Ms Ann

They were available every night on the Serenade Jan 11 sailing. I ate them 3 nights.

Jut off the Serenade Last weekend. I found the dinning rooms to be a little chilly the first day or two. I wore 3/4 or long sleeve tops, but didn't need a sweater.

Enjoy your cruise.

Denise - BILL has a BEARD!!! He looks so cute.

Gordito, Not sure what information on the vans you need. I know they are full size Ford 250s. They are airconditioned, lift, not ramp and they load from the rear.

I'll check back as possible, so if you have any specific questions I'll try to answer them.

When you get off the ship head to the back of the shops where the Taxi's pick-up and deliver. There will be a man doing the calls, etc. Ask him for a handicap van, and he will call one for you. Oscar and I would head to Channcanab (sp), Mr Sanchez (very sandy and no way to get chair to water) or downtown. Never took a tour there, so not sure about cost for the van.

Hope Ive helped some.

We were on the Navagator in March. There was a group onboard, It looked like they were having a ball. I especially enjoyed seeing thos kids dancing out by the pool deck. Sure wish I could dance as well as some of them.

How are you searching for HC cabins? Cruise line site? TA site? Phone to cruise line?

I/We search only on the actual Cruise line site, although we use our TA to book it. The one thing I have notices on some sites is if a cabin will accomodate 3 or more persons, and you are stating 2 per cabin, the cabins for 3 or more will not show as available. I run searches for 2, 3 and 4. If one is available with say 3 person booking, the cruise line must "release" the cabin for booking of 2 people. Some sites only open cabins when speeking personally with an agent. I seem to remember that Carnival blocks all HC cabins, and you must call an agent to check on availability. One of the many reasons we do not sail Carnival.

Wow. That's wonderful. We are in C633, and that will be close for watching as we leave port etc.

On the plans for the coral Princess, there are narrow open decks on the aft of the ship, with openings to the hallway by the cabins. Are these decks accessible to the passengers, or just crew?

Thank you very much for your "right on" post. My DH is afflicted with Parksinson's. Sometimes he can walk sometimes not. We would be happy to trade the HC cabin anyday for my husband to be 100%

We totally understand Lovey. My Hubby had Polio at age 9mo. I would pay the price of a suite for a lowly inside cabin if he could have the use of his legs again. Post Polio Syndrome is so heart breaking.

For us to cruise ( and we DO! ) we take his huge power chair, an electric hower lift, oversized bedside commode, Bipap, Oxygen concentrator, and miscellaneous supplies for his day to day needs.

Maybe if the AB person could just ONE DAY be in his shoes - er chair - there would be more thought given to their choices.

OK I'll get down off my soap box now.

I've been researching a wheelchair accessible cabin for a family member and just ran across a very handy resource on the ***** website under "special needs." After you click on the name of a specific ship on that page, there is a link "to view a detailed list of accessible cabins and measurements" and then a chart of the various accessibility features of the ship.

 

The detailed list of accessible cabins gives you the stateroom numbers and the door widths. It beats squinting at the deck plans to figure out where the accessible cabins are!

as of now, there is nolonger a room size given. Only door width, and info on bath and balcony ramping.

Spoke with Princess accessibility person today about HC cabins on the Ruby Princess. We only spoke of 2, but the information I have is the inside ( Aloha deck ) is 13X19 ft with open bath 6X7ft. The obstructed view ones on Emerald deck are 21x14 FT and open bath 6x7ft.

Dont know size of others like balcony. Be careful when discussing balcony cabins, they will tell you a sq footage that includes the balcony, could be misleading.