Just like any other devices/modifications, what works well for one person may
be totally inaccessible to someone with a different disability. We have put
together information we have found and experienced. From here you can use
educated guesses on what will work for you.
Quick Info:
Access Steps/Bump steps:
All pools have steps leading into them, along with wheelchair
access which is generally an area allowing guests to slide off the chair onto a
stepped area, and from there slide into the pool.
Coronado Springs (main pool and quiet pool at Casitas)
Old Key West (all quiet pools)
Polynesian
Pop Century (bowling pin pool)
Port Orleans French Quarter
Wilderness Lodge (quiet pool)
Yacht and Beach Club
Zero Entry Pools (each of these pools will have water
wheelchairs available)
Animal
Kingdom Lodge
Polynesian
Grand
Floridian
Saratoga
Springs
Beach/Yacht
Club
Lifts
Saratoga Springs is the only WDW Resort currently equipped with a lift. Ask
lifeguard to obtain it.
Resort Specific
Information
Beach Club/ Yacht Club - Stormalong Bay
Stormalong Bay has 'bump' steps, there is no zero-depth entry area and there is
no water wheelchair. The steps are located near the entry to the pool by Beaches
and Cream. They consist of a series of steps starting at the pool edge and
rising up to a platform at wheelchair seat level. Someone with strong upper body
strength would be able to bounce themselves in and then out of the water one
step at a time. Upon leaving the pool, you would "bump" up to the steps to the
platform then make a side transfer to a wheelchair. You would need pretty good
upper body strength and balance.
Saratoga Springs Resort
SSR is a zero entry pool and also has a moveable lift. It is only a bit about 5
feet deep at the deepest point in the middle of the pool. The 5 foot deep part
is fairly small and most of the pool is shallow. Also SSR can move the lift to
one of the awesome hot tubs, so if you like to soak in a hot tub, then no
problem! If you need the lify, notify one of the lifeguards.
Coronado Springs Resort
All pools have "bump steps" leading into them.
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