access to Planetarium on QM2

[nuekruizer]

Can anyone tell me the best handicapped access to the Illuminations entrance and exit , if in a wheelchair? Where is the nearest elevator located? It looks difficult to navigate from my copy of the deck plan.

[BlueRiband]

Illuminations is not the easiest place to find for first timers on the ship.

 

It's accessed from the Grand Lobby on deck 3, and there is are wheelchair elevators port and starboard to go down the half deck leading forward toward Illuminations. Although there are steps leading into the auditorium, at the side of each staircase is a wheelchair ramp.

[pepperrn]

Can anyone tell me the best handicapped access to the Illuminations entrance and exit , if in a wheelchair? Where is the nearest elevator located? It looks difficult to navigate from my copy of the deck plan.

Hi nueKruiser,

 

As an alternative plan to the one that BlueRiband very sensibly suggested (when coming from the Grand Lobby).

 

If you take the forward "A" lifts (accessible from every deck) to Deck 3 and then go aft from them, there is level/ramped access all the way from the lifts... to the wheelchair areas within Illuminations.

 

QM2 was laid out with wheelchair access very much in mind. That is not to say that everywhere is accessible, there are a few exceptions, but there is usually lift/ramped access to most areas of the ship.

 

Hope this helps, have a great time :)

Edited July 15, 2015 by pepperrn

[nuekruizer]

Thank you both for your reply. That's exactly what I needed to know!