Alton Towers to remove disability pass for certain conditions

Read it yesterday and was appalled at the whole wording of it. I have no issue with using our daughters PIP to pay for her a fast pass but it’s way they have done this. Both our Son and Daughter are autistic and he hates rides and parks. Our daughter loves the rides but struggles to stand around enclosed spaces with lots of people as she feels like her space is getting invaded, she always likes to know where the exit is everywhere she goes. We are planning a trip to Alton Towers in April and will see how it goes, she is also off to Disney World in August and there system encompasses neurodivergent people so much better. We have no issues in waiting in a virtual queue, we don’t want to jump the queue but I think a lot of people who are possibly not neurodiverse or have a disability just think anyone who is gets things for free and goes first. So not the case, neither of ours adults kids could access anything without having at least one carer with them so that normally adds onto the cost along with providing evidence or filling in forms and jumping through hoops. I can see Alton Towers possibly changing tack if someone challenges this legally. Yet another attack on the disabled.

It's not able bodied people who complained. It's other disabled people who say the disabled waits are getting too long.

I can see their point. Imagine if 50% more people suddenly started using disabled toilets. The queue for those would get much longer and the people most in need would not be able to use them quickly enough. Therefore those most in need are losing out despite the physical adaption being put in place.

Unfortunately this was always going to happen with an increase in anxiety & Autism diagnoses. The half term holiday is only 2 weeks long, it's simply not possible to spread out the large volume of people with the passes over just 2 weeks.