NYPost | They are 1 percenters who are 100 percent despicable. Some
wealthy Manhattan moms have figured out a way to cut the long lines at
Disney World — by hiring disabled people to pose as family members so
they and their kids can jump to the front, The Post has learned.
The “black-market Disney guides” run $130 an hour, or $1,040 for an eight-hour day. “My
daughter waited one minute to get on ‘It’s a Small World’ — the other
kids had to wait 2 1/2 hours,” crowed one mom, who hired a disabled
guide through Dream Tours Florida.
“You can’t go to Disney without a tour concierge,’’ she sniffed. “This is how the 1 percent does Disney.”
The
woman said she hired a Dream Tours guide to escort her, her husband and
their 1-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter through the park in a
motorized scooter with a “handicapped” sign on it. The group was sent
straight to an auxiliary entrance at the front of each attraction.
Disney allows each guest who needs a wheelchair or motorized scooter to bring up to six guests to a “more convenient entrance.”
The
Florida entertainment mecca warns that there “may be a waiting period
before boarding.” But the consensus among upper-crust moms who have used
the illicit handicap tactic is that the trick is well worth the cost.
Not only is their “black-market tour guide” more efficient than Disney World’s VIP Tours, it’s cheaper, too.
Disney Tours offers a VIP guide and fast passes for $310 to $380 per hour.
Passing
around the rogue guide service’s phone number recently became a
shameless ritual among Manhattan’s private-school set during spring
break. The service asks who referred you before they even take your
call.
“It’s insider knowledge that very few have and share
carefully,” said social anthropologist Dr. Wednesday Martin, who caught
wind of the underground network while doing research for her upcoming
book “Primates of Park Avenue.”
“Who wants a speed pass when you can use your black-market handicapped guide to circumvent the lines all together?” she said.
“So when you’re doing it, you’re affirming that you are one of the privileged insiders who has and shares this information.”
