This is a huge factor I think. Someone could get really good at working within the parameters of FP+ (like I did) and never have to wait for anything. I essentially had the same thing DAS users have now, or maybe even better in some cases. Now you can’t even get close to what DAS offers, even paying for G+. While not the same, the only way a non-DAS user could get a similar experience would be to pay for a vip tour.
Depending on the reason they are using and them being employees of the company it can be “easier” to tell. We have CMs on here stating there is abuse among cast how do they know?
No. It’s really not.
No. The standard should be a reasonable accommodation for that class of disability.
If i lied to my employer about a certain condition and my actions and lifestyle contradicts what i claimed. I assure you they would eventually find out…
I’m well aware of how DAS works.
What you are referring to here is essentially the opposite of what’s going on.
We have had a cast member in this thread indicate that it is an "open secret" among cast members and there are CMs abusing DAS.
I'll be there from the 18th, I don't use DAS but as a Genie + user I'll be interested to see if there's any difference in availability, for example will Slinky be easier to book with most of the DAS pre selects been removed.
We already had that. It was called Fastpass +.Can I offer up a potential "solution" in this thread that might help?
Why can't Disney invest in a "create your own experience" type feature where in your My Disney Experience app, you can select what rides you want to go on and what times. So, it'd be like a reservation system similar to the DAS as it stands now that way you can do what you want to do and go back to the ride at the time you reserved. It would a "virtual queue", but not the virtual queue with boarding groups. So, an example would be:
You have a family with an autistic child and a grandparent with an oxygen tank. Let's say that the child has to have medication between 1pm and 3pm and the grandparent has to charge the oxygen tank between 5 and 6pm. You can block your experiences around those times so you're not shoehorned into waiting in line.
Another example would be:
A family of four is just going up for the day and wants to hit a couple of rides in the morning and then have lunch/dinner later. They can go into their app, create their experience and select up to 3 rides and then go make reservations later on based on the times they selected for their rides.
Disney is probably already doing this with Lightning Lane, but instead of charging $$$ per person per day for LL passes, this would be rolled into the cost of admission (day pass, park hopper pass, annual pass) because when I saw how much a day pass was per park - I about lost my friggin' mind. I had ZERO idea it was that much (almost $200 for a day pass for one park?).
I don't want this thread to go off-topic, but I'm interested in hearing the feedback to this type of "solution" that Disney could look into.
Appreciate the sounding board, folks!
I agree that Disney should have had all the info ready to go before announcing anything, but the overwhelming sentiment from DAS users in this thread (and elsewhere) is that none of the discussed alternative accommodations is likely to work for them. And in some cases, I'm sure they're right. But I doubt that they all are.
Again, “that’s not going to work for me” isn’t necessarily the standard they have to operate by. The standard is, is this a reasonable accommodation to those with disabilities (or subcategories of disabilities) that does not fundamentally alter the business’s ability to provide goods and services to all its customers?
So you’re going to divide everyone’s disability’s into classes.
