6 Things Nobody Tells You About Working at Disney World
#3. People Pretend to Be Disabled to Skip in Line
try to cheat their way around that. The most common is by trying to get
an assistance pass -- you know, the ones that are supposed to help those
folks who have a legitimate disability. There are whole websites out
there that will tell you how to scam Disney by faking a disability (last
fall, the park started seriously restricting these passes, with mixed success).
When I was there, we couldn't really question people: If they claimed
to be allergic to the sun but were wearing a tank top and shorts, we
still gave them the special pass. Sun allergy was a really common lie,
and actually one of the least offensive ways people gamed the system.
One dad actually lied about his daughters having been raped so
he could get to his precious rides a little faster. It was obvious he'd
picked that lie because no one could question it without feeling like a
monster.
And somehow, that wasn't the worst. We know who the Make-a-Wish kids
are, but the buttons that mark them as such can be bought (people even
sell them outside the park). So parents will come in and pretend they
have terminally ill kids to try and trick us into a dream tour.
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