This P&O Cruise was a 7 night cruise to Spain, Portugal & France for my birthday. We booked CPS and we departed out of Mayflower Terminal, which is our first time out of here since Covid, so wasn’t sure what to expect, however we haven’t had an issue with CPS so far. When we arrived…
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Cunard Accessible Cabins list of all Fleet
Please see below a chart of the cabins and grades of the wheelchair accessible cabins on the Cunard ships, I hope this help’s people out. Queen Victoria Queen Elizabeth Queen Mary 2 Queen Anne
P&O Cruises, on Ventura, 7th-11th February 2023, Accessible Superior Deluxe Balcony D308
Last cruise before dry dock, our next cruise end of April is also a P&O Cruise on Ventura but in a standard accessible balcony. Not sure what is being done to the ship in dry dock but will blog of any differences I see on the April P&O Cruise. This P&O Cruise was a 4…
Cunard Queen Victoria 25th Nov to 29th Nov 2022, 4 Nights in Accessible Britannia Balcony 6002.
This cruise was my Christmas gift to my husband Carl, which I gave him back in 2019. We were originally meant to go in December 2020 which was cancelled due to covid, so we moved it to December 2021 but beginning of 2021 we were still not sure how things would be so we moved…
Sky Princess, Canary Islands, Madeira & Vigo 10 Nights Cruise 19th October 2022 ~ Accessible Club Class Mini Suite A432
EMBARKATION DAY:- We booked car parking with CPS and although we have used them many times, we were a little apprehensive but just like every other time it was smooth and easy. We pulled up where they directed us, we got our luggage out and me into my electric wheelchair and the CPS worker walked…
MSC Virtuosa 25th August to 27th August 2 Nights Cabin 13106
2 nights on the MSC Virtuosa from and return to Southampton. We actually hadn’t planned on sailing with MSC again, from our last cruise with MSC we wasn’t impressed and it wasn’t for us. We were booked on P&O Aurora for 3 nights beginning of July 2022 but this was cancelled due to her still…
Accessible Port Guide For A Scandinavia / Baltic Cruise
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean, enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain. The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 10°E to 30°E longitude. Kristiansand Kristiansand is a city in southern Norway. Its old town, Posebyen, features…
Accessible Port Guide For A Caribbean Cruise
The Caribbean is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands and the surrounding coasts. The region is southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and the North American mainland, east of Central America and north of South America islets, reefs and cays. The Caribbean is one of the most popular…
Accessible Port Guide For A Northern Europe Mini Cruise
Mini cruises are a great if you are new to cruising and would like to sample cruising before committing to a longer holiday onboard. Many cruise ships feature mini cruises to some of northern Europe’s nicest cities such as Bruges, Paris and some of the Channel Islands. Zeebrugge (Bruges) Bruges, the capital of West Flanders…
Accessible Port Guide For A Mediterranean Cruise
The Mediterranean countries are those that surround the Mediterranean Sea or located within the Mediterranean Basin.[1] Twenty sovereign countries in Southern Europe, the Levant and North Africa regions border the sea itself, in addition to two island nations completely located in it (Malta and Cyprus). Barcelona Spain Barcelona, the cosmopolitan capital of Spain’s Catalonia region,…
Princess Cruises Pool & Hot Tub Hoists
One of the many questions that I get asked is, “Are there hoists for the pools or hot tubs”? I have recently reached out to a lot of cruise liners with this question and I’m awaiting still to hear back but….. Princess cruises got back to me recently with this wonderful information and some great…
Accessible Port Guide For A Norwegian Fjords Cruise
Norway is a Scandinavian country encompassing mountains, glaciers and deep coastal fjords. Oslo, the capital, is a city of green spaces and museums. Preserved 9th-century Viking ships are displayed at Oslo’s Viking Ship Museum. Bergen, with colorful wooden houses, is the starting point for cruises to the dramatic Sognefjord. Norway is also known for fishing,…
Accessible Port Guide For Ireland & Iceland Cruise
Ireland The Republic of Ireland occupies most of the island of Ireland, off the coast of England and Wales. Its capital, Dublin, is the birthplace of writers like Oscar Wilde, and home of Guinness beer. The 9th-century Book of Kells and other illustrated manuscripts are on show in Dublin’s Trinity College Library. Dubbed the “Emerald…
Accessible Port Guide For A Canary Island Cruise. Includes Cadiz, Vigo, Lisbon & Madeira
The Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago off the coast of northwestern Africa, are rugged volcanic isles known for their black- and white-sand beaches. Tenerife, the largest island, is dominated by the sometimes-snowy active volcano Mt. Teide, which has its own astronomical observatory and is part of Teide National Park. Tenerife hosts a huge pre-Lent Carnival…
Enchanted Princess 15th May to 20th May 2022 5 Nights
5 nights on Enchanted Princess from and to Southampton May 2022. This was our first real cruise since the pandemic started except our staycation last year. We booked this as a little extra cruise due to how cheap it was. It was 5 nights to Zeebrugge, Rotterdam and Guernsey, however we decided to stay on…
Sky Princess, 4 Nights, 1st UK Staycation Covid Pandemic 30th Aug 21 – 3rd Sept 21 Adapted Club Class Mini Suite B433
This was the Sky Princess’s 1st cruise in 17 months and it’s inaugural sailing from Southampton UK. Well what a few years it has been for us all! Sadly many haven’t survived and many are still very sick, companies have been hit hard and it has just been really rough. In this Pandemic I was…
Wheelchair accessible staterooms for all Princess Cruises fleet.
Crown Princess cont… Diamond & Sapphire Princess Cont… Discovery, Enchanted & Sky Princess Cont… Emerald & Ruby Princess Cont… Grand Princess Cont… Island Princess Cont… Majestic, Royal & Regal Princess Cont…
Wheelchair accessible cabins for all P&O fleet
Please see below a chart of the cabins and grades of the wheelchair accessible cabins on the P&O ships, I hope this help people out. Iona, inside accessible cabins have been reclassified as PARTIALLY ACCESSIBLE. This is due to the turning circle not being big enough for certain mobility aids, such as scooters, basically they…
Accessibility in Madeira for wheelchairs
Madeira Right in the middle of the Atlantic, The sub-tropical island of Madeira is located in the Atlantic Ocean around 960 kilometres southwest of Lisbon.the island of Madeira is a haven of natural beauty. The exotic colours of the flowers stand out from among the blue sea and the emerald green vegetation; this is an…
Celebrity Silhouette Ireland and Iceland 14 night Cruise. 11th-25th August 2019 Concierge Class, Wheelchair accessible balcony 1026.
So the cruise I had been waiting for since April 2018! My bucket list cruise to Iceland and to see the blue lagoon!! We boarded at Southampton, really easy, pre booked disabled parking with ABP and had our pass in the windscreen. Upon arrival we were directed straight to the disabled space and our suitcases…