Wheelchair & Scooter Use on Pride of Aloha

[funtime5]

We will be cruising to Hawaii on the Pride of Aloha in May and would appreciate any information regarding renting a scooter and how assesible is the ship for scooter and small companion wheelchair. We will be staying in a "regular" balcony cabin as there are no HC balconies on the PA. Husband is able to walk a few steps but requires the wheelchair for distance. Also, any information on excursions, ports etc. would be helpful. Thank You.

[Splinter]

Do you know if your scooter will fit through the door of a regular cabin? Can your husband step up into the bathroom and stand in a regular shower without full grab rails?

 

There are accessible cabins on this ship. We don't care about a balcony as we are so rarely in the cabin during the day and we can cruise more often when we get the cheapest accessible cabin we can find.

[Reggae Mon]

I'm not sure about your ship but you will need an accseeible cabin. I have & am using Care Vacations to rent a power WC. Their web site is www.carevacations.com & phone 877-478-7827. They are great to deal with. The WC will be in your cabin when you board & you leave it there when you leave the ship. I recomend a WC because they are easier to navigate both on & off the ship.

:) Happy Cruising:)

[Queenie2]

yes, work with care vacations, but you will have to get a small travel scooter. The non-accessible check usually have a door width of 23 or so inches, but check with the access dept. for accurate measurements. Then make sure you specify to Care vacations that you need a scooter no wider than X because you do not have an accessible room.

 

POA is an older ship but pretty easy to navigate in a scooter. There are a few access blips and the buffet can get pretty tight and crowded, but for the most part it's pretty good.

 

I'm not really sure where you are going to store a wc and a scooter in your cabin, as there isn't much room and you are prohibited from storing in in the hallway.

 

Persoanlly I go for one of the inside cabins if they are available -- they are very spacious and to be honest you don't spend that much time on this ship as it's a very shore intensive itinerary with overnights in two ports. Great itinerary though.

 

 

Here's a link to some info on NCL from my blog:

http://barrierfreetravels.com/serendipity/archives/14-Acquisitions-and-Access.html

 

And here's a link to an article I wrote about the POA in my TWI Column. It's a little dated but most of the info is still accurate

http://www.travelworldmagazine.com/contributors/detail.php?ArticleID=933

 

Candy

[stmomma]

Thanks a million for the care vacations link. I am looking into renting a power chair for my DD for our Hawaiian cruise. Of course that means we will be storing a manual chair, power chair and a walker in our room. We have room 8596. Hope it's big enough for all that equipment.