Stupid Guest Tricks

Main_Street_Merch wrote:We use it at Safaris to move the ECVs around on our wheelchair dock. Much easier than trying to drive them into their "parking spaces" while the rider is on Safari.;

When DW and I were waiting to start a Segway tour at DCA, we watched a CM make several trips between DCA and DL with a "wagon train" of three or four ECV's.

I would assume that they would have to put them in a "free wheel" mode. He used a ECV tow vehicle. Actually pretty neat looking!

Canuikstan wrote:So she needs ample sunlight.. in a room she will be spending mostly only nights in, and vip cleaning i assume meaning full sterilization daily? Does she have tuberculosis ?

Of course, this room and service are available, but at an additional price.

No Terbuerculosis. In my previous experience with said person, VIP cleaning meant changing all bedding, having the carpets cleaned, the shower curtain changed (I'm not kidding), and the bathroom disinfected. If he/she is asking for additional services now, I don't know what they are.

I'm thinking the loony bin also could accomodate.

I'm a nurse, and I can't think of anything that the sort of cleaning/environment would help except for an allergy to mold ,dust and spores combined with seasonal affective disorder. Even then, the person would have to wear a mask to prevent exposure 100%.
They just sound extra finicky to me...is that a disability?

DisneyMom wrote:I'm a nurse, and I can't think of anything that the sort of cleaning/environment would help except for an allergy to mold ,dust and spores combined with seasonal affective disorder. Even then, the person would have to wear a mask to prevent exposure 100%.
They just sound extra finicky to me...is that a disability?

Would OCD fall into that catagory?

I knew a guy at work that had a "mild" form of it. Couldn't leave the bathroom without washing his hands about ten or fifteen times, and so on.

February wrote:I certainly don't jump anywhere I go in life LOL not with my spine but I do try, on the days when I can manage it, to get out of my chair before we get to the train so they don't have to put the ramp down for me.

Some days this is just not possible, and I have no doubt some of these people are wheelchair 'fakers' but do try to at least give some the benefit of the doubt that we will push ourselves physically to try to keep from inconveniencing people whenever possible. I know I sure do, because I am able to get out of the chair. But some days are worse then others and sadly during our past 5 day trip, I could not get out of it 3 of those days no matter how badly I wanted to spare people the trouble.

Bru
Only Mostly Disabled
(to paraphrase Miracle Max)

Just for the record, I wasn't talking about people moving around, just trying to get in and out of the bars. I mean the lady who was all but swinging on the handles and seeming to have a wonderful time doing it. She came into the station, train moving, twirling around several times. Then, as the door opened she plopped down. There was another guest in a wheelchair, one who was completely immobile, so I put that person's ramp down first. The family put the other ramp down themselves (backward), and I was able to get to them just before they got the person onto the ramp so I could turn it around. They asked why I didn't take care of them, I didn't care to open the can of worms that she didn't seem like she needed it when she was twirling around the pole. I guess I am just strange that way.

Please note, that last bit of snarkiness was directed at the family that yelled at me for helping someone else first, not anyone here.

Big Wallaby wrote:Just for the record, I wasn't talking about people moving around, just trying to get in and out of the bars. I mean the lady who was all but swinging on the handles and seeming to have a wonderful time doing it. She came into the station, train moving, twirling around several times. Then, as the door opened she plopped down. There was another guest in a wheelchair, one who was completely immobile, so I put that person's ramp down first. The family put the other ramp down themselves (backward), and I was able to get to them just before they got the person onto the ramp so I could turn it around. They asked why I didn't take care of them, I didn't care to open the can of worms that she didn't seem like she needed it when she was twirling around the pole. I guess I am just strange that way.

Please note, that last bit of snarkiness was directed at the family that yelled at me for helping someone else first, not anyone here.

Hey, it seems you have a lot more restraint that I would have had. It is too bad that WDW dosn't have some sort of way to fight fraud like that, or at least confirm that "twirling lady" needed the chair!

Main_Street_Merch wrote:We use it at Safaris to move the ECVs around on our wheelchair dock. Much easier than trying to drive them into their "parking spaces" while the rider is on Safari.;

I notice that if I leave my PWC at Safari it is never moved from where I park it. Most of the time I take it with me but if there is another person in a PWC who cannot transfer I will transfer unless I am really hurting. Last trip I was really hurting so no transferring. I could hardly move but that's another story.

TalkingHands wrote:I notice that if I leave my PWC at Safari it is never moved from where I park it. Most of the time I take it with me but if there is another person in a PWC who cannot transfer I will transfer unless I am really hurting. Last trip I was really hurting so no transferring. I could hardly move but that's another story.

Would it be that the CM's don't want to handle a personal (or private) owned one?

Sorry it took so long to reply - I've been at WDW since Wednesday night, and just came home for the USF football game tonight. We're going back tomorrow morning through Monday night. I need my happy place!

To answer (kind of) your question, Grumpy, I've never noticed anybody having a problem with my personal ECV. I do notice that they tend to ask me to leave my key in it more frequently than when I rented one of theirs. I have to ask them to please remove the key after they move it, so I can save the battery. I just ordered a new, heavy duty battery, so hopefully that will keep a charge longer than the one I have now.

Yeah, between the barometric pressure falling, and a general flare, I might not be transferring much, either.

Ladyfair wrote:I do notice that they tend to ask me to leave my key in it more frequently than when I rented one of theirs.

That's so they can move it without hunting for the freewheel lever and possibly damaging the ECV. The freewheel lever is easy to spot on the Disney ECVs (I know, I've found it one time to move an ECV in a bad place by a cart of mine and barely had to look) but isn't always on personal ones.