Wanderings and Ramblings : Wheelchair accessible Junior Suite on Legend of the Seas

I am finally getting around to throwing up this post about our wheelchair accessible Junior Suite on the Legend of the Seas (from our trip to Norway in May). I tried to take lots of photos, in case someone is looking to see if such a cabin would work for them.

We booked the last Junior Suite left on the ship, upgrading only a few weeks prior to sailing, and thus were given the accessible suite even though we had no need for one.

Here is a photo from in the entry hallway. The room is quite wide.

The hallway and door are also wider than the norm, to accommodate a wheelchair. There are two peepholes in the door, one at the normal height and one lower down.

The closet is very small. No bigger than in an interior stateroom (but there are LOTS of drawers to store clothing in). The safe is low down, easily accessible from within a chair, I would think.

The desk is lower, and wider than the norm, again to accommodate a chair.

Getting to the fridge (on the far right, in this photo) might be difficult from within in a wheelchair; there is not a lot of space in between the sofa and fridge, but it was fine for us. The sofa itself was wider than the norm, I would not lean back on the backrest if I sat normally and bent my knees to allow my legs to hang down.

The bathroom was quite large and came equipped with two shower stools. The mirror is tilted down to provide a good view from within a chair, which was fine for me, but Dave, at 6'5" could not see the top half of his head or face in it.

In order to have a roll in shower, there is nothing to stop the water from running all over the rest of the bathroom--which was a bit annoying for us but not a major problem.

The room, and thus the balcony, was extra wide--a very enjoyable feature to be sure. Looking from outside, we estimate we had about 20 to 25% more space.