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

[GARY STEEVES]

Hi

Although I agree with you that the dog should get a seat on  the plane (as they do on all domestic flights in Canada) I believe that there is always one more mask then seats in the row in case someone has a baby.

Gary


----- Original Message -----
From: "Nicole B. Torcolini at Home" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
Date: Sunday, May 29, 2011 8:24 am
Subject: [nagdu] Airplaines was Re: life jackets for guide dogs on Princess Cruise Lines
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>

> 
> 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.
> >
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