wheelchair thru toy story lines

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1800669
It is a merged thread so the beginning may be confusing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUjbI_P0k6E
That is the standby line and ride video. Disabled guests must get a fastpass for the fastpass line or wait like everyone else.

That's a good video. :thumbsup2
Most people who shoot video are not interested in the lines or boarding - they just shoot the actual ride.
That video shows the entire standby line.

To add a little more to what mrsksomeday wrote,
Mr. Potato Head is in the standby line. Someone using a wheelchair would be able to see Mr. Potato Head if they use that line because the bypass for the stairs is after Mr. Potato Head.
In the video, when they get to the stairs, the bypass for the stairs is to the right (where the stairs were to the left). The place where the 3D glasses were handed out has 2 sides - the one the video showed was the Stand-by side. Just on the other side is the Fastpass 3D glasses distribution. The Fastpass and Standby lines join just after getting the 3D glasses, right before the stairs.
 
All of the newer parks and the great majority of newer attractions have Mainstream lines, where almost the entire line is wheelchair accessible and there are no special wheelchair entrances.

As mechurchlady mentioned in the post she copied, the regular line and the Fastpass line are both wheelchair accessible until just after the point where you pick up the 3D glasses. At that point, there is a set of stairs. Guests using wheelchairs or who can't do stairs go to a different path at that point that bypasses the stairs and goes to a special boarding area. There can sometimes be quite a wait at that boarding area.
 
A couple of things we noticed on TSM.
While we felt we waited quite a bit for the accessible car when we exited the attraction we found we were with the same family who had waited right behind for the mainstream part of the que. Just the luck of the draw but made me feel like our wait was normal.

DW also found the ride "jerky". As she has serious RA this can be a problem. We did enjoy it and are both looking forward to wait times decreasing over the years.
 

DW also found the ride "jerky". As she has serious RA this can be a problem. We did enjoy it and are both looking forward to wait times decreasing over the years.
I would agree it is quite jerky, primarily in the parts where you are transferring between the different games.
 
I have no problem in taking my ECV (Pride Celebrity-X) through the Standby Queue. But mine is much easier to maneuver than any 4-wheel one (especially Disney's).
 
We got through the line (on a wish trip, so not long) and then Lauren (CP, quad) decided she did not want to ride. It was quite jerky. I am glad we got to see that without having to wait for a long time. Just fyi? If that helps anything.
 
Here's a maybe-happy-perk:

When we were there, we noticed one of the green Army men characters hanging at the wheelchair loading area. All three of the "boys" :lmao: totally freaked out and wanted a picture with him. Alas, it was a no-go, because we were in the FastPass line and couldn't get over to him. DH asked a CM and nope, couldn't meet the Army man. Got a few pics at a distance.
 
We entered in December with a wheel chair and found it quite easy. You begin in the same line, either standby or fast pass and then you separate before the steps.

One thing we liked is that the loading area has a different loop than the normal loading area. It is like a train track in that a switch is thrown and the ride vehicles enter on a different track. Because of that there is no rush to load. You can walk or wheel as slow or fast as you choose. The vehicle is completely stopped for you.

I was easily able to load my parents and then join DD in a different car without rushing like a mad woman!

It was a very enjoyable ride but you do turn some whirls that I think were close to 360's. All in all it was a great ride!
 
ok here are my tsm observations

we went on like 6 times including 1 trip 2 times in a row wich was nice of the cm

we used the fast pass que wich led us to the split for the w/c side
there was aprox a 5 to 10 min wait to get to this point and you get
your 3d glasses before the split

after the split you are in a small line waitng for the car wich as said is in a seperate area here is the problem we found

the cars that come into the h/c area are both regular cars and w/c cars
and if the party waiting infront of you is a person that can transfer they are still seated in the w/c car and now you as the next party waiting for the w/c must wait and not board the next non wc car and wait till the wc car comes back around 10 min or so

if you are 1st in line and the car that comes in not the w/c they ask you to wait and let the party behind that is able to transfer around you

it did not seem fair at all and we told this to the manager who said it was
out of there control as they can not pick wich car comes into the area and the space is limited in the h/c area cause of ride is in the old millionaire building and didnt have more space
 
Because of the stairs there are many able bodied guests with bad knees that cannot do the regular line. There are only two disabled cars available at any time. A person who can use a regular car either waits behind the disabled car user which means a long line or they bypass the disabled car user.

If they did not do it that way then there would be only a handful of riders a day and lots of empty cars. I am sorry but I feel it is fair. It is like I have to sit at a table with mother in a restaurant. Should I make everyone wait until our table is open or let them sit at the counter and booths? Before she got into a chair momma had to have a booth. Back then should we have made the people sitting at the counter and tables wait?
 
I tried to go on this ride. I was on my ECV & had a hard time in the very crowded line & all the turns maneuvering through. I bailed out when I saw a door.. It was very frustrating for me being alone. After reading that the ride is very "jerky" I am glad I didn't ride..
I wasn't allowed into the Handicapped entrance, Even with my GAC stating that I could use it..
I was a bit ticked off with the treatment I received..
 
I am so sorry to hear your misfortune. Disney made Toy Story Mania so that disabled guests would have access but not be given head of the line privileges. There is the shorter fastpass line that you could have used if you had gotten a fastpass. At some point the fastpass joins the standby line then the disabled guests are pulled out of that main line to go to the disabled boarding area. They would never deny someone in an ECV access to that boarding area as an ECV could not do the stairs in the main line.

In the future most new rides will be like Toy Story Mania in that the disabled guests will get in the standby or fastpass line like nondisabled guests and then at some point later be pulled into the disabled boarding area. Also communication problems do happen with CMs and you should have asked to talk to a lead or manager if you felt you should use the fastpass entrance.
 
I tried to go on this ride. I was on my ECV & had a hard time in the very crowded line & all the turns maneuvering through. I bailed out when I saw a door.. It was very frustrating for me being alone. After reading that the ride is very "jerky" I am glad I didn't ride..
I wasn't allowed into the Handicapped entrance, Even with my GAC stating that I could use it..
I was a bit ticked off with the treatment I received..
I'm sorry you didn't get the assistance you needed.

Whatever is listed in the Guidebook for Guests with Disabilities is considered the handicapped entrance for that attraction (in this case, it does say "Enter through the standard queue.") Since the handicapped entrance is specified in the Guidebook as the 'regular' standby line, that would be the entrance that is used for a GAC that says the wheelchair/handicapped entrance can be used.

The GAC for using the "handicapped entrance" is usually used to allow people without a visible reason (a wheelchair, ECV, cane, etc) to use an entrance without steps or to use the boarding area used by people with wheelchairs/ECVs (for example, boarding at the exit at attractions with moving walkways). In the case of Toy Story Mania, it would allow someone to use the bypass for the stairs.
The GAC to use the handicapped entrance would also be used by someone who is using an ECV or wheelchair, but wants to park it and walk into the attraction. Without the ECV or wheelchair, they would not be able to use the accessible (i.e. entrance that avoids stairs). With the GAC, they would be able to use whatever is the accessible entrance.

Toy Story Mania also is an attraction that has the icon for guests using ECVs need to switch to a wheelchair (probably because the queue is quite crowded and 'turn-y'). That makes it difficult for someone traveling alone who does not have assistance with pushing. The park rental ECVs would not be allowed in the queue. Smaller, more manouverable ones might be since they would not have as much difficulty negotiating the lines (although still not easy).

The ride car does 'jerky turns' quite often. The first is as you leave the boarding area. After that, it jerks and turns every time that your group of ride cars leaves the game you just completed. There is a count down before it happens, but it's still jerky.
I think they need a better description - the current description in the guidebook is "Slow moving, spinning vehicle with 3D effects." That doesn't really describe it at all.
 
I have been on TSM many times and have never had a problem with my ECV is the standby line. I have never seen any door in the queue other than the ones at the very entrance and exit of the building, and those doors are open at all times. My ECV is a Celebrity-X full-size three-wheel.

And there is no handicap entrace, the queue is fully accessible. As others have stated just after the standby and fastpass lines merge there is a set of stairs, and anyone in any chair or who cannot do stairs are diverted at that time to the special boarding area.

They normally seem to have two accessible cars; sometimes they will have a standard car come into the special boarding area if there are people who can transfer and the special area is getting crowded.
 
It looks fun, But I think from seeing how "jerky" it is I am glad I bailed out.. My pain levels are so high I believe I would have been really hurting. I rode "Dinosaur" & had to go back to my room after because it hurt me so much..
Deb
 
It jerks enough that on one of our rides, DD's wheelchair bucked backwards so it was balanced on the anti-tip bars. The next ride, we took her backpack off so she was not 'back heavy'.
 













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