Woman with illness sues Disney for prohibiting her from riding

Can I get a perscription from my doctor to ride coasters "X" number of times all day then sue CP when I less than "X?"

Next, Congress will be passing legislation to prevent riders from sneaking across the border to ride Canada's Wonderland's Drop Tower.

Naw. It'll legislation on the top speed, G-Forces, and hieghts of coasters.

My question is, when did the park become a pharmacy?

Does this mean I could get a prescription for "Felicia Day lovin" and she has to make with it? I doubt it.

Disney's in the right. The M.D. should have contacted the park to see if it would have been allowed.

To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if she really did use profanity and had an attitude that Disney felt was too much. I saw it at Dorney where someone with a disability pass went right in front of us at the Haunt and the jerk proceeded to annoy and act out at every scareactor in the maze. I felt so bad for the actors.

Considering the medical opinion we can see, she certainly had no reason to complain if the lines were long and she couldn't stay on and re-ride, but had to wait a while or get back on the FastPass line.

It bothers me that there are so many people who abuse accommodations made for disabled people. Whenever I see someone get out of a car in a handicap spot and they just hop along, I wonder how they feel that's OK.

Some idiot in a motor scooter, the single most annoying phenomenon at Disney, hit my former girlfriend three times on the way down the FastPass line I think for the safari at Animal Kingdom, with not so much as an apology. As best I could tell, his disability was in the inability to care for himself, and all he did was bitch and moan about he was slowly dying and trying to make his wife feel bad. People like that annoy me when I know people far worse off who are far more considerate, positive and push their functionality as far as they can.

You have to be careful about your assessments of people's ailments though just by looking at them. There can be a lot more going on that a person can't see just by walking or driving by them.

I don't disagree at all, but I'm not talking about those cases. I know some people have breathing issues, for example, that keep them from realistically walking great distances. Those aren't the people I'm questioning.

Baloney. Either you, a non-medically trained bystander, have the infinite wisdom to tell whether a person you've never met before needs to use a Handicapped space, or you admit that you don't know crap about said person and shut up.

You'd probably think my wife doesn't need a Handicapped space, if you saw her get out of the car. But you bet your ass if I parked her back by 38E and made her walk all the way to the front gate, you'd tell she needed it.

I knew you'd chime in, and this is not about your wife. You don't need to get defensive about. I figured you'd take quite the opposite angle though, criticizing those that do abuse the system. You know it happens.

Of course it happens. But we can't tell the difference, and IMO common courtesy suggests it's not our place to try to judge. Let alone butt in and accuse a stranger of engaging in fraudulent or even criminal behavior -- not that you are remotely advocating this, only it oftens seems to be the other shoe dropping for many people.

And if I get defensive, it's because your posted position is encouraging idgits to think and act like that.

Did I say I was going to start harassing people and asking them what their deal was? And why would you hold me accountable for stupid people?

"I've got two prescriptions - one for L-Dopa, and one for El Toro...." ;)

Jeff said:
Those aren't the people I'm questioning.

Apparently you're questioning somebody . . .

And in case you think I'm making use of a rhetorical trick, whether you're outwardly "harassing" people or merely just watching them intently, I can guarantee they are aware of your judgment. So why don't we just give them the benefit of the doubt and mind our own business?

But isn't part of the problem that nobody says anything? People are able to get away with using a handcap spot improperly or taking advantage of handicap benefits at parks because no one will reasonably question their need to do so. Mike, I'm not saying your wife doesn't, you know that far better than anyone here, but when someone who doesn't reasonably seem to need a spot or the benefit, shouldn't we all question it?

I think Jeff's point in his original post wasn't that this guy using the cart had bumped his friend (hey **** happens) but that he never apologized or once thought twice about focussing all the attention on himself. That's an ass whether he has 2 working legs or none.

No, I don't really think it is our place to question it. And having to face people who question it, judge it, refuse to accommodate it, etc could in fact be why someone who is facing a significant challenge begins to build a surly attitude in general when dealing with the public.

It's another example of not being able to know what one's experience is unless you walk a mile in their shoes. It's not for us to decide what is acceptable or not... that's up to those who issue parking stickers and such.

The irony here is that we are suggesting that it is more appropriate for one who is facing a challenge to be somehow upbeat and optimistic about it, but we are also suggesting that if they appear to not display some outward obvious signs of struggle, then they probably shouldn't have the accommodation they are using. Just think about that for a minute.

So when 3 teenagers get out of car joking and go running into the mall I should look the other way because they are borrowing mommy's car? Bull.

I realize there are some unseen reasons why a perfectly healthy looking person may need to use the handicap spot. I understand it, I accept it. I also know that by not questioning the obvious in a decent manner we have A - caused those who need it to turn callous towards questioning (they are tired of being treated like jerks when they have a legitimate reason) and B - allowed those who have no business parking there to get away with it.

The problem is there is no way you can tell what is obviously a reason for an accommodation or not. The reasons run across too wide a gamut and include ailments you can't physically see. And simply asking in a decent manner, whatever you decide that may be, is not acceptable when the accommodation ends up being justifiable.

Besides, how far would you take the decent questioning? You ask if the accommodation is justifiable. They answer yes. Then what?

rollergator said:
"I've got two prescriptions - one for L-Dopa, and one for El Toro...." ;)

LOL. Gator, as long as the El Toro script comes with 50 refills per day, you should be all set. :)

I guess we should all get perscriptons for adrenalin, and get our HMO's to pay for season passes and Q-bots.