Disability passes?

[eeyoremum]

Everybody here is so helpful with advice. I have one more question. My husband is disabled. Not that you would know it to see him at say 8am but after walking all day and hitting the rides the man is in sorry shape. After 7 days he will be in major pain. i have suggested getting him a wheelchair but he won't hear of it. He will use a cain occasionally though. I read a thread where you can get a pass or something at the customer relations to help with wait times at rides. Do we need a doctors note or anything to prove his disability?

 

[Nemo14]

It is not required as far as I know, but it's not a bad idea to have one with you.
Does he realize how much walking he will have to do? Disney parks are huge, particularly Epcot, and a wheelchair or motorized scooter is really a must for the disabled.

 

[eeyoremum]

This is our second trip to Disney. He is well aware of the amount of walking there is to do. He refuses to give in to anything forgetting of course that the kids want to do it all..right now. We are travelling from Saturday to Saturday to give him a day to rest before returning to work. We also booked at PC again forgetting the long walk from the buses.

 

[maggiegrace1]

You do not need a Drs Note..I was there in April and we got one for my daughter because she needed to be able to bring her stroller in most places..and I had all of her paperwork but they said they did not need it.They gave us a sticker for her stroller with the dates for our whole trip..good at all parks and a card to show if we needed it.
I also would recommend he get a ecv..it is alot of walking .

 

[barnum42]

Get a chair. My mother can walk, but not the distances required. For the most part you won't get preferential treatment in the queues (which as it should be) but your husband will have a place to sit whilst you wait.

Here's a link to a thread about my experiences pushing a wheelchair around the parks

http://forums.wdwmagic.com/showthread.php?t=42507

If you husband wants to stretch his legs during the day he can, and he won't have to worry about people saying he's using the wheelchair to cut the queues, because as you can see from the above thread, that's not the case.

 

[JPVonDrake]

The WDW guest assistance card is a tool provided by all WALT DISNEY WORLD Resort Theme Parks to enhance the service we provide to our Guests with disabilities. It was designed to alert our Cast about those Guests who may need additional assistance. The intent of these cards is to keep Guests from having to explain their service needs at every attraction they visit.

The Guest Assistance Card is available to our Guests with non-apparent, special assistance needs (i.e., autism, heart condition, etc.). Depending on a Guest's need, this card may provide a variety of assistance such as allowing Guests to wait in a shaded area, or providing admission to our attractions through auxiliary entrances, where applicable. However, the intention of this card has never been to bypass attraction wait times, or to be used by Guests with a noticeable service need.

Some Guests may be concerned that they do not have the stamina to wait in our queues. We strongly suggest these Guests consider using a wheelchair or Electric Convenience Vehicle (ECV) as the distance between our attractions is much greater then the length of our queues.

 

[trr313]

JP said it right as always.