[nabs-l] canes and water park rides

Wed Apr 3 02:37:56 UTC 2013

Six Flags north of Chicago
It was a few years back.

On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 6:34 PM, Ashley Bramlett
<bookwormahb at earthlink.net>wrote:

> Suzanne,
> Which park was this? I haven't been to parks in a long time. I used the
> blind privelege at Disney world.
> and got to go in the front of the line with my parents.
>
> As for canes, I cannot imagine bringing it on a ride except for maybe
> those sitting rides that go in a straight line with no turns; Turning can
> cause the cane to fly out of the ride. I would have someone hold my cane
> til I got off the ride and I certainly would not want a cane on a water
> ride since its wet.
>
> I think guides are the best option for parks.
>
> Ashley
>
> -----Original Message----- From: 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<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<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<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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