Dollywood ditches disabled discounts

More presumably unintended consequences of ADA litigation: “Dolly Parton’s theme park is stopping its free-entry policy for guests with certain disabilities. Dollywood, Tennessee’s top tourist attraction, said it was responding to a lawsuit by a local woman claiming its discretionary discounts for impaired visitors violated the Americans with Disabilities Act.” For many years the park […]

More presumably unintended consequences of ADA litigation: “Dolly Parton’s theme park is stopping its free-entry policy for guests with certain disabilities. Dollywood, Tennessee’s top tourist attraction, said it was responding to a lawsuit by a local woman claiming its discretionary discounts for impaired visitors violated the Americans with Disabilities Act.” For many years the park waived its $40 admission fee for patrons who are blind, deaf or use a wheelchair, but “those discounts will end Jan. 1 on the advice of lawyers. … ‘From a legal standpoint, our staff is not qualified to make decisions on who should or should not be given free admission to the park based on their level of disability,’ the park said on its Web page.” (“Dollywood to end free admission for disabled”, AP/Knoxville News Sentinel, Oct. 30).

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