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The Barnstormer really has you go through the regular line with a wheelchair?
Even though I doubt I'm going to get much of an answer, I'm going to ask anyway.
Abby likes the Barnstormer and we usually go on it even though we know it's a small and short ride. Lenny is thinking of going on it this year with us and looking into it, all the info I find says with a wheelchair (which Lenny will have to transfer to) we enter the standard queue. How do they get the wheelchair to the other side of the track since we enter on one side and get off on the other. The ride is only one minute long and the cars aren't walk through - you have to step into and out of them.
Thanks for any insight. Lenny doesn't like me telling him he can't ride something so I want to really be prepared if he insists on riding it (with his height and weight, I can see it being a very tight squeeze for him).
Maybe they just move the wheelchair to the exit side.. Never been on that ride
I was also thinking the same thing. The width of the track isn't very wide and a CM could easily hand it over to another CM on the other side. The other possiblity is that they wheel chairs are already available for people to use upon exiting, however that bring's up an interesting question on how the rider would get their own wheelchair back. I could see something like that working for people who are using an EVC.
Maybe they just move the wheelchair to the exit side.. Never been on that ride
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Originally Posted by Erin1213
I was also thinking the same thing. The width of the track isn't very wide and a CM could easily hand it over to another CM on the other side. The other possiblity is that they wheel chairs are already available for people to use upon exiting, however that bring's up an interesting question on how the rider would get their own wheelchair back. I could see something like that working for people who are using an EVC.
Well they have to somehow, the question is how. Lifting the wheelchair would be such a liability as they are not that light and take it from someone who has lifted a wheelchair - lifting it straight up isn't easy. Lifting it up and passing it over something means someone will get hurt - especially trying to do it on a time limit (before the coaster gets back into the station).
I've been on the ride a couple of times and I don't remember the CM's being able to easily go from one side of the track to the other so it really makes me wonder how they do it moving someone's wheelchair.
Sorry, but I just have to ask...
We never got around to riding the Barnstormer. What exactly is it? A kiddie roller coaster? Similar to 7DMT? I really never hear much about this ride. Are there long lines for it too? Is it worth the wait? Maybe we'll need to include this for our next trip.
Sorry, but I just have to ask...
We never got around to riding the Barnstormer. What exactly is it? A kiddie roller coaster? Similar to 7DMT? I really never hear much about this ride. Are there long lines for it too? Is it worth the wait? Maybe we'll need to include this for our next trip.
When it first opened, many years ago, the CMs did pass the wheelchairs over the track. Thas not happened for many years.
The line for Barnstormer is wheelchair accessible - both Fastpass and regular line - all the way to boarding.
General boarding is on one side of the track and unloading is on the other side.
At the point where guests reach the boarding area, guests without wheelchairs go to the side to get grouped and board.
Guests with wheelchairs continue straight ahead at that point and board. The wheelchair is left there and when they return, they unload at the same side as they got on and continue down an exit ramp that joins the guests coming off the other side of the track before leaving the ride area.
Last edited by SueM loves WDW; 07-02-2016 at 06:39 PM..
Here's a video that takes you through start to finish. I wonder if that might help. I'm not sure about your question, though, and don't want to take a guess.
This picture shows the point I was talking about.
Guests using wheelchairs continue in the line (Fastpass or Regular) until almost the point of boarding.
At the point in the picture, guests without wheelchairs turn to the left for boarding.
Guests with wheelchairs continue straight ahead thru the wheelchair gate and board on the other side of the gate. Boarding is on the same side of the track as everyone else.
After the ride, the ride car comes back to exactly the same spot. Guests without mobility devices get out of the side of the ride car opposite of where they got in.
Guests with wheelchairs/walkers, etc. get off on the same side of the track as they got in.
This picture shows the point I was talking about.
Guests using wheelchairs continue in the line (Fastpass or Regular) until almost the point of boarding.
At the point in the picture, guests without wheelchairs turn to the left for boarding.
Guests with wheelchairs continue straight ahead thru the wheelchair gate and board on the other side of the gate. Boarding is on the same side of the track as everyone else.
After the ride, the ride car comes back to exactly the same spot. Guests without mobility devices get out of the side of the ride car opposite of where they got in.
Guests with wheelchairs/walkers, etc. get off on the same side of the track as they got in.
That answers my question perfectly Sue, thank you very much. I never noticed the gate - or the sign - before and I couldn't figure out how they made it so those using wheels could use the regular entrance but still have them after the ride. I was thinking we still had to exit on the opposite side of where we boarded. Now it makes much more sense
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