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Article: Tours heighten access to St. Thomas.
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- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
- Article date:
- September 11, 2002
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Byline: Arline Bleecker
A port call to St. Thomas can be an ordeal for any cruise passenger. Sometimes as many as nine ships converge on Charlotte Amalie in a single day, either docking in the bustling capital city's harbor or sitting at anchor like a string of white pearls. With each vessel disgorging thousands of visitors, getting around in the overpopulated paradise can get cumbersome, to say the least.
Imagine, then, what a sojourn on St. Thomas might mean for a passenger confined to a wheelchair.
Well, things for wheelchair-users are looking up: Accessible Adventures, an island-based tour company, offers a new shore excursion option ...