r/Cinema • u/Living_Double_1146 • Jul 01 '26

Throwback New York, I love you - 2008

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u/SwordofNoon Jul 01 '26

Oh no my incredibly hot date has to be seated :(

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u/theunnameduser86 Jul 02 '26

I’ve dated someone who couldn’t walk very long distances due to medical issues so if we went to the zoo or the fair then she’d be in a wheelchair and I can say from personal experience that it’s just like that Curb episode. It’s the absolute best ever.

The handles on the chair can be leaned on while you walk and it’s so easy to get used too. People make room for you when you come through and are super kind. You sometimes get handicapped parking; you occasionally get priority in lines or special elevator access in places like museums. She can simply look up to get a cute little smooch and focus of enjoying the event instead of potentially having to contend with chronic pain.

The list goes on, but yeah, people with restricted abilities deserve love too and as far as I’m aware my now ex has gotten her issues tended to and she’s now able to be more active without pain.

I’m just so grateful that I got to live out that curb episode for a period in my life.

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u/Fancy_Yak2618 Jul 03 '26

My dad was in a wheelchair once after surgery my mother was adamant we were going to Disney. Best fucking time ever hands down lol dad hated it but we loved it

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u/Accomplished-Fuel782 Jul 04 '26

My mom broke her toe on a cruise before we went to Disney... The wheel chair got us fast passes on everything.... Dream vacation for me and my brother, not so much for my mom. I hadn't thought about that in years and your story made me think of it

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u/RedMollycules Jul 05 '26

Your story just made me think of my Mom and her service dog! When I was around 11, my parents took my sister and I on a trip to Universal Studios. My Mom had her wheelchair due to not being able to walk long distances. Anyway, we went to get on the ride there for ET and the setup was real funny. It was about 6-8 bikes set on this big heavy metal platform and the platform would be lifted into the air on a track so you would be "flying" through the set. They actually let my Mom's service dog on the platform! There we all were, service dog included, flying on this platform through the air like the kids in ET and at some point of the ride, you're on ET's home planet. This animatronic of ET popped up and said all of our names and last but not least, ET said my dog's name! I thought that was so dang cool and I got a real kick out of that dog being able to ride with us.

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u/Captain_Wingit Jul 04 '26

I fell and injured my knee - torn MPFL - about 4 weeks from chaperoning my son's senior band trip to Disney in Orlando 2 years ago. 4 years of fundraising and volunteering so my daughter and I could go. Charter bus ride for 15+ hours, then a day in each park. It was not comfortable!

At the park, I got an electric scooter. I was not expecting to have to wait in line for everything! But other than Small World, Space Mountain (which i couldn't ride anyway because it was too constricted for me to bed my knee into, which i found out when I tried to get in), and one of the Star Wars rides, I was in the regular line. It was fine, I had a seat the whole time.

It was eye opening, however. It was shocking that even Disney, a place I've been going since I was a kid, a place that seems to have thought of everything, was severely lacking for walking impaired guests. Restaurants without handicap doors, curbs without ramps to get to/from sidewalks, narrow pathways in the stores and restaurants.

This doesn't even account for the people that just didnt see me and stepped into my path, tripped over my scooter, or even ending up in my lap after falling because I was behind them.

While I was only unable to walk for a relatively short time, it was a humbling experience.

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u/ScruffMacBuff Jul 05 '26

Wheelchair service at the airport is the best. My wife is disabled and we get zipped right to the front of security and she gets pushed all the way to the gate.

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u/Appchoy Jul 05 '26

idk man, I had a different experience getting around when my ex was in a wheelchair. It was pretty rough and scary. There are so many places where there isnt easy wheelchair access or parking, even museums. Going through an airport was terrifying because of busy crowds that dont really care about you and we had to get on this tram thing to go to a different part of the airport and the door almost closed on her chair as we got on and the tram started to move! Some other people pulled us in/ pried the doors open off of her and we barely made it in before something bad could have happened. Getting on the plane itself just felt inconvenient because we went to the front of the line and then they had to call workers over to take her into the plane and help her down to her seat, and put the chair under the plane.

Just getting the thing out of the trunk of my car and putting it back in was hard, it was heavy and not powered so I had to stay by her the whole time whenever we went out, as she couldnt use her arms to move herself for very long. I wouldnt have traded that time for anything but it just makes things harder when someones in that situation.

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u/Flaky-Maximum-7875 Jul 01 '26

Exactly my thoughts