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My father in law is so excited. He has heard that since he is handicapped he is able to recieve a special fastpass that has no expiration time and he will keep for all parks for the duration of his stay. He says it is good for up to six people to ride with him. Can anyone tell me if this is true, I really hope it is. Not only because it allows us to "go to the front of the line" easier, but also because you so rarely have something to get excited about when you are handicapped.
You can pick a Guest Assistance Card at Guest Services. That card will allow him to enjoy the rides with you guys. You might have more luck posing this question in the Vacationing Your Way forum... Someone can tell you more about it right away!
Not only because it allows us to "go to the front of the line" easier,
I'm not sure where you've (or your father) gotten this info, but it's not a front of the line pass. The pass accomodates special needs that might not be apparent (like my daughter who's Autistic). Disney is very ADA compliant and all but a few rides are wheelchair/ECV accesible now through the main lines. And the passes are issued geared towards the needs of the individual needing it. I don't know everything that it can be issued for, but there's a few different things I know of. For instance, a few posters here have gotten it because their child needs a stroller as a wheelchair. For us, we need an alternate entrance because of Abby's Autism - the crush of people makes her freak out - but we've never been taken to the front of the line. We've always had to wait our turn, but we just wait where it's a little bit quieter for Abby.
I'm just telling you this because I don't want you guys to get to Disney expecting one thing and receiving something else. So to answer your question, yes, there is a pass, and no, it's not to the front of the line.
Ditto what everyone else has said. It does NOT get front of the line access. In our case, it *sometimes* gets us a less stressful place to wait, but wait we still do. Enjoy your trip!
I live here in Florida, and They do not issue it to last forever. The Guest Assistance Pass, is to assist guests in enjoying the attractions and shows not to give them Front of the Line Access. When I am in the park, I use an ECV, I have a GAC as well for those times where the Line is not accessible to those who need the use of a wheelchair or ECV. I am then directed to the entrance that is ADA compliant and I have to WAIT for my turn there.
The party who requires the GAC and 5 of their travel party are included on the pass as a COURTSEY. If people abuse the system I am sure Disney will change the program. And the GAC will only be valid during your trip Check in and Check out dates.
Checking the post that was linked above will be a good resource but the GAC is *NOT* a Front of the Line Pass, Everyone has to wait their turn, your Father will just be directed to an accessible queue, or place to wait.
There are FastPass machines that are available to ALL guests which can cut down on wait time and CM's will direct you to those if they are available.
Have a good trip, and even if someone is handicapped they can still have fun and be excited if the choose to at Disney because Disney Does try hard to make everything accessible so your Father is sure to have a blast!
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Thanks for the correction guys. I thought this pass would work like the fastpass system, but I guess I really need to check it out. I didn't think it would get us to the front of the line, but I did hope it helped us avoid the "crush" of people and the racing to get fastpasses (which we will not be able to do, as both grandparents are in wheelchairs, but only grandpa wants to ride the rides.) I am afraid there will not be much "racing" to get to anything this trip. Oh well, we have plenty of time to have fun
Just read up on the gac and wow was dad off base, he will be so upset. My question now is does anyone have any suggestions for obtaining fastpasses with two wheelchair bound individuals and four kids?
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send one person with all of the tickets to get fastpasses.
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Picking one adult or even one older teen to be the fastpass runner. I think the fastpasses will work well for you coupled with the GAC to help waits more pleasant and doable for your family.
in my experience, using GAC in the MK, often, not always, sometimes gets you to the front of the line,(peter pan's flight only for me usually) where you wait for like 4 or 5 families from the regular line to board. In the MK, Cms usually treat my GAC as a permaent FP since I'm not handicapped in the conventional sense but I got low vision. they'd direct me to the FP queue. I'm not complaining, less running around for the FP machines it also allows me to use the reflective captioning seats, or if I so choose, sit up front. At EPCOT, the GAC isn't even needed because of all the single rider lines and split lines(MS). At DHS, it allows me to use the FP queues if the single rider line isn't availible. At AK, I got to wait like everybody else, although EE has a bodaicous single rider line! ( you do get to miss all the cool museum like exhibits in the standby line though )
When we went in Dec. dad was in a wheelchair the whole trip (age 80 with foot problems) and all of us (there were a total of 6 of us in group), went together through the lines. Sometimes we had a slight wait, others, we were directed through special lines for those in wheelchairs or on evcs. WE hardly ever had any wait for any attractions and whe we did it was not more than 5 minutes (even had special areas for shows) and i must say I thought our experience with a wheel chair riding person went fabullously, as a matter of fact we waited way, way less than we would have if we were in the "regular" lines all the time.
Tell him not to worry, they do help and make special accomodations to those in chairs, right down to giving special assistance when getting on and off of rides (especially those that have moving lines, they even have a place to board on some rides that actually stops the ride until the person/is on, esp. when they do not transfer from the chair onto the ride. Enjoy your visit and tell them not to worry they will be taken care of royally (hey, we even rode Buzz 2x in a row with no wait at all! (special line) while the regular line was stretched really really long!
(Dad had the best time on this one!!!!!)
I went to WDW in September and we had to put me in a wheelchair halfway through the trip. I didn't have the "shorter wait" experience, in fact I believe we waited the same or even longer than we would have in the regular queues (around 20 minutes), but it was in a private area that was quiet.
I'm going to close this thread because this really is a Vacationing Your Way topic and the OP has been directed there and is getting the help she's looking for in that forum now.
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it also allows me to use the reflective captioning seats, or if I so choose, sit up front. At EPCOT, the GAC isn't even needed because of all the single rider lines and split lines(MS). At DHS, it allows me to use the FP queues if the single rider line isn't availible. At AK, I got to wait like everybody else, although EE has a bodaicous single rider line! ( you do get to miss all the cool museum like exhibits in the standby line though 
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