Disney only needs to offer reasonable accommodations that do not fundamentally alter the nature of the business or experience. I don’t know that their options are “half-baked.” I think they’re the best they can do given the circumstances.
Disney is offering suggestions to people who no longer qualify for DAS under the new rules. If they don’t qualify, they will have the same options as everyone else.
But holding someone at a point if the person if not back yet can be viewed as unfair… someone needs to go to leave the line find a bathroom which may not be close and go then come back it could be a 25 minute time frame …
Same, and honestly, I'm getting kind of worried. My next trip will just be myself and my minor niece; under no circumstances will I leave her in queue if I need to utilize return to line services.
How is this unfair? We do the same amount of waiting when someone in the group needs to find a bathroom prior to entering a line.
You and I are reading the same thread - some of the suggestions are either horrifying or hilarious depending on how cynical your outlook on life is.
Not viewing a response as the preferred accommodation to what one wants, doesn't make their suggestion/response unreasonable. This will ultimately be the issue a lot of previous DAS holders will encounter. It's hard to accept something less, even if it can work, when you know something better exists.
LOL, I'd get banned from WDW if a CM gave me these options for my physical disability.
I understand how it works, but it doesn't negate that these peoples experiences have just been made exponentially more difficult. That's the whole point, they are not like "everyone else." I can empathize with the woman I was referring to; if someone were to tell me to "just use an ice pack" for my condition, I would be seriously offended. It's not even remotely that simple.
Disney wants to disqualify as many people as they possibly can from DAS, even if folks have legitimate limitations.
Not disagreeing with you. My point of bringing up the post was that the CM and adviser were quite dismissive as she was explaining why she would need the DAS (hard for me to give more detailed examples without simply copying and pasting the person's post).
Exactly what I'm saying! How rude!
There’s no question that this limitation on DAS is going to adversely affect people with physical disabilities who previously qualified for it. It’s being done because the number of people who previously qualified are overwhelming the system and because the prior system was leading to too much abuse.
The funniest thing is I know they are going to suggest that I use a wheelchair or ecv, which would be great if I could actually see well enough to use one... Which ironically makes it easier for me to process denial mentally because I've already figured out what they're going to say haha.
I hate to be the one who keeps having to point to the “Don’t abuse the cast members because you didn’t get your preferred accommodation” sign, but I feel the need to once again point to the “Don’t abuse the cast members because you didn’t get your preferred accommodation” sign. While reasonable people in this thread can disagree on DAS, how it is being rolled out, and the accommodations being given, everyone should agree that abusing the front-line cast member is not the answer.
Don't get me wrong, the previously system was being massive abused. I can remember during my last trip overhearing a woman bragging to someone else about how she "made something up about her kid" and was able to get it; it's disgusting. It's just unfortunate that some people who truly benefited from DAS will now be caught in the crossfire while this all gets ironed out.
The accommodation is primarily for the person who needs it, ie who needs to leave the line.
While I'm not the person who wrote the post you quoted, I think they weren't being literal to the point of meaning that they would abuse a CM.