What accessible features are in accessible rooms?

[Feels Goodman]

I am trying to figure out if I would need an accessible room or not. I have a lot of mobility issues, but I don’t use a chair. Depending on the length of the cruise and the size of the ship though I may have to rent one.

[Mindy97]

If you have a lot of mobility issues and *don't* rent a wheelchair or scooter, you will probably be so sore and tired about day five that you find it a chore to walk half the length of the ship for your meals. I'm not kidding. Been there, done that.

 

I can only speak to the features of HC (handicap cabins) on Princess. First, the doors are wider, so you can get in with a wheelchair. The cabin is larger so you can turn your chair or scooter around and also have a place to put it when you are not using it. The bathroom has a flat entry instead of a step in. There are grab bars by the toilet and the shower and the sink is lower (with less storage) so you can roll up to it if you need to. The shower is larger and has a hand held showerhead. It also has a pull down seat, which is great if you have balance issues (or, of course, if you can't stand). The closet has clothes racks that rotate to a lower position if needed.

 

Hope that helps.

 

M/

 

I am trying to figure out if I would need an accessible room or not. I have a lot of mobility issues, but I don’t use a chair. Depending on the length of the cruise and the size of the ship though I may have to rent one.

[AndyTheK]

A couple of additions to what Mindy97 wrote:

 

Many, if not most, of the indoor areas aboard ship have carpeted floors. If you are not a regular chair user, you might find a lot of wheeling to be taxing on you (or your companion who is pushing you). For this reason, DW changes from chair to scooter for cruising. She rents it for the cruise.

 

On Princess, the HC cabins are located right next to an elevator bank. If you are not near an elevator but manage with a folding chair, you will often find the passageway blocked by a steward's cart, and will have to have some assistance to get past.

 

In HC cabins, the doorway to the balcony has an automatic thingy (gravity operated) to make a ramp so you can wheel in and out.

 

Only *some* ships have the lowering closet rail. The Coral did but the Crown did not.

 

If you are a table game player in the casino, many of the tables are low, you can roll right up and play. They will permit you to remain seated in your chair/scooter at the craps table. Slots are at a comfortable level.

 

Good cruising and Shalom. Andy.

[uppitycats]

Neither wheelchairs nor scooters will fit through the doors of a regular cabin. If you decide to rent a wheelchair you'd need to be sure to book an accessible cabin...or you'd have to get out of your chair, fold it (so you'd need to be sure to rent a collapsible manual wheelchair), move it in your cabin and lay it against a wall or under the bed, and then move on foot around your cabin.

[xxoocruiser]

I am trying to figure out if I would need an accessible room or not. I have a lot of mobility issues, but I don’t use a chair. Depending on the length of the cruise and the size of the ship though I may have to rent one.

• The doorway is wider to fit most larger scooters and wheelchairs.
  
• The room is wider to accommodate using a scooter and or wheelchair in the room if your are unable to walk.
  
• The closet generally has a pull down clothes rail
  
• There is no step into the washroom ( all not Accessible cabins have a step to get into the washroom)
  
• There is a grab bar by the toilet
  
• The toilet is higher than in a standard cabin
  
• There are grab bars and a fold down seat in the shower along with a hand held shower head.
  
• The shower has a zero threshold allowing a wheelchair to be rolled in
  
• The sink has no under cabinets to allow for a wheelchair to pull close to the sink. The sink is also lower for that same reason.
  

[xxoocruiser]

Neither wheelchairs nor scooters will fit through the doors of a regular cabin. If you decide to rent a wheelchair you'd need to be sure to book an accessible cabin...or you'd have to get out of your chair, fold it (so you'd need to be sure to rent a collapsible manual wheelchair), move it in your cabin and lay it against a wall or under the bed, and then move on foot around your cabin.

 

A Pride GoGo Elite Traveler will fit through a standard cabin door provided the arm rests have been removed. I have gotten mine through many a standard cabin door as I'm not always able to get an accessible cabin. Carevacations rents the Pride Go Go Elite Traveler.

[Feels Goodman]

Thanks everyone for the posts. It sounds like I would need an accessible room.

 

Does anyone know if the accessible rooms are large enough for two scooters? Or if the solo rooms on the NCL Epic come in accessible size?

 

 

If you have a lot of mobility issues and *don't* rent a wheelchair or scooter, you will probably be so sore and tired about day five that you find it a chore to walk half the length of the ship for your meals. I'm not kidding. Been there, done that.

 

 

That is what scares me the most about going on a crusie. Even with a chair and taking it easy my pain issues cause me a lot of problems.

[uppitycats]

Thanks everyone for the posts. It sounds like I would need an accessible room.

 

Does anyone know if the accessible rooms are large enough for two scooters? Or if the solo rooms on the NCL Epic come in accessible size?

 

The solo rooms on the Epic are not accessible. On the cruise lines I've been on, the handicap accessible cabins are pretty crowded with just one scooter (mine). I travel in my manual chair and rent a power chair while on board. The power chair has a smaller turning radius than the scooter. My manual chair gets folded up and laid against a wall, or sometimes under the bed..and even so, maneuvering in the cabin is tight.

[xxoocruiser]

Thanks everyone for the posts. It sounds like I would need an accessible room.

 

Does anyone know if the accessible rooms are large enough for two scooters? Or if the solo rooms on the NCL Epic come in accessible size?

 

That is what scares me the most about going on a crusie. Even with a chair and taking it easy my pain issues cause me a lot of problems.

 

NCL EPIC does not have any studios ( Solo) cabins that are accessible.

 

On RCCL, the accessible cabins can accommodate two scooters. or scooter and wheelchair. I travel with a group that many of us use scooters and powerchairs and share a cabins. Was on the Allure which the accessible cabins are smaller ( in fact all cabins are) than accessible cabins on othe RCCL ship. I had a scooter and my roommate was confined to a power chair . We had absolutely no problem having and using both in the cabin.

[Feels Goodman]

Thanks.

[catr13]

Looking at booking a room on the pacific sun (4 people). It seems accessable rooms are only for 2 people is that correct? Does anyone know for sure if a wheelchair def won't pass throgh the room, it doesnt matter so much about the extra but being able to get through the door would be nice. It is not a large wheel chair as its a 12 year old.

[xxoocruiser]

Looking at booking a room on the pacific sun (4 people). It seems accessable rooms are only for 2 people is that correct? Does anyone know for sure if a wheelchair def won't pass throgh the room, it doesnt matter so much about the extra but being able to get through the door would be nice. It is not a large wheel chair as its a 12 year old.

 

If you are booking an accessible cabin than the doorway is designed to so the wheelchair can fit through the cabin door If you are planning to book a standard cabin than the wheelchair will not fit as standard cabin doorways are on average about 22" -23" from door jam top door jam. Than you have you deduct 2" for the depth of the door when open making the total threshold clearance 20" -21". Unless the person can walk a little distance and the wheelcahir can fold/collapse, would think that you need an accessible cabin. Also the bathroom in a standard cabin has a step and a wheelchair cannot be rolled into the bathroom.

[katisdale]

You also have to be careful on some ships as there are fully accessible and modified accessible cabins. (I only know this about Carnival and Holland America but there may be others?) The modified cabins have a larger entry door but do not have the flat bathroom. If you get one of these cabins and cannot step up into the bathroom that would be a big problem.