Disney After Cancer Surgery: A Wild Celebration! 036




Special Mouse show

Summary: What better way to celebrate your cancer-free status than with a trip to Walt Disney World? Kris Banas joins Kathy to discuss her husband's experience vacationing with an ileostomy at Walt Disney World and how she conquered her fear of heights on the Wild Africa Trek at Disney's Animal Kingdom! <a href="http://specialmouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Kris_Banas.jpg"></a> Disney's <a href="https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/events-tours/animal-kingdom/wild-africa-trek/">Wild Africa Trek</a> is a tour offered at Disney's Animal Kingdom Park at the Walt Disney World Resort. It is "a privately guided VIP expedition offering close encounters with exotic African wildlife in their native habitat." Accessibility Information: Guests must be ambulatory. For safety, guests should be in good health and free from high blood pressure, heart, back or neck problems, motion sickness or "other conditions that could be aggravated by this adventure." Expectant mothers should not ride. For more information about ileostomies and colo-rectal cancer, visit the <a href="http://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatmentsandsideeffects/physicalsideeffects/ostomies/ileostomyguide/ileostomy-guide-toc">American Cancer Society </a>website. Our Tip of the Week comes right from our community group on Facebook! Listener Jennifer Banks asks, "How many people can accompany the person who is issued the DAS? The only place I've seen it addressed says six total in your party, but that if your party has more, you can all go together to Guest Services and have it issued for that many. Is this true?" The answer is, yes! Visit Guest Services at any of the Disney theme parks and ask for a Cast Member manager. He or she can authorize a larger party for use of the DAS accommodation. Unfortunately, this must be done in person -- Disney cannot issue these accommodations prior to your visit (at least at this point in time!) For information on obtaining Disney's Disability Access Service Card, visit  <a href="https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/faq/guests-with-disabilities/attraction-access/">Guests with Disabilities: Frequently Asked Questions.</a> This episode is sponsored by Amy at Up and Up Travel, the preferred Disney Travel Agency of the Special Mouse podcast. Visit <a href="http://upanduptravel.com/">Up and Up Travel </a>today! Thanks for listening!   ~Kathy