Ten days to go . . . and grandson is in a boot

[pwdebbie]

My very athletic 9yo dgs fell Saturday and saw the orthopedist today. He is in a boot for six weeks, and we leave for Disney in ten days. He was provided a knee-walker (knee-scooter?) but after reading some posts, I'm pretty sure we need a wheelchair for him. I'll be getting a ECV, so we will be quite the pair.

I usually rent in the parks because I can walk around the resort and to and from the bus, but that is as much as I can handle now. (Messed up my knee on a Disney bus last year. I shouldn't have been standing, I miscalculated how full the bus was and got on thinking there were still seats. Bus lurched and I came down hard on my right leg. It's only gotten worse since then.)

I'm thinking now that I should rent the scooter and wheelchair from a local business. I hate the thought of boarding a bus with a scooter and all the inconvenience it causes to other people, but I'm not sure renting in the parks is realistic now.

What do the voices of experience have for me?

 

[scrappinginontario]

Will there be other people with you or just the 2 of you?

 

[fla4fun]

I'm thinking now that I should rent the scooter and wheelchair from a local business. I hate the thought of boarding a bus with a scooter and all the inconvenience it causes to other people, but I'm not sure renting in the parks is realistic now.

What do the voices of experience have for me?

Are you concerned about the parks running out of ECV or do you want it outside of the park to use?

Wheelchairs don’t typically run out, but for a holiday weekend ECVs can. I rented an ECV at Epcot last Friday around 10:00am with no problem and they still had plenty in stock (but it wasn’t a holiday). If you are going to the park first thing in the morning you should be able to rent an ECV in the park. If you are going to wait and enter the park later, the odds increase that one will not be available.

I completely understand not wanting to deal with an ECV on Disney transportation if you don’t have to. Two things to consider though. An offsite rental will usually be cheaper than renting by the day in the parks and you will never have to worry about the parks running out. For a holiday weekend, I would be inclined to do the offsite rental for both the ECV and the wheelchair.

I hope you have a great trip!