Firsthand cruise ship accessibility experience shared

This advice about boarding the cruise ship Norwegian Dream from Rich Dziak: "We had an hour delay after check in waiting for "wheelchair" assistance for my 82 year old father. Finally we boarded, after an aggressive check-in clerk helped us. If you need wheelchair assistance from the terminal to the ship be expected to wait for the chair. It's a long gangway from the terminal to the ship, and you best be in good shape for the walk and climb up the ramped gangway." (Photo of some cruise ship, not necessarily the Norwegian Dream, by Mike Rash via morguefile.com)