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We were in Whitianga for a family occasion and only stayed the one night in the disabled room at the Admiralty Lodge, but found it to be a very pleasant stay.
We had a disabled room because I have difficulty walking and at times (more often that not these days) need the use of a wheelchair.
The room was easy to get into with the chair (there were appropriate ramps from the carpark), and certainly fine to navigate around. If I wanted to go onto the deck at the front, there was a slight problem with being able to do so. Lucky I was able to use my crutches to get me there, as I know we would not have been able to take the wheelchair over the lip of the doorway, so not too good there. As a side note, the beautiful view of Buffalo Beach is almost totally blocked by a silly palm tree that has been planted right in the middle of your view, so you had to look either left or right to see the ocean.
The bed was incredibly low to the floor, which would have been impossible for me to get off on my own, and very difficult even with the help of someone else. Fortunately, I had bought along my own little gadget, called a bed lever, which enabled me to get off.
The bathroom was adequate, although there was a lack of hand rails, there was one by the toilet and another by the shower, but nothing to help you get from one to the other. There was a rail by the washbasin, which was incredibly handy.
In the shower there is a tiny little wall mounted seat made of plastic, I didn't use this as being around 100kg, I felt that I would end up on the floor if I did, totally unsuitable, and frankly quite useless.
The toilet was of a good height for me (being 6 foot tall), but without a drop down rail on one side, still made it a bit of a challenge.
But all in all, I have stayed in quite a lot worse around the country, and if you are not a 6 foot, 100kg man, you will most likely have no problems. So I do recommend this motel to anyone that is disabled, it was a very pleasant stay.
Stayed February 2014: Kevin D. New Zealand
Excellent
