Merlin theme parks and sunflower lanyard

[pinkkoala]

Has anyone been to any of the merlin theme parks that wears a sunflower lanyard, how is it with the rides are you allowed on or do they sit you seperate, can you all still sit with your family group.

If you mean a face mask exempt one, we went to legoland and Chessington last year and I had no issues at all. I don't like rides but was not questioned on any I did go on and was able to sit with dp and dd.

Thankyou that is good to know.
At least you can stay with your group, I had heard some of them were making you sit at the back of the ride.

You can also get the ride access pass which is designed for people with disabilities, with these you usually go through the exit and you'll more than likely get put at the back of the ride but you'll be able to ride as a group.

You get put at the back;
A) because the back typically lines up with the exit gates
B) They will usually evacuate back to front so the disabled guests are at the back so they are first off in an evacuation

I guess being at the back makes sense as no one will be breathing in the air you're screaming out?

Being at the back is usually best anyway I think

It depends what you mean.

If you mean in regards to disability access,
At merlin resorts you need to apply for an ease of access pass, which you get at guest services, generally you need to book the application beforehand online or over the phone, but you can do it in person, it just takes significantly longer.
You need proof of your disability and that an ease of access pass will benefit you.
We get them because DP has had a full hip replacement and standing in the queue for a long time can be really bad for it.
We have a blue badge and a letter from his consultant explaining that using the ease of access will significantly help his condition.
With the pass you access the rides through the exit or fast pass line and skip the entire queue, where you sit depends on the staff, the usually seat people from the fast pass and disabled access queue first.
The pass allows the user and a partner or two to ride using the disabled queue, but they usually let small groups ride together from the queue if it’s not super busy.

If you mean using the hidden disability lanyard so that you don’t have to wear a mask, I don’t know, they probably won’t say anything, but I wouldn’t want to be stuck in a queue for hours on end next to someone not wearing a mask, so I’d be more worried about the people around me rather that the two minutes you spend on the actual ride.
I very much doubt they would split you up because of it though.