♿️ WHEELCHAIR ACCESS AT DISNEYS TYPHOON LAGOON
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2019
- A COMPLETE INSIDE LOOK AT DISNEYS WATERPARK TYPHOON LAGOON. ♿️IS IT WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE? AND SHOUD YOU BOTHER? WELL IM SHOWING YOU ALL THE SIDES AND POOLS THAT WERE WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE. IT WAS A LOT OF EFFORT BUT WE HAD FUN. AS A WHEELCHAIR USER WITH A SPINAL CORD JINURY AND PARAPLEGIA , THERE WERE SOME SLIDES THAT WERE ACCESSIBLE DEPENDING ON YOUR DISABILITY. BUT THRERE WERE A LOT OF RIDES THAT WERE TOTALLY OUT OF BOUDNS FOR ME.
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Nothing Disney, they are godless. I love your enthusiasm and you are so beautiful.
@@LetsTalk649 Why is it necessary to come and leave a negative response on someone else's video. If you don't like Disney then that is your choice!
Joe Kinchicken she has 25,000 subscribers you have none.
Joe Kinchicken your still an anonymous coward. I’m sure your just like that in real life as well. You are one of those people who scream insults at others with your window rolled up. Scared to publicly show your convictions.
Wheelsnoheels - Gem Hubbard Just saying, you guys made a mistake in the title.
UPDATE: just returned from typhoon lagoon yesterday and they said all water wheelchairs had broken and we're no longer being offered. So disappointing.
I'm not a wheelchair user, however when I was pregnant, I learned that off to the side, there is built in seating in the rocks at the Typhoon lagoon wave pool. You still get to enjoy the waves without being thrown around.
Just thought that might be helpful if you decide to go back.
This video is so helpful as my fiance will be wheelchair bound during our next trip do to a recent surgery.
Can I suggest ‘Full-time wheelchair user’ not ‘wheelchair bound’
@@whatdidsarahsay I changed it. Sorry didn't mean to offend anyone.
The Disney Type Oi I hate when people get so butthurt over words. by defintion wheelchair bound is technically correct. I mean serious saying or writing full time wheelchair user just sounds way over the top to be a PC queen.
@@kither04 it's really okay. I fully understand why my original wording may come across in a negative manner. The word "bound" can come off as meaning "stuck, captive, or limited" to some.
So I was happy to reword my comment. Plus she asked nicely. 👍
hello, I’m sure different countries have different terms. I only mentioned it because it’s what I have been taught at various disabilities awareness training sessions at work and I found the terms useful in customer service. Eg: ‘do you you your wheelchair full-time or part-time?’
I wasn’t intending to call you out :)
The only time i ever cried about realizing my disability was limiting me was the day we drove by the water park. We went there many times as a kid and i always enjoyed it ; Especially the slides. That day was the first day i realized that my new disability meant I would never get to do a waterslide again. I googled for accessible waterparks and, at the time, the only one available was a splash park meant for children in texas. I was heartbroken. I never wanted to go down a waterslide more than when I realized I probably never would again. Seeing this today let loose so many of those emotions. Even if I never make it to that park, knowing it’s not off limits is so freeing. Im so thankful for you making this video!
My heart aches by reading this. I had little tears in my eyes. More things should be accessible for people with a disability. Sending you a big hug!
Margo haveAniceDay thank you so much. That means a lot to me
I have been in a chair for about a year now and my partner and I have decided to plan a family holiday but it gets me so down cause I feel like ill miss out on so much now that my disability limits me
Li5a 5000 it is definitely an adjustment. Usually Pick an activity I want to do and then look up ways other disabled people did it and see if their modifications would work for me. It’s always surprising what people come up with
@@kokopuppy57342 thank you so much for your help! I will do that thanks
I am not in a wheelchair nor do i know anyone who uses one or ever even been in one, but im glad people who do have you to show them what they can expect. Well done!
(And i have no idea how i got here)
We have found that a thin wetsuit works AMAZING for skin protection while at water parks or in cement pools. Also, water shoes help protect the feet. Wave pools are pure torture..
Ah good tips. Thank you. :)
I’m glad at least some of it is accessible. The transfer blocks are actually pretty dang cool! I’ve never seen that at any of my local water parks.
They are so cool! Ive never seen them before. :)
@Kate Beutin doesn't make it any less impressive, Katherine.
From when I went to Disney world with my sister who’s in a wheelchair I learned that Disney is really good about accessibility as far as the main parks
Do I know anyone who uses a wheelchair?
No.
Am I still going to subscribe because your personality is so incredibly sweet and your daughter and husband seem like the most adorable family ever?
Absolutely lol
The floor in typhoon lagoon is deadly. I scrapped my knees and my big toe. My sister scraped her feet and knees. It’s soooo sharp. Really needs changing or filing.
You think u got it bad I scraped my back and ankle 😑
Dr phil iz life yeah my sister got her spine cus she’s so skinny. I only got my toe and knees thank god. The floor is awful there
Didnt have fun if ya didnt get hurt. Cruise and bruise my friend
Oh IDontThinkSoDarling i scrapped myself too when i was younger!
I almost drowned....
You should go to Legoland they have super accessable
how accessible are they? all i know is that you can hire a wheelchair
9:30 I was so nervous for her! I went there when I was a kid and one of those waves was enough to leave me fearful for a lifetime!
Wow I'm so glad I found this channel! I have a skin disease that makes it hard to walk without injuring myself & I'm now in a wheelchair till we finally discover good treatment. This is a new experience for me & I was immediately curious about wheelchair life in theme parks! I'm gonna stay up all night watching lol
is it contagious?
@@berightback5479 no it's autoimmune
Hope you find a good treatment that works for you!
Is it contagious? Wtf was that the 1st thing that came to your mind! Wow idk what's going to be worse 4u ,the skin & wheelchair crap or freaking morons lol wow unbelievable! Maybe he planned on meeting u & giving u a nice massage, wtf where & the hell would that even come from im baffled. My 1st thought was "oh man that suck" & then "god bless her" &" be strong " ect ect not is it contagious! F***ing people, on behalf of the normal people id like to apologize for the ignorance of some people & say i hope all goes great 4u & whatever your situation is be strong & conqueror it. God bless & great big hug "dont worry i wont ask if contagious " lmao
@@ninjagal9113 Thank you!! =DD
i cant afford a vacation so i am going enjoy yours.. I am subscribing.
Same
i remember going here as a kid and the bottom of the pool shredded the whole right side of my body and i spent a good amount of the day at the infirmary
ouch !
I remember as a kid getting smashed in the face by a wave so hard that my goggles fell off and it has been a while but I believe they have a swimming with shark thing and the goggles hurt my eyes so bad that my eyes turned red 😂
Dude I got flipped over in the wave pool and dragged along the bottom. Had a huge scratch on my back for like a week after. Bad memories
Never went to Typhoon Lagoon but I was in a wheelchair at the other four parks for a broken leg. The staff are always very accommodating! I don't think there was a single ride I couldn't get on. Of course though, I was able to transfer so it might depend.
I’ve only been to this park once as it always seems to be shut when we go to Disney but I didn’t realise how accessible this is for disabled people! It’s great 😂❤️
That’s awesome to know that there are water wheelchairs,
As a fellow spoonie with reduced mobility I always love to see other disabled folks helping eachother navigate this inaccessible world 💖 thank you for being visible and making the effort to help others
I feel like some of the slides wouldn't be that great anyway if you cannot control legs too well as they could get caught when going down so fast 🤔 the slides you went on seems safer as you had the boat things.
Sarah yea that’s true. Especially the drop slides. Shaun could carry me on it but there is nooooo wayyyyy I would go on it!!!
I can imagine even going backwards (often not allowed for safety reasons), if you tipped over and weren't able to balance yourself back with your legs that could be really dangerous if your face goes underwater for a long time
13:09 Daisy is like "omg mum I'm TOPLESS why are you filming me DRESSING?!"
Been a lifeguard manager for over 5 years. I'm surprised they don't have more visible lifeguards, especially at the wave pool and at the bottom of the slides. Don't know how they run it there in Florida but it definitely wouldnt happen at the place I work.
Thank you so much for your hard work on your vids we are going to Disney world got the 1st time in August my wife is in a wheel chair and was worried about typhoon lagoon. You have helped us so much with your other vids as well looking forward to the blizzard beach as we are also concerned about that one keep up the good work thanks again
It's cute how your little girl mimics how you move in the water, ignoring using her legs a good chunk of the time.
THANK YOU! While I am not completely wheelchair bound, I do have mobility issues due to RA. In a park, I need to rent a chair. I need the handicap bathrooms, and seats that are frequent and easy to get in and out of. Your video is wonderful.
I’m so glad I stumbled across your channel. Thank you for sharing this! The last time my family went to DW, I stayed in the room while everyone else went to the water parks. It gave me a chance to rest, so it wasn’t necessarily a bad thing! After seeing this, I’ll definitely go along next time. Can’t wait to see your Blizzard Beach video. Reading about accessibility is one thing, but seeing it is so much more valuable for determining if it’s accessible enough for me specifically. Thank you for sharing your experiences!
Im so pleased that this video helped you. :)
This was such a helpful video! We've been trying to find out as much as possible about the waterparks whilst thinking about booking a trip and it's so valuable to see it from a visitor's perspective. It's the having to go and retrieve the wheelchairs yourself that's the biggest drawback for us: not the best when travelling with others with mobility impairments. So glad to see you had such a good time though! Subscribed!
I love your videos and all your positivity from you and your lovely family. Your giving me and my hunny some great ideas for vacations! I’m so glad you all had fun on your Disney trip!
Thank you for your support. really glad you enjoyed the video. :)
Your daughter seems really sweet and I like the fact that you don't necessarily show her that much, like she's not exposed to the whole internet to judge and harass :)
What a FUN family video. Such a lovely day. Big smiles and lots of great info. Thanks!
Ok what you're doing is amazing, my wife works with clients with disabilities and this is a major issue in the US, thank you for your videos
This is heartwarming
So glad I came across this channel ! Love you guys already
I went to Typhoon Lagoon 20 years ago when I was 10. I am a quadriplegic and my parents had to lift me onto an amphibious wheelchair with floating wheels and I floated on the water for a bit. I enjoyed it but the wave machine was a bit scary and I was right by the shore!
Looks like great fun and so good to see that at least some of it is accessible!
Just found this channel....love it ! Thanks for bringing us on y'alls journey !
I stumbled across your vlog and I’m so happy I did. You are doing such a great job and you are a delight to watch. Keep up your great work!
So enjoying living vicariously through your adventures.
Ah thank you lovely. X
I'm so happy to know all of this about their water parks! Always awesome to see how they're innovating to make everyone's experiences better. It blew my mind on a trip with my college when we were in the parks before they opened and they showed us how some rides are now equipt to let wheelchair users roll right into the ride car!
I could listen to your voice all day. Lucky family you got
that slide looks amazing!
These videos are so helpful. As a wheelchair user I always feel quite anxious about travelling anywhere, so it helps massively to have this information. When I eventually manage to go to Disney I'll be watching all your videos again so I'm fully prepared! XxX
Ah thank you so much. I know I would have loved to have seen this before I went.
Jenny Cole The Disney World parks are very accessible. ☺️
Absolutely love this video although I'm not in a chair i do use a stick on bad pain days but I'm so amazed that Disney was so accesable.
Im so glad you enjoyed it. xx
Great video! So glad that I just found your channel!
Dang, that looks so fun! 40 yrs ago I went to DL, and it was nothing like that. If Covid would go away, I might go again. Thanks for sharing your vacation with us. It was fun seeing your family have so much fun.
Wow, wish I had found this before my June trip. I thought I knew all about the parks (avid Disney traveler) but navigating with a child in a wheelchair is a whole different experience. We did Typhoon Lagoon and canceled our Blizzard Beach day because my son just found it too hard. Now I wish we had done Blizzard Beach instead, it may have been a better experience for him.
I appreciate the recommendation UA-cam - subscribed to Gem!
I loved watching this it was very fun and interesting to watch
You are just awesome to watch and your family is beautiful...
Amazing video thanks fro sharing the magic
Fantastic Advice
That little girl looked SO cool! 😎👌
That looks so fun
Great video! Sean?Shawn? was a real trooper going down backwards while filing!
You're my new charisma queen 👑
So glad you got to enjoy yourself
You Go Girl!
You are such a lovely person 🤗 And those braids suit you so well 👍
for some reason i really like your voice
besides that great video ^^
Great work, wish you all the best was a great insight to how well wheelchair access is handled
I really wish that we could make some rides accessible in some way so that there are more for people in wheelchairs.
Ur daughter is so cool lol this is awesome thanks so much for the informative content!
If you ask.. at any Disneyland park entrances they will provide you with a detailed list of weal chair excusable attractions.. 🇨🇦✌️❣️🖐🇨🇦
When I was younger I got caught in between a set of waves in that wave pool and was head over heels for a good 30 seconds! You are brave for getting tossed about in that wave pool! Probably the coolest wave pool I have ever been in but those waves can be so aggressive! And the concrete bottom will scrape you up. It looks like you guys had a lot of fun!
You're gorgeous! Props, I know people who wouldn't mess with those waves and I'm from Orange County! This video had me grinning for 25 minutes, thanks for that😄
Cute pigtails ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
you and your husband seem like such great parents!!
Really cool
I’m going to be participating in the Disney College Program as a cast member this fall, and I love your videos! They’re super insightful hearing what worked for you and what didn’t so that when I go down I know what I can try to do to help guests when it comes to accessibility!
Consider getting a shotgun mic for your phone, like the Deity mics. It's a huge improvement for not a lot of cost.
Happy to see you bring more awareness of the need for wheelchair access and helping people know what to expect
Love your videos Gem, they have helped me so much! One question, how to you manage the stairs in your home, do you have a lift or stair climber?
I’m goin to be watching all these videos. We r off to Orlando in May and my husband is in a wheelchair
Soy Parapléjicos y siempre q buscado un lugar para vacasionar q sea accesible para personas con capacidades diferentes, muchas gracias por este contenido
Great video! Very informative!
My wife, while not in a wheelchair, has some mobility issues. I look forward to watching the BB video.
David Wells I highly recommend renting an ECV if going to the Disney World parks. Lifesavers!
Love the intro music
Amazing video and thank you for sharing. :)
My partner and I are both disabled. He walks but I use a wheelchair. Our combined income goes mostly to the costs of having a disability so no vacation gonna happen. I live in the US where healthcare sucks. But I love watching you have fun and I have gorgeous swimming spots in my community
She is pretty lady. I’m deaf in Louisiana. Give you smile 😊
I will just say I love you and sure I love your videos
Looks like jolly-good fun regardless of your ability level. Cheers!
loved watching this video, it reminded me when I use to take my children on holidays etc, however I've never done a water park, purely because I don't like my legs on show and feet and people staring when I struggle, so I totally have huge respect that you done this. however you have a nice pair of legs, if mine looked like yours maybe I wouldn't feel so embarrassed. thank you for your video.
Thanks for another great video Gem 👍 last time I went to Typhoon Lagoon I was more mobile and have been worried about our upcoming trip. This video will help us make an informed decision but I’m looking forward to seeing the Blizzard Beach one 🙋🏻♀️ 🌊 ☀️ 👙
fab. Im so pleased it will help. :)
Great video!
Thank you for showing both parks I think we will do 2 days at blizzard beach and just have more family fun then not being able to do as many
The US really knows how to cater for us wheelchair users, found that out when we went to Orlando years ago, still had a ride or two i couldnt get on but i wasnt too bothered, Much better than back here in the UK, just got back from Blackpool last week and there wasnt one ride i could get on. Not that im a fan of things like roller coasters anyway, but you would think the slower ones would be accessible, nope!!.
q buen video Saludos desde Argentina.
Thank you so much it was very helpful cause I’m have a disability myself I’m going to Disney World in November 2019
Danny Ortiz i hope you enjoyed! im going in april!
That’s so awesome!! The waterparks here in Arizona only allow for wheel chair users to use the lazy rivers. One park I will never return to. My family got me into a tube and they went off on the rides. After a bit my back couldn’t take the tube anymore and I kept asking the lifeguards to please have some one help me get out. I circled for over half an hour in tears crying from the pain before my family came back and was shocked to find me in that state. I was in so much pain we all had to leave. I can’t do the wave pools. The waves are too painful on my back. I wish they allowed you to have those sit in tubes that I saw others using in the lazy rivers. That would be so much more comfortable and I could get in and out of them on my own. I bought a float that you put on like a diaper (for lack of other description) and you can sit upright in it and it supports your full weight to use with the donut shape floats that they make you use in the lazy river at the other park we go to. It’s still very awkward because I can’t see over the tube because of how low in the water I sit in my own float. I think I will call this summer and ask if I can bring in my own seated float to use and explain my disability. I have hEDS with a slew of comorbid disorders. My spine is needing to be fused and my hips replaced. I’ve been a power chair user for 11 years now.
This video is great for me. Im a below knee Amputee and have recently been to Florida, however did not go to water parks as didn't know how things would work. Now i know for next time that i can go to the water parks. Thank you @wheelsnoheels for this video
Great video, amazing quality, ... may I ask what go pro you use? We were at art of animation from 7-14-18 to 7-30-18 and went to Typhoon Lagoon twice for their after hours party .. i forget what its called... but our go pro 5 black footage didnt seem as nice but it could have had something to do with low light... again love your video
You should try Storyland in New Hampshire, USA. It’s very accessible and fun for all ages. I go every year (not in a wheelchair) but it’s fun for my parents and my sister and I.
I subs you.. its because of this video👍👍👍
Hey I just found your blogs and love them, have you ever been on a cruise
We are going to Disney next year Gem and really looking forward to it but I’m unsure whether we can afford a go pro as well as a vlog camera but looking for to it loads👨🏻🦽🦽
LOL the bum shuffle is how I get up and down the 9 steps to my front door when I can't walk down them. I'm an ambulant wheelchair user, so can walk depending on the day, with varying levels of ability.
i cant tell you how many times ive gotten my head banged, crashed into another person, slammed myself into that ground and gotten dragged along the surface so i got drag burns/wounds.
but... i still had a ton of fun lol
10/10 love typhon lagoon, the wave pool is AMAZING
I basically live at the Disney World parks so I do know quite a few things about each one. Blizzard Beach and Typhoon Lagoon both have an accessible Shower area/Changing room for wheelchair users in the Women's changing areas (not possitive for men, but since they have one for women I assume they also have one for men). The shower part has two sections with two different curtains. When you first walk in to one of the rooms that is considered the changing area and has a bench for sitting on the left hand side. Past the first small area is a second section which is the shower part and it has a second curtain you can close as well. In the shower area there is a shower chair to the left that folds down and right next to it is a handheld shower head to wash yourself with. Each shower area has some form of soap/shampoo to wash with as well. However, when I was at the one in blizzard beach the mechanism that holds the shower head was broken so you had to hold the shower head the whole time or leave it dangling. Not sure if they have or will fix it. I hope this helps you and your subscribers/followers.
6:19 i'm dying ! lmao
Loved this video. The water parks are one part of Disney this is really lacking in accessibility information. Can't wait for the Blizzard Beach video. Sounds like that's the one I really want to check out.
Ah yeah Blizzard beach was awesome. I wish we had two days there instead of one at typhoon and one at blizzard. I don't think there is another video like this on YT yet??
Wheelsnoheels - Gem Hubbard I don’t think there are any videos on this topic yet. Before my first Disney trip as an adult last year I looked up all of the accessability info I could. What I could find on the water parks was very limited.
I went there just last year as well! Haha I wonder if we went around the same time! I was only able to get on the lazy river because I didn't know one of the water slides was accessible!! If I had known I would've gotten on the first water slide you went to since it seemed like the least scary. Loved the water park though.
Wet'n'Wild is a pretty cool place, I can move my legs and all so I just moved my wheelchair up to the shore, then dragged myself in. It's a waterpark though so I don't expect a lot of wheelchair users, of course, and that's why it wasn't too easy to get in and out.