Rich families hire disabled people to beat queues at Disney
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ATTACKHAMMER
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Re: Rich families hire disabled people to beat queues at Dis
That's ridiculous, some people!
That's ridiculous, some people!
Nemesis of oblivion
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Re: Rich families hire disabled people to beat queues at Dis
Who could honestly be asked to pay that much and go to that much trouble to skip a queue. I mean, do those people have no conscious?
Who could honestly be asked to pay that much and go to that much trouble to skip a queue. I mean, do those people have no conscious?
CanobieFan
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Re: Rich families hire disabled people to beat queues at Dis
It’s a Small World never has a queue of ""two-and-a-half hours" maybe... 30 minutes
It’s a Small World never has a queue of ""two-and-a-half hours" maybe... 30 minutes
Re: Rich families hire disabled people to beat queues at Dis
Let's put this in perspective.
Yes, it's morally questionable, but realistically it's a tiny, tiny, tiny percentage of guests who can
a. willingly pay someone $1000 and
b. get the "insider information" and the contacts for the agency doing it in the first place.
You're not going to get more than one family doing this on any given day. It's much more likely to be fewer than a couple of times a month at most, given that it's a word-of-mouth system among the super wealthy. It will have absolutely no bearing on the waiting times of legitimately disabled guests or people waiting in the regular queue.
Yes, it might give people ideas, but guess what - those ideas have been floating around in a different form for decades, which is why parks require proof of disability these days. I remember a group of teenage lads hiring a wheelchair in Flamingoland and just skipping rides since there was no wristband or proof system back then. At the end of the day, they just returned the wheelchair and the "disabled" friend they had originally wheeled in from the car park just got up and walked away. It was a horrible thing to do perhaps, but we actually almost admired the audacity of it.
I'm not condoning it, but just being level-headed about the whole thing.
Let's put this in perspective.
Yes, it's morally questionable, but realistically it's a tiny, tiny, tiny percentage of guests who can
a. willingly pay someone $1000 and
b. get the "insider information" and the contacts for the agency doing it in the first place.
You're not going to get more than one family doing this on any given day. It's much more likely to be fewer than a couple of times a month at most, given that it's a word-of-mouth system among the super wealthy. It will have absolutely no bearing on the waiting times of legitimately disabled guests or people waiting in the regular queue.
Yes, it might give people ideas, but guess what - those ideas have been floating around in a different form for decades, which is why parks require proof of disability these days. I remember a group of teenage lads hiring a wheelchair in Flamingoland and just skipping rides since there was no wristband or proof system back then. At the end of the day, they just returned the wheelchair and the "disabled" friend they had originally wheeled in from the car park just got up and walked away. It was a horrible thing to do perhaps, but we actually almost admired the audacity of it.
I'm not condoning it, but just being level-headed about the whole thing.
Re: Rich families hire disabled people to beat queues at Dis
I agree with Ben and Ed.
I hate the way the rich are despised and vilified because they use their money to gain an advantage.
I don't see what's wrong tbh. Disabled person make a few quid and gets a day out, rich person is slightly less rich and little Tarquin and Prudence goes to Disney without having to queue.
I've managed to skip queues at theme parks before by knowing somebody who is "disabled".
I agree with Ben and Ed.
I hate the way the rich are despised and vilified because they use their money to gain an advantage.
I don't see what's wrong tbh. Disabled person make a few quid and gets a day out, rich person is slightly less rich and little Tarquin and Prudence goes to Disney without having to queue.
I've managed to skip queues at theme parks before by knowing somebody who is "disabled".
SaiyanHajime
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Re: Rich families hire disabled people to beat queues at Dis
And this is why the disabled virtual queuing pass makes sense.
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And this is why the disabled virtual queuing pass makes sense.
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Re: Rich families hire disabled people to beat queues at Dis
^ Have another look at the article. It's the SAME person who goes along as a "guide". She wouldn't be doing it for the "day out" if it's a regular thing. Bitch is making serious bank.
Good on her.
^ Have another look at the article. It's the SAME person who goes along as a "guide". She wouldn't be doing it for the "day out" if it's a regular thing. Bitch is making serious bank.
Good on her.
Re: Rich families hire disabled people to beat queues at Dis
Yeah, I think it's pretty fab, but OUTRAGE and all that :lol:
Don't have a problem with it as long as nobody complains if they get caught and banned or whatever, but it's not like Disney would want that kind of bad press and **** storm.
Absolutely agreed too. If Disney don't have it, then tough on them, they're allowing people to abuse the system. The Six Flags fast pass system works in pretty much an identical way, Disney could offer it as a free service to disabled guests and stop this, if they wanted to. As Gavin say though, it probably is such a tiny problem that it doesn't even start to register on the Disney "must note" scale.
Yeah, I think it's pretty fab, but OUTRAGE and all that :lol:
Don't have a problem with it as long as nobody complains if they get caught and banned or whatever, but it's not like Disney would want that kind of bad press and **** storm.
Joey said:
Absolutely agreed too. If Disney don't have it, then tough on them, they're allowing people to abuse the system. The Six Flags fast pass system works in pretty much an identical way, Disney could offer it as a free service to disabled guests and stop this, if they wanted to. As Gavin say though, it probably is such a tiny problem that it doesn't even start to register on the Disney "must note" scale.
Re: Rich families hire disabled people to beat queues at Dis
Well, nice entrepreneurship of the disabled woman, though. If life gives you lemons and all that...
Though, I suspect the ride ops would get to know her eventually. I can't see this work in the long run. But by that time, she would have made a nice sum.
Well, nice entrepreneurship of the disabled woman, though. If life gives you lemons and all that...
Though, I suspect the ride ops would get to know her eventually. I can't see this work in the long run. But by that time, she would have made a nice sum.
tomahawk
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Re: Rich families hire disabled people to beat queues at Dis
The story is starting to make national headlines, and I just love reading some of the comments from people on the story. Really give me a good laugh. Yahoo has a bunch of just ridiculousness in the comment section.
The story is starting to make national headlines, and I just love reading some of the comments from people on the story. Really give me a good laugh. Yahoo has a bunch of just ridiculousness in the comment section.
IntaminToWin
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Re: Rich families hire disabled people to beat queues at Dis
More reason to go to parks that aren't Disney.
More reason to go to parks that aren't Disney.