Mad Dog
V.I.P. Member
My guess would be that neither resort wants to encourage or make it overly easy for people requiring either to attend. Just do what's legally responsible, but not get too many of those in the park that are hard to accommodate. If the resorts wanted that segment they probably would have set up an easy to use system, and then there's another possible reason........Side note, because this question of why the procedures aren't easier just reminded me of something that I saw last month on the Cabana walkway. We were walking up the steps to the bridge crossover. Four healthy teenage boys were running an empty wheelchair up the handicap ramp. They booked past us so fast that they passed us up. When we got to the IOA entrance, they were waiting to get through the turnstiles. One was sitting in the wheelchair and the other three were standing with him. It was quite obvious they had found their perfect plan and were using the handicapped rules to get the four of them better access to the rides. I know this doesn't happen with everyone, and there are truly injured people like Izzy's friend that really need the vehicles, but it probably happens more often than we realize. I recall the scandal at the Disney parks a couple of years ago where off duty CM's, and other guests were faking disabilities to get better access to rides. And the TV news expose of a group of handicapped people that were selling their services to large groups so they could get preferential ride status. That prompted Disney to alter & tighten up their Special Disability access rules....Just saying, and kind of guessing, but these things may be the real reason why the wheelchair & ECV rentals aren't overly convenient.I don't think there is any difference at all. I can also assure you this is a big complaint generator at both resorts, I'm not sure why neither has tried to find a better solution.