Comments on: “Disney sued for Segway ban”

By: Update: “Segway lawsuit against Disney dismissed”

Update: “Segway lawsuit against Disney dismissed” — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:55:10 +0000

[...] missed this story in February, but a federal judge in Orlando threw out the suit (Nov. 13) claiming that Disney World discriminates against the disabled by not permitting Segway [...]

By: Deoxy

Deoxy — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:21:58 +0000

Of course Disney can never win! They have lots of money and aren’t themselves lawyers. That’s the way the system is designed.

By: anne norvell

anne norvell — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:10:15 +0000

After doing a little research, it sounds like it is pretty easy for the rider to hurt themselves when operating. These people strike me as the kind who file a lawsuit against the park because they ended up injuring themselves on park property. Disney can never win.

By: SpectreChiefEngineer

SpectreChiefEngineer — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:20:26 +0000

It’s interesting to note; that there was (do not know if it still there) a Segway demonstration in Epcot Center.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:09:10 +0000

The Irony is I can see Disney losing this suit and then someone getting hurt by a segway and that persons sues Disney too for not taking the proper preventative steps.

By: OBQuiet

OBQuiet — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:21:13 +0000

If they let ‘handicapped’ individuals use Segways, will they require proof of disability to use one? And how long will it take for some “able bodied” person to sue for not being allowed to use one too.

By: kimsch

kimsch — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:45:21 +0000

kat,

you can purchase a really good powerchair for less than a seqway costs. You can sit in it, you can carry things, if a child gets really tired you can share. Can’t do any of that with a Segway.

Mr. Harrison.

The power chairs go less than 12 mph. There’s one that advertises it can go 9 mph.

Powerchairs are generally for people who are disabled, whereas Seqways seem to be more for people who aren’t.

By: kat

kat — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:19:00 +0000

I’m not saying I approve of the litigation, but was wondering. If the chairs are expensive to rent, is it unreasonable to require someone who already has a Segway, which is therefore effectively free, to pay the additional money to rent a chair instead?

By: z0l0ft

z0l0ft — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:31:01 +0000

One of the people suing Disney says she did not want her children seeing her rely on a wheelchair.

But she has no problem letting her children see her use the legal system bully others into giving her what she wants

By: Deoxy

Deoxy — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:54:25 +0000

“and offending people WHO MATTER is illegal now.”

There, fixed. And we all know of “certain groups” that don’t really matter… (Christians, conservatives, Republicans, any corporation or bbbusiness too large to be called “Mom and Pop” which doesn’t donate to the “right” causes, etc.)

Seriously, the people who get all uppity about how stuff is “offensive” are generally offending 50+ % of the population, who (mostly) politely suffer through.