[nabs-l] canes and water park rides

Andrew andrewjedg at gmail.com
Mon Apr 1 01:08:49 UTC 2013


Hi I go to amusement parks myself and things.  to be honest I actually
don't take the cane since it is just one more thing to worry about or
loose. or wrisk loosing. so I go completely sited guide.

So there fore I can't offer suggestions.
I do have a hard time with the rides with turn tables.

On 3/31/13, Chun Chao <zerone1683 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Will you be going to the water park alone or with a group of people?
> When I went to theme parks at the end of college tours during high school
> summers, I would have at least three friends with me in a group of four.
> That way, we can take turns watching our stuff if one of us did not want to
> go on a specific ride and I would use sighted guide with one of my friends
> on the ride platform.
> Moreover, traveling as a group in a theme park prevents pick-pocketing from
> happening.
>
> After spending about a month or so in a high school to college program
> during the summer times, I would have figured out which of my peers would
> be
> supportive friends and which peers do not work well with me.
> Also, when the end of the summer program grows near, I would ask the
> supportive peers if I can group up with them at the theme park.
>
> C.C. Alan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kaiti Shelton
> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2013 2:10 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] canes and water park rides
>
> I don't know what the rides you want to go on are specifically like, but a
> telescopic cane would probably be your best bet since it's so compact.
> Using shoe storage areas sounds like a good idea.  You might also be able
> to
> have a park employee give it to you when you get off if there isn't a good
> place to store it at the end of the ride.  If you have to keep it with you
> on the ride, and if they'll allow for it, you could try putting the loop at
> the top of the cane around your wrist and holding onto it along with any
> handlebars or something.  It might be a little awkward, but if you can't
> get
> anything else to work the awkwardness would be worth having your cane when
> you get off of the ride.
>
> Hope these ideas help.
>
> On 3/31/13, Cindy Bennett <clb5590 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> This summer, I am going to a water park. When I go to theme parks, I
>> typically store my cane somewhere outside the ride area or on the exit
>> side of a roller coaster platform. However, many water rides are such
>> that you get on the ride in a different location, often quite a walk
>> away, from the place where you get off of the ride. My cane is too
>> long to fit in many inner tubes, and I doubt that it would be a safe
>> thing to bring along especially if it came loose.
>>
>> I am wondering if a telescoping cane would be the best for this,
>> because I know that many water rides have shoe holders. It would just
>> be annoying, because I would have to rely on someone to guide me back
>> to these shoe holders that are often at the entrance of the ride.
>>
>> So what are your suggestions for storing a cane during water rides?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cindy Bennett
>> Secretary: National Association of Blind Students Legislative
>> Coordinator: National Federation of the Blind of Washington
>>
>> B.A. Psychology, UNC Wilmington
>> clb5590 at gmail.com
>>
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