The solution is just to require documentation.
Sorry for being naive here, but are you able to bring wheelchairs through queues? So that he could possibly sit down and stand up, and then have the wheelchair waiting at the exit?
DLP does this and it's amazing and extremely efficient. Also, it would avoid having to redo it every visit, which can sometimes be stressful.
On a very surface level, it is now specifically limited to guests with a “developmental disability like autism or similar, are unable to wait in a conventional queue for an extended period of time”. The change also limits the party size to 4 members of your immediate family. And finally, perhaps the most controversial change, they now require a little more “proof” of your developmental disability (through a third party).
This is probably the main reason it is being abused. In a quasi-rebellious way. Disney took away something that was free for decades and I guess alot of people are trying to get what they feel they deserved.
So realistically nothing has changed besides having to show proof? Just getting more serious about it not being abused?
Pretty much. Mostly just a slightly smaller group size, and you supposedly can’t go on rides with someone not immediately related, like someone you’re dating or one of your friends (granted, I don’t think they’ll be very strict on that part of the rule, and I may have just misinterpreted this part because the wording is poor for a Disney release).
Thank you. What was DAS limited to before if it's now limited to what you stated above? What was the limit of the party size before, and I'm guessing it was not just immediate family members but anyone in your party? And finally, I saw they were partnering with a 3rd party. Is that who guests will be providing proof to? I just saw a post that said "the easy thing for them to do is just require proof". So that's why I thought they weren't.
It was paper when I went in 2011, and you had to run there to get the tickets before somebody else did. I don't know when FP+ started exactly but I think we're talking less than 8 years before it vanished.
Nope still no proof. Seems like they have made an internal decision to limit who is eligible now and no longer can one show up at GS to get DAS….
5 members.
Yea, pretty much any linked ticket.
Yup, though I don’t know what that whole system will look like for sure. Nothing too crazy though, I don’t think.
I don’t think that’s been confirmed yet. Proof in the since that the screening questions will likely be much more tailored, but probably just short of any real medical documents being shared. All I think we know at this time is that they’ll team up with Inspire Health Alliance professionals to help Cast determine eligibility for appropriate accommodations. No specific documentation will be shared to my knowledge.
Gotcha. And this is coming within the next 2 months?
Yup! May 20th for WDW
Well since my issues are bathroom related, they have posted that they will have a way to get in and out of line. I will have to speak to them about it since I travel solo for the most part now and there would be no one to hold my spot in line. Plus at times, I can easily have to go every 15-20 minutes. That is a lot of getting in and out of line for the longer queues.
They were selling plenty and it caused an issue with the lines being too long. You all don't remember that they reduced how many that they are selling? Disney created this mess by getting rid of free FP and selling Genie+, and inferior service even to the old FP system. They created the problem and now are punishing the people with disabilities to try to fix it.
