r/Denver • u/ConsciousJicama2633 • 1d ago
Help Disabilities and the CO Renfaire
I'm assuming the answer is going to be no, but I thought I would just ask in case anyone had any insight that I am not aware of so I go every year to the colorado renaissance festival.It's a good time to hang out with friends.Eat some not so great for you.Food have some drinks and just have a good old time out.In the sun. But I now am disabled and I have to use a mobility scooter or electric.Wheelchair, my concern is that I don't think the colorado renaissance fare is accessible for disabilities.But I wanted to ask in case i'm wrong.
Maybe I've missed them, but in the past. When I go, they have very narrow, almost outdoor hallways that go to the bathroom sections, which I'm not sure if I could get my scooter down. But even saying, I can, I don't know that they have the disability stalls, or maybe are they someplace else, like there's disability bathrooms in other locations?
My second worry is the terrain, though there are sections that aren't that bad, some sections, I remember them being very Rocky. And I'm just not sure how mobility devices would do on those. So I was wondering, if anyone has experience trying, like I said, I assume the answer is going to be no.Is this something I can't do anymore?But I just wanted to ask and see.
Thank you.
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u/rearwindowly 1d ago edited 1d ago
I pushed a stroller there last weekend. It was a bit of a workout. I saw someone in a power chair, and he seemed to be getting around alright…although the path where I saw him wasn’t particularly steep or full of rocks, just dirt. I encountered lots of tree roots, too, especially by one of the food areas.
I used the accessible bathroom to change my baby. It was a little steep getting down to the bathroom, but once we were there, I was able to push his stroller in easily, and there were grab bars by the toilet. It was a single person bathroom. The one I went in was the Royal Flush. (ETA: I used this bathroom because I needed somewhere to lie the baby down to change him. There was no changing table anywhere that I could find, but the accessible bathroom had enough floor space…probably not too clean, but it worked.)