[nabs-l] canes and water park rides
Chris Nusbaum
dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Tue Apr 2 02:27:40 UTC 2013
That's how they do it at Disney.
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 Suzanne Germano
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 10:25 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] canes and water park rides
That's interesting I am legally blind and don't use dog or cane but go to
guest services and they give me a line pass so you can go up the exit. You
have to wait one hour to go on the same ride again. But every ride you can
go up the exit and not wait in line.
On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 6:47 PM, Chris Nusbaum
<dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com>wrote:
> 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
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] canes and water park rides
>
> 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."
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Nusbaum" <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 21:26:25 -0400
> 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
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Cc: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> 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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