Subject: Re: Alaska cruise...mobility impaired

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Subject: Re: Alaska cruise...mobility impaired

Posted on: Sun, 02 Jul 2006 14:48:05 EDT

Re: Your last

"We are looking into that option as well, both in terms of transporting
it on the plane, or having it shipped. We live in PA and what we have
found up to this point are fairly expensive options. I'll have to
check with her as to whether or not it can easily be broken down"

There is no cost involved in having the airline transport the scooter. I
ride mine right up to the plane door and airline personnel take it there.
They also deliver it to the plane on arrival. It also does not have to break
down in to parts either. The only cost would be for transport to and from
the airport and the ship. If you have cruise ship transfers they will also
provide transport for the scooter. (You have to notify them in advance)
Note, that this assumes that she has a physical handicap that requires the
use of a WC or scooter.

"Leo K" wrote in message
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> On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 17:48:23 GMT, "Jean O'Boyle"
> wrote:
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> (snipped)
>>Is there any reason your Mom cannot bring her own scooter? Is it one that
>>you can take apart in two pieces making it easier to bring along?...We
>>have
>>very good friends with whom we cruise often and she has a scooter that she
>>takes on the plane
>>and onboard the ship.. I'm hoping Barb or Tobie will jump in here and help
>>me out with more information. Or Nonnymous and Mrs. Nonnymous?
>
> We are looking into that option as well, both in terms of transporting
> it on the plane, or having it shipped. We live in PA and what we have
> found up to this point are fairly expensive options. I'll have to
> check with her as to whether or not it can easily be broken down.
>
>
>>
>>Celebrity, as most lines has wheelchairs...as to whether you can keep one
>>after she boards is not always a definite..but I have seen it done. You
>>can
>>request one before boarding to make that process easier. They have a
>>special line for wheelchair passengers and also when disembarking, they
>>will
>>provide you with one if you make an early request for one at the purser's
>>desk.
>>
>>
>>> 3) Are tenders easy enough to board for mobility impaired persons?
>>
>>I believe that the answer there is yes and no...depends on the physical
>>abilities of the passenger and the weather that day.
>>Sometimes the seas are so rough, that the tender *bobs* about making it
>>is
>>difficult for even a person in good physical condition to maintain good
>>balance.
>>
>>Will you be staying at the fairly new Holiday Inn in Seward? We had a
>>room
>>facing the marina and the next morning awakened to see our ship, the
>>Ryndam,
>>docked and looking beautiful with the snow capped mountains in the
>>background!
>>
>>Enjoy your cruise!
>>--Jean
>>
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