Originally Posted By Manfried It is just another example of the entitled generation thing wanting another entitlement. Folks try to walk for as long as you can. My knees are slowly failing me, but I know when I am no longer mobile I will not be as physically active. Segways? Just an excuse not to do something physical. Not buying it.
Originally Posted By TP2000 "Great example they are too fast to be allowed in a crowed place." <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...LGYn9Fo8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...LGYn9Fo8</a> Perfect example doombuggy! Any commercially available Segway has about three speeds, and the top speed can be very fast. Even the middle speed is too zippy for a crowded theme park pathway, let alone Adventureland or Tomorrowland on any given Saturday afternoon. There's no ability for Disney to govern how fast people can go on their own Segway inside the park. Thus, Disney shouldn't have to allow these high speed vehicles inside the park any more than they should allow a Mini Cooper to drive down Main Street USA just because the person who owns the Mini Cooper is "disabled" and needs the Mini to feel secure in society. If Disney caves on this Segway issue, there's not much hope for society in general in this country. The America of the 21st century will just be left to morbidly obese whiners who want/need/demand anything their fatty, whiny, "disabled" hearts desire. Check out those old videos on YouTube of 1950's Disneyland with slim and trim and healthy Americans, you know, WALKING around Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom in the heat and smog of mid-century American summers while wearing attractive and semi-formal slacks and dresses. How did they do it?!? Pass me a turkey leg and a 30 ounce Coke, I'm need a snack!
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance That's why I like you TP. You're meek and mild subservient personality.
Originally Posted By tashajilek A reason i like go to a Disney park too is i know i will be walking all day and getting excercise.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb My blisters would have been happy to have me riding a Segway on our last trip, but having them on anything but a tour is just crazy talk.
Originally Posted By doombuggy "consider using or adapting" new technologies to assist the disabled" you just fell on top of people and ran over them at Disneyland..how did you do it? seeeeggggggwwwwwaaaaaayyyyy
Originally Posted By Manfried I think someone is scamming the system. The woman who brought the Segway lawsuit is apparently lawsuit happy, and a liar to boot. How the heck did this get so far? <a href="http://www.legalrollercoaster.com/2012/07/the-outrageous-reason-disneyland-segway.html" target="_blank">http://www.legalrollercoaster....way.html</a>
Originally Posted By tales15 I don't think this is a bad thing provided that it's for people who have an impairment that requires them to have one.
Originally Posted By Manfried tales15, did you read the link? This suit was brought by a woman who is doing nothing but suing people under the ADA act. She's claimed different disabilities in each lawsuit.
Originally Posted By doombuggy "requires them to have one." there is no disability that requires a segway. If there were then medicare would pay for them which they don't nor does any health insurance.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>She's claimed different disabilities in each lawsuit.<< OFFSETTING disabilities. In earlier lawsuits she needed a wheelchair because she can't stand up, and in this one she needs a Segway because she can't sit down. I'm with the article writer. Whether she winds up getting to Segway around Disneyland or not, the court really botched this one.
Originally Posted By tashajilek "OFFSETTING disabilities. In earlier lawsuits she needed a wheelchair because she can't stand up, and in this one she needs a Segway because she can't sit down." LOL.
Originally Posted By berol The court erred in not having Disney prove that segways aren't good for use even though the judges talked about how the burden of proof was on Disneyland. The appellate court could have tossed the ruling, but told Disneyland to plug the hole in their case instead. The original ruling was in light of the previous suits, that she couldn't "play fast and loose with the facts."
Originally Posted By rader22 These thigs are dangerous and will cause a lot of accidents if they're allowed in the parks. I was speaking to a security guard here in Vegas. He patrols one of the strip malls near where I live on a segway. I asked him his opinion of them being allowed in amusement parks. He told me flat that if they were allowed to be used by tourists, they could easily cause a lot of dangerous situations, especially if the amusement park was busy. i have to agree with him when I look at the size of segways. There will be a lot of accidents and people getting injured becasue someone cannot actually control it or when they try to get around others.
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "These thigs are dangerous and will cause a lot of accidents if they're allowed in the parks." How many Segways do you think will be in the park on any given day?
Originally Posted By Manfried How many Segways? Look at how many wheelchairs and strollers are there now as compared to even 10 years ago.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 "These thigs are dangerous and will cause a lot of accidents if they're allowed in the parks." How many Segways do you think will be in the park on any given day?<< With how wheelchair usage is abused now? Dozens once word gets out to those that like to "play" the system.
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "How many Segways? Look at how many wheelchairs and strollers are there now as compared to even 10 years ago." Irrelevant. "Dozens once word gets out to those that like to 'play' the system." How many people do you think own Segways? And how many of those will want to visit Disneyland? And how many of those Segway owners visiting Disneyland will be playing the system? I doubt there will be more than one or two on any given day.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Considering I've never seen a disabled person using a Segway, and I doubt many non-disabled people own one, I don't see a flood of them in the parks if this ever happened. I live in NYC, and I can't even remember the last time I saw anybody using one. I just don't think they're that common...at all.
