BurmsMom

On 2/25/2020 at 9:22 AM, rucruisn2 said:

Just my experience.  I used my scooter in Dec. for the first time.  I found most people were very nice and made room on the elevator for me.  The scooter fit into our cabin with no problem.  Now we have a HC cabin booked on our next cruise in March.  

If you are on medicare and have a documented disability that requires you to use a scooter, medicare will pay for it.

Medicare will pay for what? The Scooter?

We have cruised a number of times with rental scooters, the scooter was always waiting in our cabin, which worked out for us. 
We have always had trouble with the elevators, fellow passengers will not move to the back. One time we waited while 5 elevators said they were too full for us. Finally the next car came and from the front the elevator looked fairly full, but I could see room in the back. I stepped forward and stood so the elevator door would not close. I said something to the effect, ‘if you will all move back so we can get on we can all get where we are going.’ One person stood right in the front and would not move, so I said, ‘if you really need to be in the front, step aside or off, we are happy to be in the back.’ He made some rude remark, stepped off and used the stairs.

Really folks, it is not his choice that he can barely walk, give us a chance’.

On 2/24/2020 at 1:57 PM, airdale said:

We do have a HC cabin booked.  I am renting a scooter from "Scoot Around" along with an electric recliner to sleep in.  I don't know anything about the scooter, but they are the approved Carnival scooter renter.  So I figure the battery and everything is else needed will be taken care of for me.   They will have the recliner already in the cabin, but I understand the scooter can be picked in the terminal or waiting in the cabin.  I will recheck with them again closer to the cruise.  I filled out my forms and special requests the day I booked.

Please tell me about the elevator concerns or problems.  Yes we are cruising on the Radiance, so do I need information on scooter use on the Victory or Sunrise?  Thank you for your reply!  Don

No, I would not. I already suffer from ‘shortness of breath. So I do not think that I could enjoy being on a cruise if I have to wear a mask.