[tabi] Re: loss of privilege for the disabled at Disney
- From: Beth <thebluesisloose@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 04:28:39 -0600
On 9/24/2013 4:17 AM, Matt Presnell wrote:
> Well, this is my JMO ! and only my JMO ! I personally don't like the word
> disability in most cases ! I rather think most people have a handicap witch
> is a lot different! Now this being said as for them stopping people with
> true disabilities it is a shame but there is not people out there I think
> that really are disable! Most are just handicap in some way! So while I
> will agree with this in some cases letting people with true disabilities go
> ahead in the front of the line is ok and when I say true disabilities I
> mean things like people with a disease that is say killing them and people
> that is say little or no function about them or someone that is truly
> mental disturbed in some way and so on they should be if they want to give
> the choice to go to the front of the line. Now organizations that is taking
> a group of people say like children that say have some kind of cancer I
> think they should have made arrangement ahead of time with where ever they
> are going that they got this group and would like to be speed up to the
> front into the place and I think this could be taken care of ahead of time.
> It is on the organization to do this and is there fault if they don't do
> it! Now as for someone with just a handicap I think we should take our turn
> just like anyone else! For example : The blind and visual impaired! We
> should not be rushed to the front of the line ahead of everyone just
> because we have seeing problem! In fact it should be an insult to ask us to
> do so! We should stand in line just like everyone else and when our turn
> comes we get in or we buy the ticket or whatever! If us with handicaps
> should ever be on par with our un handicap people we must act as if we are
> not handicap. In case of the person being blind we should in this case take
> our turn when we get it so we are on par with our visual non handicap
> persons! I will give an example of what happen to a man that was an insult
> and turn out to spoil the whole event: This man was Blind and he and his
> seeing wife went to see a movie and they was standing in line to get their
> tickets to go in the movie theater . When it came their turn he asked for
> two tickets and the person in the booth said I see you have a white cane
> and you are blind . So you only need one ticket as we just give you a pass
> ! Now the problem is this he is taking his wife out and he want to pay for
> a night out. So he say no I prefer to pay just like everyone else ! But the
> person in the booth was very consitant and would not take his money for the
> other ticket and insisted that he use the pass . Ended up the manager had
> to come and he too was insisted that he take the pass. So a great night out
> became a night mare and they did not see the movie at all ! All because
> someone or someplace wanted to pity us because we had no vision. We could
> not be normal because we would not let be normal ! so we or he lost his
> chance to be on par with his visual conter part. Now I know some of you
> would said heck let's take it is free and not think anything about it. But
> was it really free? Think of the long time effect of taking it! Down the
> road now companies and other people think poor blind person they got to
> have help with everything and cannot do things for his self or enjoy
> something as simple as a movie! Just how wrong this is but buy letting our
> self not be as normal as possible we can never even come close to normal!
> This is for all people with handicaps not just blind people! Like I say
> this is my JMO on it! Shame on the people with disabities and handicap that
> took part in it. shame on the company that encourage them to do this!
>
>
>
> Matt
> Matt.from.florida@xxxxxxxxx
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Easy Talk
> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 5:27 AM
> To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [tabi] Re: loss of privilege for the disabled at Disney
>
> If you did that, you would be punishing the wrong company. Disney did this
> because there was a travel agent that was paying disabled people to
> accompany rich moms at Disney so they wouldn't have to stand in line.
>
> Robert
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Beth" <thebluesisloose@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 4:23 PM
> Subject: [tabi] Re: loss of privilege for the disabled at Disney
>
>
>> I'm surprised two of you agree with me that the removing of privileges is
>> a bad thing at Disney. I say we as blind people boycott Disney, and
>> Children's Miracle Network do the same. Encourage children who are
>> terminally ill not to go to disney and instead go to Universal Studios
>> Florida. Blake my bf from Arizona and I will do that.
>> Beth
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Easy Talk" <Easytalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date sent: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 16:13:26 -0400
>> Subject: [tabi] Re: loss of privilege for the disabled at Disney
>>
>> It's ashamed that the disabled have to have there privileges removed
>> because business exploits them , kind of like the disabled parking
>> plackert.
>>
>>
>> Robert
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Beth
>> To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 12:08 PM
>> Subject: [tabi] Re: loss of privilege for the disabled at Disney
>>
>>
>> On 9/23/2013 9:47 AM, Erica wrote:
>>
>> In case any of you missed the back story on this, earlier this year
>> there was a case/cases uncovered of people "hiring" disabled people to
>> visit Disney with them so their whole party could get the
>> front-of-the-line privilege.
>> Disney's new policy will be something like/identical to-- I'm not
> sure,
>> as I only heard about the article-- their "fast pass" system, which is
>> where you "pre-check-in" to an attraction and get an appointment window;
>> when you return during that window, you go through a special line, which
>> is much, MUCH shorter than the normal line. When we went last summer, we
>> are convinced that this system alone allowed us to do in 2 days what it
>> would have taken 3 to do... so it is a very good set-up in my opinion.
>> Erica
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Chip Orange <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> To: tabi <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Mon, Sep 23, 2013 10:32 am
>> Subject: [tabi] loss of privilege for the disabled at Disney
>>
>>
>> There is an article in today?ㅤㅅㅖㄲ Democrat where Disney announces that
>> due to the amount of abuse, disabled visitors to the park will no longer
>> be allowed to bypass standing in long lines (and go immediately to the
>> front of the line) as they had previously been allowed.
>>
>> That makes sense. I was a Florida resident, and I visited Disney. But
>> I'm not so sure. How much does it cost to do fast passes?
>> Beth
>>
>>
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That's true, but theme parks aren't movies. They are huge, crowded, and
sometimes only the rich can play there. Disney is a rich person's
playground.
Beth
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