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catwoman6226

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  1. This thread will probably be moved to the disabled cruisers thread but in the meantime: You do not go through Princess to rent a scooter. I have rented directly from Special Needs at Sea probably 5-6 times, including last month and have always been extremely pleased with the service, and the equipment. The scooter is always waiting in the cabin when we embark, and I leave the scooter in whichever location is designated as the disembarkation waiting area for passengers needing wheelchair assistance (on our last cruise that was the Crown Grill but the location will vary). Note that we always cruise in a handicapped accessible cabin - so have never had an issue with storage or getting through the door. You must store the scooter in the cabin - there's no place to leave it overnight, for example. You will also need to fill out a form giving Princess the details about the scooter - height, weight, etc. The form is easy to find on the website, and the scooter rental company can provide the details. Most passengers are very considerate of scooter users as long as the user is considerate! Getting on/off elevators, for example, has never been a problem for us. You can scoot right to your table in the dining room and one of the staff can move the scooter to an out of the way location while you dine. I've never had an issue taking the scooter through the buffet, although you have to go very slowly and people will absolutely step in front of you. Common sense applies and your MIL should be fine. If she isn't already experienced at using a scooter, I suggest some field trips to the local grocery store first, so she's comfortable with maneuvering, especially backing up. Note that any rental scooter will have a speed dial (think from turtle to rabbit speed) which will FAR exceed any grocery store scooter, sol I also recommend keeping the speed on very low until she's comfortable with it. Enjoy your cruise!
  2. We were on the June 17th 2023 sailing, in one of the handicapped accessible balcony cabins on deck 11. (we need that type cabin as we both use an electric scooter). Cabin was in good shape - bathroom tiles a little dated but no cracks or bulging. A/C worked very well. Our steward Suya was wonderful. Despite booking a private table for each night (or so I thought), I realized that we were booked for sharing a table for nights 2-7 but a quick chat with the head waiter on night 1 fixed that and he reserved a lovely private table for us for the rest of the cruise, provided we were willing to eat at 5pm. That's a bit early, but that gave us plenty of time to hit up the evening activities. Production shows were ok - nothing spectacular. The game shows/trivia etc. with Cruise Director Jody and her staff were highlights. Guido was our favorite - Felipe is funny in small doses, and Conrad will make a good cruise director one day (but needs to lighten up a little). The 80s party was a lot of fun. Food in the MDR was usually good but some dishes (soups and meatloaf) were too salty to eat. Pizza from Slice on deck 15 and the chicken tacos from Salty Dog were good. Always a long line for ice cream - we never tried any, nor did we attempt room service or delivery of anything to our location. Definitely some bulging of tiles/flooring around the pools but nothing horrible. I thought the ship looked great for her age - there were always people cleaning and polishing. We got new deck furniture on one of our port days. Ship was full but we never had a hard time finding a table at the buffet. Tons of kids onboard but they were mostly well behaved. Only really negative issue was that they decided to give everyone $100 OBC the last night to make up for the propulsion issues and for having to miss Amber Cove. That was very poorly handled - by waiting so late to announce it, the shops were a total zoo. The poor guy manning the 'gold by the inch' table told us at 10pm that he hadn't had a break since 11am. A passenger brought him a plate with some sandwiches which I thought was a nice gesture. This was a Princess issue, not about the ship itself but they could have handled it better. Overall we had a good time and look forward to the next cruise.
  3. Just returned from a week on the Caribbean Princess and was thrilled to find all my favorites: twice baked goat cheese souffle pistachio dome watermelon, feta, pumpkin seed appetizer Fetuccine alfredo Lots of Indian choices on the buffet - was happy to see papadums one day - I had to go back for seconds Indonesian beef 'stew' on a different day was very tender, and flavorful
  4. I've tried for two days and keep getting either the 'processing' wheel of death, or 'sorry there's a technical issue'. I'm using Firefox. Will try something else.
  5. I've used Special Needs at Sea multiple times and have always been very pleased
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