I was reading the thread from about 10 years ago when GAC changed to DAS and the anxiety, uncertainty, etc then are very similar to the anxiety and uncertainty now, I think (hope) in time we’ll become familiar with the new accommodations and a lot of the confusion will die down.
It’s comforting to read reports like this.
I think this can’t be repeated often enough, I’ve seen so many posts about how DAS allowed 20 rides a day but that’s never been our reality, it allowed us to “manage” 7-10 rides a day on average, without it we only managed 3 rides at DL one day last week.
20 rides a day? lol, yeah, not our reality at all. Even traveling at a very down time of year we can't do that many in a day with DAS.
It's not any different than having a hard limit on how many virtual ride passes they give out, or back when there were park reservations, limiting that. There is nothing saying a user can't get into the park and enjoy what they can, but if they want the LL accomodations, they have to plan ahead as there can only be a limited amount, and still allow Disney to provide a better experience for all guests not just those that need accomodations. Does Madison Square garden have a legal obligation to provide as much as accessibile seating as demands it? No there is a limit to the amount they must have, just like a hotel has a limited amount of rooms and parking lot a limited amount of car spaces. If planned out right, I can't see how this would not work.
clearly all DAS users or there wouldn’t be any lines!
I will say this and granted being experienced and a long time visitor and knowledgable with Genie and drop times i was able to do that many rides and more using a combo Pre Books/DAS Genie and “Walk on’s” along with VQ & ILL.
I don't think comparisons between physical accommodations expressly covered by DOJ regulations and line-skip systems are useful. With the former, a business can simply point to the enacted regulations and there is no question of compliance. The optics would be completely different if it were the business rather than the Department of Justice deciding how many accommodations are appropriate.
so the sign language is only available based on a schedule and not a blanket anytime offering.
Surprisingly - sign language interpretation is only available on specific days in each park.
Just to play devils advocate (I don't think they should do this). Do you think they could sell a set number of "DAS entry tickets" a day and only those with "DAS entry tickets" would get to use the system? If they are sold out for the day, everyone is welcome to buy a normal ticket, but no accommodations are made for those on that ticket.
This is what is dont understand from a legal pov. Why does any company need to provide unlimited DAS when they are not required to provide unlimited handicap spots or accessible hotel rooms…
This is a bad idea for some many reasons I can't enumerate them. Let's just say people who don't need accessible seating are not willing to pay more for it than regular seating.
I didn't say they would be sold at a different price. Just a limited number of "DAS entry tickets" that replace your normal entry tickets. Just like a stadium has a limited number of handicap seats.
Captioning devices, however, are available all the time I believe.
I can't say we ever had that problem in the 2000s when my kids were small. Even at attractions like Soarin' with very low thresholds of height requirements... or HM. It was never questioned at all - just we spoke to the CM, and some of our party didn't enter... and two people came back on the RS pass to the FP return late.
Then maybe this was a later iteration as they tried to curb some behavior.. because it wasn't always like that. RS was a god send and just one of those tips/secrets you learned about and made your trip all that much more enjoyable.
To the bolded - no.
That is also because DAS evolved too... the simple 'just do it from your app' model we have now wasn't the model then. We had iterations like you had to take the DAS card holder to the attraction, and get a hand written note... then leave said attraction (which would cause grief).. then later I believe they allowed a runner to collect the DAS return time.. then later it got digitized... etc etc etc.
