Should I report this bus driver?

[Donna3271]

Then I would expect the bus driver to come back out to me and tell me that a person cannot move to a different seat.

Just curious, have you used a scooter before?

Just curious, how did you get on Space Mountain?

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

If you plopped your butt down in a restaurant that had a RESERVED sign on it and were subsequently told you had to move, would you be surprised? Upset? Then why do you get surprised and upset when you sit in those seats on a bus?

No one here had said anything of the sort. No one mentioned upset nor surprised. No one mentioned them having experienced this nor witnessed this type of situation. Making up scenarios just to try and make some bad inference about people is poor form. Like y'all stop making people out to be bad people just because you want it to be that way, the only people who look bad end up being you (general you).

 

[robinb]

Just curious, how did you get on Space Mountain?

Are you asking because you’re curious how disabled people who can’t walk ride Space Mountain? They can transfer to a wheelchair, go through the LL line, and then they must transfer down into the rocket ship.

Or, are you asking as a type of a “gotcha” question? If so, what’s your point?

 

[robinb]

Wrong, wrong, wrong. I have owned DVC for over 25 years. At closing, ECV’s always go to the designated waiting area and never the regular queue. And mobility devices are always boarded first. If I arrive after the driver has started boarding, I ask whether I can still board or if I should wait.

Not my first rodeo, been doing it for years. I’m good. You are correct it’s amazing how nasty people can be when they think they are arguing about policy.

Sorry, but you’re wrong about where scooters wait at park closing. I used to think that too, until i got “corrected” by a driver at the MK a few years ago. He told me that I should have gone through the regular line and wanted to know how big the line was when I got into the waiting area. I told him the truth but honestly can’t remember if I had to wait for another bus or not, but I do remember being embarrassed that I was singled out. Since then, I’ve paid more attention and CMs will often ask ECVs and wheelchairs to enter the regular switchback queue and pop out at the swinging gate right before boarding.

It can actually be quite confusing because you never quite know how the CMs in charge want you to queue up. We’re DVC too and usually do 10-day trips and visit each park multiple times. Sometimes they want you to go directly to the waiting area and sometimes they want you to wait in the switchback queue with everyone else. One MK closing night the CMs want one thing and the next time they want the other thing and they get mad at you for not doing what they want. I personally don’t care which method is used … I just want it to be clear!

 

[Debbie Jean]

Sorry, but you’re wrong about where scooters wait at park closing. I used to think that too, until i got “corrected” by a driver at the MK a few years ago. He told me that I should have gone through the regular line and wanted to know how big the line was when I got into the waiting area. I told him the truth but honestly can’t remember if I had to wait for another bus or not, but I do remember being embarrassed that I was singled out. Since then, I’ve paid more attention and CMs will often ask ECVs and wheelchairs to enter the regular switchback queue and pop out at the swinging gate right before boarding.

It can actually be quite confusing because you never quite know how the CMs in charge want you to queue up. We’re DVC too and usually do 10-day trips and visit each park multiple times. Sometimes they want you to go directly to the waiting area and sometimes they want you to wait in the switchback queue with everyone else. One MK closing night the CMs want one thing and the next time they want the other thing and they get mad at you for not doing what they want. I personally don’t care which method is used … I just want it to be clear!

I have never in 25 years been told to join a regular standby queue at closing when staying at a deluxe resort. YMMV

For what it’s worth, I don’t think Disney has fixed policies… I think there are guidelines. How these are implemented is at the discretion of the driver. Basic procedures conform to established guidelines but can be altered depending on the drivers assessment of the situation. Is their “policy” which is always to be implemented? I don’t think so. That’s my observation over the years.