[nabs-l] canes and water park rides

Chris Nusbaum dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Tue Apr 2 01:47:05 UTC 2013


So they let you cut through the line with a dog, but not with a cane?
Interesting.

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
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 9:40 PM
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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


-----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
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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
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