ofcabbagesandkings
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 16, 2014
Your champagne analogy? What Disney is doing is pouring California Sparkling/Prosecco in a "true Champagne" bottle and some folks are thinking it tastes the same because they rely on the labeling.
I think it's more akin to pouring water into the Champagne bottle to dilute it and then charging the same price as you did when it was full of pure Champagne. Frankly, I'd rather pay for the Prosecco, at least it's honest about offering the right value for the money you pay.
I'm baffled by this ignorance. Accessibility isn't a novelty.
It's something that the disabled deal with every single day. For many disabled people, WDW was a rare respite where everything was accessible and it was just all done, and that was magic. There are plenty of people who can't rent cars and can't get in Ubers. They can't even get out of the airport to get on a vacation. This isn't a novelty discussion.
Maybe Disney doesn't want to be as accessible as it was, I guess that's a choice. But Disney's previous choices were pretty amazing for the disabled, and it's sad to see this ending.
Sure, I can throw my carseats and strollers in a Uber and pay some more money. Maybe I'd rather do that in Italy if I'm already going to this much hassle on my very expensive vacation. But I recognize this is a privileged statement.
I agree. The OP's saying that wheelchairs are a novelty was incredibly ablest. WDW has worked so hard to make itself more accessible, with everything from wheelchair lifts on all of the busses, to plentiful ramps and accessible ride vehicles, to DAS. This is a step in the wrong direction. And I don't think whoever made this decision gave even the slightest thought to accessibility. It's all about the bottom line.