Federal authorities are investigating SeaWorld’s parent company, United Parks and Resorts, to determine if it is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act and “discriminating against guests with disabilities” by banning a certain type of mobility aid.
An updated policy on SeaWorld Orlando’s website states that rollator walkers and other wheeled walkers with seats are not permitted in their Orlando-area parks. They’re also prohibited at sister park Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, which cites “different pathway configurations, terrain.”
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida say guests with disabilities “allege that they cannot access the parks without their rollators and the only alternative the parks offer would require them to use mobility aids that are inappropriate for their individual disabilities and to incur additional charges, among other allegations.”…