Captain's Wife
08-05-2009, 10:15 PM
The Captain uses a WC at WDW and for the last couple trips has rented an ECV from an offsite company. Although the resorts do have complimentary WCs available, it's first-come/first-serve and the last time, when we only needed one for 24 hours we ended up with a WC that was way too big for Captain, ergo, not suitable for our needs.
DD, who also needs a WC or ECV to navigate the World is going next week. She was figuring out her budget and debating between renting an ECV or WC offsite ($150+ week) vs. at the park ($20+ a day), or taking her chances with what was available at the resort upon arrival.
On a whim, she called the local home health place here - last fall she spent four months using a WC and ended up having to rent from them for two months. She asked what it would cost to rent for the week.
$22. For the week.
It's a lighter chair, the arms come off, much more suitable for her and she'll have it door-to-door. So if you don't typically use a WC at home but know you'll need one in The World, consider checking out your local rental options at home health care places. As long as it folds, they can be gate-checked if you're flying for no charge.
I don't know why we never thought of it before, but now we know!
Shelley
DD, who also needs a WC or ECV to navigate the World is going next week. She was figuring out her budget and debating between renting an ECV or WC offsite ($150+ week) vs. at the park ($20+ a day), or taking her chances with what was available at the resort upon arrival.
On a whim, she called the local home health place here - last fall she spent four months using a WC and ended up having to rent from them for two months. She asked what it would cost to rent for the week.
$22. For the week.
It's a lighter chair, the arms come off, much more suitable for her and she'll have it door-to-door. So if you don't typically use a WC at home but know you'll need one in The World, consider checking out your local rental options at home health care places. As long as it folds, they can be gate-checked if you're flying for no charge.
I don't know why we never thought of it before, but now we know!
Shelley