one wants to ride in an ECV, no one ever makes that choice.....somehow even as a grouchy ER nurse, and maybe thats part of the problem, I have lost sight of this. I will leave you with this....The night my family was asked to stand on the bus, the initial moment I was horrified, "I" had felt wronged. Somehow I felt like we had been treated unfairly and when I posted all the threads I did, the memories were freshly still embedded in my mind. Since then I have unpacked all the pictures, pulled out all our Daughters princess dolls and pins and have played back some of the video and have come to the astonishing realization that I take what I have for granted and have lost site that i'm blessed.
For those that ride the ECVs I bid you all peace, relish in the fact that you have a believer and now an advocate. As a Nurse that was what was intended anyways, to be a nursing hand for those that need it. I have lost sight of that as well.....To those that feel ill of me, hopefully you can forgive me, to those that have felt I was a troll or attention ho, I hope you can realize now that was not my intent. Peace to you all, my prayers to everyone who have disability in their lives..........Eric
Eric, thank you for posting this. I appreciate it. I think this is going to make you an even better nurse than you were before. I think it's easy for all of us to lose sight of what we do have. If you see an ECV with purple, lime green and hot pink all over it, come on over and introduce yourself, I'd like to shake your hand. It takes a lot to swallow your pride and do what you just did here.
