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Nightjock

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14. I feel your pain

Tue Sep 24, 2013, 08:26 AM

Sep 2013

and we will absolutely not do our annual Disney trip until they fix this.
Our 10 year old has autism and all year long he looks forward to going. But he severely melts down on the long lines EVERY TIME and it was EXTREMELY difficult to have a good time.
I am heart broken they have done this our family and others like us.
I actually am fighting back tears as I write this because my "little man" cannot go next year.

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Disney says disabled guests now have to wait in line due to schemes for the rich [View all] davidn3600 Sep 2013 OP

It's a shorter wait Auggie Sep 2013 #1

Then many disabled are now being denied access to Disneyland/World DJ13 Sep 2013 #2

The lines are designed for wheel chairs and carts.. pipoman Sep 2013 #3

And wasn't it just the cherry on top that it was the 1% kcr Sep 2013 #6

It's not just the 1%, lots of families "play disabled" on their own snooper2 Sep 2013 #21

Maybe, but it was the stories about the rich paying to exploit the "perk" kcr Sep 2013 #23

a lot of kids with d_r Sep 2013 #8

Because a roller coaster or Mad Hatter's Tea Party is just what they need jberryhill Sep 2013 #57

oh good lord. d_r Sep 2013 #59

Nobody rode Snow White every day jberryhill Sep 2013 #68

The hell they are... SomethingFishy Sep 2013 #15

Seriously. Gormy Cuss Sep 2013 #28

+1 CountAllVotes Sep 2013 #31

Make an ADA complaint.. pipoman Sep 2013 #42

There wasn't a need to make a complaint as they had handicapped access.. SomethingFishy Sep 2013 #50

I went there with a person who suffers from MS some years back LanternWaste Sep 2013 #39

What they do at Cedar Point, the best Coaster Park in the US of A... WCGreen Sep 2013 #16

Yep. Works a treat. riqster Sep 2013 #54

There is a special place in hell for these bitches and bastards Ilsa Sep 2013 #4

It wouldn't have happened without the cooperation of some disabled people Fumesucker Sep 2013 #5

A very badly written article. Disabled people will not have to "stand in line". Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #7

That's called a "fast pass" and it can be issued to anyone. Gravitycollapse Sep 2013 #11

This new card (DAS) is separate from the Fastpass system. Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #12

Having this pass made my families Disneyland experience less stressful kimbutgar Sep 2013 #9

With the new DAS system you will still not have to stand in long lines (nt) Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #13

I feel your pain Nightjock Sep 2013 #14

He will qualify for the new DAS. Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #17

From the article: kcr Sep 2013 #24

In terms of wait time at the ride, that's no different from the current GAC. Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #32

What? kcr Sep 2013 #35

Nope, the major rides that have Fastpass use the Fastpass lines. Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #37

Then why on earth would anyone pay a disabled person to cut to the front of the line kcr Sep 2013 #38

Because a GAC card functions as an unlimited, immediate Fastpass (nt) Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #51

So all the people who've claimed they can skip the line have been lying? kcr Sep 2013 #53

you are both saying the same thing. d_r Sep 2013 #58

Well, not saying the same thing, not really. kcr Sep 2013 #71

oh I see d_r Sep 2013 #73

No you now have to wait until your time you go on the ride kimbutgar Sep 2013 #25

You can do whatever you like waiting for your ride time. Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #34

Oh, well, they can just chill out and do whatever kcr Sep 2013 #40

The problem is that people with special needs find it hard to wait in long lines. Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #43

What it truly did kcr Sep 2013 #49

Again, for some reason you seem to be determined to be outraged over this subject. Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #56

Disputing facts means determined to be outraged? kcr Sep 2013 #61

"I really don't give two shits what Autism Speaks thinks about something..." Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #62

Sums up what? kcr Sep 2013 #63

Have a good day (nt) Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #65

Nobody else gets to have an enjoyable pipoman Sep 2013 #46

I think that there is a point being missed here energumen Sep 2013 #10

Robber Baron Jay Gould said "I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half. " Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2013 #20

The "disabled share the blame?" Appalling. Truly appalling. anneboleyn Sep 2013 #55

Punish disabled people because a few people game the system. That is stupid. liberal_at_heart Sep 2013 #18

No, punish the disabled because of a STORY of people gaming the system NightWatcher Sep 2013 #36

Nobody is being "punished". The DAS still eliminates waiting in long lines, Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #44

People been gaming that system for decades. Iggo Sep 2013 #19

I felt a little guilty whe I took my mom to MGM 15 years ago. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2013 #22

People game the system because the system is bad. surrealAmerican Sep 2013 #26

Considering the billions the Disney Empire makes, kentauros Sep 2013 #41

They still suck, only on a 21st century level.. pipoman Sep 2013 #48

I suspect most people go (and have gone) kentauros Sep 2013 #52

Selfish Wealthy People are Why We Can't Have Nice Things. nt stevenleser Sep 2013 #27

I've been to Disneyland twice and dgibby Sep 2013 #29

One-day park admission at Disneyland is $94 (nt) Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #45

Thanks. dgibby Sep 2013 #72

do the 1% actually do Disney? In my day it was more like Caneel Bay cali Sep 2013 #30

Disney forgot about this lady here CountAllVotes Sep 2013 #33

She would have qualified for the new DAS, Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #60

Could she have made it to Disneyland? CountAllVotes Sep 2013 #67

Yeah, unfortunately even Disney cannot stave off death, Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #69

The 1% is why we can't have nice things Taverner Sep 2013 #47

Rather than actually sitting in line, what they're doing is getting reservations. backscatter712 Sep 2013 #64

+1. And Disney has worked with advocacy groups like Autism Speaks Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #66

We are the system, they're gaming us. Democrats_win Sep 2013 #70

Six flags has something similar but rl6214 Sep 2013 #74