Four our trip in July we're traveling with some friends and staying off site at a vacation home that we won in a charity auction last year.
Our friends' daughter, age 7, is diabetic and they've had a bad time trying to get her blood sugar regulated over the last year. She will be having an insulin pump implanted next week, and on Friday the family attended an all-day educational seminar about the insulin pump. During the seminar, the counselor asked the kids if any of them would be visiting WDW this year. When our friends' daughter excitedly raised her hand, the counselor said "Congratulations, you get to go to the front of all the lines!" Her mom asked if this meant just her or everyone traveling with her, the counselor told her the entire party would be allowed to skip the lines.
Now, I don't know if this is something that the doctors actually recommend for medical reasons to keep her from standing around in the heat and humidity, or if its offered as a "perk" by the hospital and Disney due to her illness. She's certainly in good health otherwise, plays soccer and basketball with other kids her age and holds her own in school.
I'm assuming that either: A) The hospital will give her some kind of pass to skip the lines, or B) They will give her a letter that will allow her to get a guest assistance card at the parks.
This leaves me with a bunch of questions:
Is this a Disney program? Has anyone ever heard of this before?
Will they really let the entire party skip the lines, or just her and a parent? At times when we are all touring together it will be 12 people!
Should I feel guilty about me and my healthy family taking advantage of this? I certainly don't want to be thought of as one of those system-abusers that are often discussed here.
Thanks for your input.
Our friends' daughter, age 7, is diabetic and they've had a bad time trying to get her blood sugar regulated over the last year. She will be having an insulin pump implanted next week, and on Friday the family attended an all-day educational seminar about the insulin pump. During the seminar, the counselor asked the kids if any of them would be visiting WDW this year. When our friends' daughter excitedly raised her hand, the counselor said "Congratulations, you get to go to the front of all the lines!" Her mom asked if this meant just her or everyone traveling with her, the counselor told her the entire party would be allowed to skip the lines.
Now, I don't know if this is something that the doctors actually recommend for medical reasons to keep her from standing around in the heat and humidity, or if its offered as a "perk" by the hospital and Disney due to her illness. She's certainly in good health otherwise, plays soccer and basketball with other kids her age and holds her own in school.
I'm assuming that either: A) The hospital will give her some kind of pass to skip the lines, or B) They will give her a letter that will allow her to get a guest assistance card at the parks.
This leaves me with a bunch of questions:
Is this a Disney program? Has anyone ever heard of this before?
Will they really let the entire party skip the lines, or just her and a parent? At times when we are all touring together it will be 12 people!
Should I feel guilty about me and my healthy family taking advantage of this? I certainly don't want to be thought of as one of those system-abusers that are often discussed here.
Thanks for your input.