Wheelchair Accessible Water Slides?

[shermomof5]

We are going WDW in October. My 12 yr old son is in a wheelchair and is a speed demon. We have always taken him to waterslides in the past but is now too heavy to haul up the many flights of stairs. I know that WDW is accessible but are there any pools/parks that have easy access to the slides. My other kids want to go to the water parks but if we go with my son he will only be able to go on one or two slides because we can't lift him anymore. Any suggesstions?
Sher

 

[SueM in MN]

Cheshire Figment works at one of the water parks, so he would be able to answer better.
Here is a link to the Guidebook for Guests with Disabilitles for Blizzard Beach. At the top of that page, there is a link to the other Guidebooks, including the one for Typhoon Lagoon.

 

[madenon]

OMG! Am I glad I got the water-option added on my MYW-ticket! I knew WDW is very accessible, things go way further than I'm used to, but didn't think any of the waterpark-attractions other than the normall swim would be accessible. I planned on having a look round if I got to it (just had to see the parks), and that's it. Boy, was I wrong. I've allways been a sucker for waterslides and almost lived in pools in my walking-years, but always had the idea that was out of the question since my wheelchair-days. Didn't know how much I missed it, untill I read the link Sue posted. It almost made me cry out of joy. Thnx Sue, you've made my day!

There are still some questions I've got on practical things, but if attractions are accessible with a wheelchair, all the other things must just somehow also be arranged. Man, if I didn't have the wdw-virus allready, I've got it now!

 

[shermomof5]

Thanks for the info. Hopefully he can do a lot at the parks. Thanks, Sher

 

[vonpluto]

Going on memory here, but I seem to remember seeing an elevator for HC access at the new Crush'n'Gusher raft slide at TL. The landing pool also had one of those HC step affairs to exit it.
Transfer from the WC to the two person raft would be required.

HTH