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To be fair, you are visiting countries that are thousands of years old

😱 honestly your patience is amazing. The world needs to know they need to be accessible, it’s 2024!!! Keep posting , the world needs to see what they need to change !!! Thank you for leading the way. ❤️

I’d be so angry with the cruise company. They have mucked you around from day 1 and obviously have no concept of accessible spaces or transportation. This would almost border on false advertising. 😣

This is Unfair and Unjustice #CRUISESENEEDMOREACCSSIBILLTY 🤬🤬🤬

You deserve a refund 💯

I don't understand why, they had to email the person who had booked the disabled room. If the hadn't specifically, asked for a disabled room, why not just swap the booking around?

Unfortunately most countries are lacking accountability options

No doubt cruise liners will ensure better service is provided

I would think that if the cruise is unable to provide accessible transport, they should be paying for a vehicle that could take you.

I took a tour in Morocco with a man in a wheelchair. He ran over dog poo and then got it on his hand…getting him to a washroom was an ordeal. Accessibility in Africa is not a high priority for government.

Dude, it's Tunisia. They don't have accessible busses in Africa. Get off your soapbox.

Count your blessings you don't have to live in such a filthy place.

I have been on 40+ cruises, and have seen and met many disabled people, who were getting about quite easily, but this was on P&O and Cunard, RCI and Celebrity. Before the cruise you can see the excursions online and any that are accessible are clearly marked, along with difficulty and if there are uneven areas. There may not have been as many as there were for able bodied people but they were available in many places. Also, MSC cater for mass market cruising, but i am shocked that there were no hoists on the pool deck as these are available on many ships and have been for many years. I am sorry that this holiday has been difficult for you, but if it helps any other disabled people having these troubles in the future, its a job well done. What i think it shows is that people with mobility problems still need to plan ahead and do a lot of homework to ensure a good break.

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This is the one beef i have with most cruise lines, not just MSC, the lack of accessible coaches, particularly where pot shuttles are required. With Celebrity i had to pay over £1000 per day to get of the ship in Israel, as you were not allowed to stRoll off the ship. P and Ois tge only cruise line where wheelchair access transport is standard. It has to abide by British disability laws. By the way 1000 is a standard price for private wheelchair vehicles so you did well

Are you solo travelling?

I have an electric wheel chair and fly, go cruising and have NEVER experienced the frustrating delays that you have. My sympathies go out to you

The question is: they don't have accessibility because there's no one with disabilities visiting, or no one with disabilities is visiting because there's no accessibility? I bet the answer is the latter and that's a shame

I love your channel, and the film quality is great! To be honest, Tunisa is a developing country with economic challenges. And people generally should be aware of that before travelling there.

250 euros for a private driver in Tunisia is absolutely insane!

Stop whining this type of stuff is why u get disability compensation from the government

"this place looks pretty legit" "do you have any oral?" 🤣🤣🤣

New subscriber here. I was watching ''The Shiplife Channel, which has done 2 commenting vlogs about your MSC series. You should watch those for yourself (BIG HINT). Anyway, after I got pissed at many ablelist comments from the host and viewers, I found your channel and subscribed. I'm a cane user and have hand deformation requirements for assistant devices to hold onto things. When the pain elevates, I rely on a walker. I cannot stand still for more than 15 minutes because of spine degenerative pain. I immediately felt the dismay as you pointed out so many missed opportunities in this journey. Most wouldn't be costly to modify by either configuration or common sense (shower head lowered to within reach). Thank you for showing the world what our world is like. I once was able to do everything, and then life happens like it does. The world is aging overall in the West as fewer people are born. The cruise lines rely heavily on our monies. You'd think that they would grab the chance to go for the opportunity to cultivate more untapped customers that influence generations.

Once you cruise more you will find very limited accessible buses at the ports, my wife uses a large power chair, we never use the ship for our transportation, we normally find a wheelchair van /cab, use public transportation, or walk if its close, The cruise companies normally don't hire the buses, its handled by the port, you should always get as much info about the ports and WC access can before you get to port, we use google, we also look the local bus and trains to see if the have access. We just got from Japan and even there WC access is limited,

Hab noch nie einen reisebuss gesehen der behinderten gerecht ist

Omg bumwees 😂. And i thought i spoke good Australian.

just started watching your videos me and my GF who is in a power wheelchair we went to Tunisia book with TUI the transport that was arranged for us had no ramp me and the driver had to pick up her chair that's 115kg both of us nearly put our backs out and it was the same on the way back. I found at are hotel its was very wheelchair friendly apart from the death ramps but leavening hotel was a nightmare we had a push wheelchair so you could use the taxi but getting her around was a nightmare barely any lowered kerb but people there was so helpful one of the museums was having a ramp worked on they all came out help me pick her up and bring her up the steps. we both really enjoyed the holiday but we couldn't recommend it to wheelchair user unless you had someone with you

Enjoying your vids - never thought before how it would be for a person on a wheelchair to go travelling. Only thing is, I'd like the vids to be longer!!

Glad you got the room you need and should have gotten to begin with. However, I wonder if you only got it because you are on social media and the cruise ship company is doing some publicity damage control. And I was shocked that none of the pools are accessible either because as you said the ship is fairly new.

Whats crazy is theres room for a ramp instead of steps. Its appalling that even in public spaces theres no ramps or even a thought for wheelchair users being on the ship.

Hotels are not going to have rooms empty unnecessarily during busy periods as unfortunately we are in a make or break economy and times are tough! That being said, as he stipulated at the time of booking his requirement, there was no excuse for the Hotel to take the reservation without blocking out the room entirely at that point to ensure availability for the dates required, It is very upsetting and frustrating when anyone gets different to what they booked especially when it so specific and essential.

I feel like the Royal Caribbean ship I was on was pretty accessible but I clearly wasn't paying close attention to it so I could be way wrong

I like the power assist. Do you use that on every wheelchair? Is it attachable? Please let me know the info on that product. Thank you.

We’ve had a lost wheelchair. A broken wheelchair twice. A wheelchair put on the conveyer belt with the suitcases! I had to carry my daughter who was nine at the time and asleep to find it. The joys! 😂 We’re UK and each time was when we travelled to the USA. Virgin 😮🤦🏼‍♀️. We’ve also been split up on the plane. My daughter’s learning age is two…I even paid for seats together and they cancelled them and said no charge you’ll be sat together anyway. They sat her next to a random bloke I didn’t know two rows away from me then told us she couldn’t be moved. This was because she was ‘old enough’ at the time to be sat alone! She also can’t speak. It’s so stressful I’ve actually given up on travelling.😢

Simple don't trust others to handle your accommodation's and book the stay yourself also before you book you are told the ship too.... You can youtube the videos of the rooms people have already used and even verify on the images yourself which room to book specifically. Entirely on you on this one.

When it comes to these rooms don’t they have to test them to see if people can get around them? I would also think that they would have several rooms set up and held only for handicapped people.

SO. glad you got a room. x

You’re so nice about it.

Please don’t go to the monkey poo coffee places. The mongooses have an awful life, locked up in a small cage, 😢

Aw man I am so sorry. This made me go through some emotions myself

I just got off the Caribbean Princess and they had the pool lifts for mobility challenged people.

They should refund or compensate you

I am so glad they helped you. I am sure they knew you were putting everything on social media (and they have had much bad exposed on social media) they made every effort to try to make you happy. Even reaching the soaps in the shower may be difficult as they are rather high. I have never seen anything good on MSC cruises. I hope you get to enjoy your cruise now.

Really glad you were able to get an accessible room. We always book our cruises 6 months to a year ahead of time; but I suppose we wouldn't have to, as we can take any room on board. I know that being able to book last minute is just not a luxury people who need accessibility have. They really should require you to attest to the need to book these very few rooms.

This guy was screwed by the agent. You do not need to fill out a Special Needs form for a cabin. You have to book it directly and it will depend on availability.

Wow

Shane that is realy crap that the cruise company dont get accesbility coaches / busess for thier disabled passengers ...Now i dont know if you booked a shore excursion via them on the ship or just got off to do your own thing ? the problem is if it was a shore excursion booked through the cruise company / ship then as i said thats BAD as you paid for a trip via the cruise company and they should have made sure there was transport avaible for you to use! and i would claim the cost you had to pay for an accesble veichle etc...BUT if you (as i mentioned) decided to go it alone and the busses were just shuttle buses laid on at the port (and not a shore excursion booked through the cruise) then you wont be able too sadly ... .ALSO if you were on an excursion put on by them and it was late back then the cruise ship will wait to depart port ....on the other hand IF you go it alone and your late back lets say from a breakdown of the bus you were on for the port departure time they WILL leave port without you and its then up to you to get to the next port of call to re join the ship! Just something to think about if you decided to do another cruise mate ( im a seasond cruiser and the amount of times we have seen what they call "pier runners" AKA poeple that were not back on boared at depature time is untrue ! ) Im loving the vids so far and have subbed because although im not disalbled as such i do have health problems after 2 strokes and just been dignosed with peripheral artery disease that affects my legs and walking and i also have some diabled friends so im ALL FOR acessabiltiy ect! P.S next time you (if you do another cruise..AND I DO HOPE you will give it another go! ) its best to get your currency exchanged before you travel so if your doing a European cruise get your AUS dollars changed to Euros before you travel as most counties (like Tunisa) will exchange euros to the local currency if they dont use or take euros in shops etc , same as if you took a carribean cruise exchange to US dollars before you travel as in the caribean they accept those in most of the places in fact they love to take us dollars over local currency as it is more profitalble for them ! 😉

I cringe every time you call a ship a boat, my father was a sailer and I still remember him getting annoyed over same thing. I’m disabled too so really wanted to watch

I've been following your story via another channel that is reacting to your videos, but I think it's better to subscribe here and get your experiences direct from you. I don't accept the excuses for why you weren't given an accessible room, such as when you booked etc. However, I'm glad you stayed on the ship to document your experience, and that you now seem to have a more suitable room. You seem to have made the best of what you had, so I hope you can have a more enjoyable stay on the ship now.

Glad you got into a wheelchair-accessible room. Did it have a balcony? Tip: Holland America prioritizes accessibility for mobility-challenged. Their hallways are wide enough for two wheelchairs to pass each other. I had a client who can walk but rented a wheelchair because she's very old and it was great, with a large balcony, too! Cruise ships do take a beating and they don't pause between sailings so things can get wonky. It's not like they can hop over to Home Depot and pick up a new hair dryer. I was on an inaugural on Royal and the carpet was already stained all over. I found MSC to be very well kept when I toured one, and it was surprising how old the ship was. Anyway, being stuck next to a smoking area or far from the elevators are why cruisers learn to pick their cabin carefully. Sounds like you went with a guaranteed cabin and got hosed. Your travel agent needs to do better.