2007-01-25 06:51:15 · 17 answers · asked by BRITTANIA 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Amusement Parks
Visitors to the Disneyland are now asked to present themselves at Town Hall (where guest services personnel are based) to discuss their special needs with guest services representatives.
In some cases those representatives will issue Guest Assistance Cards, but these new cards are not line passes; they are cards that allow their holders to wait in quieter specially-designated holding areas at each attraction, and to request assistance of cast members at points along the lines where those advancing towards an attraction have to climb stairs or otherwise navigate around obstacles.
In those latter instances, guests will be assisted by cast members to another route or entrance to the queue. Those so assisted don't go to the head of the line; they are merely moved past the insurmountable parts to the next point in the advancing queue.
Prior to the Disneyland crackdown, anyone holding a Special Assistance Pass (SAP) or seated in a wheelchair could go to the front of a line in the company of up to six people and quickly board an attraction with his or her entire party. The laxness of the system prompted some guests to take advantage of what was seen as an easy way to get on rides quickly — why wait in line for an hour and a half with hundreds of other guests when, for the price of a wheelchair rental, you and your five best friends can skip from attraction to attraction, each time being ushered to the head of the line? According to the Associated Press, "In the past, visitors insisted on hopping to the front of the line by saying 'I have a bad back' or 'I have a handicapped parking placard.' Sometimes, groups of teenagers would flip a coin to see who would rent a wheelchair, then use the chair to get a pass to the front for a group of six."
2007-01-25 07:00:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Disneyland no longer has the Special Assistance Pass because of prolonged abuse and fraudulent use. Because of years of abuse by people who did not have legitimate disabilities, they did away with the pass in 2003.
I suspect people who think like you were a contributing factor.
2007-01-25 07:18:49 · answer #2 · answered by Surf W 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Special assistance passes are given to those who go to City Hall on Main Street and request one. They should really only be used in cases where the person NEEDS one. Honestly, it REALLY doesn't get you through a line faster...it's not like you get special privileges and get to skip ahead of everyone in the line. They still make you wait.
Please don't abuse the system just because of laziness. Some people NEED those because they CAN'T go through the regular line like everyone else, due to wheelchairs and other needs of special assistance.
2007-01-25 08:38:56 · answer #3 · answered by Megan V 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Special assistance passes are for the families of adults or children with special needs. These families deal with the harshness of these needs year round and "perks" such as special assistance passes are one of the few breaks they get in life.
As a parent of a child with autism, it really upset me when I saw your question. We struggle year round to give our children the best possible life and make the best out of the cards we are dealt. Things such as the passes are godsends to people like us who would otherwise not be able to enjoy the beauty of Disneyland like everyone else.
Be grateful you dont NEED a pass. And don't rob others who DO need it. Grow up!
2007-01-25 07:06:42 · answer #4 · answered by Semi-charmed 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
My stepfather had Cardio Myopathy - a heart problem that made him somewhat weak. He wan't wheelchair bound and could walk, and may have been able to do Disneyland all day with a few rests. Instead, we went ahead and got him a wheelchair. This got us much closer to the front of most lines. It was great.
2007-01-25 06:58:17 · answer #5 · answered by Steven D 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Forget Disneyland. Go to Disney World in Orlando. Disneyland will fit inside Disney World's parking lot.
2007-01-25 06:59:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
No unless you want to get ahead in lines and hear some information about Disneyland.
2007-01-25 15:18:59 · answer #7 · answered by Sam A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about having a viable disability? If you don't then don't cheat people who do. If dozens of people exploited the system then Disney would probably discontinue the program and then lots of people with legitimate disabilities will not be able to enjoy the place. People with disabilities have enough things to deal with, without people like you trying to cloud the issue and take advantage.
2007-01-25 07:03:34 · answer #8 · answered by baldisbeautiful 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
When I worked there, there was a woman who could arrange passes for good causes. I don't know if the position still exists but check with the marketing department.
2007-01-25 07:00:05 · answer #9 · answered by darkdiva 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your reasoning is to skip lines or something they wont just let you because your in a wheelchair
2007-01-25 07:00:08 · answer #10 · answered by blue121 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋