? Cat 5 handicapped room

[ppiew]

Does anyone have any info about these rooms on the aft deck? Any pictures? Is the bath a shower only? Is it a split bath? Any info would be appreciated.

 

[DISNEYGATOR]

I know on Barb and Tony's Castaway Club site... they have pics of a Cat 6 wheel-chair accessible stateroom. And as far as I know Cat 6 and Cat 5 stateroom layouts are identical, its just their location on the ship that are different (Cat 5 are on deck 7, and Cat 6 are on decks 5 and 6). So you might want to check their site out. It's got LOT's of info.
http://www.castawayclub.com/

Hope they don't mind me listing their site... but it is just super helpful, everyone should know about it!

 

[patches-4]

DO THEY HAVE HANDICAPPED ROOMS IN ALL CATAGORIES OR JUST CERTAIN ONES? JUST WONDERING, DIDN'T HAVE TO USE ONE THE LAST CRUISE BUT MAY HAVE TO NEXT TIME DUE TO DH HEALTH.

 

[ppiew]

They are categories 3, 5, 6 & 8.

 

[albiats]

Originally posted by patches-4
DO THEY HAVE HANDICAPPED ROOMS IN ALL CATAGORIES OR JUST CERTAIN ONES? JUST WONDERING, DIDN'T HAVE TO USE ONE THE LAST CRUISE BUT MAY HAVE TO NEXT TIME DUE TO DH HEALTH.

they have :

Category 3 - four on deck 8
Category 5 - four on deck 7
Category 6 - two on deck 6
Category 8 - two on deck 8
Category 11 - two on deck 6
Categpry 11 - two on deck 7

I think the ones from cat 6 to cat 11 only accomodate 3 people, and I'm not sure of the others.

hope that helps

 

[dan and scott]

ppiew,

We stayed in Room #7636 last September! We can answer any question you have.

Also you can go to
www.picturetrail.com
and type in danscott in the visit album area as there are pics of the room there.
Dan

 

[patches-4]

HOW MANY DOES ROOM 7636 SLEEP? WERE ARE A FAMILY OF 4. DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THE OTHERS BESIDES CAT. 6 & 11 WILL SLEEP 4 OR IF THERE ARE ONLY A FEW THAT WILL HOLD 4? THANKS .

 

[dan and scott]

patches-4

#7636 and 7136 both sleep 3, 7638 and 7138 sleep 4. These are all Cat. 5

Hope this helps

Dan

 

[pjkds]

We were in an aft, Category 5, wheelchair-accessible stateroom on the June 27 3-day Wonder this summer. We were two adults and two 17-year-old girls. I?d be happy to answer any questions you have!

We had Stateroom 7638, a wheelchair-accessible room with a king-sized bed, a sofa, and a veranda. A lovely room, with a large beautiful bathroom (single, not divided like the others) with lots of grab bars and a roll-in shower with a fold-down shower seat (no tub).

My electric scooter takes up more room than a regular wheelchair. Even though the room was much larger than a non-accessible room of the same category (Category 5), it was somewhat of a tight fit with the scooter. A lot of the extra floor space was contained in a very large walk-in closet, which had attractive wooden, louvered sliding doors which didn?t open enough to use any of that space for the scooter. I wish I had requested that the closet doors be removed; then I could have parked the scooter in that otherwise wasted space. Next time I?ll do that.

Another disappointment with the room was that the 4th bed--instead of coming down from the ceiling like an upper bunk over the sofa (as I had been told)--was a Murphy bed which came down perpendicular to the sofa. Thus, the 4th bed completely blocked the door to the lovely veranda. The only access to the veranda all night would have required crawling over a teenager. Since one of my very favorite activities on a ship is to go out to the veranda during the cool of the night, barefoot and in my nightgown, to listen to the water and smell the air and watch the stars, this was a major loss.

The king-sized bed was actually too low for me since I have trouble rising up. As soon as we saw the room, I asked the room steward (Tara) to have an extra mattress placed on top of the original one to build up the height. The extra mattress was placed onto the bed while we were at dinner. Problem solved!

 

[MiaSRN62]

#7636 and 7136 both sleep 3, 7638 and 7138 sleep 4. These are all Cat. 5

A brochure that I have shows that all of the handicapped cabins mentioned above on deck 7 sleep 4 ? This is from a '98-'99 DCL travel brochure. Maybe they changed it ?

Another disappointment with the room was that the 4th bed--instead of coming down from the ceiling like an upper bunk over the sofa (as I had been told)--was a Murphy bed which came down perpendicular to the sofa. Thus, the 4th bed completely blocked the door to the lovely veranda. The only access to the veranda all night would have required crawling over a teenager.

Thanks for the forewarning on this cabin---it is a bummer about the blocking of the verandah. I'll be in this room for the Nov 3 Wonder cruise.