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proud2BlibKansan

(96,793 posts)
Tue May 14, 2013, 01:09 PM May 2013

Rich Manhattan moms hire handicapped tour guides so kids can cut lines at Disneyworld

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.

More . . . http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/disney_world_srich_kid_outrage_zTBA0xrvZRkIVc1zItXGDP

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Rich Manhattan moms hire handicapped tour guides so kids can cut lines at Disneyworld (Original Post) proud2BlibKansan May 2013 OP
For someone unemployed, I imagine that's a dream. closeupready May 2013 #1
yeah, good days pay for someone Liberal_in_LA May 2013 #6
Good Lord. sibelian May 2013 #2
Uhhh...150 minute wait for It's A Small World?? Roland99 May 2013 #3
Many people would pay extra to avoid that ride. Shrike47 May 2013 #4
Despicable missingthebigdog May 2013 #5
On the other hand, the disabled guides also had the opportunity to visit bike man May 2013 #7
 

closeupready

(29,503 posts)
1. For someone unemployed, I imagine that's a dream.
Tue May 14, 2013, 01:12 PM
May 2013

What Billie Holiday meant when she sang, 'nice work if you can get it.'

On edit, I just saw the source - if the NY Post claims it's going to be sunny, take an umbrella.

sibelian

(7,804 posts)
2. Good Lord.
Tue May 14, 2013, 01:18 PM
May 2013

Only that type could think of some new, clever, twisted way to make something that's supposed to be pleasurable ugly.

It's as if they have this deep instinct for spoiling everything.

missingthebigdog

(1,233 posts)
5. Despicable
Tue May 14, 2013, 02:38 PM
May 2013

My daughter is severely autistic. I took her to Disneyworld when she was little, and that pass was the difference between a positive experience for her and a nightmare for everyone. Without that pass, she could not have gone.
She had the time of her life. I treasure that trip, and resent these people for gaming the system and jeopardizing the joy of kids like mine.

 

bike man

(620 posts)
7. On the other hand, the disabled guides also had the opportunity to visit
Tue May 14, 2013, 03:43 PM
May 2013

the attractions, while making a more than decent wage.

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