accessible rooms and bed options?

[staxia]

I'm starting to plan another trip to the World for my mom and I, and we're trying to decide where to stay. Honestly, any place on property is fine with me, but, we've got a budget to keep in mind.... That being said.. As I was finishing up my phone call with her she said, "Oh yeah! Check out and see if they have handicap [accessible] rooms" -- see, she had been doing some traveling this summer and found herself on a few occasions happening to end up in accessible rooms, and even though she didn't need it, she appreciated the roll in showers (no tub to climb over) and some of the hand rails, b/c her knees are going out on her. (for our trip, she may be in an ECV-- which is fine with me, it means she can keep up, finally! I apologize in advance if she takes anyone out.. she's not a good driver.)


All of that to ask this question. Since I did as my mother said, and checked those rooms, I noticed that some of the rooms we're looking at say "1 King, 1 double" in the rooms.. Am I reading that right? a king sized bed AND a double!?


I feel guilty b/c we're not truly in need of an accessible room... But they ARE available -- oh, and FTR, our trip would be the first week of September, so it's just a month away -- and since it's available, why not get it.. I really don't want to open a can of worms on the subject (I don't know if it will or not) -- but I just wanted to get some clarification if there's anyone who's ever stayed in one before and can offer some insight. TIA.

 

[Missytara]

I am not sure what level you are looking? Sounds like deluxe; the mods only have one king bed in the accessible rooms. There are pics of the one at POR in the POR Thread or at portorleans.org.

 

[WDWAurora]

Pop is typically one king, though it sounds like they are adding some rooms with 2 doubles. You should probably call-I found reservations to be very helpful with booking accessible rooms.

Oh, and no flaming from me, anyway. If an accessible room makes it easier for your mom to take care of activities of daily living, then I'm all for it if it's available for you. Make sure to specify roll in shower or you may end up with just support bars and a regular tub, though, which wouldn't help her cross the barrier. We had a room like that on our honeymoon (no disabilities-requested a king for honeymoon-my grandmother has been with us on other trips and has significant mobility issues).

 

[raven69david]

We've been assigned to two accessible rooms: the first at AKL and the second at AoA. The AKL room had a roll-in shower, however no pics were taken of the room. The room had two queen sized beds.

The room at AoA was a suite, therefore it had one queen sized bed, a murphy bed and a fold out couch. I have pictures of the Accessible room at AoA on one of my trip report threads. I've never had an accessible room at a Value or Moderate resort so I do not know how how the beds are configured in those resorts.

 

[SueM in MN]

Previously, most accessible rooms had a single King sized bed. The room itself was the same size as other rooms at that resort. To make room for the roll in shower, the bathroom was made bigger; the space for the bigger bathroom meant the bedroom was smaller, so a single king bed ( plus rollwaways if needed) was what fit.

They are in the process of updating accessible rooms to include more than one bed, even the Value resorts.
The type of data depends somewhat on the resort it maybe two regular full-size beds, 2 Queens or a King and another bed. Part if this was to meet new ADA requirements to offer accessible room categories/configurations in a variety similar to non accessible rooms at that same resort.

And, if having a roll in (or, in your mom's case, walk in) shower makes it easier for her, go for it. Those rooms are not only for people with wheelchairs, but for anyone who finds those features helpful in their situation with their own disabilities - and, if they are not preassigned to a person who required/requested a roll in shower, they will be assigned to someone who did not request it.