Disney World and Disneyland will change its policy where disabled visitors will no longer be moved to the front of the line.
According to the Associated Press, the policy changed due to a number of complaints about visitors abusing the system. Disneyland spokeswoman Suzi Brown says the current policy “certainly has been problematic, and we wanted to curb some of the abuse of the system.”
The main complaint was that disabled visitors would sell their pass so that an able-body visitor could skip to the front of the line with them.
Despite the change not beginning until October 9th, the Los Angeles Post reports, a petition from an advocacy group got 20,000 signatures for Disney to reconsider the new policy for those disabled visitors who do not have visible disabilities.
Autism Speaks has spoken about the policy change, and hopes people will be patient and wait to see how the policy plays out.
For disabled guests who wish to bypass the long lines, park-issued disability cards will be available to purchase, which will act like the FastPass. It will give the visitor a return time where the line would be shorter.
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