Summary: <a href="http://specialmouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/DOW-Logo.jpeg"></a> Today's feature guest is Andrew Prince from Ohio. Andrew is a contributing writer of Disney on Wheels for the WDWRadio blog. He was born with cerebral palsy and gets around in a wheelchair. (Cerebral palsy affects body movement, muscle control, muscle coordination, muscle tone, reflex, posture and balance. It can also impact fine motor skills, gross motor skills and oral motor functioning.) Andrew is an experienced wheelchair traveler and has been to both US Disney parks, several D23 events and is a DCL gold castaway member! <a href="http://specialmouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/A.Prince.jpg"></a> Andrew's Disney travels began with a trip to Walt Disney World in 2003, where he met his first "crush," Mary Poppins! Since then, he and his Disney-loving family have traveled and cruised extensively with Disney. He hopes that his blog will encourage others with cerebral palsy or other mobility challenges to pursue Disney travel on wheels! <a href="http://specialmouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/First-trip-to-WDW-Oct-2003-Mary-Poppins.jpg"></a> If you would like to contact him feel free to e-mail him at arprince@bex.net or look him up on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/andrew.prince.7161">Facebook</a> and on <a href="https://twitter.com/Andrew1arp">Twitter</a>. Disney on Wheels itself can be accessed on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DisneyOnWheels?fref=ts">here</a>, or you can join the Disney on Wheels <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/Disneyonwheels/">Facebook Group.</a> The archives on WDWRadio can be accessed<a href="http://www.wdwradio.com/tag/disney-on-wheels/"> here.</a> <a href="http://specialmouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/First-trip-to-WDW-family-with-Mickey.jpg"></a> Tip of the Week: This week's tip concerns the use of Disney's DAS (Disability Access Service) system. The DAS is used in conjunction with the FastPass system to reserve ride times for certain popular attractions. Unfortunately, theme park attractions do break down from time to time and it is particularly frustrating when they do so during your ride reservation window! What do you do when you are given a DAS return time only to discover that the attraction has broken down? This happened to our family twice on our recent WDW vacation, once at Epcot's Test Track and once on Space Mountain at the Magic Kingdom. Because Cast Members are unable to determine how long an attraction will be out of service, they are unable to provide DAS return times while the attraction is out of service. (This is because DAS return times are based upon current standby wait times.) We discovered that CMs were unable to delete or edit our DAS return times using their handheld devices. Instead, we were directed to choose another attraction and visit the FastPass return kiosk at the new attraction to make a brand-new DAS reservation. (FastPass holders would need to do the same thing; visit a FP kiosk and make changes.) This is one more reason why it is important to prepare the person with cognitive, psychological or developmental disabilities for the possibility of ride breakdown and a change of plans! Mousekeeping: Thanks and shout-outs on-air for supporters of Walt Disney World with Autism: A Special Needs Guide on Kickstarter! I will be a guest on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/thebigfatpanda">Big Fat Panda Show</a> later this month! Check out this fantastic youtube channel by my friend, John Saccheri. (I'll share the link when the show goes "live!") Thanks for listening, Kathy
