Can you cruise in a wheelchair? Yes, you can when you stay in a wheelchair accessible mini-suite!
We have put together a video review of our wheelchair accessible mini-suite on a recent cruise on the Sky Princess cruise ship.
Our room was cabin/room B432 on the Baja Deck 11, the cabin B433 is a direct mirror of this cabin on the other side of the ship, when C432 and C433 are simply on the deck below, again they should be the same.
The video review…
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More about the wheelchair accessible mini-suite
As an accessible cabin, the room was close to the lifts and had much more room to manoeuvre than you find in a standard cabin. The entrance door is wider to allow chairs and scooters easier access and the cabin had several adaptations to make life easier.
We really do suggest watching the YouTube video to see the cabin or room fully. If not perhaps we can describe it a little more below.
The bed
The bed is a standard Princess bed, which is quite frankly superb, although I have read elsewhere that other wheelchair users found it too high. I must say we did not have that problem and found it very comfortable.
There was plenty of room below the bed to store luggage.
The bathroom
The bathroom was fitted out for accessible needs. There were grab rails everywhere, the bathtub had been replaced with a wet room style shower and there was no lip to access the bathroom. The basin was ‘floating’ and had plenty of room below it for a wheelchair.
The balcony
There was a ramp that allowed access to the balcony (also larger), this dropped down when you fully opened the patio doors so you can just wheel a chair out.
The balcony itself in this cabin has a wide end and a narrow end. This is somewhere between a regular balcony cabin and mini-suite, the narrow end being the same width as a balcony cabin while the wide end was the same as a regular mini-suite.
It would have been nice if it had all been wide, but there was enough room for a wheelchair and to spin around.
Charging up a mobility scooter or chair
One item we did notice is there are only two power sockets in the room, and these are near the desk. Both US and European sockets are available, if you want a UK or socket from another part of the world you will need an adaptor.
If you have a powered wheelchair or mobility scooter and want to be able to charge it up it might be wise to pack a small extension lead to give you maximum flexibility.
The Princess Medallion
The Princess Medallion is also worth a mention.
It is a small pendant you wear that replaces your door card. Amongst other uses onboard, the cabin door automatically unlocks when you approach which made life a little easier.
Sometimes it is the small touches like this that really stand out.
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We also had access to a balcony cabin as well on the same cruise so can compare cabins.
The balcony cabin is obviously smaller but you basically just lose the sofa and one of the TVs, the bathrooms are almost identical.
I would say the balcony cabin was just about big enough (with a wheelchair), while the mini-suite was huge!
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