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Woman Says She’s Conflicted Over Husband’s Plans to Hire a Disabled Person to Join Them at Disneyland to Skip Waiting in Lines
The woman said she’s heard of people visiting theme parks with their disabled parents to speed up lines for rides and meet characters
By Latoya Gayle Published on May 3, 2025 04:00AM EDT
A woman is conflicted about her husband’s plans for their upcoming visit to Disneyland Paris.
In a post on the community forum Mumsnet.com, the woman explained that they are taking a vacation to France in October, and her husband has been thinking about paying someone disabled to accompany them to the theme park.
She included a link to the website of a man who, for just over $100, will ensure they have a “seamless and fun” day at Disneyland Paris by using his disabled access pass to skip the lines.
“I didn't even know these things existed,” the woman wrote. “I've not been to DLP [Disneyland Paris] for a number of years, but apparently it's a thing that people go with their disabled parents just so they can skip queues for rides and to see characters etc.?”
The woman was curious if anyone else had tried using a disabled person to bypass the lines at a theme park. And despite being apprehensive, she also asked whether she should listen to her husband and go ahead with his plan to try it for themselves.
“Can anyone corroborate this? It seems mad to me and beyond unethical,” she wrote. “Anyway, AIBU [am I being unreasonable] or should we really use someone like this to help us skip queues?”
The post shocked many people and quickly garnered hundreds of outraged comments from readers telling the woman not to do it.
“I would be thoroughly ashamed of my DH [dear husband] if he suggested this. I've been to DLP with my severely disabled child and even with the queue pass, it was difficult and stressful to manage his behavior while waiting," one person wrote. "To think that some people would be so deceitful and scheming is profoundly depressing!”
Another commented: “As someone with two genuinely disabled DC [dear children] who may no longer qualify for Disability Access Pass when we go to Disney later this year because they've clamped down massively due to s--- like this, tell your DP he's being a selfish [jerk].”
"As someone with a disability who now has to jump through ridiculous hoops in Florida, people like your husband are the reason getting the pass I’ve legitimately used for years is now near impossible. Absolutely disgusting," a third said.
However, other commenters defended using a disabled person to line jump and argued it was no different from buying a fast track pass.
“My first reaction was that this seems a bit off, but he is not doing anything illegal,” one person said.
“A friend told me that at Disneyland Shanghai, there are disabled people who wait outside the entrance offering these very services,” another wrote. “It's obviously very ethically questionable, but at the same time I commend the chap on his entrepreneurialism. It can't be easy being disabled and holding a job.”
PEOPLE has reached out to Disneyland Paris for further comment.
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