have any of you faked an injury to get on the rides at DL or DCA faster? I ask this because when i was in 2nd grade (1998) my dad decided to fake an injury for us to go on all of the rides. It worked! But i still dont know how it did! My dad was in a wheel chair, with this crappy looking injury (bandages wrapped around his shin, with FAKE LOOKING blood spot :( ) I cant believe they bought it, but....whatever. I still laugh at it sometimes, but whenever i start thinking about that time, well, i try to think about something else, because if i dont.....I'D GO CRAZY!!!!!!! that was one of my most embarrassing trips to disneyland :(

so....have you? :)

Hey WI -- can't say that I ever have, or that I would.

That your dad thought it was OK to deceive the cast members, and that he thought it was OK to do this in front of you, makes me very sad. I hate to say it, but he wasn't really teaching good morals. :(

when i went to the DLR in november, we got my dad a wheelchair because he gets out of breath when he walks for a long time and we went into the wheelchair lane at Splash Mountian. I don't know if it is faking an injury but we didn't really have to take him on the ride. :~D

I don't like the story. My husband was critically injured 10 years ago in a fall, and now lives with the consequences. Although he is not in a wheelchair, he is extremely limited on standing and walking. He broke both of his ankles/legs in tiny pieces, as well as his back and other life-threatening injuries to his body. Needless to say, when we visit DL and DCA, we get a wheelchair and take advantage of the offers to disabled. I hope it is there for those that truly need it! Oh, and sometimes people give us crusty looks (or maybe it's my paranoia) because he "looks" okay, walks a bit funny, but doesn't have a "bandage with blood all over it". Oh well. My soapbox for the day!

sorry if my story offends some of you, i had no control over the incident, but i know better than to try and decieve people, thats why when we went back to disneyland that year, me and my sister begged him not to use the wheelchair :mad: ! He finally gave in, i dont think of my dad as an example setter, but i was smarter than most kids were, heck i still get straight A's and am an honor student(no thanks to my dad) :p . But i still love him :D ...i think.

WI -- that's GREAT to hear! Thank you for teaching your DAD that he should have moral character. That's awesome!

sorry if my story offends some of you, i had no control over the incident, but i know better than to try and decieve people, thats why when we went back to disneyland that year, me and my sister begged him not to use the wheelchair :mad: ! He finally gave in, i dont think of my dad as an example setter, but i was smarter than most kids were, heck i still get straight A's and am an honor student(no thanks to my dad) :p . But i still love him :D ...i think.

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Didn't mean to be so harsh with your post. I'm a little too sensitive to the disabled. It's funny how it makes a big difference in your life when you're faced with it! Anyway, no harm done. I'll be there next June for my 50th!!!

I'm sure your dad is a great guy, but what he did was despicable. Maybe you can be his role model someday (as soon as you start using capital letters where appropriate, that is).

(as soon as you start using capital letters where appropriate, that is).Hey now, be nice. And lack of capital letters is not a moral issue. :D

I prefer the use of FastPass for the less-abled. Get a FastPass, wait for your time, then go through the accessible line. The only difference is that the FastPass time emulates the stand-by time (say, one hour), instead of say, five hours later.
That's fair to everyone.

Let me tell ya...when I really needed that SAP last October, when I was truly crutch (Or wheelchair bound)...I really ,really appreciated the extra time and help I got when loading into rides (My doctor was not happy about me going at all...as he was concerned that I would 'cheat' and step on my healing foot, with the screws in it). But, I managed, only because of these helpful passes.
But, I have many, many people abuse the system.

I am glad that it has been revamped.
Even when we take our daughter with Down syndrome, that pass is so helpful. Kendall has extreme problems using stairs. While the older type of SAP would help us to avoid long lines and stairs due to her hypo-tonia...Our main concern was always the stairs.
And luckily, this pass helps not only her...but the other guests as well (you don't want to see her freak out at the top of the stairs...).

But, to abuse it, hurts everyone...most of all, the people who truly need the extra assistance.
Your dad certainly did not set a good example for his children...but it is nice that you can recognize that. :)

Maybe you can be his role model someday (as soon as you start using capital letters where appropriate, that is)

I'm not that good at typing, so I don't capitalize letters, and I also don't edit anything else that's wrong when I type on message boards or when I'm using AIM. So, it's just faster for a slow typer like me, but when I type something for school, I try to do everything correctly! :D

P.S.- I capatalized everything that need capatalizing! :D

I prefer the use of FastPass for the less-abled. Get a FastPass, wait for your time, then go through the accessible line. The only difference is that the FastPass time emulates the stand-by time (say, one hour), instead of say, five hours later.

I don't think they had fast pass when i visited, but how should I know, we never got in line. I love fast pass, always use it! But sometimes I like to wait the whole 5 hours! It's totally fun! You get to talk to your friends and also meet new people, and talk to the CMs and when your in the regular line, you get to see those interesting details, like on the Matterhorn, you see Bigfoot's (or the Yeti's, always get those two mixed up) footprints (cool!)

I think if I caught someone doing this, I'd simply take appropriate action to make sure they suddenly truly qualified.

:(

Please remember that not all disabilities are visible. We needed to use a wheelchair at WDW last year for my 13 year old because she has a chronic illness and was released from the hospital 2 days before our trip. While she looked healthy, she was too weak to walk long distances or even to wait out in the sun for long periods. We got several dirty looks from people who assumed she was "faking it". :(

We got several dirty looks from people who assumed she was "faking it". :(Karlie; all the more reason for people not to abuse the system. It's because of people who DO fake it, that some folks gave your daughter dirty looks. :(

I'm not that good at typing, so I don't capitalize letters, and I also don't edit anything else that's wrong when I type on message boards or when I'm using AIM. So, it's just faster for a slow typer like me, but when I type something for school, I try to do everything correctly! :D

P.S.- I capatalized everything that need capatalizing! :D
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I don't think they had fast pass when i visited, but how should I know, we never got in line.

We have rules 'round these parts. Perfect English or ELSE!!
On AIM, I don't see the need to use it, but here on a discussion forum, this is, like, almost forever.
FastPass is a recent creation.
Also, forums like this can help improve your typing.