Disabled hotel rooms

[millys]

We are hoping to book an on-site trip in August 2004 but have a daughter who is in and out of hard casts on both her legs. At the moment she is out and fine but she has a condition called "Severs Disease" which can "hit" at any time and she has to be put into casts. We are worried about booking a room as you can imagine the possible senario - we get to a week before travelling and have to pull out. This happened to us last year with a trip to the Scottish Western Isles. Does anyone know if there are provisions to be able to book flights and hotels with disabled access if required?

 

[WDWfan uk]

Hi there Welcome to the boards

The Disney resorts have disabled accessible rooms which vary according to the needs of the guest, and I should imagine this is the case for most other resorts. The parks etc do make provisions for guests with disabilities.

I think it would be advisable to inform the airline and hotel of your daughter's condition at the time of booking and I expect you will be looking into a comprehensive travel insurance that takes into account that your daughter has a pre-existing condition - you do need to check this with them as on some policies they will not pay out for cancellation and etc for a pre-existing condition.

We have had posters who, shortly before they are due to go, have broken an arm or a leg (Annie are you there ? ) or had a condition which meant they unexpectedly had to use wheelchair assistance at the airports and in Florida, and they called their airline and still went out there.

Do visit our DISabilities board who will advise you best on resorts and parks.

 

[keith&carol]

Hi & Welcome

Our youngest DD is in a wheelchair permanently so we always request a disabled room but in fact sometimes find that a standard room is better . The problem with adapted rooms is that they often have only 1 king bed rather than 2 queen and although the bathrooms are usually bigger they often have a roll-in shower rather than a bath. This is no use at all to DD as she cannot transfer.
If we're concerned about the facilities at a particular hotel we usually either telephone or e-mail them with our requirements a few days before arriving .
I also need to use a wheelchair on occasions and find that the holiday company will reserve an adapted room but we have never had any problem changing this at check-in if we feel it isn't suitable for my needs.
The only exception would be at VERY busy times when hotels might be fully booked and have no spare rooms to play around with.
Hope this helps,
Carol