Your Guide to Wheelchair and ECV Accessible Rides in Disney World
If you’re visiting Disney World in a wheelchair or an electric conveyance vehicle (ECV), you may have questions about just how accessible Disney World really is.
ECVs in the rental area at EPCOT
When it comes to Disney World rides, there are different levels of accessibility for every ride — meaning there are some queues that accommodate wheelchairs/ECVs, and some that do not. We have a comprehensive list of every ride’s accessibility options here, so you can arrive at Disney World feeling comfortable and ready to have fun.
May Remain in Wheelchair/ECV
Disney World has four different rides that allow guests to remain in their wheelchair or ECV the entire time — that means you can stay in your vehicle through the ride queue AND onto the ride. These rides include:
- Jungle Cruise
- Journey Into Imagination With Figment
- Liberty Square Riverboat
- Carousel of Progress
Jungle Cruise
These rides have vehicles that accommodate wheelchairs and ECVs so that you never have to transfer out of your wheelchair or ECV.
Must Transfer From Wheelchair/ECV to Ride Vehicle
There are many Disney World rides that require you to transfer from either your wheelchair or ECV into the ride vehicle. This can be for a number of reasons, mostly due to the ride vehicle not being able to accommodate wheelchairs. For these rides, you can typically remain in your wheelchair through the ride queue, but you must exit your chair to enter the ride vehicle. The rides where you must transfer out of your wheelchair or ECV and into a ride vehicle are:
- Alien Swirling Saucers
- Astro Orbiter
- The Barnstormer
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
- Dinosaur
- Dumbo the Flying Elephant
- Expedition Everest
- Frozen Ever After
- Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
- Haunted Mansion
- Kali River Rapids
- Mad Tea Party
- Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway
- Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
- Mission: SPACE
- Na’vi River Journey
- Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
- Soarin’
- Splash Mountain
- Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
- Test Track
- Tomorrowland Speedway
The Wildest Ride in the Wilderness!
When you transfer into the ride vehicle, a Cast Member will typically move your chair to the exit queue, so that there is minimal time required for you to transfer from the ride vehicle and back to your chair.
Must Transfer From ECV to Wheelchair
When Disney requires a transfer from an ECV to a wheelchair, it means that in some way the ride does not accommodate ECVs specifically. If this happens to you, Cast Members will provide you with a wheelchair either at the entrance of the attraction, inside the building, or somewhere in the queue, depending on the ride.
- Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin
- Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros
- “it’s a small world”
- Kilimanjaro Safaris
- Living with the Land
- The Magic Carpets of Aladdin
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
- Prince Charming Regal Carrousel
- Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure
- The Seas with Nemo & Friends
- Toy Story Mania
- TriceraTop Spin
- Under the Sea – Journey of The Little Mermaid
- Walt Disney World Railroad
Toy Story Mania
Some of these rides (like “it’s a small world”) have ride vehicles that allow wheelchairs to board, but ECVs cannot. You don’t have to worry about transferring to a wheelchair, however, like at the rides we’ll discuss in a second, your ECV will be provided to you near the exit queue or the exit of the ride.
Must Transfer From ECV to Wheelchair, and from Wheelchair to Ride Vehicle
For these rides, there is something that makes ECVs unable to make it all the way to the boarding area of the ride. Oftentimes, it’s that the queue is too tight that an ECV would not fit, or there is something else that would prevent an ECV from making it to the boarding zone.
For rides where you must transfer into a wheelchair, the wheelchair will be provided at the attraction. The first transfer may occur at the entrance, inside the building, or elsewhere in the queue.
- Avatar Flight of Passage
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster
- Slinky Dog Dash
- Space Mountain
- Spaceship Earth
- Star Tours
- Tower of Terror
Tower of Terror
And that’s a breakdown of how to navigate ALL of Disney World’s rides with a wheelchair and ECV!
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