I know a lot of people have had problems getting on elevators with wheelchairs, but I must say that my wheelchair bound friend and I have always had a reasonable time. Usually, we would join the elevator line and when the folks who were in line before us had all gotten onto elevators we loudly announce that it's our turn to everyone else. Admittedly, sometimes we still had to wait for several other elevators until one had enough space for us, but by that time we find that most of the folks waiting for elevators with us are all on our side and helping us to get maneuvered over and in to whichever one we can fit into. We've even had people on the elevators voluntarily get out to make room for the wheelchair!
I know that this doesn't discount other people's bad experiences, but I just wanted to point out that a bad experience isn't guaranteed. (Oh, and we stay in the Marriott Marquis and do lots of stuff at the Westin, so most of our experience with the elevators are in those two hotels. I hear that the Hyatt elevators are miserable whether or not you're in a wheelchair.)
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Date: 2012-08-22 01:54 pm (UTC)I know that this doesn't discount other people's bad experiences, but I just wanted to point out that a bad experience isn't guaranteed. (Oh, and we stay in the Marriott Marquis and do lots of stuff at the Westin, so most of our experience with the elevators are in those two hotels. I hear that the Hyatt elevators are miserable whether or not you're in a wheelchair.)