PROS:
+ Staff was very accommodating and willing to help my grandma in and out of her wheelchair when needed (at meal times, when boarding smaller vessels, etc)
+ If they take any excursions where they need to travel by smaller vessels to reach land, the smaller vessels abord the ship had wheelchair “parking” and they had a ramp for my grandma
+ A wheelchair ramp and crew assistance was always provided upon entering/exiting the ship
+ On a few occasions we had to take a bus or taxi. Official bus drivers of Royal Caribbean (those responsible for shuttling you to and from the airport) had wheelchair accommodations and knew precisely what to do to help us.
+ The ship was well equipped with wheelchair accessible restrooms and several family restrooms.

Because my grandmother had some mobility, we did not stay in a room designed for a wheelchair so I cannot comment on that.

CONS:
- The hallway to our room was VERY narrow. There was enough room to push a chair through, but hardly enough room for use to maneuver around people standing in the halls leading to the rooms. I’m not aware if the hallways leading to the wheelchair accessible rooms are different.
- If you’re traveling with batteries, be ready to have some spares on hand. Because my grandma had oxygen and the tours would take us far from the ship, we carried around 8, dry cell batteries with us at all times. That was a hassle.
- Icy Straight Point (Royal Caribbean’s own port of call) had wheelchair accessibility in the main shopping area, but accessibility is limited if you want to watch people go down the zip line or eat at the main restaurant.
- In Juneau there are numerous tour buses ready to take you on tours, however it did not appear that many of these had good wheelchair access. We opted for a taxi – a much better option from the reports we got from our friends on the cruise.
- Most of the excursions were too rigorous for my grandma. Additionally, many did not seem to be very wheelchair friendly.

OVERALL: Royal Caribbean is great and we’d all do the cruise again! However, if you’re looking to really get off the ship and have some adventures, be sure to look carefully at the accessibility since many excursions take you into the wilderness and off the beaten path. I recommend working with RC’s excursion booking department. They’ll be able to help you find transportation and excursions that are wheelchair accessible.

Buses from the airport to downtown and around the city are also wheelchair accessible. Paratransit service is also available. The trick is the transit service between Anchorage and Seaward and the closer port where the glacial cruises leave from. The service that provides ground transportation for the glacial crew services only have one wheelchair accessible Boston must rent from another service and they do not like to run it unless they have a full bus since it costs them more. the owner sits on the panel concerning accessibility accommodations, but our partners at Assistive Technology of Alaska mentioned people knew his own minibuses were not wheelchair accessible. Also certain boats provided and run by the glacial crew services are far more wheelchair accessible and enjoyable than others. 2 of them are more modern and do not have a large threshold you must step over when going outside the heated cabin area. Otherwise as a wheelchair user you are relegated to one spot and are not able to take in the sites like all of the other clients.

For flight seeing services there is one that actually operates off of floats and has a mini ramp to get you into a small aircraft, I looked for one that operated off of wheels and found one willing to accommodate me with my Comfort Carrier Travel, Recreation, and Emergency Preparedness Transfer Sling that I patented and manufacture.
http://Www.BroadenedHorizons.com/ComfortCarrier.htm