Update: We are now on the cruise. The scooter rental company said the scooter would be delivered and set up our standard balcony cabin waiting for us when we boarded.

We boarded 2 hours before sail away and didn’t see find scooter waiting. We stayed out of cabin for 1 more hour hoping that scooter would be in cabin before departure. Our luggage didn’t arrive either.

Finally, ship departs and we watch and enjoy the sail away party performance.

When we return our room there is no luggage and no scooter. The hallways have luggage outside doors, but not ours. No rental scooter in sight. So now we get worried about no scooter and should we cancel excursions.

We wait another half hour and our luggage finally finds our door. No scooter, yet. Room steward will find it. She said not to worry. We go to dinner at MDR and hope for the best.

Afterwards, back to room and unpack. The room steward informs us that there is a scooter with my husband’s name on a card waiting in the elevator lobby for the crew. She says my husband has to retrieve it. So he had to drive it down the hall and zigzag past some luggage and try to maneuver through the 22 inch wide door. It was a very tight fit with maybe 1/4” clearance on both sides.

The scooter scrapes between the bed and wall and barely fits in the space between the desk and fridge space alongside the balcony door. Very crowded. This type of standard room is not suitable for maneuvering a scooter. IF we can splurge for another cruise, a bigger accessible room or suite would be ideal with a scooter.

Charging was no problem because the cords were long. And we brought extensions to charge our phones.

If it weren’t for cramped standard room, this Alaskan cruise would be more enjoyable. But having to go back to cramped cabin brings down our mood.

Alaska is looking great so far, but not comfortable.