Accessible cruising to Alaska on the Norwegian Encore
Cruising with a wheelchair seems simple, you're just doing what everyone else does, but on wheels, right? Wrong. What may seem simple can actually be VERY difficult when you consider that even a small step will block your path, or the door to your cabin may not be wide enough for your wheelchair to get through. This is my experience on the Norwegian Encore, your mileage may vary. The boarding procedure in Seattle was simple and being in my chair meant that we got to skip almost every line. We did get the slowest, most confused check-in agent, but that's ok I think we still saved a bunch of time over all. I didn't have any trouble with the ramps, but I made my husband stay right behind me when they were steeper. I had a bad experience on a Carnival cruise in January with a ramp being too steep and I'm extra careful now! There were elevators available pretty quickly any time steps were present and it was pretty easy to maneuver around the boarding area.