Cruising can be a wonderful way to travel when mobility is part of the picture. You unpack once, visit several destinations, and enjoy a ship designed to be easy to move around. Some cruise lines do this particularly well, and a recent Consumer Reports survey of nearly 19,000 cruisers helps show which ones travelers rate highest for accessibility.
Disney Cruise Line and Viking scored 5 out of 5 in that survey. Celebrity, Holland America, Oceania, Princess, and Royal Caribbean scored 4 out of 5.
Royal Caribbean is often named first by travel advisors for wheelchair and mobility access. Its newer ships offer spacious accessible staterooms, wide doorways, roll in showers, and pool lifts, and equipment can be delivered to your stateroom in advance.
Celebrity Cruises offers spacious accessible staterooms, roll in showers, and priority boarding, with newer Edge series ships noted for automated doors and open layouts.
Princess Cruises offers wheelchair friendly layouts across the ship, multiple accessible cabins, and assistance at embarkation and disembarkation.
Holland America offers a dedicated accessibility program, modified cabins with zero threshold bathrooms, and wheelchair friendly public spaces.
Oceania Cruises also scored 4 out of 5. As with any smaller ship line, accessible cabin counts and layouts should be checked ship by ship before booking.
Disney Cruise Line scored at the top of the survey, with fully accessible staterooms, paved paths, and beach wheelchairs at its private islands. It is a strong choice for families traveling together.
Viking also scored 5 out of 5 overall, but its ocean ships carry very few accessible suites, so Viking is best considered ship by ship, and its expedition ships are a different case from its ocean ships.
What matters most is not just the line, but the ship, the stateroom, and the itinerary. A fully accessible stateroom, with a roll in shower and room to turn, is different from an ambulatory accessible stateroom, which suits a traveler who walks with a cane or walker and needs grab bars and balance support. Accessible cabins are only a small share of a ship, so booking early matters, and ports that require tender boats need checking in advance, since scooters and powerchairs generally do not go on tenders.
If you use a wheelchair, scooter, or walker, or you simply cannot walk far or stand long, the right ship and stateroom can make all the difference. I check those details before you book, so the trip works the way you want it to.
Source for the scores: Consumer Reports, Mar 25, 2026, survey of 18,850 members.