BrownPelican Posted April 10, 2016 #1 Share Posted April 10, 2016 On the PP, how does one get from the tender door on deck 3 down to the tender platform or tender? Is it via a sloping gangway or steps? My wife has difficulty with steps. If there are only a few, she is ok, but more than that.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamloops50 Posted April 10, 2016 #2 Share Posted April 10, 2016 On the PP, how does one get from the tender door on deck 3 down to the tender platform or tender? Is it via a sloping gangway or steps? My wife has difficulty with steps. If there are only a few, she is ok, but more than that.... Usually a short ramp because the tender pier moves more than the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shredie Posted April 10, 2016 #3 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Steps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PescadoAmarillo Posted April 10, 2016 #4 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Definitely a flight of steps down from Deck 3. The larger ships have a very small elevator in the same area. Perhaps someone can speak to whether the Pacific Princess does too (I have to think it does, based on memories of passengers in wheelchairs going on the tenders). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shredie Posted April 10, 2016 #5 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Definitely a flight of steps down from Deck 3. The larger ships have a very small elevator in the same area. Perhaps someone can speak to whether the Pacific Princess does too (I have to think it does, based on memories of passengers in wheelchairs going on the tenders). Now that you mention it, I think I remember seeing one of those lifts they use for cargo (and anything else) next to the stairs in that little passage down to the tender dock. (I could be imagining the whole thing, too. :)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFLeeper Posted April 11, 2016 #6 Share Posted April 11, 2016 On the PP there is a lift that can carry a wheelchair from deck 3 to the tender platform on deck 2, though I have never seen it used to carry a passenger. (I have probably been to a dozen tender ports on the PP and her sister ships.) The stairs between these two decks are narrow enough that one can easily hold onto the railing on both sides while descending or ascending. My wife has used these railing to pull herself up the stairs. Getting from the tender platform into the tender may be less of a problem. The crew is all too willing to help. My wife has had bruises on her arms from aggressive assistance. George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF - retired RRT Posted April 11, 2016 #7 Share Posted April 11, 2016 There was an elevator...I used it.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PescadoAmarillo Posted April 11, 2016 #8 Share Posted April 11, 2016 The stairs between these two decks are narrow enough that one can easily hold onto the railing on both sides while descending or ascending. My wife has used these railing to pull herself up the stairs. I thought I remembered handrails on both sides of the Pacific Princess stairs to the tender platform. I thought about that when on the Emerald Princess which did not have handrails on both sides (so I sometimes had to shift what I was carrying to the opposite hand). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrownPelican Posted April 11, 2016 Author #9 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Thank you, all. I now know there is a way that she can get down to the tender. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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