What are the Current bus scooter loading ‘rules’?

[Isthisnormalatdisney]

It reminds me of how on the cruise pages I'm on for the cruise line we sail a person went on a crusade to get several front rows of coach buses used for certain excursions reserved for those with reduced mobility but she didn't go about it in right way.

First she assumed all of the people are aged 75+ basically who would have mobility issues and harshly judged anyone "younger" who dared to sit there just assuming they couldn't possibly have mobility issues and went on a rant about how people don't do manners these days. Second when people attempted to explain other reasons why someone would sit up front namely motion sickness she prompted ignored that, lambasted anyone who said that and in not so many words called it essentially a fake issue. People still pushed back against her though which I'm glad.

In the end it was a relatively short-lived thing for this reserving of the front rows and reports I've seen are only sporadic. I think the cruise line temporarily indulged her. Indeed for me I get motion sick on cars but not on a cruise (in general) so a comment of "well don't cruise" is silly. Anyways on our March/April cruise there was one excursion that did have a reserved several first few rows and no one sat in them......except for me and another passenger who had motion sickness both of us using sea bands though the other passenger visibly was worse off than me. We waited until the bus fully loaded which in reality we really shouldn't have to do. And a passenger who had obvious mobility issues never wanted to sit up there. He was able to do more than I could in terms of what walking we could do even though he had two arm canes. And he was on multiple of our excursions in a variety of environments. I think the cobblestones in Ronda, Spain especially gave us other passengers, the tour guide and the cruise line rep much more cautious pause but he was emphatically telling everyone he was good and I think got annoyed (politely so though) with people after a time asking if he was good to go.

It's a fine line to walk when you look at someone and assume something about them.

So yea that lady really went about it the wrong way. Coach buses don’t even allow ECV’s on them, I think wheelchairs and certain other mobility devices can be stored below though.

I’m skeptical of her actual intentions because I don’t believe on airplanes people with mobility devices get automatic first seats, plus they have to get up the steps which could be difficult and steep.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

So yea that lady really went about it the wrong way. Coach buses don’t even allow ECV’s on them, I think wheelchairs and certain other mobility devices can be stored below though.

I’m skeptical of her actual intentions because I don’t believe on airplanes people with mobility devices get automatic first seats, plus they have to get up the steps which could be difficult and steep.

She wasn't talking about actual mobility devices she was talking about those with mobility issues (which can include people in a wheelchair but wasn't her main focus) in a thinly veiled way of saying older people like her should get first priority of the buses because they assuredly have mobility issues and young people can't have those same issues or any other issues that should necessitate being in the front. She absolutely went about it the wrong way. My telling of this was to draw the connection between assuming people based off what they look like. Her attempt as trying to make people use compassion and understanding ended up with her looking like the bad person due to her own inability to use compassion and understanding to other people's situations.

She has a point about how the coach bus second entrance in the middle may not be the easiest to get in and out of but that doesn't mean the first few rows should be exclusively reserved for those with mobility issues and if someone younger was there she would judge them even if they had mobility issues should would just assume they were younger and therefore don't.

Here's some of her quotes "..had concerns about the front couple of seats being taken by people who should NOT take those seats. We have many older and disabled Guests on the ships, who choose these Panoramic Tours as they are "Easy"..... AFTER I pointed this out a couple of weeks ago, the next tour we did, had SIGNS on about 3 seats, Reserving them for people who needed them....today? Nothing......" Her comment goes on and ends with this "CAN I PLEASE ASK ALL OUR MEMBERS, NOT TO TAKE THE FRONT COUPLE OF SEATS UNLESS YOU REALLY NEED THEM......."

A few people pointed out motion sickness as one, this person said "But some people also have motion sickness and need to be up front as well as those with mobility difficulties." and the person who made the post's response was "ok......haven't heard that excuse before......" (notice how she used the word excuse).

People had to literally explain to her not only what motion sickness is with respects to a vehicle (in this case a bus) but also why sitting near the front is best for that.

Her main problem was assigning just what she considered was "really need them" and in her case if it was motion sickness or other issue you didn't really need them, according to her. Much like the poster's comment I quoted where people chastised her husband for not getting up assuming he didn't really need it and others needed it more.