orkaren1

I tried that link and just some domain name link.  Is there any other way to find out what offers may be available?

My parents went on a cruise for their 60th anniversary when they were both 80. My mother went on a banana boat excursion and a zipline (my dad stayed on the ship).  That was 10 years ago so maybe things have changed since then for age restrictions.  My mother is a bit fearless, she did a tandem sky dive for her 75th birthday and also for her 85th.  She already has her sky dive planned for October for her 90th birthday.

11 hours ago, Texasgingerbread said:

I think he'll be in a wheelchair in a year so I'm trying to plan accordingly.

I believe the cruiseline can help with some modifications even to a standard room.  They may be able to provide things like a shower chair, raised toilet seat, transfer bench, etc. Just contact their special needs department to see what is availabe. Before he went into his power chair my husband's standard manual chair would fit through the door of a standard room.  A junior suite will give you the extra room needed to turn the chair, storage, etc.  Also, you can rent a wheelchair or scooter and it will be available in your room on embarkation.  I hope your father in law is able to make the cruise, cruising really is the best way for disabled persons to travel.  We have our next cruise scheduled for October this year and I am hoping my husband makes it.  He has a degenerative neurological condition and is deteriorating pretty quickly but we try to keep things as normal as possible and cruising is something he really enjoys.  Good luck to you!

If your family member only needs a walker and not a wheelchair, then any standard cabin or suite should work just fine, he probably doesn't really need an accessible cabin.  The accessible cabins are very limited and get reserved quickly.  My husband is a full time wheelchair user (quadriplegic) and we could not cruise without an accessible cabin so we need to book at least 18 months ahead to get what we need.

This happened to me last month.  I sent an email and then just made the payment via phone.  About a week later I received an answer to my email telling me there was nothing wrong with their online payment system and that I should just try again.  Of course the next time I went online I was able to make a payment.  Just some weird glitch in their system.

My favorite is when able bodied people park in a handicap space, notice my husband in his wheelchair, and then suddenly start limping (after they were observed walking perfectly normal).  I realize not everyone who needs and accessible spot has a visible disability but it is very frustrating when people with minor disabilities take the van parking spaces and we have to use a regular space and have potential safety concerns trying to manuever a ramp and lift in a regular space.

My husband has a neuromuscular disease similar to ALS.  Cruising is one of the only ways he can travel at all.  He uses a power wheelchair and absolutely must have an accessible room for the extra space and the accessible bathroom.  If we were on a cruise and found out that an able bodied person had been given an accessible room after we had made the requests you made I would be taking it up the chain of command and making a pest of myself until I got resolution.  Wen we want to cruise we need to book at least a year and a half out and it really irks me to hear of an able bodied person in an accessible room.  Of course I will not hesitate to say something when I see a non-disabled person in a handicap parking space, so I can be a bulldog when it comes to accessibility issues.

We got the Ultimate dining package for a pretty good price during the black Friday sale.  We are thinking about the Chef's Table with the discount from the UDP.  I'm sure I can contact Royal Caribbean and find out about the vegetarian options.  Three out of five of the people in our party are vegetarians so maybe they would be more willing to do something special for us since it is more than one person. 

Going on Harmony in October and are considering the Chef's Table.  From the pictures the menu looks pretty meat heavy.  Does anyone know if they accommodate vegetarians?  Thanks!

We saw him on a cruise several years ago.  At first I thought the show would be pretty lame, but actually it was very entertaining and we really enjoyed it.

I have been offered discount rates via email from Club Royale. Unfortunately they are usually only good on specific cruises that are generally a few months out. My husband needs an accessible room and every time I look into these rates there are never any accessible rooms available on the ship. It is very unfair to anyone requiring an accessible room.

When I tried to use the code I got a message from someone at Club Royale that said the reward must be used for a sailing before December 2018. (Our sailing is October 2019). I pointed out to this person that the MyVegas website said the sailing must be before December 2019. The Club Royale rep told me the information on the website was incorrect. I then contacted MyVegas and was told the info on the website is correct and I was given incorrect information by the Club Royale rep. I again contacted the ClubRoyale rep who basically said too bad. She was pretty rude in her communications to me. The person at MyVegas is still trying to clarify the issue and I have spoken with someone in Royal Caribbean corporate offices about making things a little more fair for people needing to book accessible rooms because that is always going to be outside of the one year time frame on the website.for reward redemption. It will be interesting to see how it all plays out.

I can only book within 12 month as insurance companies in U.K. will only insure one year ahead, also my condition is slowly progressive so I don’t know how much I will have deteriorated more than a year ahead. I always check how much it will cost me as it goes up a few hundred pounds every year. So I mostly miss out on getting an accessible cabin and therefore can’t take a scooter.

Several people have suggested that more accessible cabins should be available but this is governed by the size of the ship and the crew available to help the handicapped in the event of an emergency.

I agree it seems it would be easy for the cruiselines to add more accessible rooms. For example on Harmony of the Seas less than 2% of the total rooms are accessible. It makes you wonder why they can't take some of the junior suites and convert them to accessible suites. Regular rooms of all levels could be made accessible and then released for able bodied persons if not booked by disabled persons. Or perhaps they could put in a scooter storage area so people that only need scooters and not wheelchairs would not need to take up the accessible rooms. My husband is a full time wheelchair user and cannot ambulate at all. He absolutely needs an accessible room for the bathroom amenities such as roll in shower, fold down shower chair, etc. As you stated an accessible room must be booked well in advance and this prevents people needing these rooms from getting any deals, specials, etc or booking less than a year and a half in advance.

I realize that the POTUS is quite busy but perhaps a letter to him would help ?

Do you really think the current POTUS cares about disabled people? He is too busy playing golf.

I wished everyone and every public establishment took this more seriously. My husband is a full time wheelchair user and needs a lift to get into our car. In many places we go the disable spots are taken by people who don't need them but have a parking placard, leaving us to park in a spot without space to use the lift. I know some people have disabilities that aren't readily discernible but we often see people park in the disabled spots and then get out of their car and practically run into the store, park, whatever. Either that or they suddenly develop a limp when they see my struggling to get my husband out of the car. I have seen people park their scooter in a designated wheelchair spot on a cruise venue and then get out of their scooter to walk down the stairs and talk to to friends. If we want to reserve an accessible room for a cruise we need to book it over a year in advance, missing out on many good deals that are only available for cruises booked with less advance notice. My hairdresser (who is able bodied and does not require an accessible room for anyone in her family) recently bragged about getting an accessible hotel room because her travel agent told her it would be a larger room. It goes on and on and I would be more than happy to provide documentation to anyone if it would help stop the people who do things improperly.

My husband also just "upgraded" to a power wheelchair. We were on Oasis of the Seas last year with his manual chair and had no problems in any venues. In the dining rooms they just moved chairs out of the way so he could pull his chair in. They also tried to put us at tables that were close to the front of the dining rooms. There were accessible seating viewing areas in all entertainment venues. We had an accessible balcony room and had no problems at all. We will be going on Harmony of the Seas next October with the power chair but I really don't anticipate any issues based on our last cruise. You should be fine.

I can't use the rewards either. You can only use them on a cruise booked no more than a year in advance. We absolutely need an accessible room due to my husband's neurological condition and of course for any cruise within a year time frame there are no accessible rooms available. Really makes it discriminatory against people that have physical limitations.