FOS Helipad

[Clarea]

Here's a great picture I didn't include in my Navigator review... this picture was taken by my GF from inside our forward facing OV this past May.

 

I count 7 steps from deck 5 up onto the helipad... I really hope you have the ability to get up there! Note all the bench seating I mentioned. Also notice me standing there on the second bench from the right :p ... another rare personal photo to add to my collection :D

 

I can't tell, but I'm wondering if the structure to the right of the stairs is some sort of lift?

[ryano]

 

If your are permanently wheelchair bound, I am sorry to say that I don't believe you can get onto the helipad area unless a couple of staff are willing to pick you up and carry you up and then down the stairs (I'm guessing not... liability/insurance issues).

 

 

Im permanently wheelchair bound and if I can get to those 7 steps in the pic above, I will get friends to carry me up in my wheelchair. We do it all the time at other places so its no big deal. I just hope I can get to those 7 steps without much of an issue.

 

Im gonna try and make it a point to get ON the helipad next April :)

[Clarea]

Im permanently wheelchair bound and if I can get to those 7 steps in the pic above, I will get friends to carry me up in my wheelchair. We do it all the time at other places so its no big deal. I just hope I can get to those 7 steps without much of an issue.

 

Im gonna try and make it a point to get ON the helipad next April :)

I think you should not have much of a problem getting to those steps. There might be a slight ledge as you go out the double set of doors on the starboard side of the forward lounge on deck 5.

Edited September 4, 2014 by clarea

[joepeka]

I can't tell, but I'm wondering if the structure to the right of the stairs is some sort of lift?

 

I took a video of our visit to the helipad on Indy last year and watched it just now but did not see anything resembling a lift near either set of stairs. :( I'm assuming that Freedom is identical.