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We didn’t feel confident in getting off on the shore excursions on the Norwegian Fjords trip as it was just my late husband and I but with the Iberian Peninsula trip I was able to go ashore in Gibraltar for the day with the companion I’d taken with us, the other ports that the ship docked at the companion went ashore and loved all the…
Reply to Cruise lines and wheelchair accessibility
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…
Reply to Trip to visit my sister and her family 2 hours north of Sydney Australia
Yes I did thanks Tabita, where are you from, I’m from Teddington London UK
Reply to Norse Airlines & Power chairs?
I’ve never flown with them and don’t know how large they are but I’m assuming that they SHOULD be able to assist a person in a wheelchair (as I’m sure most airlines around the World are able to do so
I have lived in London for 24 years and been a wheelchair user for 17 of those years and I remember being afraid to travel on the train to Central London (as I live in Teddington, a suburb of London), the first time I went was in 2011 when my younger sister came to visit us in London. We booked a train to get from Teddington to London…
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Wow Patty, how amazingly uplifting your post is! Thank you so much for sharing. You are right… London can be an incredibly accessible city if you know where to go and how to navigate your way around. Kudos to your support worker also for showing you the ropes and letting you know what can be done nowadays! I hope you will share more of…
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Great to hear your positive perspective, Patty! I lived outside London for about three years and was using a cane at the time (part time wheelchair user now). I relied heavily on lifts at train stations so I was always glad when they took extra care to maintain them in good working order!
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