Those with disabilities that require DAS because no other reasonable accommodation will work should absolutely get DAS.
And I'm going to add that claiming an accommodation doesn't work just because someone doesn't want to split up their party really isn't valid.
I think it comes down to practicality. If Disney is expected to meet that standard with line-skip accommodations then that type of accommodation probably won’t be required.
At WDW, the new DAS rules do not take effect until June 19th or 20th.
There are a lot of angry anecdotes about people being denied DAS but it’s been strangely quiet here lately and I’m not sure I’ve seen anyone posting about AQR.
Some people here are also posting on the disboards. I’ve seen more anecdotes there.
For AQR?
DAS interviews started under the new rules for WDW on May 20. Any DAS issued June 19th or before was under the old rules and expires 30 days after issuance. We should see most if not all of these expire on or before June 20th.
None should be close to expiring. For another say 2 weeks. Im there until the 19th and my window was open 3 days prior to the new rules. The entirety of your trip is covered under the old rules. So in theory people with trips starting on the 17th still will be grandfathered in so say trips last 5-7 days. I dont think anyone can make any real assessment until the week starting 6/25th
Not yet. But many more on DAS approvals and denials. There’s a dedicated thread for AQR but you know how well that usually works.
But more and more each day are expiring until there are no more left. Some who got approved in early May would already be expiring.
They also wouldn't be in the parks anymore as their trips would be over, so they wouldn't be adding to lines anyway. Unless you're solely talking about the local AP holder/DAS population. But WDW has always been more of a visitor park than a locals park compared to DLR.
According to other posts I've read, local APs make up a significant number of DAS users.
www.disneytouristblog.com
I would assume the main group that still has DAS beyond next week are APs/CMs plugged in enough to know that changes were coming and they should plan a trip in early June (which I believe will keep DAS until 30 days later, as late as mid-July)—but if you have the ability to visit the park year round, why would you want to go in this brutally hot weather? It wouldn’t surprise me if there were a few groups with more flexibility who chose to move their summer trip to this week or next to avoid the uncertainty of not qualifying after the unknown, unspecified changes…but that’s hard to do for most families. I would assume there’s going to be a gradual decrease from late May until mid-July, at which point there will be none of the old system users left (but I would also expect an uptick in more successful abusers by then as people learn to work the new system).
Not exactly, the new rules came into effect on 5/20/2024 and one of the rules was that you could no longer go to guest services to get approval for DAS.
It made sense from a guest relations perspective. Disney Parks, at one time, really did excel in guest relations / customer satisfaction. I remember a bottled coke at Disney Parks was like $2 when it was $4 at six flags. There was a line that Disney tried to walk in order to be both profitable and also leave guests happy and wanting to return.
A lot of the past few posts are talking past each other with vacationers versus APs/power users. I think the summary is:
