Mitzicat
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 29, 2008
Mine is the scooters and wheel chairs for people who don't need them!! We waited in line one night for nearly an hour while my daughter slept on my lap on the ground. My father in law had polio as a child and uses a scooter so there are definetly people who need them but I don't think that putting your sleepy child in a wheel chair and using it to your advantage is fair. There was absolutely nothing wrong with him but they got to cut in line and get on the bus while we all continued to wait.
Twigs4 - This is one of my pet peeves and I think I have a solution in a perfect world might actually work - if Disney had the resources. But then again if enough DISers get the word out everyone would know, a few well placed signs may help, and maybe the help from the Bus Drivers. I am not arguing the fact that you may or may not need a scooter/wheelchair. So no flames please. Hey a girl can dream that this would work and be perfect.
As far as the buses. I too have stood in a very long line waiting to get back to my resort only to be "bumped" by a scooter and his/her entourage. I agree that they deserve the same safety as the other guests.
My idea is that bus stops have a scooter line (there might already be one). The scooter rider and one person from their party stand in the scooter only line. The rest of their party joins the long line. When their party in the long line gets to the front, then the scooter and his/her party can get on the next bus with available space. Everyone has waited their turn, everyone has a safe ride home, everyone is happy and no one has to yell at the nice bus driver, or the nice bus driver has to yell at people because they can't give him a second to prepare the bus for the mad dash of people.
The whole bus stop issue is one reason why at the end of the night I make sure i am at the back of the park and take a nice long time to walk out. Stopping to really look at things, sitting on a bench. Meandering through the park. By the time I get out of the park the lines are much smaller.