Sand wheelchairs

[mamawsnest]

Do they have the sand wheel chairs at Serenity Cove or are they just at the family beaches?

[moki'smommy]

They are not at either beach. THey are available on the left side of the walk very shortly after you get off the ship--well before the tram stop. Just keep looking left off the path or ask any CM.

[mamawsnest]

How would you get one to Serenity?

[moki'smommy]

You can push it on the paths or you can ride the trams. The trams are equipped to handle wheelchairs.

 

Let me warn you--these sand chairs are hard to push. My friend who needed the chair is a small woman, but I couldn't push her in the sand. Unfortunately, she warned me ahead of time that she's only had success with these when there was a young male to do the pushing in the sand; otherwise, they are great on the paths particularly if you con't want your own chair to get full of sand from the island.

[mamawsnest]

Thanks for the advice. My knees wouldn't let me push her that far and she is a little heavier than I am. We'll have to think on that one.:D

[moki'smommy]

They are not hard to push on the paths, but I had no success on the sand. You can get one and push it to the tram. When you get to Serenity, you can decide whether you can handle the sand or not. If not, just stay on the paths. Of course, it is 2 different trams to Serenity, each requiring loading and unloading the chair.

[mamawsnest]

I vaguely remember trying to push my MIL in one of those in 2009. Sis may end up pushing me!

:D

[NCConch]

They are convenient, but it is a big guy or two girl operation in the soft sand. We were a little late (lunchtime) getting our wheelchair using son to CC and there were still a couple of sand wheelchairs available which was surprising since we were on a sold-out Dream. We have used similar chairs on other beaches with more hard-packed sand and they were great.