When it comes to planning a trip to Disney World, we try to provide you with as many resources as possible so you can spend more time having fun at the parks. One of the most amazing things about choosing Disney World for your frogtastic family vacation is that the parks offer accommodations for those with disabilities or who have specific needs. Many attractions offer a variety of services related to visual, audio or mobility needs. We've created a list of every ride at Disney World and how each attraction accommodates guests needing special assistance! Ready to get a hop in? You can skip down to the park you are most interested in or just keep reading!
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Your Disney Disability Access Services
Walt Disney World offers various services for those with disabilities who visit the theme parks. Before we dive into what each attraction offers, it's good to take some time to get acquainted with these terms. Chances are, you may not even know these are some of the services Disney World offers!
- Audio Descriptions: Guests will see descriptions of actions, settings, and scene changes on Disney handheld devices so they know what's happening in the ride, show or attraction.
- Braille Guidebooks: Guidebooks featuring descriptions of Walt Disney World, including an overview of attractions, stores and restaurants. Large print guidebooks are also available. Guests must return the guidebook on the same day for a refund.
- Portable Tactile Maps: For those with visual impairments, these portable tactile maps offer representations of walkways, building boundaries and landmarks for all four theme parks. Guests must return the booklet someday for a refund.
- Stationary Braille Maps: Available at all four theme parks, ESPN Wide World of Sports and Disney Springs, these maps feature large print, braille and raised graphics to highlight attractions and landmarks.
- Sign Language: Interpreters are available at live shows on a rating basis. Commonly, these services are available:
- Magic Kingdom: Mondays and Thursdays
- Disney's Animal Kingdom: Tuesdays and Saturdays
- Disney's Hollywood Studios: Sundays and Wednesdays
- EPCOT: Fridays
- Assistive Listening: Amplifies sounds through headphones or induction loops at certain attractions. Devices must be returned on the same day to get a refund.
- Handheld Captioning: This displays text on a handheld, portable device. To get a refund, the device must be returned on the same day.
- Written Scripts: At some locations, handheld packets with dialogue and narration from the attraction, as well as a pencil, paper and a flashlight, are available. Before getting in line, speak with a cast member about availability.
- Service Animals: Dogs or miniature horses that have been individually trained as service animals. Must be on a leash, housebroken and trained to behave appropriately. Can accompany guests on certain attractions.
- Cushions: Some Disney World attractions have portable cushions available for use on that ride.
- Reflective Captioning Devices: Projects captions onto an acrylic panel. These are usually available at shows, but check with a cast member to confirm.
- Video Capturing: Closed-captioning monitors are at many pre-show and exhibit areas. Look for the "CC" symbol!
Please note that all of these services are available on a first come, first served basis. If you need sign language interpretation at a special event, please notify Disney World at least 14 days in advance of your arrival to make arrangements. Handheld devices require a $25 deposit and are available at Guest Relations.
Disability Access for Disney World Attractions
Here are all the disability access services available for use, broken down by park:
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
Astro Orbiter (currently under refurbishment, opening in summer 2025)
- Guests must transfer from their wheelchair/ECV to the ride vehicle; the wheelchair can be taken onto the elevator to the actual ride
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (currently under refurbishment, opening in 2026)
- Guests must transfer from their wheelchair/ECV to the ride vehicle
- Due to the nature of the attraction, service animals are not allowed
- Each train contains a car with a hinged side door to help guests using wheelchairs who must transfer to the ride vehicle
- Guests must transfer from their wheelchair/ECV to the ride vehicle
- Due to the nature of the experience, service animals are not allowed
- Note that the ride seats are very small, and larger adults could have trouble fitting
Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin
- Guests must transfer from their motorized scooter/ECV to an available wheelchair.
- Handheld Captioning
- Audio Description
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Assistive Listening
Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Parade routes and some shows often have designated viewing areas for those with disabilities; they are filled on a first-come, first-served basis and cannot be reserved/guaranteed
- Guests must transfer from their wheelchair/ECV to the ride vehicle
- A sensory-friendly play area is available for kids in the ride waiting area; this is an autism-friendly zone
- Guests must transfer from their motorized scooter/ECV to an available wheelchair
- Handheld Captioning
- Audio Description
- Assistive Listening
The Hall of Presidents (currently under refurbishment, opening late 2025)
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Assistive Listening
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Fireworks often have designated viewing areas for those with disabilities; they are filled on a first-come, first-served basis and cannot be reserved/guaranteed
- Guests must transfer from their wheelchair/ECV to the ride vehicle
- Handheld Captioning
- Audio Description
- Guests must transfer from their motorized scooter/ECV to an available wheelchair
- Handheld Captioning
- Audio Description
- Strollers used as wheelchairs can be taken to the boarding point and retrieved after the ride
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Assistive Listening
- SignLanguage
- Handheld Captioning
Liberty Square Riverboat (closing soon, check back for announcements)
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Guests must transfer from their wheelchair/ECV to the ride vehicle
- Let a cast member know if you need assistance or have a stroller as a wheelchair; this ride uses a separate entrance for wheelchair guests
- Guests must transfer from their wheelchair/ECV to the ride vehicle
- Guests must transfer from their motorized scooter/ECV to an available wheelchair. Strollers with a wheelchair tag may be used up until the point of boarding
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
- Guests must transfer from their motorized scooter/ECV to an available wheelchair
- Handheld Captioning
- Audio Description
Mickey Mouse at Town Square Theater
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Audio Description
- Assistive Listening
- Let a cast member know if you have a family member with autism who might want to exit early from this high-sensory attraction; you can get a seat near the exit, just in case
Mickey's Royal Friendship Faire
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Assistive Listening
- Video Captioning
- Sign Language
- There is no wheelchair access, so guests must walk by themselves or be assisted by a member(s) of their party to experience this attraction
- Strollers used as wheelchairs may be left at the entrance instead of using the stroller parking area
- Due to the nature of this attraction, service animals are not allowed
- Handheld Captioning
- Audio Description
- Guests must transfer from their motorized scooter/ECV to an available wheelchair and then to the ride vehicle
- Strollers used as wheelchairs may be taken to the boarding point
- Audio Description
- Handheld Captioning
Prince Charming's Regal Carrousel
- Guests must transfer from their wheelchair/ECV to the ride vehicle
- Due to the nature of this attraction, guests with service animals should check with a cast member for boarding information
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Guests must transfer from their wheelchair/ECV to the ride vehicle
- Service animals are not permitted on this attraction for safety reasons
- Guests must transfer from their motorized scooter/ECV to an available wheelchair and then to the ride vehicle
- Due to the nature of this attraction, service animals are not allowed
Disney Starlight: Dream the Night Away (opening summer in 2025)
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- There is no wheelchair access, so guests must walk by themselves or be assisted by a member(s) of their party to experience this attraction
- Guests must transfer from their wheelchair/ECV to the ride vehicle
Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover
- There is no wheelchair access, so guests must walk by themselves or be assisted by a member(s) of their party to experience this attraction
- Audio Description
- Handheld Captioning
Tom Sawyer Island (closing soon; check back for updates)
- Guests must be able to walk by themselves or be assisted by member(s) of their party to experience the island
- Guests must transfer from their motorized scooter/ECV to an available wheelchair and then to the ride vehicle
- Service animals are not permitted on this attraction for safety reasons.
- Audio Description
- Video Captioning
- A transferable vehicle equipped with a bench seat featuring a lap bar is available
Under the Sea ~ Journey of The Little Mermaid
- Guests must transfer from their motorized scooter/ECV to an available wheelchair
- Audio Description
- Handheld Captioning
Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Assistive Listening
- Audio Description
- Handheld Captioning
- Video Captioning
Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Assistive Listening
- Audio Description
- Handheld Captioning
- Guests must transfer from their motorized scooter/ECV to an available wheelchair
- Handheld Captioning
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Assistive Listening
- Audio Description
- Handheld Captioning
Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along Film
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Assistive Listening
- Audio Description
Canada Far and Wide in Circle-Vision 360
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Assistive Listening
- Audio Description
- Handheld Captioning
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Guests must transfer from their wheelchair/ECV to the ride vehicle
- Handheld Captioning
Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros
- Guests must transfer from their motorized scooter/ECV to an available wheelchair; Wheelchair access vehicles are available
- Audio Description
- Handheld Captioning
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
- Guests must transfer from their wheelchair/ECV to the ride vehicle
- Assistive Listening
- Audio Description
- Handheld Captioning
- Due to the nature of the attraction, service animals are not allowed
ImageWorks - The "What If" Labs
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Assistive Listening
- Audio Description
- Handheld Captioning
Journey Into Imagination With Figment
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Audio Description
- Handheld Captioning
Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Audio Description
- Service animals permitted
- Guests must transfer from their motorized scooter/ECV to an available wheelchair
- Audio Description
- Handheld Captioning
- Guests must transfer from their wheelchair/ECV to the ride vehicle
- Video Captioning
- Due to the nature of the attraction, service animals are not allowed.
- Guests should exercise caution, especially if they are not in good health or are uncomfortable with enclosed spaces.
- Guests must transfer to a wheelchair, then transfer to the ride vehicle
- Assistive Listening
- Audio Description
- Handheld Captioning
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Assistive Listening
- Audio Description
Royal Sommerhus – Meet Elsa and Anna
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Guests must transfer from their motorized scooter/ECV to an available wheelchair
- Audio Description
- Handheld Captioning
- Guests must transfer from their wheelchair/ECV to the ride vehicle
- Video Captioning
- Due to the nature of this attraction, service animals are not allowed
- Guests must transfer from their motorized scooter/ECV to an available wheelchair and then to the ride vehicle.
- Audio Description
- Handheld Captioning
- Due to the nature of this attraction, guests with service animals should check with a cast member for boarding information.
Test Track (currently under refurbishment, opening 2025)
- Guests must transfer from their wheelchair/ECV to the ride vehicle
- Video Captioning
- Due to the nature of the attraction, service animals are not permitted
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Assistive Listening
- Audio Description
Beauty and the Beast - Live on Stage
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Assistive Listening
- Handheld Captioning
- Audio Description
- Sign Language
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Assistive Listening
- Handheld Captioning
- Video Captioning
Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Assistive Listening
- Audio Description
- Handheld Captioning
- Sign Language
Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway
- Guests must transfer from a wheelchair/ECV to ride
- Audio Description
- Handheld Captioning
Millennium Falcon: Smuggler's Run
- Guests must transfer from a wheelchair/ECV to ride
- Assistive Listening
- Audio Description
- Handheld Captioning
- Due to the nature of the attraction, service animals are not allowed.
Muppet*Vision 3D (closing June 8, 2025)
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Assistive Listening
- Audio Description
- Video Captioning
Rock 'n Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith
- Guests must transfer from their motorized scooter/ECV to an available wheelchair and then to the ride vehicle.
- Due to the nature of this attraction, service animals are not allowed.
- Guests must transfer to a wheelchair and then to the ride vehicle
- Due to the nature of this attraction, service animals are not allowed
Star Tours - The Adventure Continues
- Guests must transfer from their motorized scooter/ECV to an available wheelchair and then to the ride vehicle
- Handheld Captioning
- Video Captioning
- Due to the nature of this attraction, service animals are not allowed
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
- Guests must transfer from wheelchair/ECV
- Handheld Captioning
- Audio Description
- Guests must transfer from their motorized scooter/ECV to an available wheelchair
- Audio Description
- Video Captioning
- Due to the nature of this attraction, guests with service animals should check with a cast member for boarding information
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
- Guests must transfer from their motorized scooter/ECV to an available wheelchair and then to the ride vehicle
- Video Captioning
- Due to the nature of this attraction, service animals are not allowed
The Little Mermaid—A Musical Adventure (opening summer 2025)
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After (opening summer 2025)
- Guests may remain in a wheelchair/ECV
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Assistive Listening
- Audio Description
- Handheld Captioning
- Guests must transfer from their motorized scooter/ECV to an available wheelchair
- Due to the nature of the attraction, service animals are not allowed
- Guests must transfer to a standard wheelchair and then to the ride vehicle
- Assistive Listening
- Audio Description
- Video Captioning
- Service animals are not permitted on this attraction
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Guests must transfer from their wheelchair/ECV to the ride vehicle
- Assistive Listening
- Video Captioning
- Due to the nature of this attraction, service animals are not allowed
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Guests must transfer from their wheelchair/ECV to the ride vehicle
- Due to the nature of this attraction, service animals are not allowed
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Assistive Listening
- Handheld Captioning
- Sign Language
Finding Nemo: The Big Blue... and Beyond!
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Assistive Listening
- Audio Description
- Sign Language
Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Audio Description
- Due to the nature of this attraction, guests with service animals should check with a cast member for boarding information
- Guests must transfer from their wheelchair/ECV to the ride vehicle
- Due to the nature of this attraction, service animals are not allowed
- Guests must transfer from their motorized scooter/ECV to an available wheelchair
- Assistive Listening
- Video Captioning
- Handheld Captioning
- Due to the nature of this attraction, guests with service animals should check with a cast member for boarding information
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Audio Description
- Due to the nature of this attraction, guests with service animals should check with a cast member; Animals are not permitted in every section
Meet Favorite Mickey Pals at Adventurer's Outpost
- Guests must transfer from their ECV to a wheelchair
- Guests must transfer from their wheelchair/ECV to the ride vehicle
- Audio Description
- Handheld Captioning
- Guests may remain in their wheelchair/ECV
- Assistive Listening
- Handheld Captioning
Please note that Reflective Captioning Devices may be available at all four theme parks — however, you need to speak with a cast member at the attraction to confirm whether or not it's available. Keep in mind that some rides may also have lighting or strobe-like effects. While lighting effects can affect everyone differently, you can check Disney World's Sensory Experience Details guide to see if a specific ride may cause any concerns.
Overview of Disney's Disability Access System and How It Works
In addition to the services listed above, Disney World offers what's known as the Disability Access System, or DAS for short. This service is available to guests who have a developmental disability, such as autism, and who are unable to wait in a traditional standby line for an extended period of time. With this pass, guests have a return time to enjoy the attraction. This return time is usually on par with the attraction's current wait time. Every member of your party must be available to redeem the DAS pass together.
Generally speaking, you'll want to book your DAS prior to your visit. To do so, you'll need to contact Disney World and request a live chat with a cast member 60 days before your visit. The individual you're requesting the DAS for must also be present for this digital chat. If approved, Disney will send you registration info. If you're not able to request a pass beforehand, you'll have to speak with a cast member about your options on the first day of your visit. Please note that there is no DAS registration desk on-site.
Check out our full overview of DAS at Disney World to learn more about this helpful program.
We hope this list of attractions' accommodations helps in your vacation planning. Let us know any tips or questions you might have in the comments. For more tips and information on disability accommodations and the parks, hop on over to the links below!
Related: Overview of Disney World's Disability Access Service
Related: Using a Wheelchair, Mobility Scooter or ECV on a Theme Park Vacation
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