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She has health issues, and she sails anyway. This is the Sails Anyway section of AI Cruise Granny™ — everything about cruising with limited mobility, a disability, or a condition that needs planning around.
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- Accessibility planning guides: scooters, wheelchairs and tenders
- Every cruise line's special needs form, and its deadline
- Printable port and ship guides, with dock or tender marked
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Cane, chair, or cranky knees. The question is never whether you can go. It is which ship, which port, and what to ask before you book.
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Cruise medical forms
Every line’s accessibility form, who to email, and the deadline you cannot miss.
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Every accessibility guide, printable, in Cruise Granny™’s Crew Library.
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Nothing here is medical advice. It is what the cruise lines publish, so you know what to ask them and your own doctor.
Dialysis at sea
What nine cruise lines publish about peritoneal and hemodialysis, supplies and port clearance.
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Insurance & Medicare
Medicare rarely covers you at sea, and an evacuation runs $25,000 to $250,000.
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Getting around the ship and the port
Scooters & wheelchairs
Bring your own or rent at the port — sizes by cruise line, prices, and the tender catch.
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Port guides
Every port guide now carries its accessibility detail — dock or tender, surfaces, step-free routes.
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Every guide, free, in one place
Join Cruise Granny™’s Crew and the whole library opens: the accessibility planning guides, printable port and ship guides, medical form deadlines and every new guide as it lands. The accessibility guides sit together at the top so you are not hunting for them.
Who says so, and how we know
Real questions, answered
The questions people actually type, answered plainly, with “varies by line” flagged.
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How we check this
Where every fact comes from, when it was last checked, and how to tell us we’re wrong.
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AI Cruise Granny™ is not a medical provider and is not affiliated with any cruise line. Accessibility policies change without notice and differ by line, ship and itinerary. Always confirm with your cruise line and your own doctor.