katgar

When we were on the carnival Legend recently there were very few time we had a problem. (My sweetie needs a w/c for distances.) No one shoved in front at the elevators, quite a few held the door while I got the chair in!. If the doors opened, even if it looked like we could squeeze in and people were holding the door, we just said to go ahead, we'd get the next one. If halls were crowded, like during the dinner/show crunch, it took longer to get through, but it would even if you were walking. In some places where it was loud, like outside a lounge, it would be hard to be heard, but you can tell when it's that.

The worst time was when we went to Barbados. Our tour was 11:45, but the time listed for port was 12:00. We got off the elevators for the gangway at 11:15, and a line was already formed around the corner. people kept getting off the elevators and crowded in front of all of us already there. When the line started moving, people kept cutting in front of the w/c from the sides of us. As we neared the stairs, people kept coming down the stairs. I had to do some quick stops at this point, and a woman behind was saying w/c coming through. Still people poured down the sairs. (It didn't help that the crew had piled golf bags Across from the stairs, narrowing the walk-space). Once, I wasn't able to stop quick enough, and hit someone coming off the stairs. Now mind you I was already worried about the tour leaving without us! This person literally GLARED at me, when he wasn't looking where he was going. I was so mad I said, "Serves him right for not paying attention to someone in a w/c"

Other than that and the occasional oops, that had both parties saying "Sorry", there wasn't much of a problem. When Gary ventured on his own in the scooter, he got stuck over a door ramp, twice! Once some another passenger gave him a boost, and another time crew mmembers did.

My first cruise was on Dolphin Cruise Line's Seabreeze, and I remember how the size of the ship amazed me. Then this year I went on the Carnival Legend and realized it could probably hold three Seabreezes!

I heard that the Seabreeze "mysteriously" sank, no one on board.

I still have fond memories of that first cruise, and hope to continue cruising every year. You can't beat the value for a vacation!