Rich Bitches Hire Disabled Guides to Skip Disney Lines

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People suck. Seriously. I can certainly see why this would be infuriating for any family who has worked their ass off to save money for an expensive vacation only to realize some jerk who can't wait like everyone else is cheating the system. These people have no shame.

It's one thing to buy a Fast Pass at Six Flags Great America that is readily available and advertised to everyone - its totally different when Disney offers a FASTPASS option and people are awful enough to resort to fraud regardless of the FASTPASS option.

Report: Wealthy hire disabled guides to skip lines at Disney World - CNN.com

"Crazy." "Freaky." "Awful." "Despicable." Those were some of the more shareable words flying around social media Wednesday morning as people reacted to a story from the New York Post that "rich Manhattan moms" have discovered a way to skip lines at Disney World: They hire disabled guides "to pose as family members" so they can skip to the front.

"The black-market Disney guides run $130 an hour, or $1,040 for an eight-hour day," the report said.

Social researcher Wednesday Martin "caught wind of the underground network" while working on a book about practices among New York City's Park Avenue elite, the Post reported.

"It really is happening," Martin told CNN's "Starting Point" Wednesday.
"I live among the privileged and powerful parents of New York City," she said, "and once in a while I come across a practice that's really surprising."
She added, "It's not my job to judge."

Disney for the '1%'
The Post anonymously quoted one mother as saying, "My daughter waited one minute to get on 'It's a Small World' -- the other kids had to wait 2 1/2 hours. You can't go to Disney without a tour concierge. This is how the 1% does Disney."

The woman said she hired a company called Dream Tours, the Post reported.
The Florida company did not respond immediately to CNN's requests for comment. But it posted a note on its website saying, "Due to inaccurate press and slander, Dream Tours is not offering VIP tours at this time. Our focus has primarily always been providing magical vacations for adults with special needs and helping their dreams to come true."

Ryan Clement runs Dream Tours, and Jacie Christiano is assistant director, according to the website. The Post reported that Christiano served as a tour guide for the mother whom the paper quoted anonymously. Clement told the Post that Christiano has an auto-immune disorder and uses a scooter on the job, the report said.

Disney World also did not respond immediately to CNN's requests for comment.
It's unclear how often the alleged practice may have actually taken place.
The theme park offers VIP tours and FastPass service allowing people to avoid long lines.

Martin said the wealthy people she spoke with found that hiring a disabled guide can cost less and allow people to skip straight to the front of lines.
Disney World has also been rolling out bracelets designed in part to inform visitors when it's their turn to come to a ride.


Anger erupts, but some defend the idea
People took to social media to express outrage at the idea of wealthy able-bodied people using money to take advantage of a benefit preserved for the disabled. "This has blood shooting from my eyes this morning," Twitter user Kaneshow wrote.

"Wow, I can't even..." wrote Allison Cole.

And Twitter user Ruth summed up her take in two words: "Con artists!"
But others had a different view.

"At least they are sharing the wealth and providing the less fortunate with over $1000 a day to go to Disney World," one of the first comments on this CNN.com story said, from user "blindliberal."

And jessied44 wrote, "$1040 for a day spent having fun -- not a bad job. Pretending they are part of the family isn't a good example for the children, but providing work for someone who is disabled isn't a bad thing to do."
 

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The wealthy take care of the wealthy. Always been that way...always will be that way. Money buys perks. Not fair but that's life.

I wonder how much of the $130 an hour goes to the actual disabled guide. The main con in this is probably the owner(s) of Dream Tours getting rich by exploiting handicapped people. My guess would be $115 to the owners and $15 to the disabled workers.

Another point is "How disabled do the guides need to be?" A wealthy family isn't going to want to be moving at a paraplegic's pace through the park. Are there discrimination laws that cover discrimination against people who are "too handicapped"?

There are a lot of legal and moral questions involved with this situation.
 

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The wealthy take care of the wealthy. Always been that way...always will be that way. Money buys perks. Not fair but that's life.

I wonder how much of the $130 an hour goes to the actual disabled guide. The main con in this is probably the owner(s) of Dream Tours getting rich by exploiting handicapped people. My guess would be $115 to the owners and $15 to the disabled workers.

Another point is "How disabled do the guides need to be?" A wealthy family isn't going to want to be moving at a paraplegic's pace through the park. Are there discrimination laws that cover discrimination against people who are "too handicapped"?

There are a lot of legal and moral questions involved with this situation.

Getting paid $15 an hour to ride Disney rides? You make it sound like such a bad thing.
 

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Plus what if these disabled people are ones who "dreamed" of going to the park and the rich are buying their tickets in. They get to do what they want while the rich get what they want as well. The company is serving as a "middle man." :dunno: It's possible.

This was my first thought. I'd be 100% OK with it if they are taking Make a Wish kids kinda thing or any other people who cannot afford luxuries like Disney due to their medical expenses. Rich fucks get through the lines faster, some kid (and their family, IMO) get the vacation of a lifetime. I don't always agree with doing nice things just to get stuff in return, but if you send a less fortunate or special needs person/family to Disney then yeah, you can skip the line.
 
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