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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 447.1 | Book for Handicapped Guests | WREATH::SCOPA | | Fri Feb 10 1995 16:10 | 8 |
| "Handicapped in WDW - A Guide for Everyone"
By Peter Smith
Southpark Publishing
$10.95
ISBN 1-881971-49-X
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| 447.2 | | COMICS::LUCKMAN | | Mon Feb 13 1995 09:40 | 13 |
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I visited WDW with the family last October. My daughter has muscular
dystrophy and while not confined to a wheelchair would not have
managed without one.
We thought we would be able to manage with a stroller (pushchair for
us English) but she was just too big. They are too enclosed for
anyone bigger than a toddler. After the first day, using the stroller,
we hired a wheelchair on subsequent visits. The cast members go into
overdrive to help you when you have a wheelchair.
Incidentally, you have to fill in a form to request a wheelchair at
Universal Studios.
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| 447.3 | my 2 cents | BSS::K_LAFRANCE | | Tue Feb 14 1995 14:31 | 30 |
| When we took my "challenged" daughter to WDW, we couldn't rent a wheel
chair for her (she was too small). But, we still used the handicap
entrances for the rides. The cast members were wonder helping opening
gates and stuff.
Flame on:
I saw so many "healthy" people renting wheel chairs just to be able
to use the handicap entrance for rides. Case in point: Two healthy
teen age boys rented a chair and went from ride to ride using the
handicap entrances. They took turns pushing each other around....this
just makes me angry. Someone who may have needed the wheel chair could
not rent one.
Flame off:
DL does not give special consideration to "challenged" people.
When I called to make reservations at DL and asked if they had handicap
enterence for a couple of favorite rides, the reply was "I don't think
so". We were always directed to guest services when we requested
something out of the ordinary, ie. a child's wheel chair (they don't
have any) .
WDW goes out of their way to help you. Whenever we rode the TRAM,
someone who always help us on/off. When we would eat at ANY Disney
facility, we were always put on wide isles or table moved to help out,
etc.
Kathi
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| 447.4 | Ask at Main Street | SWAM1::STERN_TO | Tom Stern -- Have TK, will travel! | Tue Feb 14 1995 17:57 | 11 |
| In their defense, Disneyland actually has a special pamphlet (Available
from Guest Services, City Hall, Main Street), covering Disneyland for
people with special needs. I have picked up a copy for other noters
before.
I have a friend who DOES need a wheelchair to get around Disneyland,
and he reports having been watched to see if he truly needed the chair
or was using it to get around the lines. So even though the teenage
boys got away with it, I would hope that this was the exception.
tom
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| 447.5 | | MKOTS3::JACOB | | Thu Feb 16 1995 09:54 | 23 |
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I also went down a year ago...with my sister and her children. She has
MS and she looks perfectly fine but she can not make it around their
for much longer that 1/2 hour before she would be exhausted and we would
have to go home...She and I did get into many fights about putting her
into a wheelchair because she hates the fact that she had to be in one.
I did have her bring letters stating she is on social
security/disability. She never had any problem...eveybody jumps
through hoops to help...
THIS IS THE ONLY FLAME I HAD...
people in lines making sarcastic comments to her/us because it
didn't look to them like their was anything wrong with her...after the
first day we felt like we should put a tshirt on her with her illness
on it....people can be sooooooooo rude...even in disney. But we got
over it and had a great vacation...
Pat Jacob
MKOTS3::JACOB
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| 447.6 | been there, liked it alot | HDLITE::SCHAFER | Mark Schafer, AXP-developer support | Thu Feb 16 1995 14:08 | 19 |
| WDW has no price breaks for wheelchair guests.
HP parking is provided close to the entrance.
pushing a wheelchair up the ramps to the monorail is a real pain
(there's an elevator at EPCOT, but you've got to be somewhat pushy to
get the operators to load from the "wrong" side of the cars).
Many attractions are only accessible if the person can get out of the
wheelchair.
special areas to view the parades, although I sometimes wonder if this
is a benefit.
You can assist a handicapped person in the bathroom at the medical
services in the Magic Kingdom, otherwise you are on your own at the
public restrooms, much like airports.
Best place for a steam engine ride, wheelchair entrances at most stops.
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