And a big part of their popularity and reputation is because they were so inclusive. I have said it before, many people can only do the Disney parks because of the accommodations they offer. There had to have been a better way.
The CM we got focused on questions about lines in the park. Didn’t bring up the grocery store thing or anything. They wouldn’t approve our immediate family together because we’re 5. But I wonder if CMs in the park might be more flexible. My kiddo can’t ride anything with a higher than 38inch requirement so we won’t be using it for the heavy hitters anyway. Like it’d be nice if they let the little one ride Pooh with parents and both siblings.
This is odd. They wouldn’t approve 2 parents and 3 minor children on the DAS? I have seen reports of exceptions when it is immediate family with all minor children. I’ve seen them not approve grandparents or cousins, aunts, etc. for over the 4 people limit.
I posted something prior to this but i know a few people who had similar disabilities thes ones who had a child over 14 and more than 1 parent were denied. The single Mom with her minor daughter was approved… i know its an extremely small sample size but something worth noting
Might they be adult siblings? That's another group that doesn't seem eligible for the exception anymore (mostly).
Yes I’ve seen those reports too, but sounds like this person was approved DAS but they aren’t letting them add the 5 immediate family members, which they have made an exception before. Another person noted maybe the immediate siblings are adults though, so maybe adult children and siblings are handled differently than minors for the over 4 exception.
I don't see how this could be looked at as odd.
It does seem like they are treating minors vs adults differently.
So one of our kids is not a minor. My SD is a in early college. But lives with us full time, is in our room on vaca, etc. So no extended family. It still felt weird to us because it’s our immediate family.
Well it might be cold comfort, but not approving adults for the party size exceptions is pretty common it seems, so at least you weren't victim of random CM inconsistency...
What % of former DAS users do you believe were liars? Ballpark.
It would make more sense to me if the DAS user could go on big rides, but they can only do minor stuff. So that’s why we’re hoping they might let us ride together. They put all of our names on the account too so it didn’t make tons of sense to me.
I have no clue, none of us do. But according to some, they clearly think that almost everyone is lying.
People keep losing sight of the fact that we are talking about people with disabilities, not just random guests.These two things can't be simultaneously true:I have no clue, none of us do. But according to some, they clearly think that almost everyone is lying.
I think the party size limits would have had a bigger impact than the outright scammers….
The problem is that "weeding out the liars" isn't as easy as it seems. It has yet to be established that theme parks can require proof when considering accomodation requests. Yes, other parks are trying it now but there is also a pending court case that may take years to resolve, so why should Disney step into that mess when there is a chance they would have to backtrack later? There were many issues with the old version of DAS. These changes are trying to fix that while still offering what Disney believes are reasonable accommodations (and seemingly think have a better chance of holding up in court vs. requiring "proof" that still may not prove a need to skip waiting in line).I have no clue, none of us do. But according to some, they clearly think that almost everyone is lying.
I disagree with your opinion. Let's leave it at differing opinions each with thier own merits.
It’s odd because at one point Disney said it would be for the DAS user plus 3 people, but that there would be an exception for immediate family (parents plus minor children). However, just went to the DAS website and I do not see the exception listed anymore so maybe it is a hard stop at 3 additional people. Although, I’ve seen recent report of people getting an override for all their minor children in an immediate family.
