mobility scooter to Cape Horn

[teddytumtum]

Has anyone taken a mobility scooter on the cruise Cape Horn, Straights of Magellan. Would you recommend scooter or wheelchair. T hank you

[cotatica]

I cruised the 48 day San Diego to New York with around the Horn and I had my TravelScoot. I saw a lot because I had it. Also made it easier around the ship after a long day. I wish you well.

[xxoocruiser]

Has anyone taken a mobility scooter on the cruise Cape Horn, Straights of Magellan. Would you recommend scooter or wheelchair. T hank you

 

Are you asking in terms of the ship or ports? On the ship a scooter will give you much more independence. However never having been on a similar cruise that area you need to consider the following:

• What type of scooter - Is the scooter a travel portable size that can be broken down to fit into a van or trunk of car (such as the Travelscoot that the previous poster traveled with). Or does the scooter require a vehicle with an accessible lift in which a wheelchair for excursions may be the better option. Most ship excursions do not have vehicles with accessible lifts. If you need a vehicle with an accessible lift you'll have to find private tours that could accommodate the scooter if such are even available.
  
• Are any of the ports a Tendered Port? If so than the scooter will only be allowed if the tender has roll-on capabilities. Here again a wheelchair may be the better option.
  

 

The best option depending on your mobility may actually be to bring both a scooter and wheelchair.

[Hamburg Avon Lady]

We rented a motorized scooter through CareVacations.com for our 30 day South America cruise on RCCL's Mariner of the seas. DH used it mostly on the ship (which is really long!) in order to save his legs for onshore trips. He was able to use it ashore IF the ship was docked. We had a regular veranda cabin and the scooter went through the door but was a tight fit as my husband is a large man (300 #).

 

We took our own on our Holland Americas Westerdam cruise to Hawaii and the South Pacific. HAL's ships have a special elevator that would take him down to the tender level and the crew would drive the scooter onto to tender. There was only one port where he could not use it due to very steep steps at Nuku Hiva. I must say the tender crews were OUTSTANDING !!

 

You do need to notify the cruise line prior to boarding that you will doing this,

however, as each line may have different requirements.

[Splinter]

I would recommend using the scooter on the ship, and also bringing a manual wheelchair for shoreside. We found many places were not really wheelchair accessible ashore, but were always able to find locals to help pick up the wheelchair (and my mother) to lift up a flight of stairs. Minimal ramps, few curb cuts in most ports, as as stated, you cannot take a scooter on most tenders, but you can take a manual wheelchair if it folds and you can walk on/off the tender.

 

(KLD)

[Going Coastal]

I used a rental scooter on the ship when we went around the Horn but, as someone suggested above, used a manual wheelchair ashore.

 

 

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