SSR rooms

[BeccaG]

A friend of mine will be headed to SSR using a DVC member's points. They have a daughter, 3 years old, who has CP and uses a walker. They are booked for a studio. If they request a handicap accessible room will it have more space for her to get around or just a roll-in shower? Since she is so young, the shower isn't really helpful, but the extra room would be!! Thanks for your help!

 

[Cheshire Figment]

As a general rule there are two categories of accessible rooms.

One is basically a standard room but with a 17 inch high toilet instead of the normal 13 inch and which has grab bars at the toilet and tup for assistance.

The other is a fully accessible room, which has the room with the toilet much larger so it can accomodate a wheelchair and also will have a roll-in shower instead of a tub. In this room the sleeping area is actually smaller than in a standard room as the bathroom takes up more space.

In their situation all they will need is a standard room.

 

[SueM in MN]

I would just have them get a regular studio.
When our DD was younger and we could lift her into a tub, we just got a regular room. For a fully accessible room with a roll in shower, it will also include a raised seat toilet, which we found to be a problem when DD was little. Even now, at 5 feet tall, she is too short for her feet to touch the ground, but we need the room with a roll in shower because she is too big to lift in and out of a tub. Another thing we noticed was that as DD got bigger, so did her wheelchair. So she had little difficulty getting around in 'regular' room, even though someone in a full size wheelchair might find it tight.

I have not stayed in a SSR accessible studio, but we have stayed in a 1 bedroom with a roll in shower (we are in one right now) and we have stayed in accessible 2 bedrooms at other DVC resorts. Our room that wr are in right now with a roll in shower is the same general plan as the regular rooms.
The DVC bathrooms are usually big enough that the roll in showers use the same bathroom space as in the non-accessible DVC rooms. So, chances are the space will be arranged almost exactly the same and, if it's not, the bedroom area will be smaller to make room for the roll in shower.

 

[dclfun]

I stayed once in an accessible studio at SSR and found the room itself to be small with the larger bathroom. There was a very long "hallway" to get into the room space itself. With the exception of OKW, all the other DVC studios have a queen bed and sofa sleeper which gives more space to maneuver, at least until the sofa sleeper is pulled out. Since I haven't compared a regular room to the one with roll in shower I'm not sure if the "room space" is less but I'd think it would be since the bathroom was so large. With the exception of OKW, the studios in the other DVC properties have bathrooms that would not be accessible in a regular room- teeny tiny bathrooms with a small door, but for the OP would be probably be okay unless she needs to bring her walker into the bathroom, in which case it could be a tight squeeze. ---Kathy

 

[BeccaG]

Thanks a ton all! That is what I thought but I wanted the experts opinion.