[Travelandtourism] Back from Disney

Wed Jun 20 16:46:33 UTC 2012

Unfortunately not. The convention is scheduled at a bad time of year for us,
and after Disney, I am not sure I could afford it this year.

Michael 

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Michael, will you be at the National Convention and attending the meeting.

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> From: mbaldwin at gpcom.net
> To: travelandtourism at nfbnet.org
> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:42:05 -0500
> Subject: [Travelandtourism] Back from Disney
> 
> Hi,
> We are back, well mostly back from our 2 week Disney World vacation.
> We are visiting family before we go home.
> I will go in to more detail later if anyone wishes, but I just wanted 
> to post a few quick thoughts about our experience.
> We visited the parks 7 days, one day each at Animal Kingdom, and 
> Hollywood Studios, two days at EPCOT, and 3 days at Magic Kingdom. For 
> the most part, it was a fantastic time. The majority of cast members 
> were helpful and great, but there are always those few. Because it was 
> my wife and 3 kids, ages 1, 3, and 6, I elected not to take my cane. 
> Others might disagree with this decision, but that is their choice to 
> make. It is too loud to try to follow my wife around, and holding on 
> to my wife, and a child is difficult to do when your also carrying 
> around a cane. The majority of cast members didn't seem to argue when 
> we informed them that I was blind, and they were very helpful getting 
> my 6 year old and I on a few rides that no one else went on. The 
> biggest issue came at the ticket booths. Some of the people picked up 
> on it right away without a word being said, and others were a really 
> big moron about it. At Disney they like to have your finger print on 
> file with your ticket, this prevents the ticket from being transferred 
> to others or sold. I have no issue with using my finger print, if they 
> would have shoed me were to do it. On our second visit to the MK, the 
> ticket person would not let us through until my wife used her finger 
> print on my ticket. We went to guest services, and I explained the 
> situation as calmly as I could, and I was issued a new ticket with no 
> finger print on it. There is no reason to have my ticket matched with 
> my wife's finger print, how would I get in the park if I went with 
> someone else, or by myself. The third trip resulted in the same thing, 
> the ticket person would not let us pass until my wife used her finger 
> print. It was our last day, so I didn't bother with guest relations. 
> Two days going in to the parks we had no issues at all, they didn't 
> even question us, the ticket person noticed I was holding on to my wife,
and knew right away I was blind. Three of the days were more average, so I
guess it all balanced out.
> 
> My biggest issue is that if people that get Guest Assistance  cards do 
> not have to show proof they have ADHD, autism, etc. so they can't 
> stand in lines for long periods, why do I have to carry around a cane to
prove I am blind?
> The finger print readers are up kind of high, so kids and people in 
> wheel chairs don't need a finger print matched to their tickets. I had 
> no issues getting the GAC, but being treated like a 3rd rate citizen 
> at the ticket booths is unacceptable. The problem only occurred at MK, 
> so I am guessing because that park is the busiest, they are trying to 
> get everyone in as quick as possible, and trying to show a blind guy 
> where to place his finger would take to much time, but yet they have 
> to have a finger print on the card.
> 
> This is probably the only issue I experienced as a blind person at 
> WDW. I am sure if I traveled there by myself I would have had a few 
> more. Still, we all had a great time, and the kids want to go back.
> 
> Michael
> 
> 
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