So last night, I got out of a local (to me) meeting where I was speaking on accessibility issues within my local government, and when I logged on to check on things, I started seeing notifications that some people were reporting that they had just had a DAS call and were being approved for 240 days, instead of the 120 that until now, has been the standard. I checked the Walt Disney World website, and there was no indication that anything had changed, and still, more and more report were coming. I hopped onto TikTok and posted about the rumored change.
Today, that information was confirmed by a TikTok user via screenshot, which I shared in another video (seen below, with caption underneath).
The image shows a screenshot for a DAS chat, with a section circled in red, with a white arrow pointed and the word “here”. That sectioned circle reads, in part, “if we are able to register you for DAS again, then that registration would be valid for 240 days.”
As of the time I’m writing this, there still has been no update to the Walt Disney World website. I’ve also heard from Disneyland Magic Key holders that this has been changed for them as well, with no info on that site either. Since this is all super new and nothing has been publicly released about this change, I started a Google Forms survey to try to gather information about who is getting access to this longer approval window. This is a super short, anonymous survey primarily focused on understanding the approval window changes and who they apply to.
A note about these changes: I know – this is not the big sweeping changes in eligibility that we are hoping to see to the program, but it DOES show that the dial is moving and things are happening. Bigger changes need to happen, and I believe we may start to see things on that front in the coming months, but it’s going to take a lot of advocacy. Please continue sharing your stories, filling out the RTQ surveys, making videos and reaching out – it’s working.
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