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Absolutely. I have several diagnosed disabilities. 5 of them cause issues that numerous people have received DAS for. I've never applied for DAS or felt that I needed it. I've had medical issues in lines, had to leave loads of lines, leave the park early, etc, but for me, I never felt that...

Yeah, that makes sense. My comment of it possibly being more difficult for some kids than adults with the same DD/autism issues to use RS was thinking less along the lines of sensory issues decreasing as they get older (as I doubt that happens in most of not all cases), but that *some* adults...

Fair enough. I can understand what you mean there. I do think it would probably be more difficult for most families with a child with developmental disabilities/autism to use this new expanded version of rider swap and have their family separate than for some adults with similar issues. Not...

Agreed. That's why I don't understand how amount of time spent in a park can be relevant. There are so many reasons why people spend a less than average amount of time in the park and plenty of people without DAS also spend 6 hours or less per day in a park. Now, if we were saying DAS users...

That's good to know, though obviously sucky for those it happens to.

Disney likely has the data to compare how long DAS users spend in a park on average with non-DAS users, as well as how many rides they do in a day vs non-DAS users. As far as I know, that info is not available to the public so no one can really make an accurate guess. Should that mean though...

I wasn't in any way trying to indicate that the example I gave would be possible for ALL DAS users. I definitely understand that situations will vary. A DAS user may take longer to get between rides due to taking care of medical issues, may need to leave and return to the LL for medical reasons...

Oh, absolutely. I specifically didn't mention that because the poster I was responding to was talking about how if Disney eliminated the current ability to ride other rides while waiting for a DAS return, they should also ensure that posted standby wait times aren't inflated (as many claim they...

But what would the point be for Disney to accept volunteered documents? If they aren't required for all, which they can't be, then volunteering that info doesn't change anything. Someone can't be denied for not providing documentation, likewise, there can't be a greater likelihood of approval...

Medical diagnoses has never been a prerequisite for DAS though because DAS isn't given based on any diagnosis but rather an individual's needs. Just having an autism diagnosis for example doesn't mean an individual needs accomodations. Some don't, some do. Their diagnosis is completely...

I thought about including that in my example but wasn't sure if they still allowed that. So yeah, in my example, the DAS party could go straight from BTMR directly to Buzz and into the LL with no wait and get off 5 mins sooner.

For many people/conditions, getting all of the necessary appointments to determine a diagnosis can be cost-prohibitive. Just saying if you can afford Disney then you can afford to get diagnosed doesn't really cut it in many scenarios and also leaves out that some people are gifted their Disney...

I mean to an extent, yes it is a family with a too short child's choice to split up to use RS. But it is the only accommodation offered by Disney to allow those other family members the opportunity to ride. If you want to ride and you have a too short child, you have to split up. Disney could...

It's on the Accessing Attractions Queues page under the list of tips.

I'm not claiming to know how these changes will be implemented, just sharing my own experiences from past trips. I was always in standby lines so I can certainly see how it might be faster in a LL to just leave without flagging down a CM. In standby, I wasn't about to push my way through a huge...

For what it's worth, I've never backtracked to the entrance when I've left a queue. I've always been a substantial way in and flagged down a CM mid-queue (twice it was literally in the boarding area when I had to leave), so it was always obvious that I wasn't just trying to skip the standby line...

I understand the anxiety of not knowing how it's going to work, but it could be that the RS allows you to go in the LL and meet up with the rest of your party as they are about to board so that you can then ride together. The way it works now, the only thing preventing those with RS from getting...

The problem with requiring documentation isn't just the potential for scammers. There are plenty of doctors out there willing to write a letter for whatever you want them to write. People have shared stories for years of how their doctor offered to write them a letter so they can be guaranteed a...

For what it's worth, many locations were selling out ridiculously fast so you may not have even gotten one if you tried. I seriously tried 12 locations those first two weeks and managed to get a Mexican pizza twice, and one of the times I couldn't eat it because they gave me one with beef...

Our Chic-fil-a is by far the fastest fast food around us. They have it set up where the line can wrap around the restaurant twice, and frequently that's full along with 5+ cars lined up in the plaza to pull in. With all of that, the entire wait is never more than 10 mins. I honestly don't get...