PrincessPeggyLynn

We're planning on going on a family reunion cruise, and the original plan was that we would get at least one suite on the Disney Dream where we could all congregate. My father however is scooter-bound for the most part. He can transfer from one chair to another, but that is about it. From my reading it looks like the typical stateroom door is 25 inches wide. I know his scooter is 20 inches wide (it's a Revo), but I keep reading that scooters won't fit through regular stateroom doors. They'll have a handicap room, but I'm sure my parents would like to join the rest of the family in one of the non-handicap suites on occasion. It seems like it wouldn't be an issue, given the dimensions of everything, but I didn't know if there was something I was missing. Could someone help shed some light?

Have you contacted Disney and asked to speak for their accessibility people? Disney has a really good reputation for accessibility for both their land and sea properties.

I am planning trip to Alaska and one of the trails in Denali State Park (at Eielson visitor center) is .5 miles long with negligible elevation and "well compacted gravel". I push my Dad's wheelchair for him when we travel and never encountered well compacted gravel before. Is this difficult to push on?

 

If anyone has gone to Denali State Park, please comment on it's shuttle system as far as being wheelchair accessible. They indicate it is, but I am concerned if we get off at Eielson visitor center that we may have difficulty getting another wheelchair accessible shuttle back to park entrance since we are going in July.

 

Thanks.

If your dad's wheelchair is a good one with good tires and casters, you should not have a problem. National and State parks are typically good at making and maintaining accessibility features as well as describing and answering questions. I would call the number they have on the website. But when I visited their website and read the description of compacted gravel it sound like the type of surface required by the Americans with Disabilities Act. This is the sentence to which I referred:

"Mountain Vista Loop Trail: Compacted gravel surface. ADA compliant. 5% maximum grade, 6' wide"

To the first poster...IF the doorways are okay to get a wheelchair through, he could pass on taking a shower for one day. Sometimes he does anyway.

 

To the second poster, right now my husband can walk a few steps but we do not know what he will be like by then as his condition worstens. Good point about the grab bar though, that would be really helpful for him to get up as we are finding that we are just about ready to install them in our home

 

THANKS EVERYONE!! This is all new to us so all of your help is great!

Hi, my husband has been a full time wheelchair user for over 40 years having been shot in combat in Viet Nam. Please, please do all the wounded warriors returning home and all civilians who are wheelchair uses a service by booking a wheelchair accessible room. The hotel/motel industry, as well as the cruise line industry, keeps trying to get the number of accessible rooms/cabins required reduced. They want less accessible rooms required because they say they have records that they are not used. All of us who try to book accessible room and accessible cabins know we need to do it directly with the hotels and through a cruise travel agent who understands accessibility. Book that accessible room and enjoy a stay that is so much more convenient.