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giacopini started the discussion China Eastern Airlines in the forum Asia 6 years ago
Hi, It’s Dorene again,
I’m flying from SFO to Bangkok through Shanghai on 11/11 and then returning from Phuket thru Shanghai on 11/20. Any idea how they are for folks with wheelchairs? So far haven’t been able to get through to them on the phone so I don’t have a bulkhead and they don’t know I have a disability (the trip was booked through… Read more
giacopini replied to the discussion Accessible Ways to get around during shore excursion in Hiroshima in the forum Japan 6 years ago
Reply to Accessible Ways to get around during shore excursion in Hiroshima
Ended up taking a taxi from port to Miyajima ferry. Ferry was fine. Took taxi from ferry to peace park. At peace park took a completely inaccessible (carried up steps) street car to the closest stop to the port, then taxi to port.
Miyajima was amazing (and hot!).
giacopini replied to the discussion Accessible Ways to get around during shore excursion in Hiroshima in the forum Japan 6 years ago
Reply to Accessible Ways to get around during shore excursion in Hiroshima
Tomorrow is our one and only day in Hiroshima. I will be using a manual wheelchair. We are in port from 7am to 7pm. We would love to take the fast ferry directly from the Hiroshima port to Miyajima Island. We’d then like to take the fast ferry from Miyajima Island directly to the Peace Park. Then we’d like a suggestion about how to get from… Read more
giacopini replied to the discussion Keio Plaza Hotel – Shinjuku – Don’t do it! in the forum Japan 6 years ago
Reply to Keio Plaza Hotel - Shinjuku - Don’t do it!
They ended up ramping the bathroom. The photos show it after they added a ramp. It’s easier to get in now. But turning around is still a problem. I have been transferring to a shower chair and using that in the bathroom and leaving my chair outside.
giacopini started the discussion Keio Plaza Hotel – Shinjuku – Don’t do it! in the forum Japan 6 years ago
Keio Plaza Hotel - Shinjuku - Don’t do it!
Just got in town.
Not good.
-Can’t turn around in my chair in universal room bathroom. Have to throw my feet over the toilet!
-Can’t get close to the sink.
-Bathroom up an inch threshold then short steep incline
-Room seems to have not been updated since 1971 construction date
(Bonus: they charge registered guests a daily fee to use the hotel pool!)
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