Sea Princess Wheelchair Accessibility

Some of our friends want more information about the wheelchair access on board and in particular, access within our cabin.  

So, here we go.

Our cabin in on Level 8 (there are 9 levels (5 to 14 – no level 13) accessible to passengers by lift plus one by stairs only (level 15).

Our cabin has no balcony, and is described as “restricted view” which means that a life boat is right outside the window and obscures most of the view – when seated only sky is visible above the boat, when standing or with the wheelchair fully raised, a sliver of ocean is visible. But you do know when it’s night or day - unlike in the cheaper “inside” cabins, as we had on The Queen Victoria.

We believe that there is only one accessible cabin with an unrestricted window view.

The entry door is 820mm wide, but is heavy to open – John can just manage to open it from the inside, and has finally managed to  open it from the corridor using the key-card.

The corridors are a bit narrow at 1420mm at the door and a bit less elsewhere – no way two wheelchairs can pass, but wide enough for a walking person and wheelie to pass with care, or for a wheelie to pass the housekeeping trolley.

The cabin itself has twin single beds which are bolted to the floor. They are a bit narrow for John – dressing himself is a bit of a struggle - and they are definitely too narrow for comfortable cuddling (and that’s all we’ll say on that subject).

There is space under the beds for storing cases or for hoist access, The gap is 330mm.

The beds are 870mm wide by 1900mm long.

Cabin D329

The distance between the beds is 1750mm

The height of the beds (floor to top of mattress) is 580mm and they offer an extra mattress to raise the height. But the mattress is quite soft and that makes it a bit of a struggle for John to transfer from bed to Chair.

Clearance under dressing table is 660mm with width of opening is 640mm wide, and under breakfast table is 740mm by 860mm wide. Breakfast table is 80mm (making top of table 820mm from floor.

Bathroom entrance  - velcro underneath worn out

The bathroom has an outward opening door 530mm wide, but there is a 25mm step into the bathroom with a moveable ramp that itself has a 10mm step. The ramp is also constantly being pushed away from the step be John’s chair’s casters – a bit of Velcro would fix that.

Shows John's fold up portable shower chair

The bathroom itself is quite okay for us.

There is no hob into the shower.

Note shower hose - attaches too low - gets tangled up with feet

The shower hose is a bit long and fairly stiff so it keeps getting caught on John’s footplates. There controls are odd. One to turn the water on, one to adjust the temperature. John cannot reach either, nor can he turn the knobs if he could reach them, and not could he see the temperature indicator, in any case. Not that it matters as the hottest you can get is only lukewarm.

  

The wash basin has 620mm clearance under. Shelf space is just adequate.

The loo seat is 460mm above floor height, with the flush button fairly light and as shown.