Rich Manhattan moms hire handicapped tour guides so kids can cut lines at Disney World

[Mammymouse]

I have the perfect solution...TDO needs to build more attractions (and fix up the broken/closed ones) and VOILA! the lines are magically thinned out and shorter!

 

[DisneyJoe]

I still havent read why the GAC allows unlimited front of the line access all day?

It does not. I know from personal experience.

 

[GoofGoof]

And honestly, as some one else pointed out, this woman is stupid for spending $130 an hour for a disabled guide just to get her to the front of the line when she could rent a wheelchair for a week for half the price of an hour. If she really thought that was a quicker way to get on, which it really isn't. Which means the story is probably sensationalized (Post) and just another reason to end this discussion.

This is the main reason I called BS on this story. I think it's at least embellished and possibly totally made up.

 

[luv]

I still havent read why the GAC allows unlimited front of the line access all day? Why can't the GAC card allow a person with the health issue to "check in" at the ride and wait somewhere else? They can come back and ride when they would have normally by standing in the line. One ride per GAC card at a time and they get to use the Fastpass system like everyone else. Would that not be equal access for all and cut down on the abuse? Or is everyone that gets a GAC card entitled to unlimited front of the line all day?

It doesn't. It puts you in the FP line, which is why people go in and tell the staff to give them one.

 

[bsiev1977]

This is the main reason I called BS on this story. I think it's at least embellished and possibly totally made up.

Right. Like others said earlier in the thread. The "social anthropologist" lady who is behind this story is writing a book. I think she's using peoples' dislike of the wealthy to inflame that social divide, in order to sell her story.

 

[loboftbl]

Ok...modify my statement from unlimited front of the line to unlimited Fastpass.

 

[copcarguyp71]

I still havent read why the GAC allows unlimited front of the line access all day? Why can't the GAC card allow a person with the health issue to "check in" at the ride and wait somewhere else? They can come back and ride when they would have normally by standing in the line. One ride per GAC card at a time and they get to use the Fastpass system like everyone else. Would that not be equal access for all and cut down on the abuse? Or is everyone that gets a GAC card entitled to unlimited front of the line all day?

Hoooray for common sense...sadly it seldom wins out

 

[englanddg]

Myself, being a member of the 99%, am going to OCCUPY!

 

[copcarguyp71]

This is the main reason I called BS on this story. I think it's at least embellished and possibly totally made up.

If it is made up then why does the travel agency exist that they reference and why are these "travel services" alluded to on their website. While I agree that the details of the story seem to have been muddied a bit I think there is some truth at the core of it and the entirety of the story cannot be entirely dismissed...of course 10 pages of this thread have muddied things as well.

 

[englanddg]

If it is made up then why does the travel agency exist that they reference and why are these "travel services" alluded to on their website. While I agree that the details of the story seem to have been muddied a bit I think there is some truth at the core of it and the entirety of the story cannot be entirely dismissed...of course 10 pages of this thread have muddied things as well.

Well, there are other agencies that offer "travel services"...like <ahem> massages.

Why not disabled for hire services?

<runs away quickly>

 

[FigmentsFangirl]

My personal thought on this topic: Being rich does not President Make. It just makes you look really snooty and stupid.

In this case, you are not the president Mrs-I'm-a-rich-Manhattan-resident-that-can-afford-a-three-million-dollar-a-month-home, you cannot go on a ride without a line, get back into reality please. {On a side note my parents saw President Jimmy Carter and his kids get on Mad Tea Party back in the late 1970s I think it was, entire ride was closed off for their duration before reopening to the rest of the guests}

I'll shut up on this topic now

 

[englanddg]

That's sick. With a mom like that those kids are going to grow up to be spoiled brats. Hopefully they will see that what their mom is doing is crazy someday and will rise above her selfish ways.

She'll be like this lady...

 

[luv]

Ok...modify my statement from unlimited front of the line to unlimited Fastpass.

Because it is a nice thing to do for people who are very sick or have a lot of pain and can only stay in the parks for a few hours. Lets them do as much as possible.

Make-a-wish kids do get to go right to the front of the line. Also a nice thing.

 

[englanddg]

Because it is a nice thing to do for people who are very sick or have a lot of pain and can only stay in the parks for a few hours. Lets them do as much as possible.

Make-a-wish kids do get to go right to the front of the line. Also a nice thing.

Exactly, and couldn't have said it better.

 

[GoofGoof]

If it is made up then why does the travel agency exist that they reference and why are these "travel services" alluded to on their website. While I agree that the details of the story seem to have been muddied a bit I think there is some truth at the core of it and the entirety of the story cannot be entirely dismissed...of course 10 pages of this thread have muddied things as well.

I have no idea if its true or not. Wouldn't the travel agency just recommend people get their own wheelchair instead of touring the parks with the people? The math doesn't quite add up for me and the fact that the writer of the story is writing a book that would greatly benefit from the publicity from the story makes me suspicious. It's just my opinion.

 

[PhotoDave219]

This is the main reason I called BS on this story. I think it's at least embellished and possibly totally made up.

It doesnt sound made up. Embellished by the sources, probably.

But based on people I've talked to and conversing with other regular park guests, We're not shocked nor surprised. In fact, I'm surprised it doesnt happen more often.

 

[loboftbl]

Because it is a nice thing to do for people who are very sick or have a lot of pain and can only stay in the parks for a few hours. Lets them do as much as possible.

Make-a-wish kids do get to go right to the front of the line. Also a nice thing.

There lies the problem. Everyone feels they are entitled to a higher level of service because of "x" problem/issue. It isnt enough to make it equal access it needs to be superior access. That creates massive amounts of abuse as evidenced on my last three trips to WDW. I don't get to do everything I want as much as I would like on my vacation, why is my vacation less important? On a side note, I have no problem with Make A Wish, does Disney not provide assistance through the parks for those guests(If not they should)?

 

[PhotoDave219]

Make-a-wish kids do get to go right to the front of the line. Also a nice thing.

Well..... Given the circumstances, its the right thing to do.

 

[GoofGoof]

Well..... Given the circumstances, its the right thing to do.

Yep. Make a wish does a lot of great things with Disney and a lot of kids end up wishing to go to WDW. They absolutely should get to go to the front of the line. Sorry for the thread drift, but if anyone is interested, here's a little story of a wish granted relating to Disney. Although it was not a trip to WDW I think it's pretty cool that the kid got to see some of the new technology the Imagineers were working on for FLE last spring:

http://philadelphia.wish.org/2012/07/03/i-wish-to-meet-the-disney-imagineers/

 

[PhotoDave219]

Well, there are other agencies that offer "travel services"...like <ahem> massages.

Why not disabled for hire services?

<runs away quickly>

..... I'd have to tip extra, right?