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I have been reading on some other boards and blogs that Disney is not allowing a family to get more than one DAS per family, even if there is more than one person with a disability. Has anyone had any experience with this?
We are going in February and both of my kids are ASD and my DD also has ADHD and anxiety. We have always been able to get 2 GAC's because we often split up because my DS does not care for thrill rides (although he is starting to ride a few of them). There are also times that my DH might stay in the room or go to the pool with one child while the others go to the park.
I am not looking at trying to get additional return time, I would just like to be able to get say a return time for my DD to ride RnRC and a return time for my DS to ride something else during the same time frame. Or in the case where we don't all go to the park, if we get the DAS for my DS, and only my DD and me go to the park wouldn't work very well.
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I would think being that the photo is now on the card that you should in fact get 2. I would speak to a supervisor if the CM disagrees and explain how you your differently. I would venture to guess each child should have his/her own.
I would think being that the photo is now on the card that you should in fact get 2. I would speak to a supervisor if the CM disagrees and explain how you your differently. I would venture to guess each child should have his/her own.
That's what I'm hoping. There is just so much rumor going around and it's making it a bit more difficult for us to plan this trip. Between FP+ and the new DAS I'm a little confused on how to make plans for us and the plans are very, very important. I think the new system should work for us, but I have already been talking to the kids about the changes and how we will be doing some things differently than before. Not having one for each child could be a disaster though, since they don't ride the same things all the time.
When I was there this summer, I got a GAC for myself due to my needs and when I asked for one for my oldest daughter due to her bipolar and anxiety, they gave me a hard time. He said, "You have one, she doesn't need her own." I explained to him that, due to my health, I can't ride any of the thrill rides and she loves them. Since she can't use mine if I don't ride, she would need her own. He gave me an attitude but she did get her own. I would hope that the DAS would be the same. I also have to take more frequent rests and her own allowed her to keep going while I rested.
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If you tell them that you need 2 DAS's because you will probably split up they may try to make each DAS for only 2 ppl. I would just take one child through and have Dh take the other child through. But know this...families trying to get more than one DAS for the family seems to be the new way of gaming the system and cheating to get more return times. I have already heard of quite a few ppl doing this on purpose. So they may be hesitant to do that for you because they already know the new thing the cheaters are doing.
And I am curious what exactly does a DAS do to help someone who is bi-polar? If a person who is bi-polar is treated they should be almost perfectly normal. So what accommodations would a DAS provide for a bi-polar person? And they will give a DAS for anxiety? I can see that being a big point of ppl cheating to get a DAS if they will give one out for that.
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I would take one child to guest services and have my husband take the other child. Act like two different parties. which you are at times
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If you tell them that you need 2 DAS's because you will probably split up they may try to make each DAS for only 2 ppl. I would just take one child through and have Dh take the other child through. But know this...families trying to get more than one DAS for the family seems to be the new way of gaming the system and cheating to get more return times. I have already heard of quite a few ppl doing this on purpose. So they may be hesitant to do that for you because they already know the new thing the cheaters are doing.
And I am curious what exactly does a DAS do to help someone who is bi-polar? If a person who is bi-polar is treated they should be almost perfectly normal. So what accommodations would a DAS provide for a bi-polar person? And they will give a DAS for anxiety? I can see that being a big point of ppl cheating to get a DAS if they will give one out for that.
I have a few concerns with having us each take a child separately to get a pass. First, my DH travels, a lot, and is currently overseas (left before Halloween) and won't return until just a few weeks before the trip. Since he is not here for such a long period of time before the trip, he would be uncomfortable addressing their needs in the best way. Second, I would feel like we are being "sneaky" and not being up front with our needs. I know this isn't the case, but I prefer to be honest. That leads to my 3rd reason, the kids would most likely make it clear that their sibling is across the room and would make it clear we are a family.
We would be fine if they had to make the cards 2/2. Our reason for needing the DAS is not in anyway for additional return times. But we might get a return time for my DH and my DD for one ride and at the same time get a return time for Me and my DS for a different ride. My only concern with 2/2 would be if my DH stays in the room and the kids and I go, but we should still be fine getting return times on both cards, that way all 3 of us could ride together.
In the past we did receive GAC's with 3/3 when we were a group of 5. They wanted to give us 2/3 but we said that sometimes my DS would ride with two adults and sometimes it would be my DD. They were understanding and made it the 3/3, the extra made no difference during the trip. So, we have dealt with having the different numbers on the 2 cards. This trip will just be the 4 of us, so 2/2 would work fine.
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