[h=1]Rich Manhattan moms hire handicapped tour guides so kids can cut lines at Disney World[/h] By TARA PALMERI
Last Updated: 7:14 PM, May 14, 2013
Posted: 2:45 AM, May 14, 2013 NYPOST EXCERPT:
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 Its 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 cant 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 Worlds VIP Tours, its cheaper, too.
Disney Tours offers a VIP guide and fast passes for $310 to $380 per hour.
Passing around the rogue guide services phone number recently became a shameless ritual among Manhattans private-school set during spring break. The service asks who referred you before they even take your call.
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By some reports the agency takes 20% leaving 80% for the handicapped guide. $800 per day x 300 days per year = a $240,000 a year income for riding rides.
Cut my foot off, Stat!
Last Updated: 7:14 PM, May 14, 2013
Posted: 2:45 AM, May 14, 2013 NYPOST EXCERPT:
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 Its 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 cant 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 Worlds VIP Tours, its cheaper, too.
Disney Tours offers a VIP guide and fast passes for $310 to $380 per hour.
Passing around the rogue guide services phone number recently became a shameless ritual among Manhattans private-school set during spring break. The service asks who referred you before they even take your call.
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By some reports the agency takes 20% leaving 80% for the handicapped guide. $800 per day x 300 days per year = a $240,000 a year income for riding rides.
Cut my foot off, Stat!
