You may be able to plan to ride something but that doesn’t work for our family. It also doesn’t matter if the ride is a walk-in or not as I’m not about to take DS out of his comfort zone. We go to the attractions or the blue umbrella to request the next time anymore. We try and minimize walking so we are generally looking for something not too far away.
And I totally appreciate that. We had years that Disney was quite painful, 20 minutes just to get through front gate. Unfortunate incidents that triggered a medical episode that we spent rest of week in room and left early. A situation caused by CMs. I know there are individuals that are very restrictive guests. I just believe that is a small minority based on what we read here, other places, people I know etc. The overall program they offer now including 2 free in advance times, is much more than typical guests get unless they pay for it.
Most folks with extreme situations don't even go to Disney for fear of investing so much money and having a bad time. The cost of going to Disney is so high now that it's not worth it for just a few rides. If Testa has true info AND Disney does have all that info, and 2% of the guests are entering LL with
DAS - that means say in MK it could be 15,000-20,000 using DAS any given day filling the LL. That is not sustainable on top of guests paying for LL. It's been discussed on other threads that many of us who are regulars and have been for years are finding the LL is more crowded now, and now that is is pay they hold up SB longer, and if 25% of them are not paying then SB is really at a disadvantage.
Disney has created another monster like the GAC, one way or another I think they are going to fix it. They need to.
Ok so while I probably won’t even need it at universal as we purchase express and find that works much better than their pass I tried this out anyway just to see what happens. It only took page 2 of my fmla paperwork which only has part of my stuff relevant to theme parks. Their options to choose in the application were really not what I need but I picked whatever was closest. I immediately got the temporary card and now it appears I have a permanent one since it is dated for a year. It was approved for what I checked on their application. They didn’t email me or confirm anything. I’m going to assume they didn’t call my doctor because that’s logical. I have heard that universal contacts you about your needs before your trip but do not know if that is true. We are going mid October so no rush on their part. Also I don’t plan to use it. There was a rumor universal makes you wear a wristband but their social media said that is not true. Honestly I was thinking I was going to have to contact my specialist to get a specific letter but I did not. Somehow them only getting page 2 of the 2 page fmla paperwork was enough. That page did have my work accommodations on it so maybe that was lucky idk. I honestly do not think they are scrutinizing this as much as I thought they would be. Just my 2cents.
Based on how I am reading this is sounds like they hardly had any process at their end to give you a card. They received info that wouldn't tell them what you need, just went on what you checked and immediately gave you a card. Doesn't seem very "vetted" for lack of a term.
And how does Universal know to contact you? They don't have a reservation system and wouldn't know someone is coming. And this service is supposed to be valid for ANY theme park you are going to that they service. Did they ask you for specific information about your trip that they will then forward?
It almost sounds less difficult to get than it is at Universal in person.