[nabs-l] canes and water park rides

[Kaiti Shelton]

I don't know what the rides you want to go on are specifically like,
but a telescopic cane would probably be your best bet since it's so
compact.  Using shoe storage areas sounds like a good idea.  You might
also be able to have a park employee give it to you when you get off
if there isn't a good place to store it at the end of the ride.  If
you have to keep it with you on the ride, and if they'll allow for it,
you could try putting the loop at the top of the cane around your
wrist and holding onto it along with any handlebars or something.  It
might be a little awkward, but if you can't get anything else to work
the awkwardness would be worth having your cane when you get off of
the ride.

Hope these ideas help.

On 3/31/13, Cindy Bennett <clb5590 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
>
>
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> 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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Kaiti