Wheelchair

[jennriggs]

Hi all, we are going in September and there is 6 of us and one of us is in a wheelchair, how does it work for the rides? It's my nan she can walk but not very well so will still want to go on the rides. Do we queue like everyone else? Do we all get to go together? Do we have to buy fast pass?
Can we hire a wheelchair out there, if so where is the best place? X

 

[WantToGoNow]

Yes look into getting a wheelchair or ECV offsite so that you have use of it outside of the parks. If you do a general search, there are several companies that rent them and bring them to your resort.

Almost all lines are wheelchair accessible so you will all go through the line together. The few rides that are not will give you a return time to come back to the FP line.

You do not buy FP, they are free to everyone.

 

[Wings3496]

To hijack this thread a little bit...

My daughter has mild cerebral palsy. She can walk easily, but tires out pretty quickly with walking long distances. We're planning a trip to the world next year, and I was planning on getting a wheelchair for her to help out with the long, all-day walking.

My question is - we want to arrive at rope drop each day and make the most of the early morning. I am assuming the wheelchair rentals are inside the parks, so we would have to wait until after rope-drop to stand in line and rent one. Would the best solution be to rent a chair from a 3rd party and take it with us from the hotel?

If so, any recommendations on wheelchair rental companies, preferably who would deliver the chair to our hotel on site since we won't have a car?

Thank you so much!

 

[Gracie09]

To hijack this thread a little bit...

My daughter has mild cerebral palsy. She can walk easily, but tires out pretty quickly with walking long distances. We're planning a trip to the world next year, and I was planning on getting a wheelchair for her to help out with the long, all-day walking.

My question is - we want to arrive at rope drop each day and make the most of the early morning. I am assuming the wheelchair rentals are inside the parks, so we would have to wait until after rope-drop to stand in line and rent one. Would the best solution be to rent a chair from a 3rd party and take it with us from the hotel?

If so, any recommendations on wheelchair rental companies, preferably who would deliver the chair to our hotel on site since we won't have a car?

Thank you so much!

The daily chair rentals are after you go through the bag check and turn styles but before you actually enter the park. You can access them before rope drop. There are several offsite companies that will drop off a chair or meet you. Apple, walker, buena vista are a few. On the disabilities board there is a list in the FAQ thread. I would recommend an off site for the simple fact that you will have it outside the park. The ride and walk back to your room at the end of the night can be very long.

 

[SueM in MN]

To hijack this thread a little bit...

My daughter has mild cerebral palsy. She can walk easily, but tires out pretty quickly with walking long distances. We're planning a trip to the world next year, and I was planning on getting a wheelchair for her to help out with the long, all-day walking.

My question is - we want to arrive at rope drop each day and make the most of the early morning. I am assuming the wheelchair rentals are inside the parks, so we would have to wait until after rope-drop to stand in line and rent one. Would the best solution be to rent a chair from a 3rd party and take it with us from the hotel?

If so, any recommendations on wheelchair rental companies, preferably who would deliver the chair to our hotel on site since we won't have a car?

Thank you so much!

How old and what size is your child?
The park rental wheelchairs have seats that are 18 inches wide. As a comparison, my youngest DD is 5 feet tall and weighs about 85 pounds. Her own custom wheelchair is 14 inches wide.
My mom, who is about 5 foot 5 and around 118 pounds used one of the park rental wheelchairs. She found it to hold her legs apart in an uncomfortable position because the footrests don't come all the way to the middle of the chair.

The daily chair rentals are after you go through the bag check and turn styles but before you actually enter the park. You can access them before rope drop. There are several offsite companies that will drop off a chair or meet you. Apple, walker, buena vista are a few. On the disabilities board there is a list in the FAQ thread. I would recommend an off site for the simple fact that you will have it outside the park. The ride and walk back to your room at the end of the night can be very long.

There is a link in my signature directly to the disABILITIES FAQs thread. Post 2 of that thread has information about renting wheelchairs and ECV. It includes a list of off-site rental companies, including weblinks.

 

[Crystal824]

The daily chair rentals are after you go through the bag check and turn styles but before you actually enter the park. You can access them before rope drop. There are several offsite companies that will drop off a chair or meet you. Apple, walker, buena vista are a few. On the disabilities board there is a list in the FAQ thread. I would recommend an off site for the simple fact that you will have it outside the park. The ride and walk back to your room at the end of the night can be very long.

I agree with this. My mom has to get a wheelchair at WDW for medical reasons. The offsite wheelchairs are cheaper usually and it can be a long walk after a long day in the parks to the busses or the parking lot.

 

[xipetotec]

Hi all, we are going in September and there is 6 of us and one of us is in a wheelchair, how does it work for the rides? It's my nan she can walk but not very well so will still want to go on the rides. Do we queue like everyone else? Do we all get to go together? Do we have to buy fast pass?
Can we hire a wheelchair out there, if so where is the best place? X

DW hurt her back at work a few years ago. As a result, she can stand, walk, whatever just not for very long periods of time. In fact, Standing still is much worse than walking so standing in line is just out.

Because of that, our last couple of trips she has been in a wheelchair. Disney is genuinely great for this. Now it doesn't mean you get front of the line access ( this isn't Disneyland, where a lot of the rides are older and weren't built with wheelchairs in mind ). But they do manage it very well. Typically one of two things will happen. If the queue can handle the wheelchair, then you'll just wait in line like everyone else, once you get up to the loading area, they will ask if you can "transfer", if you can, they will tell you where to leave the chair, and help you load if needed. ( If not, then it does greatly reduce the rides you can ride, but many rides have cars that can accomodate the chair ).

If the ride line cannot handle the ride, they will give you a return time that corresponds to the wait time. That way you don't skip the line, but you also don't have to wait in line standing up. It's a sort of fastpass if you like.

DW was able to ride everything there, including thrill rides with no problem,

 

[cedricandsophie]

My daughter has Down syndrome and has very flat feet plus she tires easily. We always get her a wheelchair at the park first thing. And since we do more than one park a day you can keep your receipt and get chairs at all other parks on the same day at no extra cost. I think the chair is $12 a day.