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I think your idea of trying a $50 one first (Vayayo) to see how I like it is great. The stakes are low for my next Caribbean cruise in March so I can try it out then. If it works well then the next two cruises in Europe I'll be all set, otherwise I will splurge on the TaDa. Thanks for the info!

@Dunchues would you mind posting a link to the one you own and like that was 1/3 the price of the TaDa2 cane-seat? I spent a lot of time reading reviews on Amazon yesterday of the TONS of cane-seats available and I am still unsure about which to purchase. The STEP2Gold Ta-Da series 2 is currently $139. I don't need it for the cane but for the seat. I'm not sure which product is best. I read reviews of the collapsible plastic stool that someone else posted on this thread but it sounds like it would be uncomfortable sitting on it for any length of time so I'm still "shopping". TIA!

I agree with @Ashland. Book now. And if your route happens to be available from Breeze Airways, if the fare goes down you can rebook it at the lower price and get a credit for the difference. We found Breeze a couple of years ago and it has saved us a lot of money.

Here is the link to the forum: https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/114-disabled-cruise-travel/

By the way, this topic belongs in the forum for disabled cruising.

We sailed on Celebrity Reflection in November 2023. The only port where we took the scooter off the ship was St. Martin and I was very happy that there were 2 crew members who assisted my sister to not go too fast down the gangway on her scooter. She sat on it while they kept it from going too fast by holding onto the steering bar and the back of the scooter. The incline at some ports is a bit steep on the gangway. If your wife is afraid to drive it off and no crew member will assist her then perhaps you can drive it off while she walks down the last part of the gangway? BTW, we did not ask for assistance getting the scooter off the ship. They must have decided it was unsafe for my sister to drive it off unaided.

OMG you sold me at "make coffee". 🤣 I do live in FL with hurricane power outages an occasional experience. After moving to FL in 2016 the power outage from our first hurricane left this caffeine addict begging for coffee from a neighbor with a generator.

Thanks @fstuff1

Fantastic tip. Any chance you can share a link to the exact little jumper on Amazon that you bought? I'm thinking of giving it to myself for Christmas. 😊

This looks exactly like the one I brought onboard. It worked great for us!

Sound advice. Thanks. Since moving to FL 7 years ago I've learned that the heat causes batteries to not last as long as up north. My battery was 4 years old. My sister has the same car as mine, same age (2019), and her battery only lasted 3 years. ... and don't get me started on what the FL hot roads do to tires! I had to replace my tires with only about 40,000 miles on them and was told to blame it on the heat in FL. The car is garaged at home but that makes no difference. ... but I digress. 😣

Thanks for this info to all who recommended I buy a jump-start box. Since I usually cruise as a family with two vehicles, the jump start would have been from my BIL's truck if we had the cables. I do like the idea of the box, though.

I'm posting this as a public service 🙂 We just returned from an 8-night cruise to find my car's battery totally dead. Neither of our two vehicles had jumper cables and no one departing the garage stopped to offer a jump start. AAA was going to be a very long wait (at least an hour when I called for service). Luckily my BIL walked to the pay-booth and they directed him to the guy who walks around the garage with a portable device for jump-starting cars. By then we were drenched in sweat and had been waiting for 30 minutes or so to get a jump-start. This dead battery issue is apparently a common problem. My lesson-learned is to buy jumper cables and keep them in my car when I cruise. I ended up needing a new battery (old one would not hold a charge). Even with a new battery I plan to carry the jumper cables--batteries do fail sometimes! P.S. We were in the Palm Garage at Port Everglades.

I'm happy to report that I had it in my carry-on when I boarded the Reflection on Nov. 25th and they didn't even ask me to open the bag so they could examine it. Aside from 2 phones and an Apple Watch my sister and I had 2 medical devices and an electric scooter that had to be charged every night. The ship provided one 4-plug short extension cord so my multi-plug thing from Amazon really was needed and used!

I couldn't tell from the ValueTrips web site whether I am able to book the pre-cruise stay and hotel parking during the cruise package through them. So I went and booked the Hyatt Place at 1851 SE 10th Ave. directly on the hotel site. I noticed that most of the park & cruise hotels no longer provide return shuttle after the cruise, and some do not include the parking in the price on their web site (e.g., Hilton Garden Inn at 180 SW 18th Ave, Dania Beach, FL 33004).