Myself, DW, DS16 and DS11 are booked on the October 21st eastern Caribbean 7 day cruise on the Fantasy. My mom's 70th birthday is coming up and we are considering surprising her with her own cabin on the cruise together with us. I think she would love it, and has mentioned how much she would love to go on a cruise. We are trying to plan ahead on how to deal with some mobility challenges, however, and interested to hear if anyone else has personal experience in how this would work.
She has several medical issues, mostly limiting her mobility, she can walk short distances alone but uses a walker for moderate distance and a wheelchair for any long distance walking. She has very limited vision and is legally blind, and is also fairly hard of hearing. Finally, she uses oxygen at night.
The only accessible cabins left on our cruise are interior cabins on Deck 2 - and we are booked on Deck 10, family verandah cabin.
Trying to decide if it would be better to book her closer to us on Deck 10 - or if the accessibility room would be more important? She is not wheelchair bound and walks fine on her own for short distances but some of things like ramped shower access and hand holds sound like they would be helpful for her...
Anyone dealt with oxygen on the cruise? What about wheelchair - should we plan on bringing hers or is there an easy rental option? We are planning on flying in Friday and staying at the Hyatt Friday night before departure day on Saturday.
We booked a charter to explore the baths on Tortola day - and she likely would rather stay on the ship for that day. Our tentative plan for St. Thomas was to get ourselves over to Trunk Bay, however. Anybody experienced in making that trip with someone in a wheelchair?
Any other tips or tricks? I think she will love the shows - looks there is wheelchair seating for the theater so no problem there...For the most part I think she will enjoy just being with the family for the week and sitting up on deck reading her book!
She has several medical issues, mostly limiting her mobility, she can walk short distances alone but uses a walker for moderate distance and a wheelchair for any long distance walking. She has very limited vision and is legally blind, and is also fairly hard of hearing. Finally, she uses oxygen at night.
The only accessible cabins left on our cruise are interior cabins on Deck 2 - and we are booked on Deck 10, family verandah cabin.
Trying to decide if it would be better to book her closer to us on Deck 10 - or if the accessibility room would be more important? She is not wheelchair bound and walks fine on her own for short distances but some of things like ramped shower access and hand holds sound like they would be helpful for her...
Anyone dealt with oxygen on the cruise? What about wheelchair - should we plan on bringing hers or is there an easy rental option? We are planning on flying in Friday and staying at the Hyatt Friday night before departure day on Saturday.
We booked a charter to explore the baths on Tortola day - and she likely would rather stay on the ship for that day. Our tentative plan for St. Thomas was to get ourselves over to Trunk Bay, however. Anybody experienced in making that trip with someone in a wheelchair?
Any other tips or tricks? I think she will love the shows - looks there is wheelchair seating for the theater so no problem there...For the most part I think she will enjoy just being with the family for the week and sitting up on deck reading her book!