I think this is a very good point. To a certain degree this discussion has devolved to “my issue is worse than that person’s” or “only this category should count because it affects me/my family.” Disney can’t make everyone happy and accommodate everything in everyone’s preferred way. If everyone was given a DAS, then everyone would be in the LL.
My son really wants to go to Universal, but this is one of the reasons we haven’t yet. There are just some things we can’t do. We also don’t rope drop the parks because those lines and crowds are insane. if we stay till park close, we linger a long time in the park to avoid those bus lines. I think people are forgetting how difficult and overwhelming a vacation like this can be for people with disabilities
I would gladly go back to that if it meant not denying current DAS users the new DAS arbitrarily. The only people who don't want to go back to that are those that expect to still qualify under the new system.
It really depends on the severity of my flare. If it is too severe, I won’t even go to the parks or get on the plane in the first place. A normal day for me now is a moderate flare and I just have to get on with life while my team move through the treatments. If I didn’t, I’d have none!
At that point if you are testing that many times, before rides, etc you should really consider a continuous glucose monitor. You place a new one on every 10 to 14 days depending on the brand and at any time you can just scan it with your phone or the reader and test without poking your finger every time.
I actually think the 20-30m DAS/LL waits is why Disney is doing this (I know more cynical people think it’s to juice Genie+ revenue)— families shouldn’t have to skip rides because the DAS returns are so long—and the best way to make it possible for them to ride all the rides is to (a) limit DAS to conditions where it’s truly necessary (and eliminate fraud and (b) reduce the party size so fewer people are in the queue who don’t need to be there. Both of the changes appear to impact me personally for the worse, but if it means that DAS/LL is actually more accessible for people who can’t tolerate 20 minute lines, I understand the trade off.
That feels like a bit of a conclusion jump. I have a developmental disorder so I do qualify under the new system. But I also don’t want to see people shut out. But I also have to acknowledge that developmental isn’t limited to just more mental issues among other things.
The same thing an autistic person would do in that situation...suffer.
I think the answer is obvious. You try to hold it. If you can’t, you poop or pee.
This is exactly my point. No one system Disney puts in place will meet the needs of everyone because a disability is specific to that person.
Considering that is all we get done anyway, that would be fine with us. I doubt anyone who truly needs DAS is doing more rides than that.
Of course that’s not what I said but anyone who goes to Disney knows that bathroom urgency and actually getting to a bathroom don’t go together. why wouldn’t people with severe bathroom issues that they are talking about here wear protection? And of course you had to throw an ostomy in here. I am referencing people talking about Disney needing to clean up their messes in line.
I can only speak for myself - I would have no problem with these limitations.
Completely agree. I’m trying to think if we’ve ever been able to make it through 6 attractions using DAS in a single day…highly unlikely. I would be completely fine capping the number.
