Traveling with a chair

I would love to know how the cruises have gone, we are scheduled for the middle of February.

I hate to be this way, but that is an incorrect statement. There are a great many paved parts on CocoCay, we have been twice this year, once with a scooter and once with a wheelchair.  It is the most accessible of any of the private islands we have visited and that includes Carnival, NCL, and MSC.

On 12/31/2021 at 10:34 AM, GoldStatustravler said:

Just got off the Allure of the Seas holiday tour. The Captain announced that 24 passengers and 3 1/2% of crew tested positive for Covid and were being isolated. Our ship was not full and about 75% capacity. All areas on ship except outdoors are mandatory mask use. No exceptions anywhere inside except your room. No one gets on except under 12 without proof of vaccine card. Allure unloaded infected crew members onto Onassis of the Seas in CocoCay on last day of cruise. Boat still has Yellow CDC status and was denied entry to St Thomas and St Kitts. We cruised all the way down there and back only to cruise for a total of 4 days at sea. Only stopped in Nassau and CocoCay which was NOT on our tour. Anyone getting on a cruise ship today will most likely be denied entry into almost all Caribbean ports except Nassau (ship is flagged there) and CocoCay (owned by RC). Just a word about CocoCay. You will find that everything except sitting on the beach is EXPENSIVE! All most all activities are over $100 per person with several close to $200 and to rent a floating cabana is $2,100! Also, CocoCay is NOT very handicap accessible, They require you to push a beach wheelchair in soft sand almost everywhere on the island and this is difficult and require pushing long distances. They have very limited hard surface areas for regular wheelchairs, power chairs or scooters and to use them it will cost you $200 at the beach club! I wouldn't recommend any type of wheelchair bound individuals to go on CocoCay. The Allure of the Seas is an amazing ship with plenty of space, great shows and extremely stable. It was a big step up from our last cruise on Anthem of the Seas.

My wife uses a wheelchair and we have been on CocoCay with both a scooter and a wheelchair, we have also been to Halfmoon Cay, Ocean Cay, Harvest Cay, and CocoCay is the most accessible of any of the private Islands.

We are on the Emerald Princess and while we have been denied entry to two ports, I would say that things in general have been good.  Most people comply with the restrictions on mask wearing.  We love the medallion.  I conducted a live video show from the ship, and ordered and received my coffee during the show.