Written by Chillie Falls, December 10, 2022 I have just disembarked from a wonderful seven day cruise on Holland America’s Nieuw Statendam. While I successfully navigated the ship, and left with very…
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Grand Cayman Tender Was Much Easier
Written by Chillie Falls, November 8, 2022 for Accessadventure.net On Wednesday, December 7, 2022, Holland America’s Nieuw Statendam visited tender port Georgetown, Grand Cayman. A tender port is one where there is…
Wheelchair Accessible Restrooms On Nieuw Statendam
Written by Chillie Falls, December 7. 2022 After finding a second “accessible” restroom on the Nieuw Statendam that is not truly accessible due to the lack of automatic door openers, plus the…
Accessible Half Moon Cay
Written by Chillie Falls, December 5, 2022 I am on Holland America’s Nieuw Statendam this week and our first port of call was Half Moon Cay, Bahamas. We landed there about 9…
Sylvia Longmire, Ambassador for Scootaround and WHILL Power Chairs
Written by Chillie Falls, December 3, 2022 Yesterday, my Special Guest on the Chillie Chats portion of Travel and Cruise Industry News, December 2, 2022 was Sylvia Longmire, Ambassador for Scootaround and…
7 Tips for Making a Wheelchair Accessible Hotel Room Reservation
Written by Karin Willison for Free Wheelin’ – Life and Travel With A Disability As a frequent traveler with a disability, one of my most important tasks before any trip is making…
Sorting Through The Misinformation On The Internet
Written by Candy B. Harrington for Emerging Horizons, November 26, 2022 When I started writing about accessible travel almost 25 years ago, I was definitely the odd duck in the pond. I…