Crohns and DAS = denied. MODERATOR NOTE: No diagnosis is automatically allowed or denied for DAS. DAS is issued based on needs, not diagnosis

[DLgal]

You meet your group at merge. Most of your party goes through the standby line, and you guess/text when they're almost to merge, then go in through the LL and wait at merge to join your party.

It's not a great solution, but for someone who might only need to dip out of line a few times per day, it's not impossible either.

Not every ride has a LL/merge point though.

 

[lpereira]

Since when does DAS work for Character Meets?

Any set character meet with a posted wait time. Fairy Tale hall, Town Square Theater etc.

 

[OurBigTrip]

Since when does DAS work for Character Meets?

It’s always worked for character meets at WDW if there are in a permanent venue

 

[DLgal]

Any set character meet with a posted wait time. Fairy Tale hall, Town Square Theater etc.

Ah. We don't have those at Disneyland.

But also didn't know it was an option at WDW. Good to know.

 

[Jake]

I just tell them the truth.. You don’t want to cut ahead of anyone.
You don’t know how long you can go with out needing the restroom
Leaving the line and trying to get back to your spot can cause fights. So it you have a DAS time, you can get ready and Waite the few minutes to get on the ride. if you pay for lighting lane you can do both
Get LL abd DAS times

 

[dawnball]

Not every ride has a LL/merge point though.

No, and it's been ages since I was at DL, which has many more rides that it would be difficult to join your party for. I was allowed to slip in plenty of exits at DL/CA to join my group, though.

It's not a DAS replacement - the chaos would be worse than the old DL pirates alternate entrance lines. But for circumstances where a DAS is not justified, it does help.

 

[DisSurfer878]

Ah. We don't have those at Disneyland.

But also didn't know it was an option at WDW. Good to know.

Some people have also reported being issues paper return times for character meet and greets at World when you speak to the attending cast member.

 

[PinkPixel]

It’s always worked for character meets at WDW if there are in a permanent venue

But not for Anna and Elsa in Norway?

 

[herdtoDisney]

I mean...not everyone uses DAS to get more or repeated rides. My dd won't even go on any of the rides that are really high demand (I never do LL or Genie). Without the pass, she would not be able to tolerate the inside queues-it overloads her sensory issues. DAS makes it possible for her to at least do a few things. So I don't know that everyone using DAS is doing a ton of rides all day long with minimal wait.

 

[Dis_Mom]

we were just at Disneyland last week and were told by guest services that IBS (and the symptoms that go with it and Chrones ) are being removed from the list and we will not be able to renew our das going forward. Not sure how long that will last once they have to start cleaning up messes in the line.

 

[OurBigTrip]

we were just at Disneyland last week and were told by guest services that IBS (and the symptoms that go with it and Chrones ) are being removed from the list and we will not be able to renew our das going forward. Not sure how long that will last once they have to start cleaning up messes in the line.

That’s odd, since there isn’t supposed to be a list since it’s not about diagnosis but need.

 

[Dis_Mom]

There clearly is, because we were pre warned.

 

[DLgal]

We renewed my son's DAS today and had an absolutely WONDERFUL experience with a gal at Guest Relations at DCA. Not only did she renew with no trouble, she offered to create Advance DAS return times for our other visits coming up in April. She asked "do you guys come often?" I said yes, so she then told me all about how they can make us Advance DAS return times for our next visit, we just have to ask in person ahead of it and they can do it. She basically insisted on doing it "so you can try it out" so we now have 2 return times for Easter Sunday lined up.

She was great. I think her name was Ashlynne. Or something like that. I am the worst with names.

 

[lpereira]

That’s odd, since there isn’t supposed to be a list since it’s not about diagnosis but need.

They can remove something without using a diagnosis. Hypothetically, because I don't know if it is true or not, but saying Disney will not extend DAS for needing to use the bathroom suddenly or urgently.

 

[Lilsia]

You can't really compare today to the reopening phase. Not only has park attendance significantly increased but standby lines cruised during those months. There wasn't a huge incentive to cheat when the standby lines (for the most part) were quick. So you have 1) more people in the park, 2) a financial and time incentive to cheat and 3) I don't think the majority of the people at the park during the reopening phase knew that DAS was a thing. Since that period, DAS has been well advertised - whether that is by formal announcements from Disney explaining the new system and the two extra LL's reserved in advance or by word of mouth/social media. I used to listen to the WDW prep podcast but had to stop because for the past year, almost every single trip report has been a DAS group. It's hard to relate or gather tips from a group that has the ability to maximize their time to that extent. Maybe I have a less rosy picture of humanity, but in general I think you're going to experience a lot of poorly behaved individuals in Disney World because they've spent a ton of money.

Regarding the increase of abuse of DAS if a Doctor's note was an option....how would abuse be any higher than it is now? Right now you just have to open your mouth and speak words.

My family was at Hollywood Studios in November and made the mistake of getting in the Minnie Mouse meet line (Red Carpet Dreams) because it was advertised as 50 minutes and there was no LL offered so I assumed it would move quickly. In actuality, it was a 75 minute wait where the children waiting in line sat on the concrete for 10 minutes at a time because the line did not move. As soon as we arrived to the queue, the first DAS group showed up and moved straight to the front. And after that, it was a steady stream (and they've waited 40 minutes because the posted wait time remained 50 minutes the entire time). We finally go to the front of the queue and the cast member asked us the number in our party...when another adult DAS group showed up and got right in front of us. At that point, my 8 year old started crying because she's had to sit there and feel like no matter how long she waits, she's never going to get her turn. Your welcome to think my child is a brat (I don't care) but it is difficult for a young child to understand why she's not getting her chance because a steady stream of adults with invisible disabilities get to go first. It definitely woke me up to realize how many DAS users are in the park.

I am comparing the same time frame, right before Genie+ was introduced and shortly after. It is unreasonable to assume that all of a sudden, right after they instituted Genie+ all of these people decided to lie about needing a DAS. Where is your proof of all of the "abuse" other than your own opinion? You believing it does not make it true. It makes so much more sense that the lines in the LL are long because they sell too many Genie+, as Disney has said themselves. You are taking your person experience and assuming the worst. And the people with DAS are waiting just as long and usually much longer to get on the ride than the standby people. Stand by lines are notorious for being over inflated. So the DAS user has to wait the inflated time, plus however long it takes once they get into the line, which can be anywhere from 10-30+ minutes.

 

[Lilsia]

I mean...not everyone uses DAS to get more or repeated rides. My dd won't even go on any of the rides that are really high demand (I never do LL or Genie). Without the pass, she would not be able to tolerate the inside queues-it overloads her sensory issues. DAS makes it possible for her to at least do a few things. So I don't know that everyone using DAS is doing a ton of rides all day long with minimal wait.

I think that there are a lot of people that have the same experience as you, that don't do as many rides as the typical guest does. Some people have this theory in their heads that DAS is this huge bonus and that everyone gets on so many more rides than those who do not, and that is just not the case. Of course there will be some who lie and abuse the system, but that is never going to change. DAS is a fair compromise.

 

[DLgal]

They can remove something without using a diagnosis. Hypothetically, because I don't know if it is true or not, but saying Disney will not extend DAS for needing to use the bathroom suddenly or urgently.

They can obviously do whatever they want, but this would be a mistake. IBD and IBS are literally considered disabling conditions under ADA.

 

[ttintagel]

I mean, the fact that many people report being denied for the exact same needs as many other people who report being accepted suggests to me that there probably isn't a set list of bullet points that everybody has to work from.

I keep remembering the cast member at Pirates of the Caribbean who kept insisting that he "wasn't allowed" to send us up in the elevator, and the one at the Haunted Mansion who insisted that there was no way to enter without going through the stretching room.

 

[DisSurfer878]

They can obviously do whatever they want, but this would be a mistake. IBD and IBS are literally considered disabling conditions under ADA.

This is what I was thinking. I also have my doubts this cast member was telling the truth. A lot of uninformed cast members say a lot of things.

 

[DLgal]

This is what I was thinking. I also have my doubts this cast member was telling the truth. A lot of uninformed cast members say a lot of things.

Absolutely agree with that.