Getting banned from Walt Disney World is, for me, just about the worst fate imaginable. I spend a lot of time at theme parks and covering them is my job, so not being able to visit would be a fate worse than death. The good news is that you usually have to do something fairly terrible to get banned. You have to get pretty drunk, get in a fight in Fantasyland, or outright refuse to follow Cast Member instructions. But now it appears that Disney World is banning quite a few people from the parks, all for doing a job many have been doing for years.
Third-party tour guides have been available to guests for years, even decades in some cases. They hire themselves out to guests who want help navigating the parks, especially those who are disabled and really need the extra help. But Insider reports that Disney World is cracking down on the practice and that several of the third-party tour guides have received trespass notices banning them from the resort. This is happening to the guides while they are waiting to enter the park with clients.
