Disney is likely being inundated with such questions, and I highly doubt they will answer any of them. It would defeat the purpose of the new system and having the 3rd party involved for them to guarantee something via email right now. My guess is they have a form letter ready to go directing people to the virtual chat.
Seems to me the return to queue feature is what will be the “accomodauton” for those with physical and mental disorders that prevent them from standing or being in the same place for too long. So example, if you have a broken ankle with crutches, and you start getting in pain after standing 15 minutes, the return to queue option will allow you to go rest then come back. Just spitballing here
You were eligible under the retiring system, as well. I know some that had DAS given for ADHD. I appreciate that you didn't twist things just for DAS.
It was more of a "I bet somebody else needs this even more" situation. While I will not disclose without their permission, their medical ailment, I can assure to you that it was medically diagnosed and was actually because of emergency surgery that they had to get. That all being said, they got the DAS once to see how it operated as they work for Universal, and then they also used the knowledge of the DAS pass to tell guests when they quip "...but Disney does it this way" that they were incorrect.
"Back in the day" before OG FP, I saw people somewhat frequently who would be walking around and pushing a wheelchair and then get into the chair and get to skip to the wheelchair access point on the old rides that had queues which couldn't accommodate wheelchairs.
I’ll be honest, I’ve never found it imperative to even disclose my educational accommodations from it to my University.
Not everyone who requires a wheelchair requires it for every moment of the day.
I'm not sure what the solution for the in-queue bathroom break is. There does need to be some way to make sure the people actually were in line to begin with. Many times in the FoP queue 2-4 people shove past (often times without even saying "excuse me" and those might accidentally get a foot tangled with mine) but I never saw them exit. I guess it is possible that somebody needs a lot more fiber in their diet but I wouldn't be surprised if some of them were just cutting. That, or had one member of their party get in line an hour earlier and create their own VQ.
You know that Legal had to vet everything and did a Risk analysis before approval right?
Ever the optimist!
But that's not what the webpage says. There is no mention of non-developmental disabilities. They could have saved themselves a lot of grief and other guests a lot of anxiety by referring to some procedure for people with other types of disabilities. The failure to do that, leaves what else Disney is expecting / planning to happen open to criticism of "have they considered..."
That’s what I’m saying, I can’t picture it. Just having people hop in and out as needed sounds like a recipe for some kind of horrible shoving / trampling incident. Having official checkpoints isn’t likely given the ride restructuring that would have to happen. Giving a return time would essentially be another form of DAS. Having CM’s assist would require a ton of people if anyone who wants to leave knows they can hop out of line for a bit.
