Which rides are (and are not) included with Disney's new Advanced Planning DAS system?
Disney has provided the full list of attractions that are included in the new DAS system. They have also provided the attractions that are not, and those may surprise you. Did you expect exclusions? Do you think this is fair?
New DAS System
This post concerns the ADVANCED PLANNING option!
When all of the Genie news came out, Disney also announced changes were underway for the DAS system. In the announcement, we learned that there would be a pre-booking option and Guests would be able to obtain return times via the app instead of in person.
The new DAS system will roll out with Genie on October 19. We still do not know when the pre-booking option opens up.
You can read the most recent update for pre-booking and pre-selecting vs same day booking HERE. Disney has since updated its website to include the list of attractions that can be selected using DAS, which you can see below.
Rides that ARE included
From the Disney website:
Q: What attractions are available for Guests using the Disability Access Service (DAS) Advance planning option?
A. After you've registered for DAS, a Cast Member will assist you in booking up to 2 one-hour return windows per day for select experiences. Experiences may include:
Magic Kingdom Park
- The Barnstormer
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
- Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin
- Dumbo the Flying Elephant
- Haunted Mansion
- "it's a small world"
- Jungle Cruise
- Mad Tea Party
- The Magic Carpets of Aladdin
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
- Mickey's PhilharMagic
- Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor
- Peter Pan's Flight
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- Splash Mountain
- Tomorrowland Speedway
- Under the Sea ~ Journey of The Little Mermaid
EPCOT
- Disney and Pixar Short Film Festival
- Journey Into Imagination With Figment
- Living with the Land
- Mission: SPACE
- The Seas with Nemo & Friends
- Soarin' Around the World
- Spaceship Earth
- Test Track
- Turtle Talk With Crush
Disney's Hollywood Studios
- Alien Swirling Saucers
- Beauty & The Beast Live on Stage
- Disney Junior Play & Dance!
- For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration
- Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
- Muppet*Vision 3D
- Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith
- Slinky Dog Dash
- Star Tours - The Adventures Continue
- The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror™
- Toy Story Mania!
Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park
- The Animation Experience at Conservation Station
- DINOSAUR
- Feathered Friends in Flight!
- Festival of the Lion King
- It's Tough to be a Bug!
- Kali River Rapids
- Kilimanjaro Safaris
- Na'vi River Journey
Rides that are NOT included
The attractions that you pay a la carte for appear to be excluded from the advance planning attraction list. Perhaps you will be able to select DAS returns times for them the day of? Disney is not specifying either way. We simply do not have the answers to all of these questions. Will you still have to pay for the ILL attractions? Will you be able to select them the day of? We will find out next week when it debuts.
The language from yesterday's update was confusing and more clarification is needed on several aspects. As a reminder, here are the Individual Lightning Lane Selections aka the a la carte paid options:
At Magic Kingdom:
- Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
- Space Mountain
At EPCOT:
- Frozen Ever After
- Remy's Ratatouille Adventure (will still utilize a virtual queue as well)
At Hollywood Studios:
- Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway
- Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
At Animal Kingdom:
- Avatar Flight of Passage
- Expedition Everest - Legend of the Forbidden Mountain
Read more about pricing for these attractions HERE.
Do you think it's fair the Individual Lightning Lane Selections are excluded from the DAS advanced planning? Join the conversation in the comments below and on Facebook.
with Genie plus you have shorter waiting times and dont have to wait in line. But with DAS you have the same wait time as all of the other guests but you dont have to wait physically in the line. So if the wait time is 2 hrs and its 1:00 your return time will be 3:00. You just dont have to physically wait but you have the same wait time. So those with DAS can have time to go to a calm down room if they need to or take meds ect. So you dont get shorter times like with the Genie plus.
I have a bad back from when I fell and can't stand for long periods. Does this quailiy me?
If you cannot stand for long periods of time they will probably advise you to get a wheelchair or scooter. Mobility issues that are resolved with either one will not qualify you for DAS.
This fully comes down to the individual to be fair... my husband has chrones so he's fine on rides, but he needs to make very regular toilet stops. This means unless we were lucky to get a Genie+ ride, there's just no way we'll be risking hour long queues, only to have to leave them for the toilet. This gives assurance that we won't be queing long, and if we still do need to leave the queue, we've not wasted too much time, and it's less of a loss than a long wait we've experienced, or a paid Genie+ / LL that we've missed out on.
Can you use DAS for a return time before you actually enter the park for the day? For example, I'm going to Animal Kingdom for the day, but don't plan to arrive until 10am. I go on at 9am and the wait for Flight of Passage is already two hours, can I select a return time 2 hours away before I check into the park, or can you only do this when you're physically IN the park for the day?
You have to be in the park in order to get your day-of DAS selections. You can pre-select 2 attractions 30 days in advance, but Flight of Passage is not included in the pre-selections.
Hi Dave, I am from the UK and have registered. You need to use a VPN (I use Tunnel Bear on my phone) and then the video chat works.
Frustrated with DAS, kept getting told to click the link for details but as I live in the UK the link doesnt work. after a number of chats with the My Disney Experience, i was told that International guests cannot pre-book the DAS and will have to arrange this when we arrive on site. I am being told this is for US Guests only as it is a trial. Kept getting different stories from different cast members and seems they do not know what they are doing. Very poor experience so far and can only hope that we get sorted on the day we arrive.
My son has Sensory Modulation Disorder (a sensory processing order), so he needs a lot of movement. He LOVES roller coasters and intense rides because he loves movement. He can also get over stimulated and when he does he starts shaking his head. He says it helps him be calm. Sometimes movement calms. He falls asleep in the car almost every time we travel more than 30 mins and he's nearly 5 because the movement is calming. He cannot tolerate waiting in line because he will get disregulated, start spinning and having all kinds of big emotions. Everyone is different and autism is not the only sensory disorder. I wish all of the rides could be "pre-booked", but I'm grateful that the majority of them are because I don't think Disney would be a possibility for us without DAS. Everyone, especially my son, would be miserable with the lines.
Just because one has anxiety, doesn’t mean they can’t ride intense rides. Triggers for anxiety are different for everyone. My daughter can handle all rides at Disney. She has ridden them since she was tall enough and loved them all. We have never needed the DAS program, but our last visit she was having panic attacks in the parks. It was caused by overstimulation from people. Worry about something happening to the younger kids in our group. Feeling rushed. People constantly bumping and pushing(some people are very aggressive with strollers). I left the park early with her almost every day because she couldn’t handle it. She has anxiety and a rare neurological disorder. We will try the DAS program this visit. I will give her breaks from the crowds during our wait times. I will be able to give her the opportunity to decompress rather than standing in a line crowded with people. I get your question because I would have the same question if it weren’t for the experience I have had with my daughter.
I’m a long time DAS user. While Disney won’t ask for medical evidence, the system is open to abuse. I wonder at what point there will be no accommodation for guests with disabilities.
The idea of the DAS pass is to reduce time spent queuing. You can do that by paying for the individual attractions, and you can buy Genie+ to reduce waits, which I will be doing.
On the forum I regularly use a lot of people seem to be saying “well I’ve never used a DAS pass before but I will on the next trip”.
At least having the discussion about need for a DAS pass, by video call, is more private than standing at Guest Relations having to shout through a plexi glass screen!
My kiddo has chronic daily migraine and dysautonomia. Being in a noisy space for a prolonged period can send her migraine skyrocketing. Having to be in one spot (sitting or standing) for a prolonged period can cause her to lose her eyesight for up to an hour, lose some or all motor control, or have a lengthy non-responsive episode where she is fully conscious but appears to have fainted. Bystanders tend to call for emergency services. Rides aren't long enough to cause the issue, but lines are. She can probably handle 2-3 hours per day in the parks, total. Her top attractions in the parks are Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. As long as she wears her noise-cancelling headphones, she should be able to enjoy the activities with plenty of breaks in between. If she also had to stand in lines, that wouldn't be a possibility.
My autistic son loves intense rides, his favorite ride in Disney is Everest Rollercoaster, some people on the spectrum thrive on intense rides. There is a saying if you have met a person with autism you have met a person with autism. Ie they are all different, oh just like people not on the spectrum.
It's not just people on "the spectrum". I have DAS for a couple of reasons.I use a scooter to navigate, which is fine, but I also have some other issues that make it impossible for me to sit in a line for more than about 15-30 minutes or so without near immediate access to a restroom..Embarrassing, but actually quite common in older folks.
And, to answer your unasked question, yes, there are rides that I will not ride due to my disability. Space Mountain is one of them.
FYI, not being "able to stand for long periods" alone, is not a valid reason for having a DAS.pass, as guest as guest services will tell you. They provide wheelchairs for those folks.
I hope that this helps you to understand.
Ok. Here’s an example. My brother uses the old system and would be eligible for the new DAS system. He has Ushers syndrome, which for him, concerning the ride lines, makes it difficult for his impacted vision to navigate the lines. He has trouble seeing the bottom third of his vision and adjusting to change in lighting. Not having to physically wait in the line makes it so much easier. He has no issue waiting for the standby time, however long it it, just not actually physically waiting in the line. With all this said, he has ZERO issues actually riding the rides and experiences them the same as us. He can get on and off the rides on his own and this has NOTHING to do with how intense the rides are or aren’t.
Being able to return and walk up a short line without other people bumping into him has made a huge improvement for him in the past. It has avoided possible issues of him tripping or bumping into things or other people and has avoided situations where he could injure himself or someone else.
This is just one example of thousands of others that warrant someone using the DAS system outside of who you imagined needing it or “shouldn’t” be on rides as you mentioned.
All people should be given then chance and opportunity to ride whatever rides they wish. This is regardless of whether or not they will. It is the opportunity to give everyone a fair and equal experience.
It is not up to you to determine why a person would want to ride something or if it is too intense for them. It is up to that person and their individual situation.
And I also can’t ride space mountain, ratatouille, Everest because of severe motion sickness. I take 2 dramamine to ride anything else
I am trying to understand (I am being serious) how most people with a das would want to ride most of the restricted rides. If you are on the spectrum, it seems like most of these would give sensory overload. If you suffer from anxiety, some of these..not all..would send anxiety over the top. Physical ailments such as back problems would negate lots of these. I truly am trying to understand. A person on the das is getting the genie + to access. The few rides that aren’t available are are some of the most intense.
I just think it's great they are doing this advance video chat. Every little bit helps, and this is something they didn't have before. Hopefully with the others, it will work as it did in past where guests with DAS can get return times equal to standby times from a CM in park.
So basically Genie + for free? That should be interesting…
These rides are NOT excluded from DAS. They are only excluded from the 2 rides that you can pre-select each day. You will still need a boarding group for Remy, but then can use the LL line. The other 7 rides listed here you will just approach the CM as we've always done in the past (until we're able to make the selections in the app)
I think that Disney is smart enough to realize that if they advertise one can get on these particular rides for free with the DAS service, people will lie and go that route instead of actually paying the one time fee.
So agree
I think it is discrimination, 100 %.
I think this is discrimination! So not right in so many ways