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Post by GitteK on May 21, 2007 13:39:29 GMT -5
I mean to recall that Truffaut once wrote on TA that he had no problems being allowed to the elevator in A.d.T. with his elderly father on tow. This September I am going with my mother (74) and her friend (66), and I would love to take them to the top of the A.d.T. - but I think the climb will be tough on them (............ and on yours truly to tell the truth, ahem.....). They have no limp or visible handicap, they are in fact fit as a fiddle considering their age. My mother has this almost white hair and lots of wrinkles in her face, though. How much of an act do we have to put on to be let into the elevator ?? Dirty tricks are most welcome.........  |
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Post by Ray(aka) tripnebraska on May 21, 2007 14:39:13 GMT -5
Gitte, Are you saying that the sign we saw last week stating the elevator is out of order, is always there?
Ahead of us in line was a young couple with a baby in a large stroller, who tried to talk them into letting them take the elevator, but they insisted it was broken. We slid ahead of them, as they began to carry it up.
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Post by Truffaut on May 21, 2007 17:16:40 GMT -5
You purchase your tickets underground just like everyone else, and then head straight (but feebly) toward the elevator door. The elevator is not well-marked and you may have to look a bit for it. Simply explain that your mother has a heart condition and would like to use the elevator. They'll let all of you use it. Sometimes, there's not an attendant at the elevator, and you have to go to the small security office that's in one of the other pillars to round up somebody to run the elevator.
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Post by GitteK on May 21, 2007 23:59:57 GMT -5
merci, mon ami. I will instruct my whitehairy, wrinklyfaced (too many cigarettes....) mother to walk very feebly..... maybe do a discreet but heartbreaking cough as well.
=o)
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Post by arrowcapet on May 24, 2007 0:19:01 GMT -5
And if she has any moral or supersticious issues with using the heart problem line, just remind her that she'll be broken-hearted if she misses out on the view....so in the end, it's all good.
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Post by greyghost1 on Jul 4, 2007 15:57:34 GMT -5
We just went to the ticket window and I pointed to my husband and said "He's handicapped may we use the lift?" After buying the tickets she said go to the security entrance and tell the guard you want to use the elevator. She just glanced at him. (He is overweight, guess it must be all those beenie weenies!)
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Post by GitteK on Jul 4, 2007 23:18:00 GMT -5
greyghost ! I am so glad you are back on the forum.
Merci, merci ! Now with that overweight information, I trust it will not be so difficult for us to be let into the elevator...... Or maybe not: they will take one glance at me, then one glance at that poor elevator !
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Post by greyghost1 on Jul 5, 2007 13:18:10 GMT -5
GitteK...I am a bit late in posting. You have already gone and returned home. I have really enjoyed your trip reports. Nice to be back here too! What a nice forum.
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Let the riot begin! LOL - 
hahahha