[springjean]

Hi just had a lot of great idea's of places to visit to have some fun.
Has anyone ever gone to the snowdome in Tamworth, I understand you can eat there and view the slopes whilst sitting in the warm.
Is it worth a visit???
Also what is the best course of action to visit London, ie shows, galleries..
We have never been to London before.
What would our starting point be.
ie Book hotel
Book show
Book train.
which order should we do it in, and how tricky is it, I have found it all a bit overwhelming on line, I am never sure when it says book now, whether or not it is set up for disabled, it will say number of persons but never an option for disabled room.
i get so wound up that i give up in the end.
I would love to go, just scared of getting it wrong.
I know I sound dim, but with my husband being T10 I know I have to sort it and get it right, he wouldn't dream of sorting it for us, its just not his thing, but i want us to have some fun, while we still can.

[Chaz&Nina]

London isn't the best of cities accessibility wise, so if you have other big cities near you (depending on where you live obviously) I'd recommend trying them first lol. Not to put your off though as London has so many things to do!

If your planning on staying overnight, which by your post I'm guessing you are, I'd book the hotel first, seems the most logical way of doing it right? That's the only thing I can't really help you with, as I have never stayed in London overnight. I'm sure there is a thread about London hotels if you have a search. I would suggest the best way to guarantee you having no accessibility issues would be to phone hotels, then you can talk to a human and be sure of what your booking.

I would then book travel arrangements, as you will get cheaper tickets the further in advance you book the tickets. The cheapest site for that is www.thetrainline.com. Once your in London, you have the choice of 1 line on the Underground, that is the Jubilee line, the rest have the odd accessible station, but not worth trying to work out your route to be honest. The second is the DLR, that can be caught from stations off the Jubilee line, and is shown on the Underground map. (and it has no driver, so you can sit at the front and pretend your driving HA!) Your third choice is buses, all the buses are accessible, but you will have to plan a route, or ask people on your way round. Last option is obviously taxis, but they are EXPENSIVE!!

Underground map here: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/ste...e-guide-map.pdf

Regarding things to do, the list is pretty huge!

- London Eye.
- London Aquarium.
- Numerous art galleries (one on South Bank in between the Eye and Aquarium. 10 minute walk/ roll from Waterloo station (Jubilee Line))
- O2 Arena, concerts etc (North Greenwich station (Jubilee line))
- Couple of the tour buses are accessible, only bottom floor obviously.
- Oxford Street for shopping (Need a bus for that one)
- Buckingham Palace is within walking/ rolling distance from Embankment Station (Jubilee line)
- South Bank always has street performers at the weekends, free and pretty enjoyable!

The list goes on, that's all I can think of at the moment!

Hope that helps.

Chaz.

[Trinity]

London really isn't that bad accessibility wise, all the major tourist attractions are fairly accessible.

If a show is what you are after then I would book that first, decide the one you want and then work out your hotel after, there are many hotels which are fully accessible and for all sorts of prices. As each theatre only has a limited amount of wheelchair seating decide on the show first. Usually you would have to ring the theatre box office, most do a free or discounted carer ticket.

Getting around London can be daunting for anyone, whether disabled or not. Invest in an AtoZ and decide in advance what you want to see nd do. Many of the attractions are in easy walking/rolling distance of each other.

I think your biggest problem will be trying to fit all you want to do into the time you have!

[ajl338]

London is fine, both the natural history and the science museam are easy.
Booking a show needs to be done direct with the theatre which is annoying as you dont get the best rates, if you do a serch there is a website which tells you about each theatre, how to access it in a chair and also where a chair user can sit and what the view is like. The national theatre is fine as its new the others arent great.
Most the cabs in london are accessible, couldnt tell you about other transport but noowhere is that far away so i end up just pushing. There is also a tfl website that tells you all about stations, steps and other transport.

[wheelywendy]

springjean, on Jan 25 2010, 06:33 PM, said:

Hi just had a lot of great idea's of places to visit to have some fun.
Has anyone ever gone to the snowdome in Tamworth, I understand you can eat there and view the slopes whilst sitting in the warm.
Is it worth a visit???
Also what is the best course of action to visit London, ie shows, galleries..
We have never been to London before.
What would our starting point be.
ie Book hotel
Book show
Book train.
which order should we do it in, and how tricky is it, I have found it all a bit overwhelming on line, I am never sure when it says book now, whether or not it is set up for disabled, it will say number of persons but never an option for disabled room.
i get so wound up that i give up in the end.
I would love to go, just scared of getting it wrong.
I know I sound dim, but with my husband being T10 I know I have to sort it and get it right, he wouldn't dream of sorting it for us, its just not his thing, but i want us to have some fun, while we still can.

hi there was recently quite a discussion ref london on this site, so i've attatched the thread as it might help you a bit http://www.apparelyzed.com/forums/index.ph...8&hl=london
wendy