no, I'm just saying there's people who aren't capable of walking, and they need scooters. I specifically saw them getting up, and walking just fine. No need to start fights
It wouldn't surprise me if some folks just rented them because they wanted to. But we won't know that. It's not our job to judge, "let he who has no sins cast the first stone." And I've never quoted from the Bible before, go figure, but it applies here for sure.
You want to equate being completely incapable of walking with the need for the scooter. I can walk, but I am an amputee who wears prosthetics, and to walk distance at Disney would be extremely uncomfortable for me. I did it for many years, and suffered terribly. A friend talked me into using a scooter, and now I can enjoy the parks like you can. You would not know by looking at me that I wear the prosthetics.
You are completely right, not everyone who needs a scooter is incapable of walking, but walking in the parks is very different than parking the scooter to get in line for a ride. Or getting up to go get food. I hear you about suffering in the parks without one. I had to use one for two different Disney trips, before I had my knee replaced. It saved both my trips, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to do it. I was really happy the first year I didn't need one, but it made me so much more sympathetic for those using scooters. And I was lucky that my ability to walk long distances improved.
Needing a scooter does not mean you are incapable of walking out all, it means you can't walk the distances required at Disney, and yes as someone else mentioned you are told by the rental company to drive in circles ect . before you go to the park to get used to the scooter. And just an FYI i have a friend who had recently recovered from surgery but was still not 100% and her husband had plantar wart removal surgery right before their trip, they both were able to walk some but not all the time, and they really could not afford two scooter rentals, so they rented one and traded out as one became time or started hurting, so you just never know.
Wrong, I own my own ECV and always insist on being buckled in while sitting on the scooter. There is a normal seal belt that can be used. Some drivers, just like park CM's THINK they know all the answers, but are simply misinformed. I actually feel much safer being the only passenger buckled in my seat. I also insist because I always feel guilty that my ECV takes up 2 seats, so why should I take up a third when I can stay on it?
I know - I almost always sit in my ECV seat too, buckled and strapped in. I've questioned multiple bus drivers as well as their trainers and supervisors and they said that while it is up to the discretion of the driver for various reasons, efficiency being one, Disney prefers that the ECV driver dismount the ECV and sit on a regular seat. There were even 2 instances where the driver would not allow other guests to board until I moved off of the ECV.
Yes, my experience was each driver had a different ask. So they are not all on the same page. It didn't bother me either way. And yes, I thought it was better to stay seated because that made for another seat for someone else.
I know too, because I've had arguments with drivers too...I don't know why they would want to waste another seat.
It just shows there is a huge communication gap between management and staff. I guess this isn't unusual for such a large organization, it's sort of like the US government.
