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Celebrity Cruise
Hi there! I am not mobility challenged, but my future BIL is. He is a paraplegic in an electric wheelchair. We are looking at doing a cruise to Alaska for our wedding, and I’m trying to find out if Celebrity is a good, mobility friendly cruise line. I BELIEVE the ship would be the Celebrity Edge, which I think is the Ocean line? I’m new to cruising, sorry!
The family takes a LOT of cruises, and usually chooses Norwegian. We actually just got back from an NCL cruise to Alaska, which was with the entire family, BIL included. Some frustrations they expressed were that they paid $800/person for the therapy spa with the pool and he could only use the hot tub, as there were no lifts. The main dining area, with the buffet was crowded a lot and it didn’t seem like there were that many ADA tables.
I’ve looked at Royal Caribbean and while it looks fantastic, it is just way out of our budget for the wedding. How is Celebrity in terms of electric chair friendly? Are there lifts for the pools/spa?
If anyone has any pros/cons for Celebrity, please let me know.
Thanks so much 🙂
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Hi –
I have multiple sclerosis and need to use a scooter to get around. My wife and I did a land/sea Alaska cruise several years ago on Princess and they were great. A lift was used to get me on and off the very comfortable train, which took us from Anchorage to Denali Park. A two days later we continued on it to the dock in Whittier. The train was on one side of the dock and the ship on the other. The cruise, itself, was excellent and we had to accessibility problems.
Within the past several months we were on a Caribbean cruise on the Celebrity Beyond! It’s a new ship and we had a wonderful accessible cabin. It’s larger than most ships we’ve been on but that was ok. I found it accessible but didn’t use the pools. I can get in many without needing to use a lift but, because of the pool layouts the only way in for me was the lift.
Important – You need an accessible cabin and the Edge had more with balconies than some cruise ships. But, they go fast so book early
Suggestion – Check the forum section of http://www.cruisecritic.com. It has forums for cruise lines, ships, and disabled cruising. Also, most lines have departments for passengers with a handicapped. Check their websites for that.
Finally, I’ve written about some of my cruises on http://www.themswire.com.
Hope this helps.
Ed
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