Theme park queue jumping for DLP

I am in several dlp Facebook groups and never heard of it. However, i would think due to it being morally wrong, most groups would remove comments suggesting it anyway.
There are two passes they offer, depending on either the condition or evidence provided.
For rides, the one means you use the disabled queue, or premier access entrance (depending on mobility). The other means you get a return time to go back. The passholder must ride each time.
There are differences in how they are used for other things such as shows/parades too, and a different number of people that accompany the pass holder.
The way you meet sone characters is changing soon anyway, and will be in line with the way the superhero meet is currently done. Having a priority pass will make no difference to those meets, because it is a virtual queue.
I would like to think if dlp found out they would take action. It could result I you and the person bring paid, being removed from the park.
Personally, we never used fastpasses or what is now premier access. We wait in the queues, which sometimes aren't that long. You can pay per person, per ride for those you want to premier access. It may cost less that paying someone in the way your husband intends.

I mean it's Disney. A celebration of Capitalism. This guy is just taking it to its natural conclusion. Brilliant if you think about it. If you don't like corporate greed don't go. Noone has a god given right to go to a theme park. My now young adult children have never been to Disney and don't seem to need counseling.

Never mind the cost and morality of it.

Can you imagine how fucking awkward it would be having some random man with you all day every day on holiday?!

My dh had to have a video meeting with my daughter there to approve my daughters pass so I think Disney are starting to realise it’s being misused.

It’d be much cheaper to pay or the priority passes (forgot their names). Last summer was €5 per person for some of them (and don’t think we oasis paid than €15 per person a that was only one above €10) and we didn’t only the rides we really liked. And was really fast too.

How do you know they were queue jumpers?

um, has anybody said those are okay things to do?

The forum is called and question is 'am i being unreasonable' not 'rank how unreasonable I'm being on a scale of other completely unrelated unreasonable things.'

Yes I have no idea which each option means.

OP, it is not ok to do this. It makes things harder for people with a genuine need - both on the day and in future when the theme parks make the rules much tighter because of people who abuse it.

My dc are entitled to access passes for theme parks etc. I have often joked that they are invaluable to their friends on visits to Thorpe Park etc, due to being able to skip the queue (NB, you still have to wait, as it’s a virtual queue system for Merlin, but you can spend the queue time doing other stuff at least). Dd2 has been in great demand for the last couple of years when friends are arranging days out, and on her school trip to Thorpe Park also - a group of around 8 friends all swapped on/off accompanying her and they all had a great time. Ds likewise blew his friend’s mum mind when we organised his ride access for Legoland a couple of years ago - she’d never had as easy a day there 🤣

I would honestly find it weird if I knew anyone who wanted to hire a random stranger to do this though. It makes the system unusable for those who really need it, and eventually the accommodations are changed, sometimes drastically.

Disney in USA have had to radically change their access system, and Merlin over here is nothing like it was when my dc were younger either, all due to overuse and abuse of the system.

This!! 👏🏻

I’m ashamed to say I share a surname with him 🤦🏻‍♀️ no relation, honest!

If these concessions are being offered, as a way of making these theme parks more accessible to some people, why should they not go?

No wonder Mike hasn’t got a face-front picture on his website - he definitely should be embarrassed.

And so should your DP for considering it.

It's not a human right for everyone to go to Disneyland. My kids didn't go as I couldn't afford it. They survived. If your kids cant cope with the queues, maybe don't go?

Me too! The bit where he says he can talk as little or as much as you want has me creased, and the name Mick Halliday is genius!

🤣🤣🤣

I’m clearly an awful person because this has made me lol. WTF?!

If my DH suggested this (he wouldn't ever btw!) I would think so badly of him, it's disgusting to take advantage of a scheme like this. If he is willing to pay for 'Mikes' entry, expenses and £100 om top then just buy some fast passes.

Also I agree with a PP, who wants to walk around a theme park with a random dude all day. It would be so awkward!

Stupidest thing I have ever heard.

Buy a fast pass it's cheaper especially as you will only need it for a few rides or use single rider and rope drop. The characters are now going to be booked on the app so no more queuing there.

We used a priority pass for my daughter a couple of months ago and at some rides there may still be a short queue. She didn't go on all the rides so the other family members just queued for these properly. It's an amazing system but if it's abused it will be lost for the people who rely on it.

This!
We only used the disabled queues at a theme park just once with DS who has autism, there were usually only 2-3 groups in the queue but on two occasions people arrived and it was clear that their need for no wait was higher and without anything being said everybody just moved aside to let them go to the front of the queue.

Given you’ll have to pay him £100, plus his DLP tickets (not cheap), his flights or train and presumably a hotel for him in Paris - this seems like a very expensive solution!

That is horrendously selfish, he’s just adding to the stress for people with genuine disabilities. Is he going to start parking in disabled spaces at the shops as well?!

Also why would you give money to some random bloke you’ve never met. Could well be a scam!!

While I disagree with this when you can buy a fast pass. I can't see it any more selfish and unreasonable than those who help themselves to our copper cables putting the internet out for days, or scam the benefit system or try to lower their tax return or those who sell black market driving tests. Everyone is out to make a quick buck, the world has no morals any more

This surely can't be genuine!! Apart from anything else, as someone else said, the costs would be extortionate, once you'd paid his travel and hotel. It would be cheaper to offer everyone in front of you in the queue a tenner!

I would be thoroughly ashamed of my DH if he suggested this. I've been to DLP with my severely disabled child and even with the queue pass, it was difficult and stressful to manage his behaviour while waiting. To think that some people would be so deceitful and scheming is profoundly depressing!