Ride Access Pass and Disabled Access - 2024 Discussion

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How do the parks do that though? What defines "more accessible" in this regard?

Think its hard to solve as my side is dealing with a physical disability so what works for us doesn't work for all.

Besides when they do make things a bit more accessible (like the Duel tilted room removal) everyone else gets whingey about it.

Main thing is reduced queue times through improved operations, availability and capacity. I’ve praised the European parks we’ve visited where we don’t need to use RAP (and Paultons qualify here) because you’re rarely queuing for more than 20 minutes.

I think we’d see a massive reduction in RAP usage if that was the case at Merlin parks but obviously that’s unlikely. It’s the crux of what RAP is, people unable to queue for long periods and despite protestations on here Merlin parks at peak times commonly face 60+ minute queues for multiple major attractions.

Other than that various small changes such as making queues lines wheelchair accessible, remove fast track and virtual queue options.

As ever I’d be remiss for not praising Merlin for offering more in terms of accessibility than most European parks… or attempting to anyway.