Why resort recommends scooters in hall

[Lewisc]

Disney clearly prohibits putting towels and bathing suites on balcony railing. A statement telling guests not to leave scooters in the hall for more then 15 minutes would end the confusion.

 

[SueM in MN]

Disney clearly prohibits putting towels and bathing suites on balcony railing. A statement telling guests not to leave scooters in the hall for more then 15 minutes would end the confusion.

My guess is that they thought the statement that obstructing hallways, etc. was inclusive of anything someone might leave in the hallway.
If they were going to add anything, it would probably be something like ‘“this includes, but is not limited to ECVs, wheelchairs, strollers, luggage.”
i doubt they would include a time because that would lead to a lot of “I’m only leaving it here for a few minutes…It’s only been here a few minutes. I’ll move it in a few minutes.”

 

[Groot]

Wait, there's been a rash of scooter theft there? I haven't heard about this. How weird! Who's stealing scooters out of a Disney resort?

Prolly the same people who steal those name brand baby strollers.

LOL, except the individuals that he met were their own personal scooters and some not cheap ones.

Yeah, I would NEVER leave my personal powerchair in the hallway for someone to “Borrow” or “take a joyride on”. If anything happens to it and it gets damaged, that would destroy my vacation.

 

[philharmagic fan]

I’ve been involved in regulatory, safety and Fire Marshall survey/inspections in hospitals. There are specifics for hospitals, but I believe the basics are the same. The hall width in fire codes usually applies to the actual width of the hallway and bstructions are considered anything that intrudes more than 4 inches from the wall into the hallway.
Anything in an exit/egress hallway is considered to be stored there if it stays in the same place - I think it was for 8 hours or more. Housekeeping carts may be in a hallway, but are moved frequently as Housekeepers clean rooms and they are generally put back into a Housekeeping closet or storage area at the end of use.
At least in the hospital, if a fire alarm goes off, staff need to clear the halls; Housekeeping puts their carts away and other carts (supplies, computers, etc. ) are pushed into storage or unoccupied rooms.


The person with a disability who wants to leave it in the hall might consider it an accommodation, but it would interfere with safe passage for other people. That would make it not a reasonable accommodation.

agree. Hard to manouver for everyone, but especially for people with visual impairments who rely upon the walls as pathway guides. Usually there are not many housekeeping carts in the hallway at a time - and they are necessary to the Housekeeper’s work. Allowing ECVs, strollers or other things puts unnecessary obstructions in the way.
Besides that, there is the issue of obstructing paths in case of an actual fire or other emergency evacuation where the halls might be dark or smoke filled and people panicked if they come up against an obstacle in their path out.

I worked in a hospital in western New York, and the rules there were that all items in hallways had to be on the same side (so that if there was a visually impaired person or heavy smoke obscuring visibility, you could hug the opposite wall for its entire length without running into anything), and at no point at any time could the width of the pathway be less than 48 inches.

 

[SueM in MN]

I worked in a hospital in western New York, and the rules there were that all items in hallways had to be on the same side (so that if there was a visually impaired person or heavy smoke obscuring visibility, you could hug the opposite wall for its entire length without running into anything), and at no point at any time could the width of the pathway be less than 48 inches.

Yes.
We had the same in Minnesota, only on one side. Isolation carts were all that ‘lIved’ in the hall, but they were only allowed in front of rooms where the patient was on isolaction.
But had to clear the hallways for fire/severe weather drills and events.
A lot of the wheelchairs were bariatric, so took more space and had to be moved to a bigger place frequently

 

[Groot]

Sounds like a situation where they are just thinking about it from their own point of view instead of general safety and security.

Plus, wouldn’t it make it harder to get a housekeeping cart down the hallway if it was lined wit mobility devices?

 

[SueM in MN]

Plus, wouldn’t it make it harder to get a housekeeping cart down the hallway if it was lined wit mobility devices?

Harder to get anything thru

 

[Evita_W]

Harder to get anything thru

Yep, including other mobility devices, imagine trying to get back to your room but being unable to do so because another scooter was in your way. I saw this happen to someone once, it was quite clear which room it belonged to, so another member of their party put it in neutral and moved it to in front of the door, which was a little set back and toon it out of neutral so they could get by. I have no idea what happened when the person tried to leave their room.