I agree about the lack of consensus in pushback— I think it stems from the fact that the majority of people who are complaining only care how it impacts them and aren’t interested in helping people with different or greater needs. A lot of people on this thread have made clear they believe they are entitled to full DAS and either deny there is a serious capacity issue or believe that only other people should be forced to make any sacrifices to fix it instead of trying to visit the parks with a smaller DAS party, AQR, or rider switch, etc.
It doesn’t surprise me that the non-DAS people are not sympathetic, especially since many of the people complaining come across as extremely entitled— when changes were announced there were dozens of people outraged that they might have to limit their DAS party to exclude grandparents, cousins, in laws, parties of 8, etc (and most assumed they wouldn’t have to). I think Disney intended DAS for families who would not use a huge amount of ride capacity, but it got completely out of control when it was expanded to meet additional needs for people who were superusers “on a good day” along with outright fakers and then it could be abused to allow large parties to ride 2x as many attractions as the average non-DAS guest.
However, the main reason I think the movement will fail is Disney doesn’t want the people who think their condition means they never should stand in line or even have anyone in their family in line but also balk at the idea of paying $20-40 for Genie+. If everybody who is angry actually boycotted, it might force Disney to pivot…but if only the people who won’t pay for G+ pivot, that’s a win for Disney— less DAS and less alternative accommodations as well, and more opportunities to make G+ more functional (and more expensive) for the people who will pay handsomely for a DAS-equivalent experience.
I think that is the answer…but I’m also wondering about what happens to Universal if it becomes the new hotspot for high level disability accommodations for everybody who used to use DAS.