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[pawe]

Hi I'm trying to decide where to stay, there are rooms at the wilderness, contempory and the pop century, or at non-disney hotel in the downtown area, my problem is my husband can not walk long distances due to a leg injury, so we will rent a moterized scooter for him, I love to walk so where would be the best place to stay can they accomodate mscooters on the buses or monorail? please help i would like to book this asap as it is filling up fast and this was a last minute decision to come on Mar. 13-22/2007. Tom has always wanted to see a shuttle launch so are hoping we can do this too. We have been at disneyland in california over 40 times but never disney world this is my part of the holiday can't wait to get there!!

[Grumpygal]

Pretty much any Disney resort will have decent transportation access. The newer busses are much easier to get on and off of with either a regular wheelchair or a motorized scooter. I've traveled with someone in a wheelchair and we've had no problems. I've also seen people all over being loaded and unloaded onto Disney transportation. I think you'll be fine whatever you choose.

[rella]

Hi.......My husband has Ms and requires a wheelchair or scooter while we visit WDW. We have stayed at the Polynesian and the Grand Floridian, which are right on the monorail(the Contemporary is on the same monorail) and found it so easy and handy to use. He has a hard time boarding the buses even though they are handicapped accessible (he's not a good driver)and the wait can be alittle longer for one of the handicapped accessible buses....... so I think a resort on the monorail is the best choice. If I remember correctly, my husband was able to board the "friendships" at Epcot with the scooter but not the smaller boats from Magic Kingdom to the Grand Floridian and Polynesian. We now usually stay at the BoardWalk Villas so the use of the launches to and from Magic Kingdom could have changed. Well, in any case have at wonderful at WDW rella

[CRCrazy]

Welcome to the Passporter Boards!

I agree with everything written above - taking a motor scooter onto the buses is no problem, but it does take a few extra minutes to load from the rear.

I would not stay off property - their buses do not run as frequently and I don't know if they have the same lift systems as the Disney buses.

The three resorts you mention are not all created equal however -
Pop Century will be the least expensive - but you will need to use the buses exclusively, and the rooms are TINY.

Wilderness Lodge is a deluxe, and the rooms will be larger, and therefore easier to fit the scooter into for recharging, but you are not on the monorail. There is a boat to MK, or buses to all the other parks. The scooter can be loaded on the boat, depending on the water level in the lake - it's not guaranteed.

The Contemporary, while probably the most expensive option, is ideally located for someone with a scooter. The rooms are the largest on property - lots of room for the scooter, and it's right on the monorail so no worries about access to MK (you can also walk from there) or Epcot (monorail to TTC, then switch to the Epcot monorail.) You do still have buses to the other parks though..

[jhoshowski]

I agree with Marie - if it is feasible pricewise, I would go for the Contemporary. It would be the easiest in pretty much every way - transportation, room size, etc.

[lauren-roxy]

My vote would be for the Contemporary. It's right on the monorail which is very convenient.

[pawe]

Thanks for your help and sorry it took so long to get back here had a little trouble finding my answers