openendedsky
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This is true, and is no fault of the person needing the card. People need to reserve their judgment.
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Rich Manhattan moms hire handicapped tour guides so kids can cut lines at Disney World
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armyfamilyof5
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Wow, I got really beat up on a thread years ago for saying that I was just an advocate for kids and bringing them to a theme park that causes them great distress is just selfish.... I have been a Social Worker since 1988 and the venom was just unbelievable... you are a brave soul.
CaptainessKylie
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The whole thing of this that I'm sad about is my worry that dream tours will have to stop operating and business will slow. So a person with disabilities is out of a job (maybe a dream tour guide job they couldn't get the main stream way?) and people with special needs utilizing their tours genuinely will be out of luck too. Thanks media....
Uddy
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I'm hoping that was obvious! That's what I was meaning by scams. I can't imagine the morals of these people. Ask anyone who is wheel chair bound and I bet they would stand in line for 3 hours if they were able to. This is so disrespectful to those who truly need it. JUST DAMN!
armyfamilyof5
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During several vacations I wished I had understood about the GAC years ago....I had Morton's Neuroma's in both feet and could barely walk, standing was a nightmare. I sat on the bench for most of our vacation and missed so much with my family. Eventually had a shotty surgery to "release" the nerves, and spent another a vacation sitting on the bench, a few years later a second surgery to have them totally removed. I still have pain in the nerve endings called stump neuromas (all this from swelling in my feet when pregnant with twins). Regardless most of us realize that those needing a GAC are legit and we are blessed to not have those same disabilities! Granted there are always going to be individuals that attempt to take advantage of anything, that's just the character of some people! We have annual passes as we moved to the area so we just go for a few hours each weekend but if I ever need it I will get a GAC so we can enjoy an entire day!
armyfamilyof5
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We went to Universal Hollywood a few years ago and did the VIP tour and it was so much fun, well worth the time and expense!I'm definitely planning on doing the VIP tour at Universal, but I'm going to do the Paramount and Warner Bros tours, first.
Californian Elitist
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I've heard it's amazing. I'm a local (I live in Los Angeles) so I'll get to it eventually lol.
armyfamilyof5
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We went to the areas where some very familiar westerns were shot and had front of the line passes, a wonderful lunch and rode King Kong 3 or 4 times, when we went by Bates Motel Norman Bates ran after us with a butcher knife the kids were freaking out, so funny, LOL. I hope you get to do this, do it during a busy season and it's worth every penny!
Californian Elitist
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Bates Motel is my favorite set on the Universal backlot. That and Wisteria Lane. Your story is funny! Norman is always scaring the tour trams. So funny watching the tourists get scared!
CaptainessKylie
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Universal studios here does a fun tour as well. Some really fantastic guides and some great behind the scenes things. Halloween horror night tours are a must!!
Goofyernmost
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Anyone remember going to Universal Florida years back and seeing the Bates Motel there too?
Californian Elitist
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Only the one at Universal Studios Hollywood is the "real" Bates Motel and the actual location where Psycho was shot.
Stellajack
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I hope I am not duplicating someone else's post, but the Dream Tours Florida website has apparently discontinued their VIP tours for now, and this statement appears under its 'VIP Tours' link:
"Due to inaccurate press and slander, Dream Tours is not offering VIP tours at this time."
"Due to inaccurate press and slander, Dream Tours is not offering VIP tours at this time."
ddbowdoin
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Dude that's some critical information you left out! I thought you were just saying you can't sit still, as in you have a lot of energy or ADD and that was your reason! Phew, totally not the case man. Bad backs are bad news. My wife has mild scoliosis
DJMoore2011
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What gets me is those with real disabilities, would give almost anything to not need to have a GAC or a wheelchair or a EVC. And would happily stand in long lines just to be "normal"
DJMoore2011
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While it sounds easy, it's not, what happens when a CM trys to stand their ground and make a person with a GAC follow the rules and they make a stink about it? From what I understand the pay to the CM's are not that great, good but not great, and they are not given the back up they need to do their jobs because their managers just want "Happy". Call a manager in and instead of backing up the CM I bet they let the person go on then. I feel sorry for the CM's they are in a rock and a hard place.
Californian Elitist
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That would be hard, since some of the GAC users are very sick and are literally going to die soon, and those people need to get on as soon as possible.
PhotoDave219
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A person who was abusing the system and profiting off of that dishonesty will be out of a job.
Just as so we are clear here....
I_heart_Tigger
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Exactly! A person who has a disability is now shining a negative light on every disabled person that goes to WDW. They abused the system to the point that it may cause changes that make it even more difficult for people in wheelchairs to enjoy the park.
I would not be sorry to see them go out if business. There's no need to hold a business person to a lower standard because they're in a wheelchair. They should be treated equally and I would be equally ticked off whether the person was disabled or not.
There's a guy at my old work place who's in a chair and he's a horrible person. I reported him for sexual harassment. He bangs into women's backs so they fall into his lap and often uses vulgar language about the "view" from his chair and how we should have "short skirt, no panty" Fridays instead of casual Friday.
I told him off on more than one occasion. A coworker asked why I was so mean to a guy in a wheelchair. I told her I'm not mean because he's in a wheelchair I'm mean because he's an a$$.
I have a cousin in a wheelchair. He's traveling through Belize right now. He's been to Disney twice. The first time he could walk but because of his brittle bone disease he can get breaks really easily. We got a chair so he would be safer getting through crowds but he would leave it and would walk onto rides. We got stares from people who were annoyed that he could walk yet had a chair. We played it off after a while by yelling "hallelujah it's a miracle!" every time someone was obvious about their pointing and whispering when he stood up.
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