Theme park queue jumping for DLP

[RichSherl]

Probably the wrong place to ask this but...

My DP wants us to employ a theme park queue jumper for when we go to Disneyland Paris in October.

I didn't even know these things existed?!?!?! 🤐

I've not been to DLP for a number of years but apparently it's a thing that people go with their disabled parents just so they can skip queues for rides and to see characters etc?

Can anyone corroborate this? It seems mad to me and beyond unethical.

Anyway, AIBU or should we really use someone like this to help us skip queues?

DAS offered in the American parks uses a different criteria to DLP.

They changed the system in Paris in Dec 2021 and became stricter. They no longer gives passes for temporary conditions - eg a broken leg and require proof of disability/ long term medical condition.
There are 2 passes. Priority for those with proof of disability. It isn't based on what the disability is, but how the person needs assistance.

Easy access pass is for those that have certain conditions- there is a list it applies to.
More info can be found on the dlp website - scroll down, select help, and guests eith disabilities.
You can apply for the priority access card up to a month in advance. You then take the reference
they give you and the persons passport when youcollect it. Click to apply, select country and it shows what they accept, but I have coped the list below. 7 or 8 are worth looking into, and can be used in the uk too.

We accept the following valid documents from this country:

1. Disability Living Allowance
2. Attendance Allowance Award
3. Personal independance payment
4. Armed Force Compensation Scheme
5. Certificate of Vision Impairment
6. U.K. Disabled I.D
7. National Disability Card
8. Access Card
9. Parking Card for Disabled People
10. Registration Card BD8
11. Adult Disability payment
12. Disabled Student's Allowance
13. Scottish Child Disability Payment

Make sure you purchase tickets in advance. If you have one if the documents listed above, as well as the priority pass you can get reduced price tickets for the disabled person plus 1. There is a separate ticket booking area on the website. You then show proof of disability to collect the tickets before you go in, and can collect the priority pass at the same time.

Look at applying for a Nimbus Access card. My youngest has one, and doesn’t get DLA. If you can’t supply enough evidence, they have a firm they can send out for GP to fill in. An access card would then entitle you to a priority pass for DLP (and is also widely accepted elsewhere as proof of needing accommodations)

Or maybe I've got better things to do that spend all day reading replies?!

Well you had time for that reply, you don’t need to reply to every message, but it’s polite to give some kind of general update/reply when lots of people have taken the time to reply to your original question.

Ok ladies, thank you for all your thoughts and comments. It's really appreciated as I was pretty sure the whole deal seemed a bit mad/weird! Maybe Mick does a good trade? Who knows.

I guess it is a bit unethical to employ Mick's services but is it any different to families that bring Granny to get the disabled parking bay, free ULEZ, not pay bridge/motorway tolls etc?

The ethics on all this seem a bit blurred given that apparently 20% of the country now claim to be disabled and a number of perfectly able people I know seem to be claiming PIP and getting a car on motability (yes, I know many disabilities are 'invisible').

Anyway, I'll let my DP your thoughts.

Is it considered rude to look away for 24 hours now?!

How do you know those in the queue weren’t there legitimately? Hidden disability?

But you have plenty of time to be a goady twat! This is clearly another benefits bash given your latest response. Stop being lazy and queue like everyone else!

No I wouldn’t, I wouldn’t want to hang out with a stranger or be reliant on them in terms of planning the day. I would never let my DC think this is what being disabled is about, they have a severely disabled family friend and have never ‘used’ him like this.

I did however spend an obscene amount on x3 fast passes for one day at Disney for me and DC who were 9 and 11 at the time to do all of the rides. It was amazing, everything done and the other days were much more leisurely.

Your attitude is actually just as bad.

Why? It's fair to say that disabled people get numerous "soft" benefits like this and it's a fact that plenty of perfectly-abled people exploit that to their own benefit.

To cringe, hide under a rock and just criticise others for daring to point this out is just daft.

If you want to go on holiday with mick, go ahead! overwhelmingly most people have said they wouldn’t do it because a) it holds up the queue for those who legitimately need it or have paid the theme park directly b) it’s probably going to be awkward and c) it’s easier and probably cheaper to plan your trip with tips already mentioned and occasional use of ride fast passes

I have chronic conditions and it has numerous impacts on my life - only being able to work part time being the main one. I'm not eligible for things like PIP as I can mobilise and care for myself, but life is harder for me than most of my peers. I don't get any soft benefits, monetary or otherwise. I struggle to stand in long lines (balance and tiredness issues). In some places people are willing to make adjustments for me (eg I wait at a side on a chair). But now for lots of places, like Disney World, I wouldn't qualify for any adjustments because of them now requiring only certain kinds of evidence as people (like you and Mick) abuse the system. Every time someone does it, it makes things that little bit harder for those of us who genuinely struggle. Be thankful that you don't understand what it truly means to live with a condition or disability because I promise you, you would rather have your current life than to get the soft benefits that you are so envious of.

Presumably though you wouldn’t be going to theme parks so not an issue & it isn’t to do with envy it’s entirely to do with being sick having to accommodate someone else’s needs before the needs of your own. If I’m paying to enjoy an experience then I expect those who want the experience to provide them additional privileges to pay for that right

A thinly disguised benefits bashing thread.

I really don't understand this board sometimes - what's to say Mick even gets benefits? Why is it "benefit bashing"? Who even mentions benefits and what's it got to do with benefits?!

It’s not & I totally understand why you posted. Everyone is so virtuous on MN 🙄 Do what you need to to break the queues, half of them aren’t genuine anyway. Enjoy your holiday x

If looking to go to dlp, look at my post to mrsconradfisher. You may qualify for an access pass, issued in the uk that dlp and other venues accept

Oh dear, you seem to have shown your hand. Did you really mean to?

Are we playing cards?

Look, I just wanted my family to have a nice time at dlp.

No need for smoke and mirrors, I can't be bothered with all that.

Then do what you have to do, hire Mick, whatever!

The ethics on all this seem a bit blurred given that apparently 20% of the country now claim to be disabled and a number of perfectly able people I know seem to be claiming PIP and getting a car on motability (yes, I know many disabilities are 'invisible').

This has nothing to do with what your DP is proposing to do. Nothing.

That sounds very unethical, I'm not sure I could go along with it.

I hate theme parks because of the queues though. They charge so much money to get in and toy can spend 3hrs in a queue only for it to break down. When I've taken school groups they often pay lots of money and only end up going on 3 rides. Absolute rip off!

...does that matter? Do you care if I dare to have an opinon on something?

How very British. I would not like to have a stranger tagging along on a family day out, I'm socially awkward and would feel obliged to buy him food.

Tbf many people behave like this with their own family!