Ok first, don’t best yourself up foenthe things you’re beating yourself up for! No one is perfect, and it’s impossoble to anticipate everything.
Thoughts...
I also hoped that having the same dining team would make dinners more comfortable.
I wanted to make sure you know that on other lines you have the same team each night AND you’re in the same *room* each night. Might make things even easier to have the same room, rather than changing physical spaces and having servers in different uniforms each night. Just in case you’re considering another cruise.
And I’m pretty sure that suites on Royal got priority bag drop off in PR.
Not sure what security measures Disney might have that others don’t; I’ve never noticed anything different security-wise between Disney and Royal, for instance.
Also, if your "person" needs to visit a public restroom, even if the person is mobile, it's a good idea to follow them to make sure they return without getting lost. DMIL got lost after using an airplane lavatory. Her seat was in 1st class.
That exact scenario might not allow for someone to go with them, at least not without a discussion with flight attendants. You can’t form a line at the front bathroom, so the FA might not easily (or at all) allow it.
For this reason my sister and I chose not to pack on the final night until the last minute or even talk about packing or leaving in front of her, knowing it would stress her out. Once we started packing, she was a mess.
I wonder if packing as you went might have been good, too? Instead of putting dirty clothes in a hamper each day just put them into the suitcase? As each item is used for the final time (if there are special shoes for an outfit etc) they just get put all the way away?
For my mom, she was much more stable holding on to one of our arms so we insisted she hold an arm wherever we went.
I was caregiver for my then-MIL for 5 years. I started as she started having strokes and got the diagnosis of vascular dementia. She’s physically very frail and insists on wearing slip-on shoes with a heel, so she’s even more at risk of falls.
She always wanted to hold an arm. She didn’t recognize that that made it MORE likely she would fall, as I wasn’t *that* much bigger than her, and despite being strong I would have had a hard time catching her as she fell, and if she did fall it would have injured me, too.
She would also hold on to my son; he might have quickly grown taller than us, but he’s still a kid (he was only 8 when the strokes started and she got that diagnosis and prognosis) and doesn’t deserve that responsibility.
I had to make her use her walker for everyone’s safety.