Anyone got a Disabled parking tag yet?

[Guest]

Just wondering if any Dibbers have actually got one of the temporary disabled parking tags yet.

We are hoping we have time to collect one on the way from the airport. We arrive on a Friday afternoon landing at 1.20pm and if we can't make it to the tax collector's office before 4.30pm we won't be able to get one until the following Monday.

Any tips about which office is closest to LBV or easiest to find (I'm thinking the one on Boggy Creek Road?) and what the procedure is when we get there would be appreciated.

[stan]

we have taken our blue disabled parking badge with us for the last 3 years .this has always been accepted without any problems so you won,t need to get one over there.

[Guest]

Originally Posted by stan

we have taken our blue disabled parking badge with us for the last 3 years .this has always been accepted without any problems so you won,t need to get one over there.

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Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, stan, but the law has changed recently and you do need to get a tag or risk a parking fine if you use a disabled bay.

[stan]

thanks for letting me know lynn. i will have to get one myself

[Rebelrebel]

Not done it yet as they are only valid for 90 days so I thought I would apply near the time.

[ceri]

Just a FYI for anyone visiting Massachusetts, I have just contacted their RMV and a uk blue badge is recognised in that state. I know its not much help in Orlando but as it has taken me ages to get a definitive answer it may be of use to anyone planning a Boston trip.

[Saratoska]

Lyn there is a thread somewhere on the other website from Simon V saying there now arnt doing it by post

[Saratoska]

here it is Lynn


OK, here's another up-date, courtesy of our friends at the Kissimmee CVB (while Visit Florida continue to be notably silent on the matter ).

The Kissimmee CVB have been speaking to the Osceola County tax office and they have been told, fairly unequivocally, that the Osceola Tax office will NOT mail out any parking permits to anyone, and it is no use sending in postal applications, sadly. So, for those people who have been told by the tax office they they can apply by mail, they have either got hold of a very sympathetic official, or they will not get the parking permit through the post as you hoped.

This is obviously another backward step in this process, but it confirms what we suspected but could not clarify before, namely that the postal idea never seemed workable, largely because the US tax offices simply don't usually work with postal applications for things like this. You either appear in person (and stand in line) or you don't get the necessary parking permit/vehicle licence, etc.

We have asked the Kissimmee CVB if they can help put some pressure on the powers that be, and we await any further reaction from them on this (although they have indicated in the past it is something they could do, as it obviously affects them directly).
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[Guest]

Just bumping in case anyone recently returned has any news.

[Rebelrebel]

I wish I could help you, you you tried sending Simon a pm? Perhaps he may know more, I wish you luck and hope you get sorted