[nabs-l] canes and water park rides

Sarah coastergirl92 at gmail.com
Tue Apr 2 02:31:57 UTC 2013


Yeah.  And with a cane, people ran me over as if I weren't there.

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From: "Chris Nusbaum" <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
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Date sent: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 21:47:05 -0400
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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-----
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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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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-----
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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
 clb5590 at gmail.com

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