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Just got off Odyssey of the seas. There was another service dog and ironically, he was in room next to me. The ship gave us extra relief box to share on our balcony. The dogs barely used it and prefer to make us take them to other end of ship. Lol.

Anyone sail with service dog and use a mobility scooter at the same time? I have limited mobility for walking distance but chief is for my low cortisol. He is a golden retriever. He has experience with being around scooter cause I have 1 but only use it for sporting events. This will be chief's 1st cruise, I'm very experienced cruiser and I'm not sure how me personally to handle everything with small elevator, dog, scooter and lots of people. Chief is great...I'm not worried but now Scootaround will only give me a 3 wheel scooter and not 4. He likes riding on it but I'm more paranoid about running over his paw or things that happen quickly on the elevator that now i have 2 things to deal with dog and scooter vs. Before was just scooter and just being a concerned dad. Lol. Part of me says just no scooter and carry backpack to hold things and rest/plan routes so I take up less space but on other hand.....I'm just torn on decision. Cruise leaves on superbowl. Need any and all advice.

Chief is golden retriever

Anyone sail with service dog and use a mobility scooter at the same time? I have limited mobility for walking distance but chief is for my low cortisol. He has experience with being around scooter cause I have 1 but only use it for sporting events. This will be chief's 1st cruise and I'm not sure how me personally to handle everything with small elevator, dog, scooter and lots of people. Chief is great...I'm not worried but now Scootaround will only give me a 3 wheel scooter and not 4. He likes riding on it but I'm more paranoid about running over his paw or things that happen quickly on the elevator that now i have 2 things to deal with dog and scooter vs. Before was just scooter and just being a concerned dad. Lol. Part of me says just no scooter and carry backpack to hold things and rest/plan routes so I take up less space but on other hand.....I'm just torn on decision. Cruise leaves on superbowl. Need any and all advice.

If your wanting quicker responses...there is also a Facebook page called "cruising with service dogs" that has been very helpful and more active.

On royal Caribbean at coco key/private island in Bahamas. Was there any additional paperwork required to get off ship. It's too late for me to get paperwork sent in to Bahamas department of agriculture. I have all the vet and u.s. paperwork. But I hear conflicting reports from rccl and other cruisers on fb. Has anyone recently gone to coco key? I'm extremely pissed at rccl cause I called and asked for information about this over a month ago. Were you able to get off ship or stuck on board?

i am debating on taking my service dog on my cruise in february. i have already had RCCL send me paperwork to fill out and they informed me about our ports and possible issues with Caymen. Anyone have issues with taking the dog off leash in the sports deck when it is completely empty, so the dog can play fetch and just be a dog? he might have too much fun during the superbowl cause his name is Chief and last time we watched the superbowl from the ocean, the Chiefs won in as covid started. where is the potty area and should i bring spot shot in case he doesn't make it to designated area in time? he was just supposed to be a mobility dog and be still in training and not going but in the last 3 months, he became aware that he started alerting to my low cortisol accurately and even recognized my stroke because the cortisol dropped too low a month ago and even last night, he woke me up and i was in bad shape, i luckily avoided ambulance ride. im still debating on taking him on the trip, if my medical issues don't calm down then he will be going but i am hoping everything gets better and its just weather changes and recovering from the stroke and not something more.