[nabs-l] canes and water park rides

Mon Apr 1 02:40:41 UTC 2013

Hello Mike and everyone,

    Given that with many rides you exit at a slightly different location 
than where you got on they knew you would need to use the cane when you got 
off. I've heard of blind people taking canes on theme park rides for quite a 
while now. Chock one up for Disney.

Peter Donahue

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] canes and water park rides

I have no answer, either. However, although I've had a ride attendant hold
my cane on some occasions at Disney theme parks, I thought it was
interesting that both times I rode the Matterhorn at Disneyland, the ride
attendants *insisted* that I strap my cane in with me (it was a straight
cane). Presumably, the geography of the coaster is such that they thought
that if it got stuck and I had to climb down, the cane would be of help. I'm
sure they were right.

Mike Freeman

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Arielle
Silverman
Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2013 6:41 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] canes and water park rides

I'm curious how you would go sighted guide if you are at the park
alone? Do you get help from park employees?
I admit that I don't have a good answer to this question since I
usually have gone to a water park with at least one sighted person and
stashed my cane in a locker and gone sighted guide. Once I did go to a
water park with just blind people and I don't recall how we handled
the cane issue. I think I appointed myself guardian of the canes and
other belongings for everyone since I'm not big on water slides. All
the suggestions about using a telescoping cane sound good, though.
Arielle

On 3/31/13, Andrew <andrewjedg at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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>>
>> --
>> Kaiti
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