6 Flags Theme Park: Autism Exception | Autism PDD

Hey, just a heads up that Six Flags Over Texas does give your family a break when it comes to waiting in lines.  A bunch of us were talking about our upcoming trips to Disney World and Universal - both of whom give you cards or passes to bypass extremely long lines.  That got me thinking.

We're headed to Dallas this afternoon for 4th of July week, so I called Six Flags about their policy.  You go to Guest Services and your child gets a red wristband that allows him and 5 others to completely skip waiting in line.  You go to the exit area and talk to a cast member/employee and voila!  You get on the ride.

Am guessing that all the other Six Flags do the same thing.  If any of ya'll are headed to any major amusement parks this holiday, DO ASK FOR A PASS OR WRISTBAND!  Until you check, you'll never know.

What kind of proof do you need in order for them to do this? I have a 4 1/2 year old autistic son myself, and I did not know this was even possible. I've always wondered that as well - because if you just LOOK at a lot of our kids, you wouldn't know they have a disability. A lot of us have had the complaint that people think our kids are just brats and we aren't very good parents. Obviously, amusement park people aren't experts in autism - so do we need a doctor's verification? Like a letter or something?Nope.  They said to just go in and tell them, although we always take a letter to Disney anyway.That would probably be a good idea. Just in case.  Sesame Place in PA will do the same thing.  We were there this weekend.  It was great. i know for a fact that WDW (disney) requires a letter from the doctor.

we have the "red" pass and once you have one you hold on to it so if it
expires you can bring it back to guest services and have a new one
renewed without the doctor's letter.

for the other theme parks i would bring a letter just in case as well!

L6 flags did not require any type of Dr's letter. But I know other children with different  types of disabilities that were denied the pass.  But many times we ended up waiting because the attendant would give us the look( like he's not in a wheelchair so he can wait). Well  at the last ride the attendant decided to to make him wait. Joe went off the wall with excitement.. He started boucing into everything including the attendant.  The attendant got upset and looked at me. I just said "oh well, you made him wait for a long time".  Otherwise we had a great day at the park.
cool!

You should get a doctors letter, just in case....The six flags in Illinois told me to bring it just so that it not questionable because Autism is not a disorder that is apparent to park offiicals like a physical handicap would be.

Our letter simply stated my sons name, and that he has been diagnosed with Autism, and could the park make special considerations for him and the family, as he has difficulty waiting in such long lines. 

Make several copies, because they may want to keep it on file, or to prevent hasseling the DR. if you loose it.

Thanks for this info.  We're going to Six Flags the end of July.  I am so going to check into this. With all of my sons therapies, The only
time we get to go for long outings are Saturday afternoon and Sundays. I
dread these theme parks because of the wait. It would be nice sometimes
just to relax and enjoy something without an hour long wait. Thanks for the
info Ladies, I never would have thought about it.Theme parks do have special accomodation for autistic kids. Some requiere proof but its always good to carry the dx with you. It will help you not make long lines in these busy parks. Which that a delight for us. We went to Disney and got the pass and we went smooth with almost no period of waiting. The passes do help but I found for Shawn that it was great experience to learn to wait. Helped in in other circumstances. We would talk about what we would do and how much fun. Or pull out the map and plan our time at the park. This won't work for every kid. I know that. But One of the lessons Shawn needed to learn, even with autism, was patience.  For the younger guys though the passes are a must. And usually people can tell after a few minutes.
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