When we first started booking our trip I asked about renting an ECV for dd and found that we would need to rent from an off-site vendor bec of her age.
DH thinks it might be a bad idea to rent an ECV since she doesn't use one normally and has no idea how to use one -- he doesn't want there to be a learning curve to using it in a park full of people.
So, we decided just to rent a WC at the parks to have for her (she had surgery to remove a bone/reconfigure tendons due to an athletic injury but also has a blood and heart condition that causes her to tire easily and sometimes faint). But, in looking at the WDW site it says you must be 18 - she is 17. Please tell me that just means that one must be 18 to rent it but not that one must be 18 to ride in it?
I don't know that she'll want to be in it all the time - she doesn't like to feel different -- but in lite of reading the other thread regarding using a WC I really think we need to consider it so she can enjoy the trip. I realized when she and I went shopping w/ oldest ds and his gf this weekend that she doesn't have the stamina she used to not to mention the fainting thing is nerve wracking - despite the Dr's telling us it's her body's way of taking care of itself.
I am doing the FP+, planning down time, and using the touring plans since I have her to consider and a 10 yo special needs ds that I need to plan for the least wait and close proximity to people. Thankfully, my middle ds has gotten better w/ dealing w/ his issues so I'm not as worried on that front.
DH thinks it might be a bad idea to rent an ECV since she doesn't use one normally and has no idea how to use one -- he doesn't want there to be a learning curve to using it in a park full of people.
So, we decided just to rent a WC at the parks to have for her (she had surgery to remove a bone/reconfigure tendons due to an athletic injury but also has a blood and heart condition that causes her to tire easily and sometimes faint). But, in looking at the WDW site it says you must be 18 - she is 17. Please tell me that just means that one must be 18 to rent it but not that one must be 18 to ride in it?
I don't know that she'll want to be in it all the time - she doesn't like to feel different -- but in lite of reading the other thread regarding using a WC I really think we need to consider it so she can enjoy the trip. I realized when she and I went shopping w/ oldest ds and his gf this weekend that she doesn't have the stamina she used to not to mention the fainting thing is nerve wracking - despite the Dr's telling us it's her body's way of taking care of itself.
I am doing the FP+, planning down time, and using the touring plans since I have her to consider and a 10 yo special needs ds that I need to plan for the least wait and close proximity to people. Thankfully, my middle ds has gotten better w/ dealing w/ his issues so I'm not as worried on that front.
