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Originally Posted by
conan617
Hello Disney Friends! I'm taking my mom in September and due to some health concerns she would like to rent a scooter. She has asked me a few questions that I haven't been able find the answers here after reading a number of posts.
Here are the questions I'm hoping you can help us with:
Mom is concerned someone will take her scooter (by mistake or on purpose) while she is riding an attraction. Any suggestions I can give her to make her feel better?
Are there places she can park her scooter and leave it for a short time while she rides or shops? She can still walk short periods but will need the scooter for the vast majority of the day. Can she park it in stroller areas perhaps?
If you have any other tips you would like to share to help my mom feel more content, please feel free to share.
Thank you so much!
I don't know if anyone has taken another's persons ECV in all of my trips. My lady friend and I have used an ECV for a large number of trips with no issue of theft. To my knowledge all of the ECV's have their own key like your car, always take your key if you are going to stray from it.
At rides there maybe a specific area to park or there are some that you can ride it to where you board. A cast member will Instruct you to take your key and they will move your ECV to an area where you de-board the ride. If your not sure just ask a cast member.
We have used Apple Scooter for our trips with few issues such as battery problems. There are a large number of off site providers to chose from. They are cheaper than Disney scooters and you can take them to the resort. Most of Disney's transportation can handle ECV's.
There are new policy's in place where you well need to arrange a pickup and drop off time as Disney Resorts will not accept or return them to an off site provider.
Hope this helps...
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Originally Posted by
Itchy
I don't know if anyone has taken another's persons ECV in all of my trips. My lady friend and I have used an ECV for a large number of trips with no issue of theft. To my knowledge all of the ECV's have their own key like your car, always take your key if you are going to stray from it.
This may be a silly question but if we take the key, can the CMs still move them around?
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Originally Posted by
conan617
This may be a silly question but if we take the key, can the CMs still move them around?
Yes, they can. I used to wonder the same thing. Then once I figured out that they could, I asked them how. Turns out there's a lever in the rear that puts the ECV in Neutral (or they call "freewheel"). Once the lever is pushed to neutral, they (or you anytime you want) can push the ECV around. However, as I learned the hard way, if the lever is still in the neutral position when you put the key in and try to start the ECV, it won't start. You have to take the key back out, put the ECV back in gear (push the lever), THEN put the key in and try to start it. I was about ready to call the rental company and tell them my ECV wouldn't work the first time I tried to put the ECV into neutral and push it around. In my experience, the CMs have always remembered to put the ECV back in gear after they push it around. Me, not so much!
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