[nabs-l] canes and water park rides
Sarah
coastergirl92 at gmail.com
Tue Apr 2 01:40:26 UTC 2013
Because with my dog, they let me right on, and they watch the dog
very carefully even when someone else is holding it so nobody
pets it while you're on the ride. With a cane, they will just
say "Wait 4 hours like everyone else."
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] canes and water park rides
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
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Sarah Meeks
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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.
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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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