[nagdu] Airplaines was Re: life jackets for guide dogs on PrincessCruise Lines

[Andrew J. LaPointe]

Hi, back in 2005, the Salem Commission on Disabilities has done an
inspection of the Salem Trolley that sails from Salem to Boston each hour of
each day during the spring and summer.  the inspection was to make sure that
the Vessel was hadicap accessible.  Salem's Pet Smart has donated 2 life
jackets for service dogs.  This was made into a story in the Salem News.
Andy and Shubert.
p.s. The Vessel was extremely accessible for all and very easy to move
around.

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Subject: [nagdu] Airplaines was Re: life jackets for guide dogs on
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So, this is kind of different, but I feel that it falls into the same
category. One of the reasons that I think that guide dogs should have their
own seat on airplanes is because, when they do not, there would not be an
air mask for them should the cabin lose pressure. No, I have never been in
that situation, and probably very few of us, if any, have, but it is still
one of those terrible thoughts that lingers in the back of your mind.

----- Original Message -----
From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
To: <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 7:17 AM
Subject: [nagdu] life jackets for guide dogs on Princess Cruise Lines


>I have been reading more on Princess Cruise Lines, I have done the ship
>inspections on most of the other cruise lines, but have yet to do it on
>Princess as of yet.
>
> They have recently started implementing life jackets for guide dogs as
> well.
>
> Which from the pictures and the descriptions I think is awesome, when us
> humans do life boat drills or Muster Drills they are called, each of the
> Princess Ships whether in the US or around the World since Princess is one
> of those cruise lines that have cruises to all 7 Continents, they will
> stop sailing to Antarctica this year, in fact all of the cruise lines that
> do except for the cruises the discovery channel cruises.
>
> Anyway, I think this is wonderful, I know that Royal Caribbean has been
> wonderful for the blind to some extent, a few of you who are my clients
> that are blind have sailed on them and have mixed feelings with them, so
> do I.
>
> Norwegian Cruise Lines is getting much better as well, especially since I
> am working very closely with the management team of NCL to make it that
> way.
>
> As well as other places land destinations as well.
>
> Maxx, Nelson and I will be doing Ship Inspections of Celebrity Cruise
> Lines in June, the Sheraton Hotel here on Long Island, the National
> Convention of the National Federation of the Blind in Orlando, doing a
> tour of about 30 people to the Kennedy Space Center, and will be going to
> Walt Disney World again in November to see what changes have been made in
> the way of accessibility with my daughter and mother, and of course Maxx.
> We are then off in March to possibly Peru, haven't decided yet about that
> one.
>
> Check out my blog at
>
www.echevarriatravel.wordpress.com<http://www.echevarriatravel.wordpress.com
/>
> for updates, I have been a little lax on the blog but over the next few
> days I will be putting our ship inspection of the Explorer of the Seas
> (Royal Caribbean) out of NJ, Oceania Cruises out of NY (the latest ship
> "Marina) which Maxx met Dakota Jackson, a very famous designer who did
> many of the staterooms on this ship, I say this because not only is he a
> dog lover, he has given money to various guide dog schools across the
> country, and he will only work with cruise lines and hotel's that are
> accessible to everyone.
>
> Long e-mail very sorry, just wanted to give an update.
>
> Leading the Way in Independent Travel
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
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>
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>
>
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