Again, DAS should be for individuals with profound disabilities and terminal illnesses. The RTQ is a very good option for those who don't and have your run of the mill health issues I listed that you took offense to.
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New DAS System at Walt Disney World 2024
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KrzyKtty
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This thread is becoming horribly antagonistic. I know what the topic as sensitive as this, it can make emotions run high. But if we don't want it to be shut down, We should remember to be respectful of others points and fears. Especially if we don't want the thread to be shut down.
Joel
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SamusAranX
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I don’t necessarily disagree that RTQ well help certain ones, but for people who needed it, DAS wasn’t an entitlement. I guarantee many would rather physically wait in lines if it meant not having to deal with the health issues they have
SamusAranX
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I’ll step in and say I understood where you meant your words to go, and have been rather respectful. Can’t speak for other posters though
TrainsOfDisney
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Was it mostly at major airports that required long walks between terminals?
Asking for assistance at Orlando and not needing assistance when landing in Branson, Missouri would make total sense. Those airports are radically different.
SamusAranX
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Frontier wants to sell more of everything. They legitimately rip people off, go watch the videos of people who’s bags clearly fit and the employees are still charging them gate check fees.
That said, it doesn’t justify using a wheelchair if you have no disability.
KrzyKtty
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Who is to judge who does and does not need one?
My MIL is 80+ and never uses one. You can bet my husband finally convinced her to use one at ATL when they had ten minutes to go to a completly other terminal to catch a flight.
Angel Ariel
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Agreed. And. Neither is any discussion of trading disabilities.
SamusAranX
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Unfortunately you can’t ever really know, so that’s on the individual’s conscience if they deliberately falsify a need for the wheelchair to get a preferred seat.
SamusAranX
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Or laughing at peoples sincere posts. Which is against forum rules might I add.
Plenty of room for respectful discussion
TrainsOfDisney
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Oh is frontier open seating? Was trying to figure out what the benefit was.
If I don’t have a carry or know my bag will be gate checked anyways I try to board last - the less time on the plane the better haha.
KrzyKtty
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That was the part I was missing I guess.
SamusAranX
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They charge ahead for seat selection I believe, which in a vacuum isn’t unheard of, but they charge fees for EVERYTHING. I’ve only flown with them a couple times. It was enough for me lol
Not to derail this thread further, but one of my favorite quotes I ever heard is something along the lines of, “If everyone put their own set problems into a pile with everyone else’s and then got to choose a new set of problems to have, everyone would end up choosing their original problems.” I can’t remember it word for word, but you get the idea.
Angel Ariel
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Make a wish is for terminal illnesses, and is a *true* skip the line accommodation, as it should be. The family in that video may want to think about applying through make a wish instead.
Basil of Baker Street
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It's sad that this has to be explained.
Jessica_25
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I am a frequent reader and first time poster on this forum, and I had a few questions that I wanted to ask/ comments that I wanted to make.
I have used DAS in the past at WDW and its counterpart in Disney Land Paris. I have a well documented neurological disability that makes standing in queues impossible for me since I cannot stand for long periods of time, nor can I tolerate heat as it will cause me attacks. Given that I have been hospitalized before, and I can easily be hospitalized again, I use accommodations in my daily life to prevent exacerbations. This new system is scaring me that I might not be able to return to WDW again. I could never wait in a standard queue as it would be far too long and too much walking for me to handle. As it is, I struggle tremendously just walking in the parks. DAS was a savior as it enabled me to sit in a cool, shaded area while I awaited my time and then returned. The fact that they are now limiting this service, presumably, only to those guests with cognitive disabilities does not exactly seem fair. What about those of us who limit their use of mobility devices? I am honestly not supposed to rely on wheelchairs or mobility aids as it leads to setbacks in my ambulatory progress, so telling me that that is the only solution I can pursue seems unreasonable.
So now that I have explained my own personal feeling about DAS and what it means to me, my questions are as follows: would a person such as myself qualify for DAS under the new rules? And if not, what accommodations could they possibly provide?
The fact that you cannot even speak with a representative to get a determination of the approved accommodations before purchasing a ticket is unreasonable. I do not think I could feasibly return if the accommodations were completely removed. I would honestly rather WDW just ask me for all my proof of Disability like Paris did. I have the America the Beautiful Pass and a letter from my doctor. They did not even need the latter. They simply processed my pass and approved my accommodation. Why can’t they implement something like that here? I guarantee there will be less people seeking DAS since getting approved for the America the Beautiful Pass requires actual documentation.
I have used DAS in the past at WDW and its counterpart in Disney Land Paris. I have a well documented neurological disability that makes standing in queues impossible for me since I cannot stand for long periods of time, nor can I tolerate heat as it will cause me attacks. Given that I have been hospitalized before, and I can easily be hospitalized again, I use accommodations in my daily life to prevent exacerbations. This new system is scaring me that I might not be able to return to WDW again. I could never wait in a standard queue as it would be far too long and too much walking for me to handle. As it is, I struggle tremendously just walking in the parks. DAS was a savior as it enabled me to sit in a cool, shaded area while I awaited my time and then returned. The fact that they are now limiting this service, presumably, only to those guests with cognitive disabilities does not exactly seem fair. What about those of us who limit their use of mobility devices? I am honestly not supposed to rely on wheelchairs or mobility aids as it leads to setbacks in my ambulatory progress, so telling me that that is the only solution I can pursue seems unreasonable.
So now that I have explained my own personal feeling about DAS and what it means to me, my questions are as follows: would a person such as myself qualify for DAS under the new rules? And if not, what accommodations could they possibly provide?
The fact that you cannot even speak with a representative to get a determination of the approved accommodations before purchasing a ticket is unreasonable. I do not think I could feasibly return if the accommodations were completely removed. I would honestly rather WDW just ask me for all my proof of Disability like Paris did. I have the America the Beautiful Pass and a letter from my doctor. They did not even need the latter. They simply processed my pass and approved my accommodation. Why can’t they implement something like that here? I guarantee there will be less people seeking DAS since getting approved for the America the Beautiful Pass requires actual documentation.
Vegas Disney Fan
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This has been answered by several people already, the system was being used as designed and as Disney instructed people to use it, that was the point of the post, Disney could have made changes to the program to limit it to specific use for individual needs and salvaged it, instead they chose to simply scrap the whole thing.
You’re blaming people for using the program as they were instructed to use it.
