This was the perfect cruise for my 89 year old mother. Flying to San Juan had become just too much, so I was excited last year when I found this cruise. It exceeded our expectations and we had a fantastic time.

There were folks with canes, walkers, scooters, crutches, and wheelchairs - a wide variety of mobility issues. Normally, my mother only uses her scooter for really long distances in her retirement community. She walks everywhere else and even drives locally. However, for this trip the walker with a seat and a wheelchair were essential for certain parts of the trip.

EMBARKATION: We were traveling with a portable oxygen concentrator, 8 tanks of oxygen, and a portable walker. We arrived at Bayonne about 11 am after a quick trip up the NJ turnpike from central NJ. A young man with a wheelchair helped my mother and the stuff through security while I parked the car in a handicapped zone just steps from the embarkation tent. We were routed to priority boarding and were on one of the first buses to the ship. Read more