Will be using a rolling walker with seat in the parks

[TeresaNJ]

Due to extreme difficulty walking because of a fairly new lower back and leg problem, I've decided to try a rolling walker on our Disney vacation. My first appointment with an orthopedic surgeon isn't until we get back, so I'm trying to make this family vacation as tolerable as possible for me.

I will definitely need the walker for support at all times when I am not sitting, so will there be a problem using in it attraction lines, and bringing it with me inside shows like Nemo, and The Haunted Mansion? I won't be able to park it like a stroller, as I need it to walk.

 

[SueM in MN]

Walkers and rollators (rolling walkers with seats) are mobility devices and are handled exactly like wheelchairs. You will not have any problem using the walker.
All the lines and attractions are wheelchair accessible. Some are not ECV accessible, so people using them in those lines need to change to a wheelchair (they are available at those attractions).

When you get to the park, get a Guidemap for Guests with Disabilities. On our last trip in October, we saw those maps with the regular park maps. If you don't see them, ask in Guest Relations. In most cases, guests using wheelchairs and other mobility devices enter the regular lines with everyone else.

 

[TeresaNJ]

Thanks Sue. Specifically though, what I want to know is, can I bring the rolling walker with me to my seat in shows such as The Lion King, and into the doom buggy on the Haunted Mansion, and rides such as those?

 

[SueM in MN]

Thanks Sue. Specifically though, what I want to know is, can I bring the rolling walker with me to my seat in shows such as The Lion King, and into the doom buggy on the Haunted Mansion, and rides such as those?

You can bring it into shows like Lion King - the CM will probably ask if you want to sit on it or transfer to a seat. If you want to sit on your rollator, just tell them and they will have you park in one of the wheelchair spots.

As far as rides, you will always be able to bring it with you all the way to boarding- which is how wheelchairs are handled. Some attractions have a wheelchair accessible car. If you need to use the ramp on those to get it, let the CM know. You won't be able to sit on your rollator in those wheelchair ride cats though.
For Haunted Mansion, there is no car that a wheelchair can be loaded into. They will ask if you can stand and walk and want to see the streching room/preshow. If you do, you would need to park your rollator in an area near the exit. You can choose to board at the exit. That means you would not get to see the preshow, but boarding at the exit would mean that the CMs can slow or stop the moving walkway and you can bring your rollator right up to the doombuggy if you want. That is what we do with DD's wheelchair. We park it tight next to the doombuggy and when she us on, the CM takes it away.

 

[TeresaNJ]

Thank you so much for the information. I truly appreciate it.