People could also have DAS and only use it as needed. If your disability prevents you from long lines, you still might just do standby for rides that don’t have long lines. So as not to overuse/abuse the DAS privilege. So entering standby doesn’t necessarily mean double dipping it could just mean they don’t need DAS for every attraction.
Genie+ is finite thought. So even if former DAS folk get Genie+ there will still be a limit in how many can do that.
My mother in law is raising my autistic nephew so I do talk to people who live this. My wife and I have also taken him to water parks and non Disney amusement parks.
Disney may increase the number. We don't know at this point.
I'm not doubting you or dismissing your experience however it is important to remember that there are 'levels' to autism. I know people that can "function" like neurotypical individuals and you would never know they are diagnosed with autism unless you were really close to them. I also know nonverbal, aggressive 24 hour care individuals on the spectrum. In this situation I am thinking of those that for the most part can handle an amusement park but if something triggers them they could have an issue and I'm not talking about a child that is easily controlled by an adult I am thinking of an adult, you may never know what the trigger was. This is a difficult situation because of the uncertainty of autism spectrum disorders you never know.
This is true. But it also means many are not racing from attraction to attraction.
I agree 100% which is why accommodations should be made based on each case for developmental disabilities. Just being diagnosed with "autism" doesn't mean someone requires accommodations. Some autistic people absolutely do.
I agree with your post, but I visited WDW in March, and the parks were pretty slow.
Orlando as a whole has.... but I'm going to wait to see what happens in the summer.
Sure, but you already started with the assumption that they would reduce DAS usage significantly enough to improve standby lines... which means a huge drop in LL usage... because the LL is never going to be empty, so the only way you improve standby waits is to lower the ratio between LL and standby. And to do that and maintain LL wait times, they would need a proportionally less amount of people in the LL queue.
I think you are right about the summer. I think it has been trending that way for a while.
Awesome - you know your nephew. Do not assume you know everyone else's.
Which is exactly why the system assigns accommodations based on your needs and not your diagnosis.
Okay I am sorry to step back in here but...I just reread the announcement as another site just reposted it do to the DAS defenders letter to Disney. I just realized that it said DAS and the 2 pre-selects are not coupled anymore and that people with DAS would not be given the pre-selects but it also sounds like they will be offering that to others almost like the Fast pass system but with just the pre-selects! I think that changes how I am looking at this. Hear me out...if you don't qualify for DAS but still have some issues in lines they will give you 2 return times per day to use. Not perfect but couple that with Genie+ if you can afford it may be doable.
It is extremely gray as to whether or not waiting in a short line is a required disability accommodation, especially when other accommodations can be made.
The vast majority of blue taps are going to be DAS, but it can also be people who have come too early by a few minutes and the CM lets them in, and some other edge cases as well.
what's a blue tap?
When going through LL the Mickey turns blue instead of green. It just means the cast member has to check to be sure it is an okay entrance
