People have certain needs which Disney allows & its really not up to you or me to be judging them but this simply comes down to lack of capacity. These people in theory would be in lines anyway waiting. Ive suggested this before and it is a hot take but maybe allow less people on the DAS travel party and have the people who can wait stand in line and the person who can get 1 maybe 2 max to go on with and have them try and time it. I dk but that can definitely cut down on people getting on rides
That would be hard for a family, say, of 4, where two adults are needed to support the child with a disability. What do you do with the 2nd child in that case? You can't just leave them alone in the park...
Yes, the DAS system allows you to select return times for all rides with a line
It does not allow you to select a return time. It gives you a return time based on the standby wait time.
you get 3 preselects, made in advance of your trip, on top of what I just mentioned
Yeah, I think that could, and should, easily go.
For DAS at WDW they will not even look at your documentation. The decision is made at the whim of the random cast member on duty. Very bad.
There's also the pre-registraiton, which I've found to be much better.
It's allowed because the 3rd party (IBCCES) conforms to HIPAA due to the fact that the board that is reviewing the information are medical directors (and not Universal Team Members). You can still get a card without medical records but IBCCES
is allowed to ask you direct questions as it pertains to your medical condition whereas Universal (or Disney) are not allowed to.
I personally think this is something Disney should do for a few reasons:
- it lasts for a year instead of 60 days
- will greatly reduce fraud
- benefits the legitimately disabled guest with a better experience (lower wait times in the LL queues)
As a parent of a child who does need this, I would support this.
See thats the problem with society and issues like this. I understand privacy etc but again. Explain to me why anyone who legit needs DAS or disability access would want to sue?!? Ive said it before but its lunacy to me.
People are entitled to certain rights under the law. The ADA has specific requirements and enumeration of rights on how to handle disability accomodations. If those rights aren't being respected and the law not being followed, people have a right to sue. Not something I would do, but if the law is being violated (and I don't have enough info to know that), then a lawsuit is the right remedy.
If Disney was willing to take a potential PR hit, they could probably significantly alter/limit the DAS system. Not even necessarily in terms of who has access to it, but how it actually functions.
I don't know exactly how it works, so I could be wrong, but based on the way I've seen it described I think it goes far beyond what would be considered a reasonable accommodation under the ADA; i.e., it could be a more limited system and still be compliant with the ADA.
They could, but as I've said previously, they have a great reputation for being extremely disability-friendly - not just in DAS, but in the rest of the park. If they change it too much as to where it would prevent people with genuine disabilities from enjoying the park, it would be a lot more than just a PR hit.
Yup. Big difference between reasonable accommodation and going straight to or near the front of the line.
It isn't that. DAS is there for people who, because of a disability, are actually incapable of waiting in long lines or would suffer extreme hardship by waiting in long lines (this is how Disney describes it). It's not for any disability, but for those that a long line would be prohibitive. So the idea is that they are allowed to do their waiting outside the line.
You definitely get to make 2 preselects on top of being able to request return times once you’re actually in the park. Here’s Disney’s own website explaining it:
Again, you don't request return times, you are able to rejoin the line at the estimated time that the standby time would have taken. It is usually slightly less, because you do end up spending some time in the LL. (Say for example you get a DAS pass at 11 AM for a 60 minute wait, you may get a return time 50 or 55 minutes out because of the estimated LL wait time).
But can you enter more than one line at once?
I'm legitimately curious. If it only allows you to enter one line at a time, or at least only lets you enter one line until your return time comes back -- you could conceivably stack multiple times this way but you couldn't just go enter 5 separate lines in a 10 minute span -- then that's probably right in line with ADA expectations.
You cannot. You can have one active DAS pass at a time. You can, however, get in another standby line.
Also, does it allow you to enter an ILL/VQ only attraction (like Guardians) without purchasing the ILL or getting a VQ spot?
If it's an ILL attraction with a regular standby queue, you can get a DAS pass for it as if it was a standby line. If it has a VQ, you can't get a DAS pass for it - you need to get a VQ or purchase an ILL.
if you get in line using DAS, you aren't able to get in another rides stand by line. Walk around, shop, eat, etc. sure but no rides
How? How would you even enforce that? I can't see that happening...
