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.
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.
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.
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.
