People rant and rave about the happiest place on earth. I’m sure that you can figure out the place this is. You are correct if you said Disneyland?

Let me say, that more than a few times I was not happy at Disneyland and for me I have to say it wasn’t the happiest place on earth. Disneyland and their views on individuals with disabilities is black and white. For many years, I’ve had a passport to visit the park at any given time. A friend and I decided to go to Disneyland. As we drive into Disney all cars must stop to pay for parking or give the greeter the passport to scan.

There are two directions to park, handicap and general parking. I am disabled and park in the handicap parking which is to the left, as I hang up my handicap sign in my car rear view mirror we are signed to go to the left to park. As we walk toward the train to the front gates, it was so packed and crowded so we decided to go onto the disabled ramp to avoid waiting in a long line. As we waited, about five minutes later an associate walked up to us and asked us to get out of the line, I turned to the young girl and told her I am disabled and waiting a long time hurts my back, as she looked at me up and down, she replied, "you are not in a wheelchair." She insisted we get out of the line, so embarrassed she did this in front of others, I just walked out of the line.

When we got to Disneyland the first thing we did was go straight to City Hall to voice my complaint. I felt discriminated against--just because I wasn’t in a wheelchair, they denied me access to the handicap accessibility ramp. We asked to speak to a manager, we got a manager who wouldn’t apologize and wanted proof that I was disabled, I told her that she is not allowed by law to ask me that, and she apologized for any misunderstanding.

I told her that Disneyland discriminated against me because my disability isn’t visible. All she could do is apologize about how I was treated at the train, but nothing else was done. I was so upset, I closed the conversation by saying sorry isn’t going to fix the situation. Disneyland should change their views as opposed to judging someone who isn’t in a wheelchair. This was not the only time this happened to me at Disneyland and I finally made the choice not to renew my passport. Bye Disneyland.