Newbie questions

[Trekkie]

I can't wait for the day he is old enough (developmentally) that maybe he can operate a scooter. Pushing him in the parks is getting near impossible! Especially the ramp at Space Mountain.

As the person who pushes Mom around the parks, I'd say that the ramp to get to the MK monorail station is my worst one. (Actually, I think the EPCOT monorail station has even worse ramps, but we rarely go there.)

 

[ireland_nicole]

I also vote for POFQ- my next two trips are booked there

 

[Zeora]

Not quite as convenient as being in the same building. You won't be able to step out the door of your room and see Chef Mickey's. But still, it's probably one of the easiest "hikes" you're going to find.

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Still, if it's out of the price range, then that's that.

Thanks for the detailed advice - it's really hard to tell sometimes just from maps what the distances are really like, and I've never been to most of the resorts even for just a quick look. (We managed to stop by AKL once for dinner on our last trip, but that was it really.) Unless some magical discount happens to pop up I'm pretty sure that we won't get to consider CR this time, but I'll keep it in mind for future trips if I can persuade my husband that no really, we should keep going back to WDW!

 

[danalee]

My mom travels with us and she uses a wheelchair and POFQ is great! In the evening or early morning she can walk with her cane at a nice slow pace to the pool or to go have a tea because nothing is to far, so nice for her!

The ramps for the Monorails are the worst anywhere on property, this coming from the "pusher" man those are rough up and down!

Have a wonderful trip

 

[maroo]

I had someone argue as to why I needed a HA stall. I pulled out an unopened catheter and said "guess where this tube goes".

That is hilarious!

 

[maroo]

Don't totally rule out the POP. If you pay for a preferred room (which isn't a lot more) then you will be pretty close to the main building where you eat and catch the bus. The buildings are outside...and there is some walking...but nothing compared to the parks.

Having only one central bus stop is a great perk if you are going to be traveling in a wheelchair and the large size of the resort is in your favor, too...because the buses continually come and go, which helps.

The monorail resorts are losing value for me because the monorails are having to shut down just one hour after park closing, which is barely enough time to get out of some of the parks in the crowds! I just wouldn't pay the money for the deluxe unless I was planning on turning in early every night and not needing the monorail at night.

They, of course, have handicapped rooms with the roll in showers, etc. But the roll in shower rooms, for the most part, only have King beds.

 

[kchughes]

I vote POFQ! I have stayed in a handicapped accessible/King room at POP and while it was fine for DH and I, if we had a wc in addition to all of our other stuff and medical equipment, we would have been tripping over the wc. In this case, the little bit of extra floor space will be worth it. we have stayed ap CBR, POP and POFQ and POFQ was by far the best for a handicapped situation. CBR was just to darn big and having to go across the bridge everytime was a pain and we were all walking! I cannot imagine going across that thing with a wc! Just request a ground floor room and one of the buildings that "wing" the main building. Even tho' some of the rooms in these buildings are preferred, the other side (away from the pool and river) are not .

I am sorry that some people are so rude and cannot keep their comments to themselves. My DH's disabilities are not clearly visable to the casual bystander either and it makes for some uncomfortable situations as he is very self conscious about it. I grin as big as I can, put on my best southern accent and say "well, bless". that is southern for shut up, B!