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Help...Broken ankle with only 11 days till the trip!
Hey all! I feel horrible...my Valentine's Day bride (who has become a good friend) was on her way to my house to drop off centerpiece stuff, fell in her driveway and broke her ankle in 2 places. She's going in for surgery tomorrow. (Oh, the poor thing, just 9 days before her wedding and she's in surgery!)
She and her new DH are scheduled to leave on the 15th for their "dream honemoon" to Disney!! They are staying at POFQ. (I will say she's keeping her humor...from the hospital she told me "At least I get to the front of the line at Disney!!")
Any tips, ideas, suggestion for them to make the trip easier for her?
Oh I feel so bad for her! I broke my ankle 1 1/2 weeks ago and am still waiting to be cast (the swelling is finally down and I think that the orthopedist is going to cast it tomorrow!)
I would reccommend renting an ECV - that will allow her to get around the park easily. Also, she would probably qualify for a Guest Assistance Pass - it would allow her to use alternative entrances to rides and to bypass lines.
Gosh it must be the year for ankle injuries, mine is just sprained bad I hope fell on the ice. At least she is keeping her sence of humor it is a bummer for sure. Wheel chair will be a must for her comfort with all the ground that is covered in a day at Disney. She may need to rethink some of her outfits to accomadate a cast I guess. Hope others who maybe had experienced Disney with same injury will come up with some things for you.
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Bless her heart!! A wedding and honeymoon should always be memorable--this one might take the cake!
Definitely get the ECV and GAC and now she might want to see if she can get an accessible room, she's have less barriers to run into with that foot---trust me it will happen!!
God bless her! I agree with Wendy, she really needs to rent a wheelchair that can be delivered to POFQ. That way it can be waiting for her when she gets there.
Someone should also decorate her crutches or wheelchair for the wedding.
I suggest that she call Disney and ask about requested a accessible room, it should be ground floor or the building should at least have and elevator. The sooner someone calls the better Disney can accomadate. I would definetly either rent a wheelchair or EVC. I don't know how comfortable the current wheelchairs are but the EVC's at Disney didn't look too bad. When we were there in 2000 the wheelchairs were not very comfortable at all. If I needed to use one now, I would get the EVC so someone would not have to push me. Definetly get the GAC, that way she can get to an area where she won't have to walk too far to get on the ride. I glad she has such a great sense of humor, I am sure she will make the best of it. Congrats to her on her wedding and hope she has a lovely honeymoon!
Someone should definately call (it can be added to their reservation) to mention the newlywed will be in a wheelchair! I'm sure they'll do their best to get her & her new hubby an accessable room.
Also follow up about 3 days out with a fax directly to the resort sent to the Room Assigner. While everyone tries hard to accomidate special requests sometimes these requests are not always passed along. The more people you tell the more likely it is to get what you need.
Perhaps someone can even make up a "Just Married" sign (like for cars) for her wheelchair
Oh no. She'll definitely need an ECV or wheelchair. Hopefully she'll be able to manage well enough to tranfer from the chair to the rides. The groom better take the "in sickness and in health" vow seriously!
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