stitchlovestink
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Dec 19, 2006
No, they didn't. The posted wait time was 5 minutes when I got in the line, and only 10 when I exited, so no returns were being issued at the kiosks as DLR's info was not to issue returns and guests do not go to the attraction to get their return time at DLR. And for attractions where return times are being issued, they could have gotten a return time in one park, used FPs there, park hopped, used another FP, and had a meal. But in this case, many of them may not have decided to ride until the people in the standby queue were already in the queue before these parties decided to go on that ride, and they were on and off before the people who were waiting prior to their entry through the exit. DAS are not issued based on feelings, but on needs. There are many people who may have various feelings about waiting at all as opposed to waiting somewhere other than the physical queue, but that alone does not determine either DAS eligibility or inability to wait. Further, simply having Tourette's is not the equivalent of Chinese water torture, so no, no one should receive a DAS simply because they have Tourette's. Nor should everyone with an enlarged prostate receive one due to bladder issues and how that makes them feel in line. Many people had bladder issues or physical issues and various levels of feelings about those issues but that does not negate personal responsibility when one chooses to go to a theme park where waiting for rides or shows in inherent to the experience. Nor does that shift the responsibility to Disney simply because their rides and shows require waiting. While there are people who may benefit from waiting outside of the physical queue for the majority of their wait time, that does not mean that someone with an enlarged prostate does not have equal access because they go through the queue or someone with Tourette's does not have equal access simply because they have that diagnosis.
By your thought process then, no one should qualify for a DAS. Technically, everyone can wait in the standard queue. It may not be fun, easy or convenient but they could do it. You are saying it is all a matter of choice and personal responsibility. And autistic kids can wait in lines, It just might not be easy. But it can be done....they may be miserable and make those around them miserable as well, but it can be done.