Twende
Best laid plans of Mouse and men.....
- Joined
- Mar 29, 2004
We stayed in OKW on this most recent trip and planned on using the boats to Disney Springs. DH uses a scooter and then transfers to rides. He does walk but not for long distances no doubt 10 -12 miles a day. We had already used boats in the Epcot resort area with no problems.
When returning from our first trip over to DS, the captain of the boat asked DH to back his scooter down the ramp from the boat onto the dock. DH said he had noticed a good slant on the ramp when getting on at OKW but had no problem going up it on to the boat. But when returning he had his front wheel still on the ramp and his back wheels on the dock when suddenly the entire scooter did a flip with the front of the scooter in the air. DH hit his head slightly and landed on his back with his feet in the air. All our take outs scattered all over the dock as they were in a basket on the front of the scooter.
Our dear friends rushed to grab him and stopped him and the scooter from going into the lake. They were able to get him rolled off to the side and get the scooter upright.
We later laughed about it all but the seriousness also sunk in and we tried to figure out what went wrong.
Needless to say he refused to take the boats back to DS and I went alone the next times.
Has this happened to any one else? Should he have been directed to back down the ramp? Is there a point at which the slope of the ramp is too much for a scooter?
When returning from our first trip over to DS, the captain of the boat asked DH to back his scooter down the ramp from the boat onto the dock. DH said he had noticed a good slant on the ramp when getting on at OKW but had no problem going up it on to the boat. But when returning he had his front wheel still on the ramp and his back wheels on the dock when suddenly the entire scooter did a flip with the front of the scooter in the air. DH hit his head slightly and landed on his back with his feet in the air. All our take outs scattered all over the dock as they were in a basket on the front of the scooter.
Our dear friends rushed to grab him and stopped him and the scooter from going into the lake. They were able to get him rolled off to the side and get the scooter upright.
We later laughed about it all but the seriousness also sunk in and we tried to figure out what went wrong.
Needless to say he refused to take the boats back to DS and I went alone the next times.
Has this happened to any one else? Should he have been directed to back down the ramp? Is there a point at which the slope of the ramp is too much for a scooter?