WHERE are the non mainstream entrances??? I CANT find it!

[kaytieeldr]

I'm not going to count on there being a CM at every turn to direct me

I'm not sure why not. I realize there've been times that you (or someone on this thread) have approached an attraction and not found a Greeter where one would be expected - heck, it's happened to me on occasion - but the proper procedure is to approach the Greeter for directions on accessing the ride.

Knowing how to locate the wheelchair entrance is great - but there may be special instructions, or the Greeter may need (or claim to need ) to call ahead and let the CMs at the alternate access area know a Guest using a mobility device is coming...

 

[Joanne_in_London]

Test Track- you go through the exit, and up a ramp where everyone exits, I think you'll see the wheelchair logo here too.

This has changed. Rode today with wheelchair, they make you go through the regular queue then board you straight after the preshow bit with your party
Jo x

 

[SueM in MN]

This has changed. Rode today with wheelchair, they make you go through the regular queue then board you straight after the preshow bit with your party
Jo x

Thanks for popping this up - I only finished doing the Mainstream Access for 2 parks. I meant to complete it for all the parks, but got busy (actually, in September, we were getting ready to go to WDW and I never finished entering the information).

The access for wheelchairs has always been thru the regular (or Fastpass queue with a Fastpass), so it is a Mainstream Line.
The Guidemap lists it as Mainstream for ECVs.

It's always possible that the CM at the attraction could send someone thru another access with a wheelchair. Sometimes it's for reasons related to the individual - like they have a larger than usual ECV or an ECV plus a Service Dog.
Sometimes it's for ride related reasons. At Test Track, loading is on one side of the track and exiting is on the other side. This means that wheelchairs and ECVs need to somehow get over the track. If the guest loads in the regular loading area, the CMs will take the wheelchair or ECV up in an elevator to get over the track. Then, the ECV or wheelchair is taken down to the other side of the track.
We need to board at seat belt check area, so DD goes up in the elevator in her wheelchair. That means we see the whole process, but anyone who is boarding at the regular area won't see that and may not know how their wheelchair gets around to the exit. Some wheelchairs/ECVs may be larger and it may be easier to have those guests enter thru the exit.
If you just go up the exit without clearance from a CM, the CMs at the exit are likely to tell you that you need to enter thru the regular queue.

Test Track is an attraction that Service Dogs are not allowed to ride. So, with a SD, it makes sense for them to enter at the exit. That way, one of their party will be able to hold the dog for the SD handler while the handler rides and then they can switch off.

I don't have time right now to add the information for the other parks later this week.

 

[tinkerbelletreasure]

Some of the rides will very depnding on which Cm you ask. we were there 2 weeks ago. We spent 3 days in MK so we did all of our favorite rides twice and several times where we were directed the second time was not the same as the first time. It can also depend on crowd level. We rode Potc teh first and last day. the first day we were in the normal queue and the last day (much higer crowds) we were taken behind the scenes and in a CM entrance. We just made sure to find a CM at every attraction and ask. Most were very happy to accomidate us because we were flexible and willing to go and do whatever they asked.
I didn't read all teh responses, but I noticed a specific question abotu Haunted mansion..we rode that one twice...both time we had to go up teh exit and wait by the hearse for a cm to come get us.

 

[SueM in MN]

Some of the rides will very depnding on which Cm you ask. we were there 2 weeks ago. We spent 3 days in MK so we did all of our favorite rides twice and several times where we were directed the second time was not the same as the first time. It can also depend on crowd level. We rode Potc teh first and last day. the first day we were in the normal queue and the last day (much higer crowds) we were taken behind the scenes and in a CM entrance. We just made sure to find a CM at every attraction and ask. Most were very happy to accomidate us because we were flexible and willing to go and do whatever they asked.
I didn't read all teh responses, but I noticed a specific question abotu Haunted mansion..we rode that one twice...both time we had to go up teh exit and wait by the hearse for a cm to come get us.

The new maps list the usual place to enter for guests with wheelchairs to enter the attraction, but things can vary depending on conditions.

For example, one time last year, the regular line at Buzz Lightyear had a short wait and when we went to enter that line with DD in her wheelchair, the CM stopped us and sent us to the Fastpass line. The CM there wrote out a sort of Fastpass for us and sent us thru the Fastpass Line. Our wait was actually just as long as if we had gone into the regular line (actually longer since once we almost reached the boarding area, we had to wait for an accessible ride car). The reason was that the Fastpass line is less winding, so it actually moved the other guests in the regular line along faster if they did not have to deal with us in line.

At Haunted Mansion, we have been directed into the regular line and then a sign marked with a wheelchair symbol directs you to wait near the hearse for a CM (the line is accessible to that point, but is not accessible after that.)
We have also been directed to enter the exit and wait at the hearse for a CM.
Once, we were directed to enter the exit and the next guest in a wheelchair was directed to enter the regular queue by the same CM.
From what I could see, it appeared that they were trying to space out the number of guests with wheelchairs and ECVs. We still rode at about the same time we would have if we had stayed in the 'regular' line.

So, you are always correct to use whatever is listed as the wheelchair accessible entrance, but may be directly to enter somewhere else, depending on conditions that might not be apparent to the guest.