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Subject: Cruise ships and wheelchairs Posted on: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:23:46 -0400

I raised this question on another NG, and I was advised to bring it here.

There's a cruise on the MSC Orchestra in February that I'd like to take,
with the following ports of call: Key West, Cozumel, Grand Cayman and
Cayo Levantado. The ship leaves from Ft. Lauderdale.

I'm wheelchair-bound, and I have no idea how feasible it is for someone
in a wheelchair to take a cruise. My sister warned me that even though
the ship claims to be wheelchair-accessible, the cabins would be
impossibly small for me to use.

I have called the cruise line, and was told that the accessible cabins
are 226 square feet in area, which would be roughly 15 x 15.

Also, tenders are used at Cayo Levantado.

Do any of you have any experience/knowledge of the particular ship, and
on taking cruises while in a wheelchair, and would be willing to share
it with me?

I appreciate any assistance.

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The modern conservative is engaged in one of manšs oldest exercises in
moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification
for selfishness. (John Kenneth Galbraith)