This cruise was booked by my traveling companion many many months ago! She cruises frequently with her service dog and has a thread on the disabled boards. When she ended up with no traveling companion and I ended up with an unexpected week off: opportunity taken and soon she had me added to her manifest and I was booking air travel from Atlanta to Los Angelas.

We shared an inside "handicapped" accessible cabin. This cabin is more like a mini suite with a sitting area and larger areas between the beds. It is designed for wheelchair accessability and was quite spacious. She definently qualifies for this cabin and for those who would want to book this cabin without a need: SHAME! However, it was an appropriate cabin for us and I enjoyed the extra space. Our room steward was quite gracious and showed up with a "doggy" life jacket for service dog Brenda.

Traveling with someone with special needs had it's challenges including the constant attention a service dog brings. My friend was gracious about sharing her stories and her dogs with other passengers and cruise. I found my self fielding questions for her so she could travel quickly down the public areas. Read more