Mossley Posted July 26 #1 Share Posted July 26 I will be cruising with my dad, who uses a scooter. Will he be able to transfer to a chair in the dining room? The scooter guidelines seem to indicate that there is no scooter parking available onboard and the scooter should be in his room if he’s not seated in it. If anyone has any experience I would appreciate feedback! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokopelli-az Posted July 26 #2 Share Posted July 26 He can drive the scooter right up to your table if he wants. So make sure you have a table that has plenty of space around it so it's easy for the scooter to navigate in and out if he wants to drive to the table. If the scooter is at the table, the waiters will take it and park it out by where you enter the restaurant. There will be plenty of other mobility devices parked there, too. When he's ready to leave the restaurant, the waiter will go get the scooter and bring it back to the table. We have done this many, many times. If he can walk a little, he can leave the scooter himself near the entrance to the restaurant and walk to the table. They will tell him where to park it. While technically there may not be scooter parking locations around the ship, there are lots of places to stow a scooter out of the way (like up next to a wall). My husband takes his scooter say, to the casino, gets to his machine and then I drive the scooter to a safe spot and park it. The theater may have designed spots for scooters and other mobility devices. I don't know how big Dad's scooter is, but do you need/have an accessible stateroom? Scooters must be parked inside your stateroom when you're there and not left in the hall. Check to be sure his scooter will fit through your stateroom door if you don't have an accessible room. Make sure Princess knows Dad will be bringing a scooter. They have mobility forms on-line that he will need to complete and submit. Let us know if you need a link for the form. There are lots of threads in this forum on the topic of scooters (especially scooters vs elevators). You will find lots of information if you do a search on scooters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRS/NC Posted July 27 #3 Share Posted July 27 I was about to type all the above, but Kokopelli-az got there first. I've used an electric scooter on Princess ships for several years now. The above has been my experience. I often travel solo; the MDR staff is great at helping me. ENJOY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossley Posted July 28 Author #4 Share Posted July 28 Thank you so much for the information! We do have an accessible room for him but weren’t able to get much useful information from the Princess rep. We will be looking to this board for more answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy42cruise Posted August 2 #5 Share Posted August 2 I have 1 more suggestion for you: Somehow make your scooter unique so there is no confusion as to who's scooter is who's! There have been some people confused about which one is theirs so especially if that is his personal scooter put a pillowcase on the back or something unique to quickly see it in a sea of scooters (there can be many parked in the dining rooms). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokopelli-az Posted August 2 #6 Share Posted August 2 8 hours ago, happy42cruise said: Somehow make your scooter unique so there is no confusion as to who's scooter is who's! My husband ended up with someone else's scooter after dinner. The waiter brought it to him at our table and it was identical to my husband's (including misc papers and the daily newsletter in the basket). It wasn't until we got back to our stateroom that I noticed it was not his scooter. I drove the scooter back to the dining room and told them about it and fortunately the person who the scooter belonged was still eating dinner. I just did an exchanged and that was that. Thereafter, I just took one of our Pom luggage tags and removed it from a piece of luggage and attached it to the basket of the scooter. No trouble getting the correct scooter now. Have to remember to remove the tag from the scooter on the last day and put it back on the luggage.... The rental scooters all look alike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leelou270 Posted August 18 #7 Share Posted August 18 On 7/26/2024 at 6:21 PM, Mossley said: I will be cruising with my dad, who uses a scooter. Will he be able to transfer to a chair in the dining room? The scooter guidelines seem to indicate that there is no scooter parking available onboard and the scooter should be in his room if he’s not seated in it. If anyone has any experience I would appreciate feedback! The Maitre de and team are brilliant at manoeuvring the scooter. Use it to transfer to table and they love to Whiz it away and then return. You should really have an accessible cabin so you can store and charge the scooter as not allowed to have it on the corridor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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