Disney Magic 6654 white wall verandah?

TaylorsDad

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I have a room on courtesy hold for a cruise next spring. I was told it had a white wall verandah. Does anyone have any pictures of this room. I would love to have an idea of what the verandah looks like before I complete booking. Any photos of the room would be appreciated as well. Thanks
 


The verandah is indeed solid. One will not be able to look over it and have much of a view when using a manual wheelchair. Powerchair would differ per chair. Mine is a high one and has a lift-option which obviously would allow more options. When totally rolled upto the verandah wall, we'ld find it to be about shoulder/somewhat higher height when in a manual chair.

One thing to be aware of (and something we were misinformed on by the spec. needs dep.); the verandah door requires quite some force to open it up. Combine that with the handle not being in an easy reach for those using a wheelchair (heigher up which results in a lot of strenght being lost in navigating that instead of using it to actually move the door) and you could find a wheelchair user will not be able to open or close the door themselves. We had to have the stateroom host open and close the door each time we'ld want to use the verandah.
 
The verandah is indeed solid. One will not be able to look over it and have much of a view when using a manual wheelchair. Powerchair would differ per chair. Mine is a high one and has a lift-option which obviously would allow more options. When totally rolled upto the verandah wall, we'ld find it to be about shoulder/somewhat higher height when in a manual chair.

One thing to be aware of (and something we were misinformed on by the spec. needs dep.); the verandah door requires quite some force to open it up. Combine that with the handle not being in an easy reach for those using a wheelchair (heigher up which results in a lot of strenght being lost in navigating that instead of using it to actually move the door) and you could find a wheelchair user will not be able to open or close the door themselves. We had to have the stateroom host open and close the door each time we'ld want to use the verandah.

here is a photo of 6654.

goofieslonglostsis are you in this room on the WBTA? im in 6154 for it.

Verandah.jpg
 


goofieslonglostsis are you in this room on the WBTA? im in 6154 for it.


Hi Mark,

I know you're in 6154. While my memory tends to be very bad with these things, I do remember the acc. staterooms and who's in them for whatever reason. ;) No 6654 for me this cruise, I'm in 6647. Couldn't justify the price difference with me cruising solo and the door thing. Too much frustration for too much $$ that now bought me 2 weeks at WDW afterwards. :cloud9: For our cruise 6654 is booked, only concierge is left in acc. staterooms. Who knows, wouldn't it be close to a miracle if indeed they'ld upgrade those needing these staterooms and normally having no real shot at an upgrade... :wizard:
 
Here a couple more pictures of the room and verandah, but the Wonder version of it.









 
I've stayed in this room before. It's great... It's very easy to get around with a manual chair and electric. My travel companion had both. His electric can do a 360 turn he had no trouble getting around.

This room also has a large closet. We used it to keep his manual chair and luggage.

This is room is huge! I will miss it on this next trip. :cheer2:
 
We will be on the May Disney Magic Bahamas 5 day cruise. The white wall verandah doesnt look too bad. Thanks everyone for the pictures. I will be travelling with my daughter who is in a wheelchair. In our 2 previous cruises we have booked only cat 11. I think this will be a nice surprise for her.
 
Thanks for the photos, we are in 6154 for a September cruise. Are the hallways that lead to these rooms wider too so the wheelchairs and powerchairs can fit through easily?
 
Thanks for the photos, we are in 6154 for a September cruise. Are the hallways that lead to these rooms wider too so the wheelchairs and powerchairs can fit through easily?

On the Magic and Wonder? No. They are the same size as most of the hallways (found the hallway to the medical office to be a bit narrower at some places). All of the hallways are wide enough for any chair to navigate as long as the user isn't totally navigationally challenged. When the stateroom hosts are cleaning and the cleaning cart is out, they can sometimes be blocking the hallway. However, they will move that immediately where need be. I've found the hosts on my floor very soon learned about us being around and our routine and mostly were proactively in not blocking. If they were, it would take me about 5-10 seconds to find them and have them move it. No biggie at all.

There are cut outs in the wall where the doors to staterooms are located, at which level the hallway is wider that at the other points. These areas are perfectly suited to cross said cleaning cart or for instance pass another wheelchair user, buggy user etc. This is one big reason why it is so important to NOT leave anything out there like for instance while charging an ECV: it can block others using a mobility aid in their way.

Depending on the location of the accessible staterooms and the aid used, some require a rather sharp turn to be made before entering the stateroom. For instance the cat. 11B staterooms on deck 6 (haven't been able to check those on deck 7 myself) require a 90 degree turn in a somewhat wider part of the hallway but still not that roomy. I could see where this could be a thing for ECV-users that don't have navigating in tighter spots down. Accessible staterooms that are on the end of the hallway, like for instance 6154 and 6654 can be located in such a way that the door is facing the hallway and you can basically drive straight in. Again, this all depends on location (some decks have multiple staterooms on the end that can influence doorlocation) of the stateroom, type aid used and driving skills.

While I'm used to navigating the tightest of spots and my powerchair has a very small turning radius (before moving onto a wheelchair 24/7 and later on powerchair, I used an ECV and am thus familiar with it's (in)capabilities), I found the overall space onboard to be big enough to allow for very proper accessibility without having to jump through hoops constantly.

Some things might be a bit more of a challenge when for instance using an ECV that has a low cut out underneath. I could see them having a challenge there or even getting stuck on some of the ramp thresholds when having the right combination of factors like for instance what I call a poor quality ECV or other mobility aid, a fear for attacking those spots with the right speed and angle, not having the physical capabilities etc. But with a powerchair? Have yet to run into that.
 
We will be on the Magic. Our third cruise but our first time in an accessible room and our son's power chair. He is a good driver but I just see in my head the hallway lined with the cleaning carts and wonder how he's going to get through. Thank you for all the info.
 
The hallways on the Dream are 2 inches less wide. I had bunch of trouble getting down the hall with a Cart in there.

Mark
 


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