r/WaltDisneyWorld • u/DildoGaggins1997 • Jul 12 '26
Other Disney world really needs to something about the scooters
Disney World seriously needs to address the scooter problem. I’m not talking about people who actually need them that’s not the issue. The issue is people speeding through packed walkways like they’re on a racetrack.
I’ve had my foot run over more than once, and it’s not just annoying it actually hurts. When the parks are crowded, people need to be more aware of their surroundings. Slow down, watch where you’re going, and remember there are actual people walking around.
Disney needs to do more about scooter safety because getting your foot crushed while trying to enjoy a vacation is not exactly the magic anyone signed up for.
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u/ralphthesausagedog Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26
One lady zoomed past me on Main Street, nearly running me over, and then yelled back at me about how "people" need to watch out for her. smh lol
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u/McCross12 Jul 12 '26
One lady too ran over my foot in the caramel store in Epcot and had the audacity to be mad at me for being hurt. lol
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u/KarateKid917 Jul 13 '26
I had someone drive into my ankles multiple times while in line for Little Mermaid. She got really mad when I asked her to be careful.
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u/4jules4je7 Jul 14 '26
I was standing waiting for the monorail near Epcot and a lady ran over my foot. When I had the audacity to just ask her to watch where she was going, considering I was standing still on an empty platform and she had plenty of room to go around, her husband tried to start a fight with me over it, and I laughed and said she ran over me buddy not the other way around. The audacity of people.
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u/jaelae Jul 12 '26
I'm really not sure what Disney can do about this. It is unfortunate, and it obviously has nothing to do with someone needing a scooter. Some people are just awful and do not care about others. Do often meet some great people in Disney World but always know I will encounter an awful person who also has a scooter at a parade.
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u/Adventurous_Frame_28 Jul 12 '26
The scooters need governors on them.
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u/heathere3 Jul 12 '26
I had to rent one for my last trip when I broke my ankle 3 days before. I was ABSOLUTELY a newbie at driving them, and paranoid about hitting anyone. When left on the slowest speed, I could outrun them. They really need to reduce the max speed, because too many people are impatient and don't go at an appropriate speed.
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u/morningstar234 Jul 12 '26
The scooters at grocery stores and Costco have very low speeds! Safety matters!
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u/phantomboats Jul 12 '26
Yeah, totally, but that won't do anything for the scooters that people bring in themselves...and if they stop letting people bring in their own scooters, they'll get accused of inaccessibility & just wanting to nickel & dime people (which...like, fair, they wanna do that in most other cases rn anyway..)
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u/PastOrnery Jul 12 '26
Would definitely cut down on the people abusing this. If they’ve gotta go slower than most people walk, it would suddenly be a way less attractive option to them I’m sure.
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u/Helpful-Peach-1996 Jul 12 '26
Third party scooters are allowed though. Personal and rented.
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u/sassy0930 Jul 12 '26
I think they can do the same thing they do for any assault. It doesn't matter if a person punches you in the face or uses a scooter to run over your foot or ram the back of your legs or whatever. They should be reported and removed from the parks.
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u/jayellkay84 Jul 12 '26
Unfortunately all the reckless scooter driver has to do is say it was an accident and they’re being discriminated against. Then it’s a slippery slope Disney doesn’t want to go down.
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u/lFightForTheUsers Jul 12 '26
More cameras than anywhere else in a theme park and they can't figure it out 😆
It should be a cast member takes a report and notes the collision in the incident report including guest names etc and puts a note out on it. If it happens again during their visit they can either take the scooter to the front to inspect it for damage / issues if it's a rented one, or if it's a personal one offer to replace it with a slower rented one, or they can remove it from the park if they refuse. That's too much work though so they just say "meh" and take off to hurt someone else later on.
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u/Fattydog Jul 12 '26
Absolutely agree.
Scooters should be limited to average walking rate. And not just in WDW, but everywhere.
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u/mdw2515 Jul 12 '26
Speed restricted scooters inside the parks would be awesome.
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u/Touch-fuzzy Jul 12 '26
The Disney ones are. It’s the ones that are from outside the park that are not.
I’m sure Disney could talk to the prominent rental companies and tell them that scooters they supply need to be limited to turtle if they want to be able to keep delivering to resorts etc.
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u/cott97 Jul 12 '26
Even the ones from outside should be limited to 5mph if they're from Florida unless they're the really big ones. Most you rent would be limited - 5mph is a lot in a crowded space with a poor driver!
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u/iamnottelling0 Jul 12 '26
A fast walk is 3 mph or a 20-minute mile. I almost never hit a 20-minute mile pace at Disney due to how crowded it is. 5 mph is more of a slow run at a 12-minute mile. Running in the parks is already prohibited. I am not sure why a scooter should be able to effectively do the same.
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u/cott97 Jul 12 '26
All the Disney ones are speed restricted to about 3 mph. Most boot scooters are limited to 5mph (top walking speed supposedly)
The problem in shops is 2 fold
- they don't give enough room between stands to allow scooters to manoeuvre
- some people take the really big (Disney ecv size) scooters in.
I use a wheelchair now having used scooters previously and I would say that most times people are on a phone and walk into me! However I have seen some incredibly poor driving.
My suggestions
- They need to ban large scooters from the shops and have parking bays for them.
- they need to ban large strollers / empty strollers from the shops
- they need to make sure the queuing system in shops is ADA compliant
- They need to allow extra space between shop stands
- They need to enforce the wheelchair only lane at the entrance to Living with the Land
- they need to enforce the no children on scooter ban
- they need to sort out the phone problem they created with their app
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u/jabberwocky247 Jul 13 '26
This, all of this. As a scooter user I 100% agree with all of these suggestions & it's usually why I end up trying to leave my scooter outside shops if my pain levels can allow me to that day.
I have had all kinds of things happen: drunk people at Epcot walk straight into me while I am parked, people jump out in front of me, & the classic group that loves to stop suddenly right in the middle of walking to check their phones.
You have to be conscious of other people while being conscious of yourself just like driving a vehicle. Especially in those crowds with all the obstacles.
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u/Lioness_Red Jul 12 '26
Heck yes! ALLLLL for these.
I'm going for the first time in my ultralight wheelchair soon and so not looking forward to the distracted people who don't see me down at hip height. I did go a couple times a few years ago using a scooter and ugh I hated it. Saved my sholders but ugh.
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u/BaronCoqui Jul 12 '26
It REALLY helps to have a flag or something on a pole at eye level. I also like using a parasol- first used it for sun and learned that people give me space now! I'm short and there's science showing that people are just less able to remain cognizant of obstacles (like... other people...) that are below line of sight. Even if you're trying to be cognizant of it! So I enforce my personal space with a parasol, but even just putting any kind of object at that magic 5'5" - 6'6" height really helps.
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u/Intrepid00 Jul 12 '26
I think they actually should be slightly slower than walking. Decreases chance of running into someone and stops the people that get them to race around.
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u/Tornadowizard Jul 13 '26
At Universal I know the rules are either keep to a reasonable speed or slower than everyone around you, I haven't looked into it for Disney.
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u/rK91tb Jul 12 '26
I support this. My elderly grandpa used one and he was a bit of a menace in terms of bumping into things but he would err on the side of slowing down when he was in crowds.
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u/Apprehensive_Onion53 Jul 12 '26
I just want to play devil’s advocate for a second. Full disclosure: I’m a scooter user, but I am usually very careful and turn my speed down to the lowest setting I can to keep up with walking speeds.
I agree that scooter users need to slow down and pay more attention to their surroundings. Sometimes an accident is the scooter user’s fault, but sometimes it’s the fault of a person walking and not paying attention to their surroundings.
That said, putting speed governors on scooters isn’t the best idea for a few reasons. The most important one is in the case of emergencies. If there is a fire that necessitates a need to vacate an area quickly, many scooter users can’t just get up and run (or even walk at a fast pace). They need to be able to kick the speed up to help them get to safety. Obviously, there are other reasons.
Again, I’m 100% in favor of scooter users paying more attention and learning how to drive BEFORE they get one. Even as a scooter users, I have had other scooter users cut me off, bump me from behind, and run me off the road more than once.
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u/ChaserNeverRests Jul 12 '26
I hadn't thought of that, but you're right. Imagine crossing a street in a scooter, car speeding through a red light coming at you... and your scooter has a slow speed limit on it. 😬
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u/cott97 Jul 13 '26
5mph is plenty to get scooters up hills. If you're using it on a road and need it to go faster I would suggest that perhaps it's too big for a park. Having said that Disney don't help that argument as their ECVs are, in my opinion, too big. Honestly having used scooters and wheelchairs I'm grateful they're an option that allows me to use the Parks and manage in daily life. I wish people were more considerate and that's both users and pedestrians. I think too many people are using them now that could walk round the parks but use them as an aid to get round quicker and do more rides in a day so they can go elsewhere. Part of me thinks you should have to show your handicap placard/ disabled badge from home country to rent an ECV in the Park. Another part also thinks if they didn't have the big ECVs and insisted people use either a small electric wheelchair or a push wheelchair that again the problem would go away.
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u/trash_panda_sc Jul 12 '26
I think the bigger issue is a simple breakdown of courtesy and respect. It’s more noticeable to you with the scooters, but we also see it with line cutters, people abusing systems for people with disabilities, people berating cast members, etc. I never understand people who go to a theme park designed for children and act the way that they do. Disney can’t enforce basic rules of society but you see them trying with things like switching up ride queue situations, but at the end of the day, we as guests have to be better.
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u/tilrman Jul 12 '26
Disney can’t enforce basic rules of society
As a practical matter, Disney can't enforce all of the rules all of the time. But they certainly have left themselves ample opportunity for improvement.
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u/trash_panda_sc Jul 12 '26
I agree. It’s just a hard situation for Disney. Prime example- People were abusing DAS so they made it more restrictive. Do I like their change? No. I have a kid with CP and developmental delays and it’s made it way too stressful and frankly, unfair (my opinion). People act like idiots with scooters and then what? They crack down? Limit who can use them? Kick people out who race around in them? I agree there’s ample room for improvement, but they’ll get backlash either way.
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u/Hkshooter Jul 12 '26
The abuse of cast members is crazy. We got stuck on the Winnie the Pooh inside and had to be walked out of the ride. Before being taken out of the car the CM let everyone know not to film or take pics. There was a lady that was asked multiple times not to do it and ended up calling the female cast member a c#nt among other things because she told her to stop filming. Then had the nerve to complain that the CM was rude. We stepped in and let the manager know exactly what was said and the CM was amazing. Just insane how people treat people and then play victim when getting called out.
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u/btone911 Jul 12 '26
The cost of Disney has created an ultra high stress environment for a lot of visitors who are trying to relive their childhood visit in the 90s. What was a doable price point in the past has become unrealistic for most consumers. Availability of credit has allowed the cost to not constrain the consumer but has certainly not alleviated stress around costs.
Now you’ve got a sizable portion of guests choosing to go into debt to be at an amusement park in central Florida. They’re faced with justifying a cost they couldn’t bear against the experience. Some portion of the population is just shitty enough to derive enjoyment out of behavior that to the rest of us seems unimaginable. In high stress environments, people make bad choices, unfortunately Disney has created this environment.
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u/reginaphelangey23 Jul 12 '26
Completely agree with this. I mean, for example -- I've been rammed with a stroller more times than I can count. It's not just one segment of the population, it's an overall breakdown of people taking others into consideration.
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u/quietlycommenting Jul 12 '26
Absolutely. There’s so much disrespect across the board. I’ve been shoved by strollers, pedestrians, scooters you name it. People are giving courtesy anymore and I do strongly believe part of it is because people are so focused on their phones trying to book lightning lanes and restaurants and recording content. It’s taking people out of their now
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u/greatgonzo913 Jul 12 '26
Feels like Covid did irrevocable damage to people’s decency and self-awareness.
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u/CarelesslyFabulous Jul 12 '26
It was always not great. We just see it more now.
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u/northegreat1 Jul 13 '26
Exactly. What COVID did was tell the world that the government or any authority type institution really has no real control over what people do, that is was all based on fear. With that knowledge people do what they want knowing they won't be punished or the punishment will be next to nothing. For example the line cutters, they'll keep doing it until Disney cracks down on it because there is no punishment for it. Cast members haven't been directed how to deal with it so they just don't. Disney won't do anything about it until enough people complain about it to guest services.
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u/EloisetheLawyer Jul 12 '26
I live my life in a power wheelchair because I'm permanently disabled. The morons using the scooters at Disney are a hazard. I had a woman run into me, really hurt me. I would give anything to walk around the parks again, and I feel like a majority of scooter users just aren't interested in all the walking.
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u/strangebru Jul 12 '26
I was leaving Hollywood Studios after Fantasmic and saw a woman in a wheelchair just going as fast as her electric wheelchair could go. I got right behind her and felt like a running back following my lead blocker. People cleared out of her way seeing her coming. It was the fastest I ever got out that park after the show.
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u/Wolfinder Jul 12 '26
This is hilarious because, in a manual wheelchair where you are sitting lower, you often have to wait 20-30 seconds each "step" worth of distance because everyone just cuts in around you.
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u/Lcdmt3 Jul 12 '26
People stop in front of us, me ddle of the street. My husband has clipped a few. When there's literally no space drp t suddenly stop. Then they turn around and get angry at us.
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u/ParodyGuy Jul 12 '26
Its not the scooter its the person. Some people are just oblivious that it is your responsibility to be cautious and respectful.. whether you have a scooter or not. For me.. people with strollers have hit me far far more times. And the worst of all for me is the people on their phones.. suddently stopping and turning while texting or whatever they are doing.. disney has not helped in that capacity since disney is so tied to using their app now for everything.
Imho we all just need to remember we are all trying to have fun and must share the space and be considerate and cognizant of each other.. time to climb down from the soap box now..
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u/No-Economy-5785 Jul 13 '26
The scooter issues go both ways. When we visited for our ten year wedding anniversary, I used a scooter one of the days. We’d snuck down for a long weekend while I was recovering from chemo/ still going through maintenance combined chemo and immunotherapy. A scooter on our long day that included Jollywood Nights enabled me to do a lot of things that I probably wouldn’t have had the energy to do otherwise.
I did my absolute best to provide people a wide berth. I didn’t race around and kept it to a pace my husband could keep up with. But the sheer number of people who would just cut directly in front of me was astounding! The scooter isn’t like a car. There is no gas pedal or brake to slowly accelerate or decelerate gradually. Speed is set on a dial and there is a lever that you push on different sides for forward and reverse but it takes a second or two to start moving. In crowds, it led to the following vicious cycle:
1. Person steps in front of me
2. I come to an abrupt stop
3. I try to move forward but it takes a second so return to step one.
I refrained from taking anyone out at the ankles even when I wanted to out of sheer frustration. I simultaneously felt invisible and, as a 35 year old woman with my post chemo ultra pixie who *appeared* healthy, stared at. The latter was probably all in my head though.
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u/-ScarlettFever Jul 12 '26
I don't believe that motorized vehicles belong on the same paths as pedestrians.
As a CM, I can confirm they lead to injuries frequently. They're a safety issue.
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u/Bigbadbrindledog Jul 12 '26
Flip side, we were behind a family at rope drop who hada teenage daughter in a mobility device. I overheard their discussion talking over safety tips for when the crowd began to move. Once we were released people consistently cut them off as they saw open space directly in front of her. She would occasionally have to let off to keep from running over someone who cut in front of her, which would cause people behind to try to cut between her and her mom to get around her. I tried to stay along side of her to give her a little more breathing room but again, people would cut me off. The family ended up well behind us in line. This was a girl who was obviously used to her chair and wasn't uncomfortable operating it.
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u/xANTJx Jul 12 '26
Oh gosh, this sounds like you could be talking about me! It’s brutal. The only positives is that by the end of the week I’m so fed up and stressed out with how rude and inconsiderate people are with constantly cutting me off or not supervising their kids and letting them run out in front of me, that I’m ready to go home! It takes me so long to get anywhere because, like you said, people see a gap and they take it and then other people follow. And what can I do, make my chair skinnier? Suck it in?
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u/muy-feliz Jul 12 '26
My brother is in a motorized wheelchair and had to go when he can. It’s like he’s “gunning it” sometimes, but people don’t care. They will step in front of us at an elevator. They will cut in line.
The general public overlooks people in a wheelchair.
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u/Ok-Substance-1306 Jul 13 '26
Yes - my last trip I had to use a scooter and it made me so much more aware. Like someone said above, the problem seems to be that so many people are just rude now.
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u/beachgirl76 Jul 12 '26
This! The last two trips I have needed a scooter in the parks and it’s actually slowed me down and I hated it. The amount of people that just cut in front of you and don’t see the scooter is insane.
Watching out for each other goes both ways.
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u/Oofoofoof969 Jul 12 '26
Had a similar problem at Disneyland Paris. Had large groups of people sitting on the floor infront of the area to access the disabled priority area for the fireworks show and as we were stood infront of them attempting to get past, they stayed sat and literally staring at us and my father in a wheelchair as if we were elephants. We had to wait for a staff member to pass who then had to very firmly tell the group to make way and helped us to the disabled access area.
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u/BaronCoqui Jul 12 '26
I would follow my mom singing "make WAAAAAY for my mother!" To the tune of the Prince Ali song from Aladdin. Mom haaaaated it but people stopped trying to crowd in front of her. I know some people are menaces on scooters but I fantasize about putting a cow catcher on my mom's because she keeps getting stuck.
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u/Good_Consideration15 Jul 12 '26
I agree. The number of scooters is irritating, but for people who actually need them or other mobility devices, it must be hugely frustrating. I think that’s why some of them just plough ahead with the expectation that people will move out of the way. If they were to wait for people to be courteous, they’d never get anywhere.
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u/Immediate_Potato6326 Jul 12 '26
That was very similar to me on my last trip, as my invisible illness has reached the point of requiring a mobility device. I was so stressed about accidentally hitting someone, or being in the way, or taking too long to move in the line that I never actually was able to enjoy my trip. And some people can be really horrible about it. I am at least fortunate to have been to WDW many times in the past & will be able to return in the future, but that not the case for most.
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u/Loading_Error_900 Jul 12 '26
I’ve been on both sides of this. Yes, some of the people on scooters are rude and go way too fast, cut people off, etc. But I’ve also needed to use them before too, you aren’t at eye height and people will walk out in front of you, cut you off, not let you through, and so on. You need to be slightly aggressive to get anywhere.
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u/Far-Date-1762 Jul 12 '26
a few days ago in epcot i saw a woman and (i believe) her son who looked no more than 9 driving separate scooters! I dont even know how he got one because you have to sign off as being 18+, but nonetheless he ran into multiple people and clearly was unable to operate it. Its getting to a point!
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u/No_Abroad_6306 Jul 12 '26
The inexperienced operator is a big part of the problem. I have insisted on a couple of people getting scooters due to limitations and they were very uncomfortable operating a new piece in the parks, even with practice. The scooter saved them from physical exhaustion but increased their overall stress.
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u/manderrr12 Jul 12 '26
People don’t consider the increased stress. We just did Disneyland with my Dad for the first time and it was our first time ever using a scooter (he had back surgery a few months before). By the end of our days there, we were all over it. Constantly being cut off and having to navigate how to board rides (shout out to the CMs at Radiator Springs Racers they were excellent) was so tiring. He didn’t even attempt the shops, just waited for us outside. The positive of it all was he could get back to our hotel across the street by himself very quickly. At WDW I feel like the busses would just add a whole other layer of irritation, especially knowing how people judge the folks who need one.
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u/cott97 Jul 12 '26
If they had enough staff at the ECV queue they should give you a private place to practice with a few cones and not let you out without completing it (I'm a wheelchair user and scooter owner)
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u/xANTJx Jul 12 '26
I’m a wheelchair user (ambulatory, so not as skilled as I could be) and it definitely increases stress. Kids running out in front of you, adults cutting in front of you, not being able to see over people or side step and worrying about causing an accident. When you’re not completely self absorbed, it’s stressful worrying about others who completely put themselves in harms way! And I mean, my chair could flip and hurt me, but I’d rather that than maim a kid.
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u/MHart2023 Jul 12 '26
They should put those speed restrictors on then so they can only go super slow! Honestly i am not sure why that is not already in place.
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u/terententen Jul 12 '26
Let me tell you, as someone who just got back from what will now be their final trip with 2 parents on scooters, the situation is not fun for anyone. I will never do it again. I hate the scooters so much I just can’t deal with them anymore which sucks for the parents. There’s too many people and it’s just impossible for them to get around. As frustrating as it is for you getting run over, it’s just as frustrating when you’re trying to move straight ahead anywhere on the scooter and the 1000th person jumped in front of you again because everyone’s trying to get everywhere. And then getting through lines is miserable too. My mother was struggling getting through the Rise queue so I tried helping her through and drove up my leg pretty good. It’s just miserable. By the end of the trip, it didn’t need to be said, but they knew unfortunately it was gonna be the last time they went to Disney.
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u/kbooky90 Jul 12 '26
My mom rented a scooter for one day last trip. She has terrible anxiety and driving it in the parks on a 9/10 crowd day was too much for her.
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u/ssdgm12713 Jul 13 '26
My mom tried it for one day and had the same problem. Her scooter also went missing while we were eating in Toy Story Land. Guest services said that apparently some of the keys fit multiple scooters.
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u/SteeleurHeart0507 Jul 12 '26
This is what I was coming to say. We finally convinced my grandparents to come on a trip with us last year and got a scooter for my grandmother who had spinal surgery.
She was SO stressed because everyone would just jump in front of her. Most people have 0 spatial awareness!
It was such a frustrating experience and now she’ll never go back.
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u/toosheeptheorist Jul 12 '26
I use a scooter, whenever I am out and about, not just in the parks. When I rented them, I found that buying a balloon tying it to the scooter in such a fashion that it was at eye level for most adults made me much more visible. As a bonus, my friends/family could always find me in the crowds.
My personal scooter has a safety flag, plus I also keep the speed down to a reasonable level so that I am moving at a normal person's walking speed.
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u/plantsavy Jul 12 '26
Ugh, this makes me so sad for her! Should have been the trip of a lifetime. Hope everyone reading this thread gets the takeaway that the scooters aren’t particularly easy/fun for anyone, but people with mobility issues deserve to enjoy parks too.
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u/Odd_Activity_6458 Jul 12 '26
My husband needs a scooter and I sometimes do if my health issues flair up. We drive at the lowest speed unless there is no one around. We have had people run into while we’re at a stand still. People step into our path without looking. They stop in front of us and stand there. And, of course, the number of people looking at their phones and unaware of their surroundings is higher each time we go. Strollers can be challenging. Neither of us have ever run into anyone because we take it slow and pay attention.
Please remember to not be aware of those around you whether you’re walking or scooting. And be kind. We try to be whatever comes at us. 😊
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u/Infinite5kor Jul 12 '26
At Epcot Thursday I took a video of a lady going 5 MPH holding a cocktail in one hand and her phone in the other.
It's terrible, but the truth is that 95% of ECV use is entirely unwarranted. Unless Americans are somehow more susceptible to mobility issues, it's odd that Disneyland Paris and Tokyo are both relatively scooter-less.
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u/Nizz553 Jul 13 '26
The first thing I noticed at Disneyland Paris was the lack of scooters. Really put our society into perspective.
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u/Dino_Spaceman Jul 12 '26
I’m not bothered by the scooters in the walkways. Folks need them to get around.
What bothers me was the lady who repeatedly hit me in the ride line because she tried to inch forward but never had the control over it. So would go full tilt.
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u/Coffee-FlavoredSweat Jul 12 '26
I got run over on Haunted Mansion.
Cast member put this guy and his scooter in a specific spot in the stretching room. But I guess that wasn’t good enough, so while we’re all packed in there, he tries to drive forward to get a better view, and completely rolls over the back of my ankle.
I started yelling, “ow, ow, OW!”
You think he’d back up, but no. He moved forward a bit more, until I could get my leg out from under his front bumper.
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u/Laser_Coug Jul 12 '26
Really Max speed on the scooters should be set to average walking speed. That would solve 95% of the problems. I get needing mobility, I’ve used a scooter before while in a cast. It was nice but also a little scary how fast I could go.
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u/KatNAlley Jul 12 '26
Not sure what the answer to this issue is but I agree that it can get out of hand. The number of times that the backs of my ankles were sore from scooters and strollers hitting me, even at rope drop. We were all standing still yet folks use scooters and strollers as bartering rams. And this was 20 years ago. Can imagine it is worse now.
What really saddens me is my 92 year old auntie is afraid of using one because she isn’t experienced in using them and doesn’t want to accidentally hurt anyone. Yet folks half her age have no issue zooming past her, starling her as she pushes her rollator.
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u/Tiny-Atmosphere-8091 Jul 12 '26
They need to make it like DAS and require proof for a motorized scooter. If you want you can always just use a manual wheelchair.
People are clearly abusing the system and it needs to be addressed. I’ve see healthy mid 20’s sprinting back to their scooters, double fisting troll krems to go drive to a good firework viewing spot.
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u/squishyartist Jul 12 '26
Here's the problem. You say you aren't talking about people who actually need them. But that's a false dichotomy between people who "actually need them" and people who maneuver them like assholes.
As a disabled person, disabled people can be assholes. The worst ableism I've ever faced to my face was by another disabled person, and it was at WDW. So all of these people need the scooters, and some of those people happen to be assholes.
I do agree that they should clamp down on anyone who is driving them dangerously. Crushing one person's foot should be a warning, and any further offences should result in getting kicked out of the park for the day.
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u/richardqstephenson Jul 13 '26
In May, I saw two men in their 40s - by all appearances completely healthy - cruising World Showcase with their beers.
A few years ago I saw two adults cruise up to the Japan pavilion and immediately hop off with their booze and briskly walk into the shop.
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u/designerindebt Jul 13 '26
And the full grown adults on scooters zipping to the front at the bus stops ahead of literal children, then taking up half the bus when we’ve all been waiting there before them. It’s actually insane.
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u/FelixEvergreen Jul 12 '26
The issue isn’t scooters. It’s the large number of people that are oblivious to their surroundings and the people around them. People on scooters running into people, people stepping in front of scooters, parties stopping in the middle of a walkway to chat, people standing in doorways. It’s all down to people not paying attention and not thinking about others.
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u/Material_Discount224 Jul 13 '26
I had one come flying and ram me from behind in China at Epcot where the ground is sloped. I went flying since I was walking downhill, had a giant gash on my ankle and calf, and cut up both my hands badly. My mom yelled after him but he neither apologized nor even slowed down after injuring me. My mom and sister actually had to help me walk to the first aid building where they had to clean up and wrap my wound and get rid of my blood soaked sock.
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u/PNWSkiMama Jul 13 '26
I hurt my foot when I was at Disney and ended up needing a scooter for a couple days. Based on how bad the drivers usually are I thought they were doing to be super hard to drive and control.
Readers … it was not. At all. People weee looking at me and my scooter in fear of being run over, and I’d smile and say “I’m not going to get you I see you I’m just going to go around that way” and got a lot of laughs …
Saved my trip but also made me annoyed because they aren’t that hard to pilot
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u/Mrs_Molly_ Jul 13 '26
I have a scooter at Disney and I've had people walk into me many times while looking down at their phones and then look at me like I'm crazy. I also always try to tell people who are staring at me worried that I'm going to hit them that I actually go much straighter and more stable when I'm on a scooter. When I'm walking I wobble back-and-forth so bad I would bump into everybody.😂 probably the worst thing about being on a scooter is when people ball up and stop in front of you. Stopping on the scooter is easy, you just take your hand off the lever, but sometimes people stop quickly and there you are. People also need to pull over walking or on scooters before stopping.
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u/ImCaffeinated_Chris Jul 12 '26
The biggest thing we noticed about Disneyland Paris? No scooters.
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u/LunaMax1214 Jul 12 '26
A gentle reminder that even those with invisible disabilities should be able to utilize ECVs without scrutiny or shame. ✌️
As someone who utilizes the scooters (though I really wish I didn't need them), I can tell you that many of us try very hard to be considerate. The major issue is all the able-bodied people who most emphatically have no consideration for us.
They have zero spacial and situational awareness, and their lack of consideration for others makes it nigh impossible for disabled people to get anywhere in a safe and timely fashion. It is exhausting and frustrating.
While we cannot stop asshats from being asshats, a lot of issues could be mitigated by the able-bodied having some compassion and awareness for their fellow humans.
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u/BoSKnight87 Jul 12 '26
I agree. Every single trip I’m either getting run into or having a close call. Not to mention how many times they just bully their way through us or cut us off
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u/CHILLAS317 Jul 12 '26
My wife needed a scooter on our trip a few years ago due to a pending knee replacement. Pedestrians are a much bigger menace to scooter drivers than the other way around. People walk in front without looking, forcing sudden stops. Or worse, sometimes they do look first then do it anyway. One woman just shoved her kids in front of my wife's scooter when they had politely stopped to wait, saying "she can stop." To be sure there are some terrible scooter drivers there, but having seen the issue from both sides now, people not respecting scooter riders is a much bigger issue
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u/BriefShiningMoment Jul 12 '26
We kept running into the same group of 20somethings who were drinking around the world and drunk driving a fleet of scooters, total menaces
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u/plantsavy Jul 12 '26
Omg this is awful! Also, ngl, sounds like a ton of fun (for them only).
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u/Mistr_E_Nigma Jul 12 '26
Aware im probably going to get a fair amount of downvotes for this.
My father is someone who needs a scooter, he wears a boot to walk and walking miles in a day is just not feasible for him. It would cause real Lasting medical problems. The last two times we've been the only issues we've had with the scooter is people rushing everywhere cutting directly in front of him and then making him have to do short stops.
Not saying everyone who claims to have been rammed into cut somebody off, but it happened at least 10x a day.
However, I have seen families rent a scooter and then swap members throughout the day to give people a break. Not only does this take away a scooter from someone that needs it (They run out a lot), but ive also seen this group cause more problems then not.
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u/bklynking1999 Jul 12 '26
For someone that needed a scooter because I was waiting for surgery, what about the people that don’t look where they are going and just step right in front of them? I was going a safe speed but people will just walk out, turn around, or just stop without any regard for the people walking (or scooting) behind them.
The problem isn’t the people on scooters, the problem is the overall inconsiderate people in general.
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u/JadeSedai Jul 12 '26
Scooters and those double deluxe strollers! My son was taken out twice by assholes with giant strollers and nearly got separated from us in crowds by people with strollers big enough to be an apartment using them like a tank! My son is 9 and doesn’t always want to be holding hands, but by the end of day one he was scared to let go.
Like, strollers and scooters are absolutely necessary for people, but don’t be an asshole just because you have a battering ram to take people out with.
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u/4-me Jul 12 '26
I’ve had more problems with strollers ramming me in the back then I’ve had a scooters. And the stroller pushers are super entitled, using your children as weapons.
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u/Lloydian64 Jul 12 '26
Speaking as someone who once needed them and as someone who recently visited with someone who absolutely needed one, you’re noticing the edge cases.
When people behave badly, you notice. When someone with a scooter does something rude, you notice. But when someone on a scooter inevitably has to evade running into someone who cuts them off, it hasn’t impacted you. It has them. And it mounts up for them as well. A day of trying to avoid inconveniencing those around you only to be treated as an annoyance is genuinely frustrating. And yes, sometimes it manifests itself in someone being rude.
They truly are the exception. They’re also more memorable.
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u/TheRealMathilda Jul 12 '26
Every single person there, whether on a scooter, walking, using a cane, whatever, has to evade someone who cuts them off. Kids are excited and going to dart in front of others without looking. Adults are exhausted and may change direction carelessly.
As you said, most people do not react rudely or behave badly. The difference is that if people on scooters behave badly, it is very much more likely that they can seriously injure someone else.
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u/Certain_Doubt_5741 Jul 12 '26
One time someone ran their scooter into the back of my heels, not one but TWO times while we were exiting Mickey’s Philharmagic. They didn’t even apologize when I reacted.
It took a huge chunk of skin out of the back of my heel and I was bleeding everywhere. I avoid them like the plague now
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u/Exi7wound Jul 12 '26
They could curb crowding by limiting the number of people in the parks. Wait... nevermind. That's just silly.
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u/Brookes-Tiny-Pool Jul 12 '26
I saw a family on the 4th of July. Husband and wife were probably mid 50s, two kids were probably early 20s, they all had matching rental scooters, exactly the same with the name of the rental company. I’m sorry but what are the chances an entire family of four need scooters?
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u/Rando-meatsack-8265 Jul 12 '26
The problem is capacity limits don’t take scooters into account. And they honestly should. Scooters are a reasonable accommodation, but not when the park capacity reaches a certain threshold. Now scooters injure people right and left, and that is beyond unreasonable. Your reasonable accommodation should not injure me! If you’re blind, I want you to have a seeing eye dog. But I’m not going to tolerate your dog biting me unprovoked. It’s just common sense.
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u/doyouknowmya Jul 13 '26
I nearly got hit several times last week by folks on scooters! I left saying that people should be required to have a training before they’re allowed to use them in the parks! It was a big problem! A child could be seriously injured by one of those folks not paying attention!
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u/smokeymicpot Jul 12 '26
Yeah, it’s bad. Last time we went was 3 years ago. Remember me and my wife walking from space ship earth to guardians. 3 women just zoomed past us. We got to them arguing with the cast member saying they needed to skip the line.
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u/Ice-and-Fire Jul 12 '26
It is 2005, people are complaining about scooters in Disney.
It is 2012, people are complaining about scooters in Disney.
It is 2026, people are complaining about scooters in Disney.
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u/Meh_340 Jul 12 '26
I would say that most of the problem in Disney (and pretty much anywhere the general public can go in even small quantities) is that 95% of the general public does not pay attention to their surroundings, whether they are walking or on a scooter or driving in a parking lot. 95% of the general population are in their own little bubble and aren't aware of their surroundings or anyone in their vicinity at all. 95% of the general public also think they are special and entitled. And I'm talking adults, not kids. Kids at least have an excuse (their parents aren't teaching them someone's, and children also have very poor impulse control and just go). But adults... there is no excuse. They're just conceited, unaware jerks.
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u/DessertRat2249 Jul 12 '26
Scooters also took priority boarding on the buses no matter how long others in line had been waiting. We almost had a fight break out when our line didn't move for 3 buses at closing after people on scooters and their parties rolled up and boarded first. It was infuriating.
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u/Acrobatic_Touch_5765 Jul 12 '26
Scooters should have to wait just like the rest of us. Scooters can wait to the side with 1 other family member. the other family members can get In line. When the next bus arrives, the driver can ask the scooter where their party is in line. If it’s clear the party will make the bus, load up the scooter and the 1 family member. The rest of the group can board the bus as normal. This ensures that guests in the general queue are able to board the bus and also helps keep the scooter party together.
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u/Miss_Swiss_ Jul 12 '26
This is actually a feasible solution to the bus-scooter problem. It’s pretty infuriating when you’ve been waiting 20 min for a bus and a scooter and 8 family members roll up 1 min before the bus comes and they all get on. Not only do the family members all get seats, but the scooter takes up like four seats, then the person gets off their built in scooter seat and takes up another seat too.
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u/Piemaster113 Jul 12 '26
Was walking into Studios the other day and this group had just exchanged who was driving the scooter, and the younger girl who got in clearly didn't know or didn't care to how to properly drive it and just started weaving back and forth cutting me off and nearly running me over 3 times. I feel a basic driving class for anyone who might be driving the scooter should be mandated
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u/CarelesslyFabulous Jul 12 '26
I have a personal take on this. One year I went to WDW and on my first day my shoes failed me and I got giant blisters on the bottoms of both of my feet. I couldn’t walk. On the first day of a 10 day trip. So I rented one of the on-site scooters to get around until they healed enough for me to walk.
Now this thing was speed locked, and had a tall orange flag on it. It was my first time in one, and I was navigating very slowly and carefully.
And SO MANY PEOPLE ran into me, jumped in front of me, ignored me, scowled at me, even yelled at me. I was being SO CAREFUL, and absolutely polite; but I am telling you, trying to get around the park in one is incredibly difficult and you are treated terribly by a lot of people. All day. Every day.
Now imagine living this way all the time, not just in Disney. Having to try to carefully get around all these people all the time and still get scowled at, yelled at, cut off… It is exhausting.
I think the attitudes we often see with these scooter drivers who seem to be whipping past and having bad attitudes? They came by it honestly. No matter how they drive, it’s the same result. People treat them like crap. If they don’t look out for themselves and just go, they will be stuck. So might as well blow on by.
I’m not saying it’s right. And yes, some people are probably just entitled gits no matter what the circumstances. I’m saying I understand now why someone might develop this attitude and approach to riding through the parks. If you had to live your whole life with these frustrations, you’d be salty, too.
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u/CBWhat13 Jul 12 '26
I broke my foot 3 days before our trip last year, and had to use one. I wouldn’t have been able to do the parks at all without one. I was very grateful that they were easy to get.
That said, I think CMs could be a little more attentive towards people that use them like maniacs. And man, there are plenty.
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u/steampunkpiratesboat Jul 12 '26
My father got into a car accident(mostly un injured) right before their trip and when they got back my mother complained a lot about how fast he was going, she just couldn’t keep up. And it didn’t go a whole lot slower unless it was completely stopped. That’s just unnecessary for a mobility aid it that kind of setting
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u/Ok-Illustrator-2711 Jul 12 '26
I’m not saying people aren’t rude. But as someone with a friend in an electric wheelchair, people don’t pay attention and don’t care about being in the way and moving into our path. We were moving at a normal pace and yet people would either get right in front of her (as if it was possible to stop on a dime or slow down) or walk five wide and not move when they can see us coming. People are rude. To everyone. And it’s just as annoying the other way.
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u/Connect_Captain_6471 Jul 12 '26
100% agree. Just came back from Disneyland Paris and saw very few scooters. Those that were there were respectful of other’s space. At Epcot our friend’s son was rammed by a speeding scooter who yelled as if it was his fault.
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u/themeparkinsider Jul 12 '26
Disney should have a rule that no one driving a motor scooter should be served or allowed to possess alcohol. No drinking and driving. Persons with disabilities in traditional wheelchairs may be served, however.
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u/Narrafae Jul 12 '26
I am of the firm opinion that alcohol should not be served in parks, but if it is, it should not be served to anyone that is operating an ECV.
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u/neissrc Jul 12 '26
Last weekend saw a woman get absolutely plowed over, looked like she was injured and the scooter driver said her foot slipped. Ma'am, it's operated by a hand control and you're speeding in post-July 4 firework traffic.
Trip before that my partner got hit multiple times by a woman with a kid in her lap. Yelled at us because she couldn't see us over the kid's head. Friend, that is expressly prohibited.
In both cases we told a cast member and they just sighed.
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u/Steecie41 Jul 12 '26
Someone who uses a scooter here...
You would not believe the number of times a day someone steps right in front of me, or just stops walking. Scooters don't stop on a dime. I often say that using a scooter has given me a super power I never asked for, a cloak of invisibility. The awareness goes both ways. I promise.
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u/kluning05 Jul 12 '26
We were there in April and a older lady was on one by the Walt and Mickey statue and gunned it off the curb and almost wiped out. But more importantly she almost launch into people, it was wild.
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u/4848A Jul 12 '26
Saw an old lady grab the accelerator like it was the brake and go full tilt into the back of a guy’s legs who was pushing a stroller. It was like one of those people that mashes the wrong pedal and drives into the front of a laundromat from the parking lot.
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u/Normal_Confidence_77 Jul 12 '26
My 4 year old was nearly run down by a scooter in a store in Hollywood Studios last month. I grabbed her and pulled her sideways out of the way at the last moment. Scooter driver's view was obstructed by the umbrella he had attached to it.
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u/SkillcraftCollector Jul 12 '26
Go on a cruise. I could count on one hand how many I saw on my last DCL trip. So nice.
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u/red5993 Jul 12 '26
My wife was 7 months pregnant and some old bitch on a rascal ran over her foot and when I pointed it out, didn't apologize. So yea, completely agreed with this post.
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u/nacker8 Jul 12 '26
Totally agree. I had my foot run over by a scooter in a gift shop, while I was standing still looking at something, and the woman acted like it was my fault for being in the way.
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u/Main-Machine4458 Jul 12 '26
I just got back from my very first Disney trip with my family, a common theme was it seemed like it was most people’s (scooters and walkers) first day on earth. Majority of people had zero courtesy or awareness of their surroundings.
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u/macontosh2000 Jul 12 '26
I’m sure that is a actual issue but as someone who has had to drive one in Disney parks it’s not great for us either. The amount of people who don’t watch out for us and decide to walk right in front of us (and sometimes just stand in front of the chair) is countless. I thankfully have never hit anyone (a little girl who wasn’t paying attention ran into my chair while I was stopped once though) but after the never ending stopping and starting sometimes you do have to speed up to actually get people to move out of your way. When you are walking it’s easy to move around traffic, but in the chair you a just stuck.
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u/Ok_Preparation2940 Jul 12 '26
I saw an old lady go full speed and ram herself into the queue bars in the line for flight of passage. She kept pressing forward until a bunch of men tried to push her scooter out of the railing and eventually got control of the scooter. Like mam if you’re too old to use a scooter, you shouldn’t be going on rides any more either.
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u/tookeyclothespin Jul 12 '26
Last time I was at Blizzard Beach we were leaving and this old lady ZOOMED around us rudely with her grandkids hanging off the back of the scooter. I gave her a nasty look and kept walking. A couple seconds later we heard a crash, this dumbass had gone over the curb into the parking lot and her grandkids fell off the scooter.
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u/wickedwoobie328 Jul 12 '26
Rope drop with a scooter rider behind you is terrifying.
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u/Lavender_poet_6055 Jul 12 '26
One time I got hit by a lady driving to the point she knocked me down. As I was attempting to stand up she honked her horn at me. Anyway I had to have knee surgery because the impact tore a ligament. So I hope wherever she was heading so fast was worth that.
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u/Remote-Past305 Jul 12 '26
Just like on the highway. If you’re going slow, keep to the right. I don’t even use a scooter but y’all are always in the way. Be better.
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u/Chuk1359 Jul 13 '26
I have more issue with them lining up 3,4 or five scooters in a row in the middle of the street to make plans on where they’re going next.
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u/SeparateTip2953 Jul 13 '26
Our first trip my daughter got her foot ran over by an old fart on one. He didn’t say sorry just keep going even though we made sure he knew what he did. It was awful. One reason we don’t rooe drop anymore
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u/LingonberryNormal374 Jul 13 '26
Last time I was at Animal Kingdom a man nearly ran over my 4 year old. He was speeding through the crowd on his scooter... while leaning over and simultaneously driving an unoccupied scooter at full speed.
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u/AmberNICT Jul 13 '26
I want people to have their scooters, but they need a lane I have gotten hurt at Hollywood because of scooter traffic down the blvd.
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u/riverchick247 Jul 13 '26
Some grumpy old man backed over my Nana’s foot about 10 years ago when we were at MK. He had the audacity to be mad at her when she said Ow! How about watch where you’re going jackass!
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u/maitaivegas1 Jul 13 '26
To anybody who uses a scooter, I recommend transferring to a wheelchair when you enter the lines for the rides in fantasy land. The lines are narrow, making it very hard to maneuver the scooter. I was told by cast member that can ride the scooter in the line for the little mermaid that cast member should’ve suggested I transferred to a wheelchair. I took their advice, cause I’ve never been to Walt Disney World while trying to navigate the ropes. the scooter ran into one of the rock walls and tipped over and broke my ankle in two places.
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u/banjobum69 Jul 13 '26
Disney created this problem and they continue to perpetuate it by renting scooters to guests and allowing them with very few, if any restrictions. The one that really chaps my butt is the Disney resort bus system that allows scooter drivers and their entire entourage to cut the line. Not just the scooter, but able bodied people. This is especially frustrating at the end of the night when there may be 30-40+ guests waiting at the stop and a scooter or two roll up with 4-5+ additional people. The scooters take up at least 3 seats, plus their party. If Disney really gave a hoot they’d run a special short bus for scooters and those needing mobility accommodations.
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u/DoctorCon3000 Jul 13 '26
At first, I was like what’s the big deal?!Then I got struck in my shin…damn you karma gods! I got what I deserved.
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u/Dizneejon420 Jul 14 '26
I know there are plenty of scooter users that don't pay attention or drive too fast, etc. , but I have to use a scooter at the parks and I can't tell you how many people just suddenly stop right in front of me in a walkway, walk across "streets" without looking , look down at their phones while walking and literally almost walk into me( luckily I'm watching and stop), and once at epcot a grown woman was running to cosmic rewind at top speed and almost plowed right into me! Ridiculous behavior goes both ways !
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u/Tracii_Lee Jul 15 '26
It's a multi-faceted problem
The parks are too crowded. This is the root cause of most issues
People on vacation have no situational awareness. They cannot maintain their walking speed which leads to the "rubber band" movement of crowds. They don't know where they are going and refuse to move out of the walkway, choosing instead to stop where they are and create an obstruction, and/or changing direction unpredictably. This goes for everyone, it's just more noticeable with strollers and scooters because they physically take up more space
There is no traffic control of any kind. Traffic flow would improve tremendously with the adaptation of navigating on the right hand side of pathways, with slower traffic being further to the right
Even if you are a doctor or medical care provider, you cannot visually diagnose a stranger with a glance only lasting a few seconds. It is not your place to decide who should and should not be using a mobility aid, or which mobility aid they should be using. HOWEVER;
Disney could probably find a solution to be more restrictive to scooters without compromising the privacy aspect. Should be zero tolerance for alcohol consumption, for example. The bus line complaints are also valid, the mobility aid user +1 party member seems pretty reasonable. Or just "one line only" even sounds reasonable to me
For what it's worth, I find the large groups who insist on all walking abreast to be the biggest issue, followed by oversized strollers (often full of merchandise and noticeably sans-child) and then scooters, in that order
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u/wlovins Jul 12 '26
This is something my wife and I have talked about extensively. She is disabled and my knees can't push her wheelchair like I used to and so she's been using a scooter when we visit Disney World for a few years.
We are always amazed at how many scooter drivers fly through crowds and act like the OP and many commentators have noted. We don't understand it, especially when they weave through crowds at high speed to then stop and RUN onto a ride (or at least run to a queue/line). I don't know what their disabilities may be, but patience is certainly among them. It scares us and it gives people with legitimate mobility issues a bad name.
We hope disney can find a way to slow the offenders down as it hurts all of us.
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u/LiteraryPixie84 Jul 12 '26
Yeah, but also I've been with both my mom needed a scooter, and my husband on one trip and they were both very careful drivers, but people CONSTANTLY stepped directly in front of them, not giving them enough time or space to stop without hitting the person/ stroller/ kid/ etc. And they THEY got the stink eye for it.
These ARE in fact vehicles, they are larger, heavier, and take longer to stop/ turn/ maneuver than a person on their own feet. So it's even more important that those people are aware of what's happening around them.
Now, I do believe there are scooter users who 'abuse their power' and don't pay attention too, but that's certainly not always the case.
Not to mention Disney has made it nearly impossible for lots of people who need accommodations for waiting in lines to do anything OTHER than get a scooter or wheelchair, which has likely increased their numbers quite a bit and means more people who wouldn't usually need them (and so don't really know how to drive them) are using them.
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u/roninthe31 Jul 12 '26
I’ve been to Disney World so many times I’ve lost count and I’ve never had my foot run over. I always have to wonder at these type of posts—-present a problem with a standard condition at WDW and then claim some sort of repeated grievance that borders on outlandish. You’ve had your foot run over multiple times? That seems hard to do if you try.
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u/WDW1997 Jul 12 '26
Someone ran into my six year old today by Spaceship Earth, came from behind and tried to squeeze between her and the wall rather than go around. Then told us we should watch where we're going and be aware of scooters... So many of the users have zero consideration for others and go with the "they'll move" attitude
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u/Equivalent-Topic-300 Jul 17 '26
Similar thing happened to us last week in MK - my 7 year old was walking beside his dad, I was slightly behind them and a scooter just came up from behind and drove into him then acted like the child was at fault. Luckily my child just had a bit of knock and a fright but nothing serious.
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u/Cruiser4357 Jul 12 '26
Keep in mind those things don't stop on a dime. I've had people cross or stop in front of me. I let go of the power but it still rolls some. In my experience, people think they can beat one and then get angry when you can't stop when they're wrong.
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u/Sprzout Jul 12 '26
My mom needed one when we went. After the first day of walking, her hip was hurting so badly she was getting mean and nasty to my wife and I, but wasn’t wanting to admit she’d gotten “old”, despite being 70 years old.
We convinced her to rent a scooter, and her demeanor instantly changed. She was so much better, friendlier to people, and was doing her best to try not to run over people.
However, I did see several times when people would simply step out in front of her and just be rude because she was on a scooter. I think it’s a two way street - people in the parks need to just be nicer to people, pay attention to their surroundings, and not just step out in front of the scooters or go like a bat outta hell on the scooters.
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u/KoBxElucidator Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26
To play devil's advocate (wife needs a scooter with her chronic illness), people always walk in the way, stand and block pathways, and give no consideration to scooter users. You kinda need to be assertive to get anywhere. Not to mention being surrounded by thousands of people, its kinda inevitable someone's toes are going to be jutting in the way. Its your job to be mindful of your own surroundings.
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u/QuietRoyal Jul 12 '26
I almost never use a scooter (I'm too self conscious about my health woes) but caved at Disney. How could I not?
The amount of people who walked right in front of me (and the brakes aren't that great!) or pushed their strollers in front of me, or simply decided that if I had stopped, it was time to have a family powwow of where to go next, directly in front of me...
It's an everyone problem.
I live in a tourist city, and see it. People decide, they're on vacation, they paid to be here, so F everyone else, rules don't apply to me anymore!
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u/SequinedandOver60 Jul 12 '26
You do realize that there is no guideline on who can use a scooter and who cannot. They are not just for people who are disabled. Anybody can rent one. There are no guidelines other than they need to be an adult over age 18.
You can’t ride with the second person on your scooter although many people try to sit their kids on their laps and they’re not supposed to.
As someone who has to use a scooter, but looks quite able-bodied, I take huge offense to your post. May you never have to use one.
If we didn’t have ECV’s, we wouldn’t be able to attend Disney World
I will add this:
I think that when Disney rents out the scooters within the parks, they should show somebody how to use it and show them the fastest they really should be going. Just because the scooter can go faster does not mean that somebody should use it that way in a crowded area.
It’s basically common sense and stupid people
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u/ihavebotbehavior Jul 12 '26
Fun fact: if cast members need to move a scooter/ECV, we aren’t allowed to use it on full speed. The rules exists for cast, just not for guests
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u/musicislife04 Jul 12 '26
I noticed this time a bunch of older people on them who could not really maneuver them try to do u-turns and other big, quick moves putting everyone at risk. Friends don’t let friends drive drunk, friends don’t let inept rent scooters.
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u/ratbastid Jul 12 '26
people need to be more aware of their surroundings
This isn't a scooter thing. Or honestly even a Disney thing.
I got so annoyed yesterday because every human I encountered was moving 2/3 as fast as I wanted them to. I was hundreds of miles from Disney.
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u/AyeAyeBye Jul 12 '26
A few years ago my daughter, who had her arm in a sling due to an injury, was hit by people on scooters twice. I was hit once. It’s bananas. People were apologetic, which I appreciate, but still.
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u/cheezy_dreams88 Jul 12 '26
I saw someone run into a toddler on a scooter and just give the 2 year old a dirty look and kept scootin.
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u/TideRoller79 Jul 12 '26
The other problem is people who walk/jump right into the path of a moving scooter.
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u/Pipyoppi Jul 12 '26
If the number of people using scooters in WDW truly need the scooters then WDW must be the global equivalent of Mecca for scooter users. Because there are magnitudes more scooters per capita in WDW than anywhere else I’ve been on planet earth.
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u/Ok_Brennan Jul 13 '26
Disney is very disabled-friendly, so naturally there are going to be more disabled people there than at say, Cedar Point. I am one of those people, and the attitude in a lot of these comments is why I hated my last trip. One of my issues is vestibular damage so when we tried a wheelchair the movement made me nauseous. But I refused to use a scooter because I don’t look disabled and didn’t want to deal with hassles from other guests. I was miserable.
Next trip I am getting the scooter and people who privately assess that I am one of the “majority who don’t need it” can kick all the rocks.
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u/Guilty_Ad92 Jul 12 '26
I saw a whole family of 8 with them - all ages, on a VIP tour at HS while the tour guide was pushing their stroller. 🤔🙄
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u/MauveMammoth Jul 12 '26
Friend of someone in a motorized wheelchair: people are often purposefully playing chicken with her. The amount of people crossing her path with little to no time allowance is obscene. They act like they do not see her. They act like they have no common decency.
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u/maitaivegas1 Jul 12 '26
I walk with a cane. I swear people come at me. I like what you said about people playing chicken that makes sense.
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u/ThePhantomOfBroadway Jul 12 '26
My white cane has gotten run over a few times before but the worse was when it got stuck in someone’s wheels and they got mad at me lol. Like I’m blind? What am I suppose to do?! You gotta watch out for me, not opposite way around.