AmberMK
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Jul 3, 2017
Hi, everyone. I've been a lurker for some time, but now I found myself in the position of needing some rather specific advice.
First, I know that every single person is different and that even for the same person the DAS may not work exactly the same, so I'm not asking for "what will happen exactly", but rather some general examples and personal experiences that I can use as a clue as to how to proceed.
Now, I finally have the money to take my family of six to WDW, many of them for the first time, or for the first time they will remember (my sister has been, but she was very young and barely remembers anything about it).
My mother and I both have disabilities, but they are extremely different.
She has mobility issues, I've rented her a scooter and I know the lines are mostly accessible now, however she moves very slowly, which gives me concerns that she will have trouble getting into some rides, and she has a *lot* of problems with stairs, so I'm also very worried that she won't be able to step down into or up out of some of the rides, but I can't find a list of rides where that might be a problem. I know that that small world is one that has rather a hefty step to get in and out, for example.
I, on the other hand, have extreme and complex anxiety, the type that makes it illegal for me to drive because of quite literally going blind if I get too stressed, and I can also go deaf, and once I even lost the sense of touch. Normally, I just deal and I went to WDW a couple of years ago with good results, I only had to be wheelchaired out of a park once, and that was because I stupidly pushed myself too far by doing Pirates and Splash Mountain standby lines back to back with an intense crowd between the two and absolutely no break.
However, I'm about to put myself into a meltdown now because Disney for whatever reason has removed all but two of the inconvenient smoking areas, so now I won't' be able to self-medicate like I did on that last trip, and my doctors have all but given up trying to help me pharmacologically.
So I was considering trying to get a DAS in hopes that I can survive and at least stay stable enough to pretend to enjoy this trip so my family won't know how miserable I am (yes, I've given up on the hopes of actually enjoying it, with all the hate of smokers having finally gotten to someone at Disney, not a problem that needs to be addressed) AND getting one for my mom for those rides that she might need slowed down or stopped.
But... if these issues both qualify, and we both get a DAS for the separate reasons we need them, how do they work in tandem? Do we just use the one we need, since it lets the whole group, and my issue will be the problem *most* of the time and hers only in certain rides? Do we both need to announce our DAS so the CM can do what they do, or will it be evident because the entire trip is under one name, one MDE?
Sorry for the long post, I just wanted to make sure everyone had the info they needed to help me if they can.
Thanks!!
First, I know that every single person is different and that even for the same person the DAS may not work exactly the same, so I'm not asking for "what will happen exactly", but rather some general examples and personal experiences that I can use as a clue as to how to proceed.
Now, I finally have the money to take my family of six to WDW, many of them for the first time, or for the first time they will remember (my sister has been, but she was very young and barely remembers anything about it).
My mother and I both have disabilities, but they are extremely different.
She has mobility issues, I've rented her a scooter and I know the lines are mostly accessible now, however she moves very slowly, which gives me concerns that she will have trouble getting into some rides, and she has a *lot* of problems with stairs, so I'm also very worried that she won't be able to step down into or up out of some of the rides, but I can't find a list of rides where that might be a problem. I know that that small world is one that has rather a hefty step to get in and out, for example.
I, on the other hand, have extreme and complex anxiety, the type that makes it illegal for me to drive because of quite literally going blind if I get too stressed, and I can also go deaf, and once I even lost the sense of touch. Normally, I just deal and I went to WDW a couple of years ago with good results, I only had to be wheelchaired out of a park once, and that was because I stupidly pushed myself too far by doing Pirates and Splash Mountain standby lines back to back with an intense crowd between the two and absolutely no break.
However, I'm about to put myself into a meltdown now because Disney for whatever reason has removed all but two of the inconvenient smoking areas, so now I won't' be able to self-medicate like I did on that last trip, and my doctors have all but given up trying to help me pharmacologically.
So I was considering trying to get a DAS in hopes that I can survive and at least stay stable enough to pretend to enjoy this trip so my family won't know how miserable I am (yes, I've given up on the hopes of actually enjoying it, with all the hate of smokers having finally gotten to someone at Disney, not a problem that needs to be addressed) AND getting one for my mom for those rides that she might need slowed down or stopped.
But... if these issues both qualify, and we both get a DAS for the separate reasons we need them, how do they work in tandem? Do we just use the one we need, since it lets the whole group, and my issue will be the problem *most* of the time and hers only in certain rides? Do we both need to announce our DAS so the CM can do what they do, or will it be evident because the entire trip is under one name, one MDE?
Sorry for the long post, I just wanted to make sure everyone had the info they needed to help me if they can.
Thanks!!