{"id":3035,"date":"2024-05-02T15:00:24","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T15:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/?p=3035"},"modified":"2025-04-10T13:06:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:06:28","slug":"developing-accessible-and-inclusive-theme-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/news\/developing-accessible-and-inclusive-theme-parks\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing Accessible and Inclusive Theme Parks"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3035\" class=\"elementor elementor-3035\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a805080 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"a805080\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Developing Accessible and Inclusive Theme Parks<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8b3f226\" data-id=\"8b3f226\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b903139 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b903139\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column 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elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-5b4e2a4 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/2024\/05\/02\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>May 2, 2024<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d7cd612 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d7cd612\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0471f0b\" data-id=\"0471f0b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e75051 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5e75051\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pexels-momentos-reales-2181192-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3037\" alt=\"A small female child rides a horse on a carousel smiling at the camera.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pexels-momentos-reales-2181192-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pexels-momentos-reales-2181192-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pexels-momentos-reales-2181192-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pexels-momentos-reales-2181192-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pexels-momentos-reales-2181192-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f36dac\" data-id=\"3f36dac\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fb0cc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0fb0cc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"simplyweb-checked\">From improving the emotional well-being of disabled people to generating more wholly positive perceptions of accessibility in the public consciousness, creating accessible and sustainable leisure facilities not only creates positive social awareness of disability issues (particularly among non-disabled children) but also allows disabled people from all walks of life the ability to enjoy leisure activities without prejudice, alienation, or isolation.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"simplyweb-checked\">That<span class=\"simplyweb-checked\">\u00a0is to say that a genuinely accessible theme park embodies everything that the theoretical notion of the \u201cSocial Model\u201d of Disability, which Direct Access uses as a framework for access auditing and consultancy, seeks to address. By breaking down systemic barriers which have made the human desire for fun and play challenging for disabled people, while addressing the realities of social exclusion within a specific industry that has historically (mainly out of ignorance) ignored it, accessible theme parks are the future of the live entertainment industry.<\/span><\/p><p>Over the years, accessibility in entertainment complexes have been addressed with mixed results. One common example of this in many well-meaning theme parks is offering disabled children immediate access to particular rides via queue-jumping, a methodology has serious implications for the social perception of disabled people, taking a one-size-fits-all all approach that doesn\u2019t really make sense, effectively stigmatizing disabled children. This particular approach isolates disabled people from non-disabled people, which in extreme circumstances can generate ableist attitudes in non-disabled children who wonder why they didn\u2019t get to go on the ride first.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ae2919 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ae2919\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ea82369\" data-id=\"ea82369\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-404fd4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"404fd4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1b44ab9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1b44ab9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-66c770b\" data-id=\"66c770b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c76ed1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c76ed1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"simplyweb-checked\">A rare example of accessibility done right within this industry came about in 2010 when Morgan\u2019s Wonderland in Texas became the world\u2019s first fully accessible theme park to fully embrace the Social Model \u2013 ensuring that all of its attractions were fully accessible and catering to the needs of wheelchair users, neurodiverse children, visually impaired people, deaf people, and countless more. In addition, the park does not discriminate, and welcomes many non-disabled guests annually.<\/p><p class=\"simplyweb-checked\">Founded by Gordon Hartman in response to his daughter, Morgan, being discriminated against by non-disabled children at a hotel they stayed at while on vacation, this theme park currently welcomes thousands of visitors and admits disabled people entry completely free of charge, and also provides everything from adaptive swings to accessible carousels to a sensory village.<\/p><p>When one considers the incredible success story of a theme park turned entertainment enterprise that developed rides to suit people of all abilities while also not charging its disabled visitors a single dollar, it demonstrates that providing accessibility not only helps to make society a better more inclusive place, but also has the potential to be incredibly lucrative.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Working on Expo 2020 Dubai during the planning and construction phases, Direct Access helped to embed in the architects and project management team a conscious awareness, and respect, for the needs of its then-estimated 24 million visitors, many of whom were likely to be disabled.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fcd9662\" data-id=\"fcd9662\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c47ab04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c47ab04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pexels-edwin-soto-2884693-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3038\" alt=\"A time-lapsed photograph of a theme park at night time, likely during final hours. The colourful rides glow in the night, the most impressive being the big wheel glowing purple as it spins.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pexels-edwin-soto-2884693-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pexels-edwin-soto-2884693-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pexels-edwin-soto-2884693-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pexels-edwin-soto-2884693-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pexels-edwin-soto-2884693-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e5ce24d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e5ce24d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2bad05e\" data-id=\"2bad05e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a9cded elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1a9cded\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-710b417 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"710b417\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/AdobeStock_570792159-1024x585.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3039\" alt=\"A muscular Caucasian man in a wheelchair wearing sunglasses at a theme park on a sunny day.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/AdobeStock_570792159-1024x585.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/AdobeStock_570792159-300x171.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/AdobeStock_570792159-768x439.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/AdobeStock_570792159-1536x878.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/AdobeStock_570792159-2048x1170.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4292f03\" data-id=\"4292f03\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f6dd68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0f6dd68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03cac65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"03cac65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"simplyweb-checked\">As Directors of Accessibility, Direct Access advocated for fully accessible entertainment facilities, introducing innovations such as quiet areas, relief areas for service dogs, hearing loops for on-site audio facilities, ear defenders, sunglasses, sensory rating cards for every pavilion (allowing neurodivergent visitors to understand the intensity of a particular attraction on the senses in advance of their visit), and accessible wayfinding, which took the form of Tactile and Braille Map Boards. It resulted in not only the most accessible but also one of the most well-attended world expositions ever.<\/p><p>Many of the ideas implemented at Expo 2020 could be very easily introduced to theme parks on a more modest budget. It is a complete myth that embedding accessibility into the design of built environments results in more expensive build projects. As a matter of fact, considering accessibility from the start of construction projects prevents the need to retroactively accessibility into an already-established site, an approach which was instrumental to the success of both Expo 2020 Dubai and Morgan\u2019s Wonderland.<\/p><p>Direct Access can help you reach out to the disability community by providing accessibility audits and consultancy based on our lived experience as disabled people. From ensuring that the terrain of a site is accessible for wheelchair users, to providing braille interpretations of on-site audio-visual media, the barriers to access are often uncomplicated and come with simple, practical solutions. 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