Alton Towers Bans People With Anxiety From Using Disability Pass

Alton Towers has banned visitors with ADHD and anxiety from using disability “fast lane” passes in order to skip queues.

Merlin Entertainments, which runs the theme park in Staffordshire, said that “demand has grown” for the digital passes, which are designed for visitors “who may find it difficult, or cannot, stand for long periods of time either due to a physical disability or a learning/emotional impairment”.

It seems people who literally just don’t like standing in queues would apply with an ADHD/anxiety diagnosis and manage to skip the lines with the physically disabled.

The number of people taking medication for ADHD has more than doubled since 2015, with 7.5% of adults in England having been diagnosed with anxiety.

Up until recently, people with anxiety and ADHD were eligible for the Ride Access Pass, which allowed them +3 companions to join the virtual queueing system via the Alton Towers app, allowing them to go wherever they wanted until being called.

Rob Smith, the firm’s chief operating officer, said so many people with ADHD and anxiety were claiming the pass that it was extending queueing times for those with actual physical disabilities.

Probably the right decision to make this change, tbh. After all, if you can go to Alton Towers in the first place, your anxiety probably isn’t severe enough that you need a disability pass to attend, right?

Otherwise you’re basically saying “I would go to Alton Towers if it weren’t for the queues”. Which is a position every single person who goes to Alton Towers already holds.

It’s not all bad news, though; those with anxiety and ADHD will instead now be given an “essential companion ticket” before they arrive and access to “sensory rooms” and “quiet spaces” at the theme park. Result!

For the man who pooped himself on a rollercoaster and ended up showering everyone beneath with his poop, click HERE. Nightmare.