Rich Manhattan moms hire handicapped tour guides so kids can cut lines at Disney

[Hammock Parties]

Inventive and creating jobs.

http://m.nypost.com/p/news/local/man...ZRkIVc1zItXGDP

They are 1 percenters who are 100 percent despicable.

Some wealthy Manhattan moms have figured out a way to cut the long lines at Disney World — by hiring disabled people to pose as family members so they and their kids can jump to the front, The Post has learned.

The “black-market Disney guides” run $130 an hour, or $1,040 for an eight-hour day.

“My daughter waited one minute to get on ‘It’s a Small World’ — the other kids had to wait 2 1/2 hours,” crowed one mom, who hired a disabled guide through Dream Tours Florida.

“You can’t go to Disney without a tour concierge,’’ she sniffed. “This is how the 1 percent does Disney.”

The woman said she hired a Dream Tours guide to escort her, her husband and their 1-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter through the park in a motorized scooter with a “handicapped” sign on it. The group was sent straight to an auxiliary entrance at the front of each attraction.

Disney allows each guest who needs a wheelchair or motorized scooter to bring up to six guests to a “more convenient entrance.”

The Florida entertainment mecca warns that there “may be a waiting period before boarding.” But the consensus among upper-crust moms who have used the illicit handicap tactic is that the trick is well worth the cost.

Not only is their “black-market tour guide” more efficient than Disney World’s VIP Tours, it’s cheaper, too.

Disney Tours offers a VIP guide and fast passes for $310 to $380 per hour.

Passing around the rogue guide service’s phone number recently became a shameless ritual among Manhattan’s private-school set during spring break. The service asks who referred you before they even take your call.

“It’s insider knowledge that very few have and share carefully,” said social anthropologist Dr. Wednesday Martin, who caught wind of the underground network while doing research for her upcoming book “Primates of Park Avenue.”

“Who wants a speed pass when you can use your black-market handicapped guide to circumvent the lines all together?” she said.

“So when you’re doing it, you’re affirming that you are one of the privileged insiders who has and shares this information.”

Ryan Clement runs Dream Tours Florida with girlfriend Jacie Christiano, whom the rich Manhattan mom indicated was her family’s guide.

A working phone number for Christiano couldn’t be found, and Clement refused to put The Post through to her. A message left on Facebook was not immediately returned by Christiano.

Clement denied that his gal pal uses her disability to bypass lines. He said she has an auto-immune disorder and acknowledged that she uses a scooter on the job.

Disney did not return repeated requests for comment.

[Thig Lyfe]

Good for them.

[NewChief]

That's ballsy. I actually have a child with a disability involving sensory issues. I knew that Disney was going to be a nightmare, so our doctor wrote us a note detailing his issue. Take that to guest services, and they give you a special pass.

It basically works as a universal fast pass. I'll admit that, even though our use was legitimate, I actually felt bad using it at times because we'd be zooming by all the poor saps standing in 1 hour lines, getting on the ride in like 5 minutes.

Anyway, the people should have just gotten their unscrupulous doctors to write a note for them instead of hiring a guide. Much cheaper.

[BlackHelicopters]

Seems wrong. Hope they can sleep at night.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by theelusiveeightrop

Seems wrong. Hope they can sleep at night.

I bet the disabled people don't mind one bit.

Easy money.

[DMAC]

BRILLIANT

[Rain Man]

The rich people did that completely wrong. Completely. The way to do it is to start a nonprofit that gives free trips to handicapped children. You fly to Orlando, pick up a handicapped child at the local hospital, and buy them a ticket and a soda. Then you write the whole thing off as a charitable expense.

[CaliforniaChief]

This is why I love the free market. And these disabled kids, who probably get huge medical/care bills, not only get to go to Disney but also get compensated richly for it.

Win-win.
'Merica.

[KCUnited]

Sure beats the circus.

[notorious]

It's good for the disabled kids.


The others can fist themselves.

[Rain Man]

Am I missing that these are disabled kids? I think they're disabled adults.

[notorious]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Am I missing that these are disabled kids? I think they're disabled adults.

Oh, my mistake.

[CaliforniaChief]

Yeah, they are adults. Still, they have limited ability to earn money, many on fixed incomes. Good for them. Kind of like Make-a-Wish meets Groundhog Day.

[blaise]

If you time it right and use the Fast Pass you can go on just about every ride with a pretty short wait anyway.

[ChiliConCarnage]

Originally Posted by CaliforniaChief

Yeah, they are adults. Still, they have limited ability to earn money, many on fixed incomes. Good for them. Kind of like Make-a-Wish meets Groundhog Day.

If life holds true they are probably getting peanuts and the contracting company is taking the lions share. As you point out they don't really have options. Somebody running the service is certainly driving a better class of car now.