Our last trip to Walt Disnew World I rented a scooter to use while we were there. How did it work out? And if you’re thinking about it, what should you know? This is my experience and what you might want to know if you’re thinking about renting one, or want to know what it’s like to rent one- good and bad (and there is one especially bad part hehe)
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We pushed my wife around in a manual wheelchair at Disneyland. Would have been less of a workout to have one of those!!
When I took my 80-year-old mother, niece and nephew to WDW for Christmas, I got my mom a scooter from WDW. Without it, she simply wouldn't have been able to keep up. Additionally there was so much basket space, it practically carried everything for us. The handlebar basket ended up being our buffet. All our drinks, snacks, went into it. We were constantly bypassing the ride lines as the Disney employees constantly had us use the handicap entrance. We never asked once. And the Disney employees were VERY good at helping my mom get on and off the rides. Sometimes they stopped the moving ride to help her get on and off. Never did they make us feel like we were a bother. Just the opposite. They were all smiles and upbeat. They doing that made our visit that much more special.
You're welcome!
Was there someone sweeping or a truck nearby with a white noise backup alarm toward the end?
First I thought you mean those annoying things that the naughty Kids and Adults driving those motorized versions cuz nowadays they are to lame and to lousy to walking or using those old school ones were you drop yourself forward with your own leg but this seems to old school for those.
But fastly I realize you call those supporting mini drivers were you seat on and driving around for poor people that have some issues or old ones or that have walking issues and those things also called Scooters.
Why they actually calling both scooters or is the scooter the Kids/Adult thing and a Scooter is the big vehicles or did they just is called both Scooter??? But thankfully Disney do that to rent it or maybe other companies do it as well.
Paris had that as well. But even when you are little bit limited I guess at least it had done a little bit of Fun using them so happy you could enjoy even when sometimes not so easy be careful on not hitting people :=) yeah we believe you sometimes it was pretty temting I guess ;=).
I like that you said you're mad demon on a scooter but you can't move very fast you move at 2 mph
I probably would have given you a speeding ticket if you were speeding 🫣😱🤔🤨
I have always let people in wheelchairs or motorized ones etc. go ahead me 👍🏻
I hate that I need my scooter, but without it, my life would be 10x worse!!!
How many people had to be kicked out of those seats on the bus so you could park your scooter there? That happens in the city where I went to university
you can plug in to almost any power plug in the parks to top off, especially when you have a time when you are stopping for food. another tip is to turn off scooter anytime you are not moving. (in shows, eating, waiting for others…)
I want to thank you for this video. I've lost a lot of mobility and it's also hard for me to breathe. If I ever go back to Disney or really any other theme park I'm going to have to rent a scooter. I do have one question however. I've not been diagnosed with anything officially because I'm not seeing a doctor for financial reasons. Do I need to see a doctor with an official diagnosis to rent these scooters?
I used a scooter for the first time myself recently and was blown away how much it really helped. The cast members were wonderful to me as well ! Thanks for sharing your experience!
It's nice that the cast members are accommodating. We had the same experience renting a wheelchair. It was really nice having a special viewing area for the parade
You'd be a great voice actor
To answer your question about security if you can’t get up: Pop is now 90. After breaking his leg a couple years ago, getting up off the scooter for security just isn’t good for him. I would have to take his walker along and even then he’s pretty unsteady. So I take anything in his basket through the metal detector, and they will wand him or pat him down. They are so sweet with him, very patient because even with hearing aids, he doesn’t always understand if they are fast talkers. Pop wears his Vietnam Veteran hat and they’ll thank him for his service. I thank them for helping keep us safer. Takes a little longer, but they make it as simple as they can.
Once when we went to alantic city my whole family my dad had a 3 wheel scooter but we could not find the charger for it as we were pack so I took the battery out of it opened the bat case and hooked 4 wires on the inside 2 on each battery and taped them down and marked on the case +&- for each battery and popped the breaker on the battery pack so each battery will charge by its self using my rc car charger it worked
I use a power chair
Sir willow how did u know which compartment of the monorail 🚝 had the wheelchair 🦼 ramp? And which one was it?
This is really helpful, I've not been to Disney yet but I'm saving up for it and as a wheelchair user I'm guessing my arms will die on me at some point and I'll need to try one of these so hearing your experience is great
Thank you for this! I’m taking my mom to galaxy’s edge in September and have had a lot of questions about what it’ll be like with the scooter. This helps a lot, thank youN
7:08 – At first I was trying to figure out what my recording had to do with you on a scooter.
Loved the incite
You had a better experience than I did as far as where they put me in some attractions. They always stuck me in the back row instead of the front.
You should do some follow-up’s to this as so many use scooters there. Seems like so much more could be said.
My elderly mother used a scooter in WDW for a few years, but she couldn't seem to master driving it onto or off the bus. She always had to get one of us to drive it in for her. Needless to say, the people standing in the hot sun (August!) waiting to get on the bus were pretty angry, thinking she was "obviously" faking it. Heard one little kid say, look she CAN walk! Lol