Living in Orlando, and of course as a child, I’ve been to Epcot and Disney World. When I moved here permanently to go to school, I even visited Universal Studios a couple of times. When I was a child, these theme parks would let those with a disability get to the front of the line to make the park experience an equal one.
Over the years, there have been abuses of that privilege by people who rent a wheelchair when they really don’t need it or hire a disabled person to get to the front of the line. It’s no surprise that now, going to the theme parks isn’t that easy and at least for me, I don’t go that often anymore.
This past week, Disney decided to revise their disabled guest policy. Now, people are supposed to receive a photo I.D. and a virtual wait time to get on the rides. It wasn’t clear to me in the news report or the story from the link below how they will be handling those people who are accompanying the disabled guest but, maybe it will have to be a case of trial and error.
I applaud The Disney Company for trying to remedy a problem that’s really nothing new. Hopefully, once they get the kinks worked out, it will lead to a more enjoyable theme park experience for everyone.
Do you think the revision of this policy will get more disabled people to visit the parks?
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To get more information on this story, you can go to the link below:
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/disney-introduces-pass-prevents-non-disabled-peopl/nZ5f9/