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Cruise lines and wheelchair accessibility
Cruise lines and wheelchair accessibility
My wife and I have done cruises to Alaska and the western Mediterranean since one of us has become wheelchair dependent. In both cases we traveled with Princess and the travel was very enjoyable, although we did use private tour guides at each port in the Mediterranean as the excursions offered by Princess which were interesting to us did not have wheelchair options. I am wondering whether anyone has found other destinations and cruise lines they would recommend for the wheelchair traveler. Thanks in advance!
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Kandl, I’m a wheelchair user and have used a Cunard Line Cruise ship and a P&O Cruise ship once and found both of those are excellent for wheelchair users (of course my arms got tired (as I prefer to use my manual chair rather than my power chair) because of the thick carpets😀). We cruised the Norwegian Fjords with Cunard for 7 nights with great success, my late husband and I don’t like dressing up so we were able to eat at the casual restaurants every evening. At the end of the cruise the Captain auctioned the trip log (which we thought was inspirational as I’m sure they raised money that way (it was for charity I’m pleased to say 😁). We disembarked only once as we didn’t take anyone to assist with my care (I’m the one in the wheelchair) so we decided to take an assistant with us when we did the Iberian Peninsula a couple of years later, it was a BRILLIANT cruise, I only got off in Gibraltar for an extremely joyous tour of the Peninsula. Hope this assists you and your wife
Thank you for your reply. It sounds like you both had great adventures!
Very curious about your experiences. One, how did you find a travel assistant and can you elaborate on those arrangements?
Two, it sounds like on both of the above trips, you mainly stayed on board and watched the scenery from the ships? Is this the case or did I misunderstand? Thank you
My Husband and I have done both the western Mediterranean and Scandinavian cruises with Celebrity on the Edge Class ships. Currently I believe there are only 4 of those, but when we tried the other Celebrity ships that had been recently retrofitted, we were disappointed and could not get to several areas of the ship. The Edge Class ships are flawless. The only problem is how far in advance you have to book to get an accessible room. Highly recommend these ships. One note— they offer several accessible shore excursions. It has been our experience that most of them get canceled , presumably due to lack of participation, so we still book all of our own shore excursions.
do you have a port that you prefer to leave from?
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