New DAS System at Walt Disney World 2024

[TrainsOfDisney]

Yes, she has her 15 minutes of fame now...and still no explanation as to why she can't wait in a standby line or wait outside the queue while her party waits in line.

Criticizing a disabled person is a really bad look for anyone.

This started out as “good let’s stop all the people lying” and has somehow turned into shaming a disabled young lady for sharing her story.

 

[NotTheOne]

What do you mean they are going to cave?

I mean Disney giving in and going back to the way DAS was previously.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

What if she didn't want fame, she just wanted an accommodation.

Remember… complaining at guest relations is “harassing CM’s” and complaining to the DOJ should be criminal for wasting the time of government employees.

So naturally the only reason a disabled young lady would share her story was for “instagram fame” - it’s always the disabled they blame.

 

[NotTheOne]

What if she didn't want fame, she just wanted an accommodation.

I don't know why she can't, but I don't understand how a CM with no medical training is qualified to make that determination

Finally, there are plenty of other people speaking to the press - not in look of 15 minutes of fame, but to tell their story.

She was provided an accommodation, and she didn't want to use it. She chose Genie+ instead, and then made the focus of her video a plea for Disney to provide lower cost Genie+ to AP holders.

As for your second statement, first, how do you know she didn't speak with a medical professional? And even if she didn't, I find it pretty funny that no one cared that CMs with no medical training were making DAS decisions before...but of course, that's because they were handed out like candy.

As for wanting to tell their story? Yeah, right.

 

[NotTheOne]

Remember… complaining at guest relations is “harassing CM’s” and complaining to the DOJ should be criminal for wasting the time of government employees.

So naturally the only reason a disabled young lady would share her story was for “instagram fame” - it’s always the disabled they blame.

I wish I knew where you come up with some of this stuff...

And I'm not blaming her disability, I'm just saying that she is looking for publicity, and she's found it.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

I wish I knew where you come up with some of this stuff...

Literally from this very thread!

 

[NotTheOne]

Criticizing a disabled person is a really bad look for anyone.

This started out as “good let’s stop all the people lying” and has somehow turned into shaming a disabled young lady for sharing her story.

Oh please, don't try to use disability as a "get away with anything" card.

And if you consider this shaming, that's on you.

 

[Splash4eva]

What if she didn't want fame, she just wanted an accommodation.

I don't know why she can't, but I don't understand how a CM with no medical training is qualified to make that determination

Finally, there are plenty of other people speaking to the press - not in look of 15 minutes of fame, but to tell their story.

Personally imo

I mean Disney giving in and going back to the way DAS was previously.

are they really?!? Are you hearing people getting approved now?

 

[jaklgreen]

Criticizing a disabled person is a really bad look for anyone.

This started out as “good let’s stop all the people lying” and has somehow turned into shaming a disabled young lady for sharing her story.

Truly these posts are disgusting. Glad to see the other one taken down. I imagine the one you quoted will be too. Imagine talking that way about someone wheelchair bound and with a breathing tube. People have lost the plot here.

 

[NotTheOne]

Personally imo

are they really?!? Are you hearing people getting approved now?

I'm actually seeing quite a few people being approved, but not for physical only disabilities - those still seem to be very rare.

And I'm not saying that I think Disney is going back to the way DAS was previously, I'm saying that the DAS Defenders are all giddy because of the publicity this woman has generated, and they think Disney will cave and go back to the way DAS was previously.

 

[mkt]

Oh please, don't try to use disability as a "get away with anything" card.

And if you consider this shaming, that's on you.

It isn't a get away with anything card.

But it is a maybe think about it from their perspective card.

 

[NotTheOne]

It isn't a get away with anything card.

But it is a maybe think about it from their perspective card.

Saying that disabled people can't be criticized is ludicrous...criticized for being disabled? Of course not. Criticized for actions they take or things they say? Sure, just as anyone else would be.

 

[Splash4eva]

I'm actually seeing quite a few people being approved, but not for physical only disabilities - those still seem to be very rare.

And I'm not saying that I think Disney is going back to the way DAS was previously, I'm saying that the DAS Defenders are all giddy because of the publicity this woman has generated, and they think Disney will cave and go back to the way DAS was previously.

Imo they went from one extreme to the other… they also needed to do this to change genie yet again. I think once that goes live you will again see them reassess the situation and go from there. Some if the changes they made will help the system even in its former form. I think they can still improved and help others eithout crippling the system

 

[NotTheOne]

Imo they went from one extreme to the other… they also needed to do this to change genie yet again. I think once that goes live you will again see them reassess the situation and go from there. Some if the changes they made will help the system even in its former form. I think they can still improved and help others eithout crippling the system

The only way I can see them going back giving out DAS for a wider range of needs is if they make it to where it truly works more like a standby line, thus taking away the incentive to cheat or overstate "needs" in order to get one.

 

[mkt]

Saying that disabled people can't be criticized is ludicrous...criticized for being disabled? Of course not. Criticized for actions they take or things they say? Sure, just as anyone else would be.

When the action or decision is to give them the same accessibility as a fully abled human, or criticizing what was once a bit of equity for them in their day to day, criticizing that is the wrong action.

 

[NotTheOne]

When the action or decision is to give them the same accessibility as a fully abled human, or criticizing what was once a bit of equity for them in their day to day, criticizing that is the wrong action.

Um, she had accessibility, she just didn't want to use it because she didn't want to split from her group. She wasn't asking to be approved for the DAS, she was asking for a discounted Genie+ so that she doesn't have to split from her group.

Disney is under no legal obligation to provide the preferred accommodation, just an accommodation.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Disney is under no legal obligation to provide the preferred accommodation, just an accommodation.

Public accommodations must comply with basic nondiscrimination requirements that prohibit exclusion, segregation, and unequal treatment.

 

[mkt]

Um, she had accessibility, she just didn't want to use it because she didn't want to split from her group. She wasn't asking to be approved for the DAS, she was asking for a discounted Genie+ so that she doesn't have to split from her group.

Disney is under no legal obligation to provide the preferred accommodation, just an accommodation.

I have the same accommodation as her.

Let me tell you how it has happened: guests actively and maliciously block me from joining the rest of my group, or CM's just don't care.

That's not an accommodation if it doesn't work.

 

[NotTheOne]

I have the same accommodation as her.

Let me tell you how it has happened: guests actively and maliciously block me from joining the rest of my group, or CM's just don't care.

That's an accommodation if it doesn't work.

Interesting, because the examples I've seen with people who waited outside the queue (non-DAS) was that there were permitted to use the LL to join their party at the merge.

Did you ask the CM about that?

 

[NotTheOne]

Public accommodations must comply with basic nondiscrimination requirements that prohibit exclusion, segregation, and unequal treatment.

Your point?