A woman has spoken out after her husband revealed his plans to "hire" a disabled person so they could skip the queues at Disneyland.
In a now-viral thread on parenting site Mumsnet, the anonymous woman explained that she and her husband are heading to France in October, with a trip to Disneyland Paris on the cards.
But while she’s excited for a dose of Disney magic, her husband’s suggested shortcut has left her feeling queasy.
His intention was to hire a disabled person — someone they found online — to accompany them to the park so they could use the disability access pass to jump the queues for rides and meet-and-greets.
“I didn't even know these things existed,” the woman wrote. “I've not been to DLP [Disneyland Paris] for a number of years, but apparently it's a thing that people go with their disabled parents just so they can skip queues for rides and to see characters etc.?”
She even shared a link to a website where a man offers this exact service for just over $100 per day, promising a “seamless and fun” experience at Disneyland Paris.
But despite her obvious discomfort with the idea, she asked fellow users whether she was overreacting — or should go ahead with the plan.
“Can anyone corroborate this? It seems mad to me and beyond unethical,” she added. “Anyway, AIBU [am I being unreasonable] or should we really use someone like this to help us skip queues?”
As you might expect, the post lit a fire under the community.
One person said: "It’s a terrible thing to do. My sister took my severely disabled non verbal autistic niece to DLP and there were so many queue jumpers in the disabled queue that they legitimately joined, that a little boy who was genuinely very disabled and a few places behind her, missed his ride entirely.
"His mum had been trying to get him to understand the wait in the, albeit, shorter disabled queue. He was devastated and had a meltdown when they reached the front and the ride broke down. Yay for all the selfish gits who took his treat."
A second said: "Feels super icky. I can see why he's doing it, he's basically getting paid to go to theme parks. But I wouldn't want to hang out all day with a complete stranger, especially with my children."
A third added: "As someone with two genuinely disabled DC who may no longer qualify for Disability Access Pass when we go to Disney later this year because they've clamped down massively due to shit like this, tell your DP [dear partner] he's being a selfish tw*t."
Safe to say this is a bad idea from the husband?