Disabled Daughter, which resort??? Help!

[JJRDS]

Traveling to Disney with 21 year old multiply disabled daughter, lots of medical equipment, need roomy accomodations for 3-4. Need advice best hotel to stay in? Opinions on Boardwalk Villas vs. Yacht Club? Any other hotels/villas you would recommend other than these?Will be traveling back to hotel each day for breathing treatments. Daughter does love Magic Kingdom wants to hug Mickey. We will have our car if we cannot take Disney transportation. Want this to be best, magical trip for her. Very emotional for us.

 

[darthspud]

If she is in a wheelchair and you primarily are going to be going to Magic Kingdom I would stay on the monorail. If money isn't all that of an option how about a 1 bedroom at the Bay Lake Towers.. that should give you plenty of room for equiptment.

 

[kaffinito]

The Poly. There is a multiply disabled adult that stays there with her mother every April, so I know that they can accommodate you there. She has a ton of equipment including oxygen tanks and a hoyer lift.

Their rooms are large and staying on the monorail will certainly help you out with transportation.

 

[Bete]

There are a lot of options in all these resorts for rooms/suites. You can choose between the Grand Floridian, Poly, Bay Towers and Contemporary.

This will help you with MK and Epcot.

 

[bookwormde]

1 or 2br villa is definetly the way to go (BLT, BCV or BWI if you want to have easy access to parks

 

[2manypets]

We'll be taking my recently disabled DD to the Poly next month. Because of her wheelchair, we wanted to stay at a monorail resort. The Poly is within walking distance to the TTC so the MK and Epcot monorail are easy to reach. The rooms are pretty large also.

There really isn't that many handicap rooms with a roll in shower available so I'd book early. In fact there's only 1 in the category of TPV.

 

[KPeveler]

I definitely say a monorail resort. I know with lots of medical equipment, likely on her wheelchair, avoiding ANY buses may be nice! I get nervous when bus drivers tie me down WITHOUT having medical equipment on the chair. I much prefer taking the monorail where you will just be able to wheel her on and then take a seat. No fussing with straps.

Of the monorail resorts, if a Bay Lake Tower villa is not an option, then I definitely go for the Poly. It has a zero entry pool, so no need to try to lift her in and out.

How likely is she going to want to do Animal Kingdom? Pretty much no matter where you stay, I have found getting to AK is a bit of a hike, you must take a bus no matter what. If she has temperature control issues (which I do) then mornings in AK are best. It is much cooler and all the animals are out. I don't know what her sensory and vision capabilities/desires are, but AK has two WONDERFUL shows that are indoors.

If you are going to spend most of your time in MK and Epcot (which I think has most of the best stuff for someone who cannot transfer/cannot transfer easily), then a monorail resort is best.

 

[Bete]

I just decided against this myself; because, I don't think I can handle the ramps by myself for my mom with a wheelchair.

Now, if you have help I think you can manage this and it would be easier and nicer for you with these monorail resorts.

 

[JJRDS]

Thanks everyone . We did book a 1 bdrm villa at Boardwalk Villas because we were told easy walk to Ebcot and not too long to HStudios; daughter LOVES Mickey and Magic Kingdom but monorail resorts have no openings or are too pricey for suite. We may call again to see if anything opened up. If we stick with Boardwalk Villas, can anyone suggest what I should ask for as far as room area, view, etc. for when I call back with more specific request ? Has anyone stayed there with a disabled child? I have heard horror stories about the buses on this site, but we will have our car, so we will be driving to MK if we need to, walk to Ebcot and hopefully HStudios. Our concern is having ability to go back to hotel during day for breathing treatments without too much hassle. We also want to have a great view, easy access to elevator (heard this was an issue). Like all of us here, traveling is harder for us than most people, so we want to make the trip the absolute best we can while our loved ones are able to make the trip. All advice is so greatly appreciated.

 

[mickeymaker2003]

I don't know what is involved in the breathing treatments. If it if just a nebulizer or something easily portable, you could bring it with and give the breathing treatments at first aid. That would reduce the disruption to your trip and save quite a bit of time.

 

[weswife]

Hi, we have been taking our DD to Disney for the last few years. She is 17 and uses a wheelchair fulltime. We have stayed at POP, FW cabins, WL and CBR! Always requesting a roll in shower and always got it! We did not have to bring med. eq. Also, we made use of the bus and monorail. We got along fine. I have no complaints. This year we decided on the BC!

I wish you all the best! I wish your DD a wonderful holiday! Any concerns or questions drop me a line!