Posted on 05/14/2013 8:41:27 AM PDT by C19fan
They are 1 percenters who are 100 percent despicable.
Some wealthy Manhattan moms have figured out a way to cut the long lines at Disney World — by hiring disabled people to pose as family members so they and their kids can jump to the front, The Post has learned.
The “black-market Disney guides” run $130 an hour, or $1,040 for an eight-hour day.
“My daughter waited one minute to get on ‘It’s a Small World’ — the other kids had to wait 2 1/2 hours,” crowed one mom, who hired a disabled guide through Dream Tours Florida.
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I live in Florida and frequented Disney often when the kids were little.
I concur on the logistical logic you note. It would be faster and cheaper to simply use the fast pass system, and moral to boot.
It is interesting then that the major draw of this “service”, is likely that it is a scam. These rich Manhatten women are delighted to be in on a scam at other peoples’ expense. The actual benefit of the scam is secondary.
what’s moral about the government dictating what parking places people can use in the first place?
Disney is so old now, they renamed “Tomorrowland” to “Yesterdayland”
I have no desire to debate a side issue with you. The issue in the story was Disney policy, which they have every right to set. There is nothing immoral about the policy.
If I want to give a 10% discount to a particular group, or give them priority, that is my business. Pretending to be in or associated with that group for your own benefit is immoral.
This is no different than hiring military members to buy things for you, so that you can get a 10% discount at a store or purchase groceries at a commissary. All parties involved are committing fraud.
Just rent a scooter yourself and your family can switch out being “handicapped” whenever one of them gets tired.
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Susie 10-11
You 11-12
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“When I visited DW Florida last fall, I was astounded at the number of folks riding electric scooters. Most were because of obesity rather than a true “handicap” it appeared.”
Ditto. I was at Disney in November and was aghast at the sheer number of mainly overweight people in scooters. You had to dodge around them on sidewalks and in dining areas. I felt as though I was in a real life version of Wall-E and thought if many of these people would walk, they wouldn’t have a weight problem. Granted, I’m sure some are legit, but I think most were lazy and wanted the line advantage.
I discovered this trick when I was a kid and went on a church group trip to an amusement park. I got stuck in the group with a guy in a wheelchair, and I thought it was going to be lame lugging him around all day, but it turned out that he loved the rides, and since we were with him, we all got on without waiting in line.
My wife and I are Disney regulars. In fact we are going to do our annual 2 weeks at WDW soon.
Personally, I say let them have it. If they are that desperate to get on a ride, let them and get them away from me.
We NEVER wait for a ride more than 15 minutes (if the line is longer we come back later) using the Fast Pass system, or just wait til the line is shorter. We ALWAYS have a good time, even when having a short wait.
One trip a few years ago, I blew my knee out the day we got there. Ended up riding around in a electric cart for a week. IT was no fun at all, and, whenever I could get out of it, I did (there is a photo somewhere of me hobbling up to Mary Poppins). They put us up front when they had to, but, when I could avoid the ‘privilege’...
Folks don’t know what they are missing.
You hire the limo to drop you off at the door, then he goes and parks at the bar while he is waiting to pick you back up at the door.
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now announcing our new company whose entire staff is handi-capable individuals...
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I was in Disney World last summer attending my niece’s wedding to an army officer — we ALL got a military discount, Thank God, for the hotel, admission to the parks, etc.
What shocked me was how expensive it was to get in even with the military discount.
Fast-passes are free, you just have to time your activities to correspond with the fast-pass times.
If I hired a limo driver, I would of course expect to be dropped off at the door. I wouldn't be amused if he then went drinking, while I'm paying him to monitor the car and be ready to leave (sober).
I can buy making shopping convenient with close to the door handicapped parking spaces, but we're talking a line that everyone else has to wait in, for hours sometimes.
Pity I guess.
This is pretty stupid. If you are going to spend THAT Much money, you can buy special tours from Disney, which not only get you to the front of the lines on many attractions, they also get you backstage to events, with your own guided tour.
There is also the upgraded fast-pass-type system they have (can’t remember the name) where you can reserve times for your rides 6 months in advance, if you have certain types of tickets.
And if you are that rich, you’d have season passes, and could go when things aren’t crowded.
I don’t disagree. However, I have a friend who has a child, with autisem.
When they started their yearly jaunt to the small world he thought it was a side benefit. Over the years, the tradition still lasts but, putting an autistic kid in a seat is a pain and the ride operators have to wait for the right vehicle to accomodate the child’s needs.
They actually paid the kid in bananas.
I'm restricting my observation and opinions to the actions and these particular people in this particular situation.
I am a passholder at Disneyland AND see many fat people using scooters. What I notice in many of the cases is what they are eating and can put two and two together to see why they are fat.
If you use an overweight individual in a scooter to bypass the lines then that is called a Fat Pass ;-)
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