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Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Apr 4, 2008
My mom has arthritis in her back and also her knee. She usually uses a rollator which is the walkers you see people with that have the wheels and a seat. It is awesome for her, because it has a seat she can use when waiting around at store or other places. She uses it for distances as well. It just makes life easier.
Last summer, we went to Alaska and had planned to use it. She ended up hurting her knee, so we had to find a wheelchair ASAP. We called our cruise line rep, and she gave us two names. We used ScootAround to rent a wheelchair. It worked out great, BUT we had already booked the HA cabin since she needed the HA bathroom and even with the rollator, getting in and out of the cabin with the very narrow door would’ve required us to fold it up while holding open door which would’ve been impossible for her by herself. ScootAround asked several questions including weight to determine right size of wheelchair.
One last thing is my friend who cruises on Disney uses his ECV and says it can fit into the regular rooms, but he brings his own, so it is smaller than some of the others out there.
There are options for sure. I’d probably investigate some of the rental companies and see what they have available. It appears Disney standard stateroom doors are 53cm/23 inches. These companies may have something that would work in a regular room. If not, you may be able to find something you can take with you that would work with those dimensions.
Good luck
Last summer, we went to Alaska and had planned to use it. She ended up hurting her knee, so we had to find a wheelchair ASAP. We called our cruise line rep, and she gave us two names. We used ScootAround to rent a wheelchair. It worked out great, BUT we had already booked the HA cabin since she needed the HA bathroom and even with the rollator, getting in and out of the cabin with the very narrow door would’ve required us to fold it up while holding open door which would’ve been impossible for her by herself. ScootAround asked several questions including weight to determine right size of wheelchair.
One last thing is my friend who cruises on Disney uses his ECV and says it can fit into the regular rooms, but he brings his own, so it is smaller than some of the others out there.
There are options for sure. I’d probably investigate some of the rental companies and see what they have available. It appears Disney standard stateroom doors are 53cm/23 inches. These companies may have something that would work in a regular room. If not, you may be able to find something you can take with you that would work with those dimensions.
Good luck