Theme park queue jumping for DLP

This is why I have never seen the attraction of Queue World, whatever the branding.
I sincerely believe there is a gap in the market for somewhere that only lets in the number of people it can accommodate, and has ride times booked in advance.

Accommodations for disabled people are not a fucking "privilege". I can't tell if you're being goady or if you genuinely don't understand the meaning of the words you're using.

Imagine being so bitter and twisted you actually resent disabled children not having to pay to be able to access public spaces you don't even want to go to.

Every time you think you've heard it all, a new thing pops up and you realise that there are always more ways for someone to be a cf.

If you want to go to Disney, just go on the longer queue rides after 5pm when most people go for dinner. You can pay for fast passes on anything that is still too long. Much cheaper for you and no need for the random weirdo to join your holiday.

This is beyond disgusting. I wish there were some way of reporting 'Mick' - who has been careful to have his website photos taken from behind - and his parasitic business. He'll even meet with you in order to park in a disabled space!

OP, you know this is wrong, otherwise you wouldn't even be posting in AIBU. Your husband is a selfish and stupid twat. Theme parks often have long queues in peak time. So either you suck that up or you skive off (at least you're only disadvantaging your own children rather than the genuinely disabled ones you're pushing in front of) and do it in term time. I couldn't face a theme park with my severely autistic son and it's anyway not his jam, but the idea that the disabled queues and the 'queue jumper' system are being abused like this really angers me. If yous husband wants to play at having a disabled person in his family group - please, take my son for a day! See how you enjoy looking after him and stopping him from running off, killing himself because he has no sense of danger, coping with his meltdowns.

So many threads recently on MN supporting cuts to disability benefits and ranting about ‘free cars’, but this thread proves beyond a shadow of a doubt the breathtaking entitlement of some. There is nothing that is reserved as intended for the benefit of disabled people, that some people will not try to take for themselves no matter what the knock on effects for those for whom they are actually meant.

And it’s always the genuinely disabled who pay the price, whether it’s cuts to massively oversubscribed disability benefits, lack of blue badge parking spaces, or tightened eligibility which locks them out of concessions they would benefit from - or in this case massively increased queues for disability concessions at a theme park.

Funny how people never stop to think beyond whatever concession they are effectively stealing to ask themselves whether they would want the disability that goes with it.

Absolutely not. It’s immoral. Just pay the money for the fast pass or queue like everyone else.

Having clicked on the link I’m simply disgusted. Both with the guy offering this ‘service’ (who is doubtless also claiming every benefit going and not declaring this as income) and with the moral compass of your DP who could remotely even consider doing this. How disabled can someone actually be if they are available for unlimited exhausting days out at theme parks? Not to mention having no problem with all the travel etc. Hopefully he will come under closer scrutiny with the DWP clampdown since he clearly could work at an actual job. And if your DP is too impatient or can’t be bothered to queue just give theme parks a miss, they aren’t compulsory. Be grateful that your family clearly doesn’t have to deal with the challenges 24/7/365 involved with genuine disability.

So people who are in the fortunate position to be able to afford to pay can skip the queue, but people whose disability makes potentially simple daily living tasks difficult/painful/stressful day after day shouldn’t be given the same accommodation. If you were in a queue and there was someone with a disability struggling you wouldn’t let them go ahead of you?

I have been at dlp with someone who needed the disability access pass and also without. The trip without was at a busy weekend but we were still able to get much more done overall by having a longer day. Obviously there are exceptions like mick, but most people likely use the time they save qeueing to take breaks and rest, take care of health needs, potentially take longer to get to and from rides etc. There might also be things they can’t do even with the pass due to disability so their experience is not as full also.

You don’t know anything about my life or me, just because I have a different opinion doesn’t make me angry or bitter! I just don’t agree that you should queue jump without paying for it, it’s just that simple

@RichSherl i hope you tell your husband how disgusting his suggestion is.

If he does go ahead with it, I hope he gets caught and banned from the park

Well I hope you or anyone close to you doesn’t become disabled.

You have no idea how lucky you are.

Fortunately most of the people I meet in real life are kind, who understand the difficulties disabled people face and want to help them alleviate some of this.

I expect you’re a very bitter and unpleasant person.

This is so morally wrong 🙈

I’m no longer eligible in Florida either yet my epilepsy hasn’t been magically cured if only.

This cannot be a thing?! Surely?! You're going to take a bloke who you've never met and pay him and his park tickets to stand in a queue you're not entitled to. Am I reading that right? What on earth are you thinking and teaching your children?!

OMG, how ignorant are you?? It’s actually laughable.

Oh dear Mick. I wonder how quick an article about this will pop up

I think anyone should have to pay extra for privileges regardless. Thankfully I don’t go to any of these ghastly places & this thread reinforces why. I can’t imagine anything worse

This is a disgusting perspective!

We’re all one accident or one illness away from being disabled. 1 in 4 of us are likely to become disabled, even if we aren’t now.

‘Disabled people’ aren’t some mythical other subset of people, they’re you and me. Your perspective is horrible.

Of course Disabled people should not have to pay extra for accommodations that they need to make services accessible to them. The suggestion that they should is offensive. Fortunately, disability discrimination legislation doesn't agree with you.

He isn’t discomforted if he’s able to skip the queue. And he adores theme parks.

But wouldn’t be able to go at all if he had to queue for an hour.

And you think they should have to pay even more money? You do realise that disabled people and their carers are often unable to work or are discriminated against meaning they have much less money than they otherwise would.

Live one hour in a disabled persons life or their parents life and you would change your opinion in a heartbeat - I guarantee it.

I know it’s not that park op is asking about but someone using the service at Alton towers or Thorpe park would be very disappointed I think as they’d be expecting fast track for their money but ride access pass isn’t as good as it appears. The ride access pass queues are shorter but they are much slower moving as they tend to only let one party from the queue on each ride. Then you get timed out for the length of the main queue. Sometimes by time you’ve added in actual wait plus time out it is longer than actual queue so you only end up doing roughly about same number of rides you’d do without a ride access. You can get fast track silver from £60 a person which is actual fast track for six rides so you have less of a wait and don’t get a time out. Ride access is the disabled person plus three so by time you’d paid £100 plus the guys travel expenses you wouldn’t be paying much less than £180 youd pay for silver fast track anyway and getting an inferior option.

Why shouldn't my children go and use the accommodations in place to make Disney accessible and enjoyable for them?

Disabled people, including children, do have rights to reasonable accommodations to allow them to access services and attractions, whether you like it or not.

Of course you should not do this what a stupid and disgusting question. Access rights for dissabled people have only come about after a long fight and dissability scammers undermine the credibility of people with genuine needs.

I didn’t say that disabled people shouldn’t go I just don’t agree that they should be entitled to avoid queues that full paying others have to join; if they pay to jump queue then fine otherwise not ok. From your response you are saying that it’s worth your disabled child's discomforts in order that your other kids don’t miss out. Ok fair enough

I’m a bit confused, it’s just their right anyway? Why would it be unethical?

Unless you mean taking someone disabled on purpose with no regards for their comfort. Then it’s disgusting.