The Dream with a wheelchair

[provencio]

My husband is now using a wheelchair we will be on the Dream in December. We Have not cruised with a wheelchair before. We have reserved an accessible room … is there anything else I need to that I may have missed? I am turning here for any and all tips ….. this will be a 4 day cruise with a stop at Castaway Cay and Nassau.

TIA

 

[lanejudy]

This is the cruiseline's guide for guests with disabilities, you may find some helpful information here:
https://cdn1.parksmedia.wdprapps.di...ility/DCL_DisabilitiesGuide_December-2023.pdf

The HA room will have just one bathroom instead of a split bath and I've heard the floor can get slippery due to the roll-in shower. Be sure to put down some towels.

You can arrive early for the WDT shows to be escorted to accessible seating areas.

If he will need to remain in the wheelchair for meals you may want to make sure DCL has that noted on your reservation so you are assigned a table with an accessible pathway.

Castaway will have beach wheelchairs if that is of any interest.

Nassau has a lot of cobblestones making it rather a rough ride. There are limited excursion offerings for wheelchairs.

 

[provencio]

Thank you .. this is very helpful

 

[voxparse]

Just to add, put the towels down outside the shower just past the drains in the floor, otherwise you'll create an extra swimming pool.

 

[bobbiwoz]

We got off the Dream just yesterday and for the first time I needed a wheelchair for debarkation. Just know that it may take a long time for a pusher to come.

Using the hand shower device, I did pretty well with not getting the floor all wet when taking a shower. It’s just good to be aware of!

 

[provencio]

Thank you all .. it’s a bit overwhelming but we are learning

 

[joelle89]

The accesible rooms are great. Enough space to move around in your chair and the stateroom door swings open, which makes it easy to enter. I do suggest allowing extra time to get to shows/dining etc because of the elevators. During diner times or show times the elevators get really busy. On multiple occasions it took us at least 10 minutes to be able to get into an elevator.

Nassau was doable for us, but my sister has a solid wheelchair that can take a couple of bumps in the road.