[Travelandtourism] Disney Announces Important InformationRegarding European Union Regulations

[Reese]

Vicki:

Very good points here.  You do let the tour operator and the travel agent 
know about your disability so any concerns you or they have can be addressed 
right up front.  Unfortunately, I had to inform a possible client who wanted 
to go on our next group cruise, that dialysis treatment isn't available on 
ship.  If I didn't ask the nature of their disability and they would have 
made the reservation, there would have been all kinds of problems once they 
got aboard.

Reese

----- Original Message ----- 

     I'll chime in here with a couple comments from experience.  My
preferred cruise lines are Royal Caribbean or Celebrity but in 2004, I took
a wonderful cruise on Holland America to Russia from Denmark.  Another blind
friend and I had absolutely no problem going on tours or getting around the
ship.  In 2005 I took another cruise with Holland America to the Panama
Canal with the same friend and worked with an access agent, who was
fantastic, for the trip.  We booked our tours in advance but when getting on
the ship, the lady in charge of the shore excursions told us on the third
day of the trip that we would not be able to leave the ship unless we had a
guide.  She really, I think, freaked out as to how blind people could get
around so my friend and I telephoned the travel agent and a lot of emails
were sent between the cruise line and the travel agency.  We did not need
guides but they were provided and we were able to do the tours that we had
booked.