[Travelandtourism] RoyalCaribbeanCruiseLinesnolongerprovidedBraille on their ships

[Cindy Handel]

I agree, Vicki.  Braille is nice.  But, for a cruise and the schedules which 
change everyday, having it posted on the television, running in a loop, 
sounds like a reasonable accommodation.

Cindy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vicki Ratcliffe" <vratcliffe01 at comcast.net>
To: "'NFB Travel and Tourism Division List'" <travelandtourism at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: 
[Travelandtourism]RoyalCaribbeanCruiseLinesnolongerprovidedBraille on their 
ships


     I have taken lots of cruises and will chime in here.  I am a Braille
user and have used it for all my life but also read many talking books as
well.  I have been on many Royal Caribbean cruises and had great times but
only had a Braille schedule one time.  The Braille printers were either not
working or people were not trained in how to print Braille appropriately.

     Having said these things, I did not have any problem to get schedules
read and actually recommended to my travel agent that they put the schedule
daily on the TV.  I just came back from a carnival cruise where the schedule
ran in a loop each day all day on a tv channel and it was great.  You could
turn on the tv at 7:30 in the morning and hear what was going on and even
record it yourself on any recording device that you had.

     I don't totally blame Royal Caribbean because I think that someone told
them that printing in Braille was just like a print printer.  There are lots
of turnovers in terms of people working in different departments on cruise
ships as well.

     Braille is great but at the same time, there are blind people who are
not sufficient to read it.  I'm not saying that it should not be used but
just want schedules in a format that work.  Having it spoken on the tv helps
sighted and visually impaired guests at the same time.

     These are just my opinions and I have traveled thoroughly.

Vicki



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