# Disney World vows action after report of wealthy hiring disabled to skip lines **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 16, 2013, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-world-vows-action-after-report-of-wealthy-hiring-disabled-to-skip-lines/658487 "2013-05-16T05:28:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-world-vows-action-after-report-of-wealthy-hiring-disabled-to-skip-lines/658487/41 "2013-05-19T23:38:49Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > “Cash in on their disability”? That’s a poor choice of words. It is, isn’t it. Which is exactly the point - _that’s what they’re doing_. These people have realized that they can make a profit off of themselves by advertising their disability as a “service” to people who can afford the price-tag, and then to achieve their goals, purposefully either LYING to WDW that the people they are with are their family members, or IMPLYING the same. I don’t really know any other way to put it. If they’re that hard up for money, I do feel sorry for them. I’m sure their situation isn’t easy or enviable, but that doesn’t grant them “moral immunity” for their actions here. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-world-vows-action-after-report-of-wealthy-hiring-disabled-to-skip-lines/658487/42 "2013-05-19T23:55:52Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > I finished my HS education at a school for kids with disabilities. The Senior Trip is to WDW (week before Thanksgiving). For almost all of them, it’s the hightlight of their lives. But not for you? ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-world-vows-action-after-report-of-wealthy-hiring-disabled-to-skip-lines/658487/43 "2013-05-20T00:01:34Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Also, Disney World will open one of the parks early or keep it open late, but only for those staying at some of their hotels. They call this “[extra magic hours](https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/planning-guides/in-depth-advice/extended-theme-park-hours/).” Counter intuitively I find the park that has the extra magic hour is a good one to skip. Everyone staying on property seems to go to that park and most people go to a park and stay there the whole day. This seems to result in higher crowds for the magic hour parks and lower crowds in the other parks. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Like\_Pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9f8e36/32.png) [@I\_Like\_Pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Like_Pie)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-world-vows-action-after-report-of-wealthy-hiring-disabled-to-skip-lines/658487/44 "2013-05-20T00:03:08Z")
I like pie. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-world-vows-action-after-report-of-wealthy-hiring-disabled-to-skip-lines/658487/45 "2013-05-20T00:05:13Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > But not for you? I went with family several times. (I’m not nearly as disabled as most of the students there) Don’t get me wrong, being there w/o the Parental Units was awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Cheryl44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@Cheryl44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheryl44)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-world-vows-action-after-report-of-wealthy-hiring-disabled-to-skip-lines/658487/46 "2013-05-20T00:21:11Z")
I’d rather give the thou to a real person than to The Mouse. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-world-vows-action-after-report-of-wealthy-hiring-disabled-to-skip-lines/658487/47 "2013-05-20T00:23:47Z")
> [@markdash](#): > > Honest question: What is the reason for the policy of allowing disabled people to go to the front of the line? Is it a matter of not making them wait in an hour-plus line, which might be physically impossible for them? > > This whole controversy seems to come from that policy. If DW were to institute a plan whereby disabled patrons get a limited number of “ride passes” (say, 5 per day) that could be used to skip the line, it seems like that would cut down on the incentive to hire someone to go on rides all day. I read this thread backwards and maybe this got answered, but in addition to the lines themselves not being wheelchair friendly, transferring from a wheelchair into the ride often involves a special car, stopping the ride, or some other accommodation. Disney does a lot of their rides as “continuous loaders” - the ride never stops, you just climb onto a moving car. Disney also lets people with “invisible disabilities” get a Guest Assistance Pass. Kids with fairly severe autism or sensory disorders, who can’t handle a regular line, are permitted to wait in a separate area. Many people say that the waits with a Guest Assistance Card can be as bad or worse than the regular line. You may have to wait for the special ride vehicle to come around - even when there is no regular line. Or to stop the ride, they may want to do three or four transfers at once, so if you are the first, you may need to wait for a few more people who need the ride stopped. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-world-vows-action-after-report-of-wealthy-hiring-disabled-to-skip-lines/658487/48 "2013-05-20T00:59:15Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > I went with family several times. But if you had never gone with family, would this school-sponsored trip have been the _highlight of your life?_ A high-school trip to Disney World?! ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-world-vows-action-after-report-of-wealthy-hiring-disabled-to-skip-lines/658487/49 "2013-05-20T11:57:48Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > But if you had never gone with family, would this school-sponsored trip have been the _highlight of your life?_ A high-school trip to Disney World?! Spring break in Florida is the highlight of many high schooler’s lives. It certainly was the highlight of my 19 years, though undoubtedly for different reasons. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-world-vows-action-after-report-of-wealthy-hiring-disabled-to-skip-lines/658487/50 "2013-05-20T12:54:26Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > But if you had never gone with family, would this school-sponsored trip have been the _highlight of your life?_ A high-school trip to Disney World?! Oh HELLS yes! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-world-vows-action-after-report-of-wealthy-hiring-disabled-to-skip-lines/658487.md?page=2)