Humiliation. Anxiety. Inconsistent accommodations. Disney cut back its generous disability access service after users crowded the parks’ expedited lines. Eight months later, guests with disabilities describe visits that are anything but magical.

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They’re scattered across Tampa Bay — dispensary-like smoke shops advertising intoxicating products. These hemp shops aren’t licensed dispensaries. But they may benefit from Florida’s continued ban on recreational marijuana.

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Walk with me along business corridors in Tampa Bay, where mom-and-pop shops are still reeling from two storms’ impacts. Businesses that are too wrecked to reopen anxiously wait on others’ timelines. “I don’t know what my future holds,” one owner said.

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Seniors at St. Petersburg’s 540 Town Center hadn’t felt fresh air on their faces for four days before elevator access returned. At other complexes, some couldn’t sleep. Medications went bad. Wheelchairs lost power. Some had power restored Saturday. Others weren’t so lucky.

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I talked with families who went thousands of dollars into debt to fund dream Disney trips. Costs have ballooned in the last five years. “We realized there was so much that had to be paid for,” Cincinnati dad Josh Lane said.

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Some ~personal news~: I’m back at @TB_Times covering tourism, transportation and tech in Tampa Bay and Central Florida. Add me to your press lists and send tips my way: smuckle@tampabay.com. Missing @ringtumphi always, but I’m pumped for living my Florida girl dreams. 🌴.

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