Deb.b

I thought this was a forum on cruising with chronic pain not tips on attacking my tips on cruising with chronic pain, no where did i say scooters should be given priority and i wasnt judging able bodied people, geez one thing i can't  stand are internet trolls

To add to my post-i also asked our room stewart for extra pillows to prop my legs up no probs at all  ,i will rethink about taking a folding scooter though for our next cruise main reason i found my traveling carer/companion had to be with me to operate the lifts and guide me out the lifts were always full and it took forever to get one that would accomodate my scooter this is where i get a bit annoyed able bodied not using the stairs or see you have been waiting but people just jump in front mostly people are  accomodating though ,so maybe a walker might be the way to go 

Hi i came across this thread and thought id give some ideas ive got a number of chronic pain illnesses and a mobility disability and have not long returned from our 2nd princess  cruise this time a 10 dayer to FNQ on the sea princess but this time organized a few things that would make the cruise more acessable for me ,i decided to hire a folding mobility Travel scooter it folds up like a suitcase  this wasnt easy but after the 20th phone call found someone who'd hire one made the cruise so much more enjoyable all round could even take on shore excursions, we also decided to take princess tours honesty they couldnt do enough to make this an enjoyable experience and help was available along the way especially on the kurunda skyrail helping me and scooter  and my carer and the outer  great barrier reef agincourt pontoon i couldn't take the scooter on that one put wheelchair assistance was available as needed along the journey , we did have wheelchair embarkation and disembarkation and my carer wheeled the scooter thru alongside, i also listened to my body as was feeling pretty exhausted and fragile when we arrived at airlie beach so decided not to go ashore  but had a beautiful view as i swam in the aft spa pool and enjoyed the wonderful scenery of the whitsundays from our balcony cabin as well, i found by making a few changes on this cruise from our 1st cruise which i found exhausting it made for a much more restful enjoyable holiday ,i planned the cruise over 18mths just pacing things out i also took webster packs for my meds much better than taking loads of med box's we also had wheelchair assistance at the airport which was very helpful and avoided the ques as we had priority boarding and we recieved an upgrade to extra room seats all these things made a difference, there's plenty of help out there it just took some homework and it all came together and the cruise was wonderful ,remember to listen to your body and take rest breaks as needed i knew i couldnt do all the activities on the ship so picked just a few the same went for shore tours, i took my scooter to the dining room and the waiters parked it and recieved help at the buffet recieved help everywhere really and with a smile ,hope this helped 

Thank you I got lost with all the threads still trying to work cruise critic threads out atm

Always worth checking I do on a weekly basis too until the cut off period or after balance payed anyways ,remember some online company's don't I don't know about other ta will charge a fee so I always take that into consideration plus I really do the sums to see if its worth it , i think its about equal when it comes to offers between Australian and USA market offers for a start we don't pay gratuities unless we want too for cruises leaving from Australia so it's not auto applied ,i have had no problems with refareing 1st time when i did it second time it wasnt as easy still got it and worked out a better offer but lost the past passenger launch fare discount and past passenger discounts and new passenger discount if applicable because that wasn't included in the promo so always check if there's any fees involved in refareing and what you might loose , I've learnt the key words to lookout for in refareing are can this promo be combined with other offers ,I also think it's who you've booked with and when you booked regarding obc amounts we've always been lucky there with enough to pay for a number of shore excursions put it that way

Hi I don't know if I'm posting this question in the right thread so please forgive if I'm not ,my question is I have a disability and im traveling with a carer and cruising on the sea princess this year in disabled cabin b335 its a mini suite and yes I do need the features in this cabin ,i would love to know what its like I daresay it wouldnt be the same as standard mini suites but I was wondering if anyone has been in this disabled cabin and could you let me know the layout of this cabin please ,tia

I'm not sure what you mean ,i mean if your in a full accessible cabin you need to be using some sort of mobility device I'm assuming ,i dont need to use my mobility scooter full time but most of the time and i also use a walking aid ,but I guess it would also depend on your disability and do you need the facilities that are in these cabins , don't know the answer to that really you'd have to ask princess cruises

ps-i know in the mobility questionaire they ask you about what mobility device or devices you'll be bringing and when I spoke to a princess representative he had a sheet of questions of your needs to see if your legible

Hi I have organized to hire a folding mobility Travel scooter for our cruise in Sep up east coast of Aus leaving from Sydney return, I naturally thought when you hire a scooter its covered by insurance but apparently not so and most companies don't have insurance for their equipment I have tried everywhere I can to try and get insurance but nobody i mean nobody will insure unless it's owned by me, the thing is I own a mobility scooter but it's too big to bring on a flight or cruise ,i was wondering if others have been in this situation and what did you do ,mobility scooters cannot be delivered to princess cruise cabins in Australia unfortunately ,tia

Hi i will be cruising with princess again in September I only needed to confirm my need for an acessable cabin online and by phone to a princess representative and explain my needs and i was sent a mobility questionaire to fill in and had to be returned 90 days before cruise ,i have in my cruise personnalizer what my needs are and this is handy for future cruises ,if during the cruise they find that youre in fact not eligible to be in the cabin they can remove you apparently ,hope that helps