There may be notes as to why the in-park accommodations suggested don’t work for her? Or she has that experience to explain again for her next call. I don’t recall specifics, but I think she was to to rent an ECV or something outrageous for the situation. DAS probably should have been granted initially but an overzealous or poorly trained CM made a mistake denying the request.
But vision issues don't qualify right? Maybe I’m thinking of another post.
Wasn’t that the Facebook post where she said she was told to rent an EVC and leave her 5-year-old alone in line?
Thr one I’m thinking of was her grandkid, not her kid and she said she needed it because she couldn’t leave her grandkid alone in line. Maybe it wasn’t the same one. Either way, it’s hard to believe some of the stuff that was written on the fb pages in the beginning.
Why is that?
Do you truly believe a CM told someone they knew was blind to rent an ECV? I feel like there was something missing there.
There have been multiple reports of CM’s recommending wheelchairs to blind guests.
Wheelchairs I could understand. Their companion could push the visually impaired person through the queue if navigating a queue is the issue. I could see recommending a wheelchair to help with that type of situation. Totally different.
Like everything posted on the internet, credibility comes into play. The story I read was not something I believed.
Right. That makes sense.
The story I saw (and it wasn’t first-hand) was that it was just her and her 5-year-old granddaughter, and the person could not see well enough to get around safely.
There is nothing unsafe about visiting a theme park when you are blind.
Agreed. But why would someone be able to navigate everything but lines? Lines are particularly deterministic!
I meant being alone with a 5-year-old and not being able to navigate safely. Maybe there were facts missing.
Generally-speaking that’s correct, especially if the need is to sit close at a show or on a specific side (it used to be a GAC stamp). But individual situations may have challenges in a queue. Not all vision impairment means the individual is completely blind. DAS is based on individual needs and not straight diagnosis.
I hope I can say this without coming across like a jerk: would you mind using more paragraph breaks?
Every ~67 pages or so there’s a post that includes useful updates on how things are going.
And that’s why it’s superior. We couldn’t afford what WDW’s would need to cost.
And I don't believe any of them. I have no doubt that there are plenty of people who will see an outlandish report of something and then say it happened to them too. Especially when you see how rabid some of these people are about being cut out from DAS.
