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No I didn't because I don't believe if your needs are met by having a wheelchair or scooter you need any additional assistance. That was not the reason I ever used a GAC or asked for a DAS. I did so to avoid being trapped inside a large congested area where the people around me would...

If GAC use was such a problem at WDW as you are arguing with your statistics, then why have wait times remained the same after DAS was implemented? Today on a Columbus Day weekend in Saturday Wait Times for Space Mountain were up to 100 minutes by 5pm. TSM was at it's normal 95 minutes. Test...

Gee, thanks for putting this thread back on it's favorite Straw Man debate. Meanwhile Standby Times in WDW are not changed a jot by this new program. I guess that's what you get for having at most 1% of total guests maybe possibly using a GAC. (Funny how everyone on a WDW forum completely missed...

Hard to say but the TSM wheelie queue seems faster. CMs I talked to there said it was spacing out demand for that better. They're getting fewer clumps of guests. I did clock it in half the time it was just before DAS started. I didn't get a chance to test out Kilamanjaro Safari, which I know...

No problem. I'm waiting for the auto train to pull out of the station for home now. I'll fly back on Dec 29 for NYE. One issue I thought was silly in how it played out in real life was the strict "10 min return ticket to any attraction with longer posted wait times." Case in point after...

My second day using DAS at DHS was so much better and a different experience. Difference was the CMs. Instead on focusing so much on potential abuse they seemed more intent on explaining how the new program works for disabled guests to make their experiences in Disney better. For instance...

That is not what I said. I quoted someone who stored those with physical disabilities would be more readily helped now while chastising the idea of autistic people being the complainers because they were abusers. The opposite is proving true. Many people in wheelchairs are being denied access to...

My Return Time was 30 minutes before dinner in England. That was with the 10 minute reduction from the Standby time, so with Standby (had I gone into that), I would have 20 minutes to board the attraction and exit. I require the special wheelchair boarding at the seatbelt check. It's a HARD...

Um guys, can I point out something that might surprise you. I went to EPCOT today and asked for a DAS card. I am the one with severe physical disability due to childhood rhuematoid arthritis. Use a power wheelchair, limited mobility, special controls for driving my van and always carries a...

Everybody? Do I need to document all the additional time a wheelchair user waits to whatever line they're in? Standby or FP it doesn't matter. Disney even says in their new literature you will wait longer because of limited resources. Wheelchair accessible queues do not translate to...

That's a laugh. You NEVER get to ride Soarin' repeatedly. You also don't get to ride TSM again because there's a person waiting for your seat. You will get the chance to ride Test Track, Haunted Mansion, Buzz Lightyear, and Winnie the Pooh again. Max is 2 trips (on rare occasions 3) and only if...

Really rheumatoid arthritis is considered an "invisible" disability? I keep forgetting they have so many better treatments for it today. When I was diagnosed with JRA back in the 70's it was a prescription for joint deformity and disability (what happened to me). They had such crap medical...

I am a DVC Member (which allows me to afford longer stays on property throughout the year) and have an Annual Pass for that very reason. Long gone are the days I felt like I needed to be in a park 8-10 hours to justify the price of my ticket. I think the issue with stamina concerns is not every...

Not a bad idea. I was thinking along the lines of something similar. You get X number of chances to use an alternate entrance in a day. Restrictions would have to apply for how long between visits if it's the same attraction too. Not that it matters but I always tried to self regulate. If I did...

A FastPass that requires one to submit to an inquisition and get a photo ID assuming they can endure the long line at Guest Relations in the morning. It went out the door at Hollywood Studios today around 5pm.

Given that the new program essentially Is just awarding you an extra FP, I doubt there is as much incentive to cheat. That should discourage abuse itself. What I find fascinating is how folks think this will their standby times. Once DAS is in force and it still takes 90 mins to go thru TSM...

Oh if only that's how long it really took. Just for kicks I timed my trip thru TSM today. From starting up the ramp to boarding my vehicle time was 20 mins and 47 seconds. Fortunately there were only two wheelchairs in front of me, both transfers and they pulled up an 8 seater to load both...

This is an old post I dug up in the thread because I want to demonstrate something to the folks like this who may still not understand where the anxiety in the disabled community comes from. All the literature I'm reading about DAS says that those kinds of kids and adults with very visible...

I'm sure GAC was not intended to help non-transfer wheelie folks like me. That's why I never thought to ask for a card the first couple years it existed. It was supposed to be for guests with invisible disabilities. Not something a CM could detect at the gate. Back then guests needing that...

Out of curiosity, when do you visit WDW? I thought I'd seen it all at TSM during my visits (Feb, March, April, May, Sep, Oct, December) I've been here during the lull times of Sep and May, the busy times of Spring Break and Columbus Weekend. I even come at the mega busy time of NYE. In all those...