[nabs-l] canes and water park rides

Tue Apr 2 01:26:25 UTC 2013

Sarah,

Just curious: how is Six Flags more accommodating to a guide dog user than
to a cane user?

Chris

Chris Nusbaum, Co-Chair
Public Relations Committee
Maryland Association of Blind Students
Phone: (443) 547-2409

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sarah Meeks
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 7:56 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] canes and water park rides

My best amusement park experience has always been Six Flags. They are very
accommodating. There you are more accommodating now that I have a dog.

Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 1, 2013, at 11:22 AM, Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Yay for Disney!  they were by far my best park experience.  I went 
> twice as a little kid.  The first time I went I was five or six and my 
> parents also had a baby in a stroller, so the practice for both me and 
> my sister was to hold onto our brother's stroller to keep with our 
> parents and not get lost.  My parents just gave me verbal direction 
> and were with me the entire time, so there really wasn't a major need 
> for a cane.  When I went again as an older kid though, I did have a 
> folding cane and the Disney staff was very good about either showing 
> me tricks to keep it with me or holding it and then giving it back to 
> me when I got off, even on water rides like Splash Mountain and the 
> Pirates of the Caribbean rides which start in one place and end at 
> another.  If you have a folding cane you can secure it folded with the 
> loop and then put your wrist through the cane and the strap and just 
> let it hang as you hold onto something.  It won't flop around as much 
> as the telescopic cane.  Also, the holster idea sounds good, although 
> some park personelle at other amusement parks get worried  about it 
> coming lose.  Either way, you shouldn't have any problems with getting 
> the ride people to bring you your cane at the ride exit.
> 
> By the way, Universal Studios was excellent about working with the 
> cane too.  I went there in the same vacation that I went to Disney for 
> the second time and they were very accomodating.
> 
> On 4/1/13, Kirt Manwaring <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Sophie,
>>  I'm one of those random oddballs who would probably go alone if I 
>> was traveling, and there was a really cool theme park near by.  I 
>> know it's not for everyone, but occasionally doing those kinds of
"social"
>> things by myself is fun for me; both to keep my confidence up and to 
>> meet people that I otherwise wouldn't get to know.
>>  Anyways, I've taken my straight cane to theme parks no problem, but 
>> I'll confess I haven't tried a water park with it yet.  A collapsible 
>> or folding cane seems more reasonable to me there.  On rollercoasters 
>> or big rides like that, I've almost always just given my straight 
>> cane to the ride attendant and picked it up when the ride is done, 
>> but those rides usually start and end at the same place.  Waterslides 
>> and things are different though, obviously.
>>  Basically, I've been reading this thread to see what useful bits I 
>> could glean from it, as I'll probably be going to a few water parks 
>> myself over the summer.  Maybe this will finally give me the 
>> motivation I need to buy another collapsible or NFB folding cane.  (I 
>> actually liked mine for the year or so it lasted, but I used it 
>> sparingly and certainly not as my primary cane.)  Thanks, all, for 
>> the help and suggewstions.
>>  Best,
>> Kirt
>> 
>> On 3/31/13, justin williams <justin.williams2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I would where a belt around my bathing suit, and Use a folding cane 
>>> with a holster.
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cindy 
>>> Bennett
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2013 4:25 PM
>>> To: National Asociation of Blind Students
>>> Subject: [nabs-l] canes and water park rides
>>> 
>>> 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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