My First Blind Cane Adventure to Get Coffee | Did I Succeed or Give Up
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- My First Blind Cane Adventure to get Coffee | Did I Succeed or Give Up
In this video, Matt independently travels from his stateroom to the coffee shop aboard Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Sea. He has had 8 orientation and mobility training courses and this was his goal when he started cane training. He wanted to be able to independently get coffee in the morning using his new cane techniques.
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Way to go.
Matt, I am a little emotional
Right now watching that. Totally awesome and you should be so so proud of yourself.
That is NOT an easy thing to do by any means and anyones standards. I cannot believe how you have mastered that route so quickly and precisely.
I am mega proud of you. My heart would have been beating so fast if that was me and it is so challenging and scary.
What an achievement - wow - just wow.
Coreys heart must have been in her mouth filming that.
This is THE best visually impaired video I have seen to date and I am just blown away by your tenacity, skill and bravery.
Truly inspirational. I will be watching this video again. Totally amazing - no other words
I love you guys so so
Much
Terry x
@10,000Steps Hello my lovely. How the devil are you? I hope better than when we last 'chatted"?
I'm not too bad thank you - hoping 2020 will bless me with a guide dog. I have my fingers and toes crossed :-)
I hope you have the most wonderful Christmas.
Whats your first name? I always feel so rude when I comment to you as 10,000steps! lol
Hi Terry! Wow, thank you so much for that amazing comment! It was definitely a little bit scary, but I just need to remember that I needed to implement the skills I have learned to give me to the destination. I learned from all of the ball training I was doing with my trainer that freaking out and getting nervous definitely does not help the situation, but rather remaining calm and assessing my surroundings if I get turned around or lost is the best solution. We practiced the road the route the day before and I was able to distinguish some landmarks that would help me as I navigate it independently. I’m glad that you enjoyed the video and that you think it is the best one you have seen today, that makes me so happy! Yes, I’m definitely very proud and excited I was able to accomplish the goal we sat. It is exciting to see how much I have advanced and how much more independence I have gained as a result of the training that I just started a few weeks ago. Thanks again Terry, you’re such an amazing friend! :-) Matt and Corey
That would be amazing! I also hope that you were able to get a guy dog this coming year, that would be so special :-)
Hey Matt I just want to say that your doing a great job! My dad is Trip Reviews he commented on this video earlier and he has macular degeneration and Glaucoma. I just want to say that you are helping him out a ton as he just got his seeing eye cane. Thank you for all your doing and keep making these videos! Your doing amazing! Now on my side of things I am a full time youtuber and I just want to congratulate you on your subscriber number and I can guarantee you that your channel is going to become huge just from the amount of comments and likes your getting from your videos. At this point you have 104 likes 247 comments and 592 views, this is amazing engagement and youtube rewards this. Keep working hard!
Good morning! Oh well, it is so great to meet you. Yes, I am very familiar with your father! We have talked now for a couple weeks back-and-forth through comments. It sounds like he is having a nice experience with the blind white cane and the services that are coming to his house to help him with orientation and mobility training. I’m very excited for him! As I told him, I am always here if you ever need to reach out and ask any questions or needs support in anyway, that is why I have this community. I sincerely appreciate you reaching out to me and for your very kind and supportive words! I’m excited for the future and for what we will accomplish on this channel. This channel grew in amazing 687% in the last one year, I’m excited to see where the next year will bring us! I just want to be here and offer my support and friendship to anybody who is blind, visually impaired, or anybody else who is interested in learning more about the people in this community. My commitment has been to just provide valuable information and a supportive network and community for anyone who wants to be here for any reason. I’m doing as much as I can and will continue to produce more content and provide more value in service in anyway. Thanks so much for watching and for reaching out to me, it truly means a lot! Have a wonderful Christmas and say hi to your dad for me! :-) Matt
I have a white folding cane too. I like to use it and it has a rolling marshy tip on it. :D
Oh my God I would never be able to do this on my own considering you only have light perception that is so amazing you have just showed me that nothing is impossible that I can be independent as possible that’s why I love your videos so much thank you so much
Hi! It’s so nice to hear from you once again, it has been a little while! Yes, you could still do absolutely anything that you want, you just need to mainly get over the mental and psychological aspects and go out and do it. The skills and the training are not difficult, but it is the mental game that is the hard part. Thank you so much for the right guys words, I’m glad that you love the videos! See you again soon. MATT
Omg Matt you did it !!! I was literally yelling at my screen encouraging you hehe. Your so inspirational. Thanks Corey for filming &supporting him on his solo trip.hope your both having amazing adventures. Merry Christmas
Meeko I was doing the same thing at my phone. I was almost ready to break out the cheerleader Pom Poms. 😀
LOL, you are funny! This was not a sports game! LOL, although it is funny you were yelling at the screen! Thank you so much, your comment made me smile :-) it was a great adventure, I’m excited and proud I was able to do it! I wish you a very merry Christmas as well, see you on Monday. Huge hugs, Matt
I was too lol
Good job Matt. We can’t let being blind stop us from getting some coffee. We all have to start somewhere.
Hi Tiffany exclamation! That is very true. Thank you for watching and thanks for the nice message! I hope all is well with you. Matt
Great job Matt proud of you giving the challenging layout of the ship.
Thank you! I appreciate that. I could not have done this without all of the support from amazing people here like you. Truly, your support and encouragement has propelled me to go forward with the training and get the skills I need to accomplish this goal. Thanks again, it means a lot to me! See you again on Monday. Matt
Too bad I cannot hit the like button more than once! Man Matt this is EPIC! Seriously Matt you walk with confidence. You do! You do not look hesitant. I have seen many with a cane and you do NOT look like some novice beginner with a cane whatever that means or looks like. Corey, I loved your little helpful hints. Matt you nailed it!! You do not look out of sorts! Such a great video. Loved it!
LOL, you were way too funny! I wish you could hit the like button more than once! Thank you, I’m glad that I look like a professional rather than a novice. LOL, whatever that looks like. I’m so happy that you enjoyed the video, it was definitely an adventure and I’m so happy I was able to for fill and achieve the goals that we set! I think you should run outside and look up into the sky, we are flying home from San Juan Puerto Rico right now and will be flying right over you! So this message is coming to you from Leslie 32,000 feet! LOL. I will wave out the window when we passed over your house ;-) thanks again for watching ANNA for being such an amazing friend! Huge hugs, MATT
@@BlindtoBillionaire awwww! I will be looking for your leer jet!
Heading to church tonight with my guide dog in training. First time we will try to sit through a full service. Usually on Friday night we go and let him sit throught them practicing music. As you know very well, there is a first time for everything. God willing, we will make it all the way!
That is exciting, hopefully you’re able to get through the entire mass. I dropped a couple secret surprises out the window for you as we flew over :-) hopefully you will get them!
@@BlindtoBillionaire Whatever you dropped is soaking wet.😂 Sorry, but I cannot even figure out what it was. The rain is heavy at times. Sorry, but send another.
Church service will be hit or miss. I grew up Lutheran. Dad was a preacher. I was the bad preacher's kid. Well, not that bad. Whatever that means. Anywho, we attend a fantastic nondenominational church.
Wondering how his down stay will turn out.Sometimes ya win, sometimes you learn.
Good morning! LOL, you were the bad preachers kid?! Sounds to me like he will not be getting any Christmas gifts this year because you were way too naughty ;-) LOL. As for what I dropped as we flew over, those were wet sloppy Christmas kisses ;-) LOL, have a wonderful Christmas, I hope it is very special for you and your family! Huge hugs and Christmas kisses ;-)
Hey Matt that was truly amazing, I don’t know how you did it on a moving ship with rearrange furniture that was impressive. And Corey I could hear the pride and love in your voice watching Matt accomplish that it was amazing to watch. God bless the both of you!
Thank you! It was very exciting and I’m so proud I was able to accomplish this goal! Glad that you enjoyed the video and I sincerely appreciate your very kind and thoughtful words! Have a wonderful day and see you again on Monday :-) Matt
You should be so proud! Ships can be hard to navigate but you did it like a boss. Well done!
Thank you! I appreciate you watching the video and for your very nice comment. Actually, that’s a good point because my trainer told me the exact same thing, cruise ships can be very difficult to navigate. As you may have noticed in the video, it was definitely a very irregular space. Thanks again for watching, it’s always nice to hear from you. See you again tomorrow in the next video.
Bravo, Matt! I kept cheering you on, even though you did this earlier! Corey, it must have been nerve wracking watching him so close to the stairs. I watched each change in texture of flooring, knowing it would tell you where you were. This took me back to Boy Scout days and orienteering. Who knew, I'd be using the same skills this late in life. Well, back to cleaning house. I hope you both celebrate in style this major goal conquered!
Hi, thank you. Yes, the texture of the flooring did help me distinguish where I was but also other landmarks. Corey and I only ran over this a couple times, so I still had to rely on the couple times of training that we went over this area to remember what to do. Oh yes, re-implementing the skills you learned earlier in life now. Thanks so much for watching, I hope you’re having a great weekend :-) huge hugs, Matt
@10,000Steps I'm on the mends I hope. I think each grand has had a turn at giving Grandma the sniffles over the last month. Hopefully since the last one was sniffle and sneezing on me Thursday, we'll all be over this stuff by Christmas!
I hope you're doing well. Are you ready for Christmas? I've got the last load ready for my oldest to take to their house. We're doing Christmas first thing Wednesday morning there. My daughter in law has to work Christmas Night so we'll have to be done early, so she can go to bed and get some sleep.
I'm so thrilled for Matt! I was holding my breath when he would get close to the stairs in the middle of the room. He's doing so well with his orienting. Before long, he'll be as quick as the Flash. Corey will have a hard time keeping up with him.
I am so proud of you! Great job!
Never give up! Never surrender! 😁
Thank you! That is so nice of you. I’m glad that we were able to achieve the goal that we said! It is very exciting and encouraging. I appreciate your very nice words, have a wonderful day and see you again in the next video tomorrow. :-) Matt
Absolutely brilliant matt corey well done too for keeping back and not intervening
Thank you my friend! I’m so happy that you enjoyed it :-) I appreciate the nice words.
Outstanding!
Thank you Beverly! :-) Huge hugs, Matt
Awesome job Matt! Really proud of you! Much love, Derek
Hey! Thank you for watching the video, it is nice to hear from you! It was exciting to be able to accomplish the goal that we set a couple months ago. Have a nice Christmas Yves, see you tomorrow! Matt
You crushed that thang! So happy to see and you should be so proud.
Thank you! It was very exciting :-) I’m very proud of it. Thanks for the nice comment! :-) Matt
Way to go Matt!!!! So proud of you, you did a great job. I hope you guys are having the best time😁😁😁
Good morning Brittany! Thank you, I’m very excited and I sincerely appreciate your very nice words! The cruise was amazing, we are back at home now. Have a wonderful Christmas, I hope it is a special day for you and your family :-) Matt
Hi Matt and Cory. Very interesting sounding video. LOL Matt, great, great job! I am very proud of you! I must be honest, I would have freaked out when I went in that room and those chairs were not the way that I expected. Really proud of you. Once again I am still celebrating with you! I can only imagine how you feel. You are well on your way! Cory, thanks again for being such great support for Matt. Good support goes a long way! See you both in the next video!
Hey my friend! Thank you so much for watching and for the great comment as always! It was definitely a different layout when the tables and chairs were moved out, that is not how we practiced it. LOL, I’m glad I got through that part. Corey is definitely very supportive which is amazing! Thanks again for watching, we always enjoy hearing from you! Have a wonderful weekend and see you again on Monday :-) Matt
I'm proud of u. I had a friend that was blind. But he seen it as a bad thing the end of the world. But he passed away 2 years ago. He was 73. By the time he passed he was not wanting to except it. I love him but I would try to encourage him. But he would get mad at me. He was a good friend. I miss him. He was my roommate too.
Woo hoo! I kept going “Yeah Matt! You go boy!” I don’t know why you think anyone would think you don’t know what you’re doing. You rocked it. The stairs, you just glided down them with what looked like ease and confidence. I’ll tell you from going to two NFB conventions, you navigated the same way I’ve observed longtime cane users.
You’re doing just fine my friend. 👍🏽❤️🤗👨🦯
Thank you! That is amazing, I love to hear that! It’s so exciting to hear that I’m navigating like a long time proficient keen user. :-) I appreciate you sharing that with me. I had to do well, I had so many professionals watching me, I had to do a good job :-) thanks so much for watching and for the very nice words, it means so much to me :-) if you trucks, Matt
Awesome Matt.
God Bless both of you🙏🔥🤗😄
Go Matt!! Thanks so much for sharing. Your turly doing amazing.
Hi Shelby! Thank you, so glad that you enjoyed the video and I sincerely appreciate your very kind words! I’m so happy and proud I was able to accomplish the school goal! Thanks again for watching, have a wonderful weekend and merry Christmas to you :-) MATT
Yay you did it matt!!! Can’t wait for more. Cory you are so beautiful
Thank you! It is very exciting :-) and thank you for the very nice complement to Corey, that is so sweet of you! :-) Matt
Thank you so much Esli, that is so kind. I’m so proud of Matt :) love Corey
Hellooo Matt hope your having a good day I just watched the video and waw from being nervous to going and learning to use the cane to now going all alone without any assistance and buying a coffee for yourself!!! I always come back to watch your videos as I said before i was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa myself a few months ago and still finding it hard to get over so whenever I’m having a anxious or sad day I come and watch your very positive and motivational videos and it always ends with me being grateful and hoping that I can get through this just like you and everyone else ! Thank you so much please never stop posting :)
Hi, thank you so much for watching my video and for the very nice comment. I am always here for you to offer you any support and friendship or anything at any time. Never hesitate to reach out to me. I’m here for you! I’m so happy to hear that you love the videos and that they are inspirational to you. I also have retinitis pigmentosa, so we are in this together. You are definitely not alone. Thanks for being such a great friend, huge hugs :-) Matt
Hey Matt your practice is really paying off I can honestly say you did very good. Keep up the good work.
Thank you Sam! I appreciate it. I could not have done it without all of the encouragement from amazing people like you on this channel! You definitely played a major role as you have been encouraging me for many months to go forward with the training. Thanks again Sam, you’re such a great friend. Matt
Matt you did really good! I'm proud of you for taking this step towards being independent
Way to go!!
That's so awesome ! I did my first alone night time walk the other night..its was slow, but I did it with hudy my cane. I have not walk alone at night for like 10+years.
Thank you! Congratulations on your walk as well, that is very exciting! We are both doing this together! Never hesitate to reach out if you ever wanna discuss anything. Thanks again for watching :-) Matt
Congratulation to you guys to Corry and matt and specially matt for your courage and your effort I appreciate you guys congratulations again
Thank you! I appreciate you watching the video and for your very nice congratulations! That means so much to me. It is very exciting and I’m very proud I was able to accomplish this goal. I appreciate your friendship and support, I look forward to hearing from you again sometime soon, happy holidays and hopefully see you on Monday! Matt
I know for me every time I am in a strange hotel, just like you on this strange ship, you have to figure all the stuff out, so we all are in the same boat that you are right now literally, you did great.
Thank you, that means a lot to me coming from you! I think it went pretty well, I’m excited I was able to do it :-) thanks again, Matt
Super proud of you! Thank you for sharing your experience with us! I am inspired to attempt to take my dog on a walk around the block by myself! XX Chelsey
Thank you Chelsea, I hope you’re able to take the dog on a walk around the block, I think you’ll be so excited and proud what you do :-) I know you can do it, just picture me there cheering you on :-) thanks again Chelsea, Matt
HEY MATT,
IF ONLY YOU HAD BEEN HERE TO SEE ME!!! i HAD MY HANDS UP AND SAID YESS!!!! TOUCHDOWN!!!! WHOOO HOOOOO!!!!! I AM SO PROUD OF YOU AND I KNEW YOU COULD DO IT!!!!
KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK IN ALL YOU DO!!!! LOVE YA MATT AND SENDING YOU A GREAT, GREAT BIG HUG TO YOU MY AWESOME, AMAZING FRIEND!!!!!
Hey my dear friend! LOL, you are so dang funny! Huge hugs to you too. Thank you so much, I’m so happy that you were cheering for me, that would’ve been so nice to witness! You are such a special person, thank you for being such an amazing friend to Corey and me, it truly means so much! You are very special and we are so lucky to know you! Have a wonderful day and thank you for watching and for all the sweet messages. Huge amazing hugs. Matt
Yeey! Once again you did it! I have seen these ships being build, they are massive! ( Papenburg, Germany, Meyer Werft) These ships are litterly floating flats! They can hold 5000 passengers! I'm so so so proud of the both of you, Corey for you for not interfering (is that spelled corectly?) And for you Matt for going that freaking coffeee!. Have a super vacation and enjoy eachother and life!
Hi! Thank you so much for watching the video and for the very nice words. We are having amazing vacation, it is so much fun! I agree, if these ships are amazing, they are huge and hold that tons of people! I think there are about 3000 passengers on the ship as well as over 2000 crewmembers. It’s crazy! We are having so much fun I love these types of vacations. Thanks again for the very nice words, I look forward to hearing from you again soon. Matt
I am proud of you Matt. And proud of Corey for staying quiet during the moved chairs hehe. Hearing from my loved ones the hardest part is patience and less worry about me as I keep at it every day. And still stumble sometimes. Somedays it is harder for them than it is for me at this point haha. I know what the panic feels like and just want to say that you are not alone Matt. Your fear at times is valid. So it makes it even cooler that you are practicing. Well done both of you.
Hi Katie! Thank you so much, it means a lot coming from you and from someone who is so skilled at like yourself. I appreciate it! It was definitely an interesting adventure, and a little bit challenging, but I’m so excited and proud I was able to accomplish it. I hope you’re having a wonderful day, see you again tomorrow in the next video! Huge hugs, MATT
Blind to Billionaire You are welcome! Merry Christmas!!
Merry Christmas to you too! Huge Christmas hugs :-)
Matt!!! Yes! This! Freedom, confidence, independence, skills. I'm in tears watching you navigate. One of the things that stood out to me was how you used landmarks to give you information on how to proceed. So often people comment to me or my daughter about her "bumping into things." When in reality, she's using the touch point as a landmark. I try to remind them it's valuable information for her to touch the trash can or the wall or door. That's information she needs to know where she is. Also, I'm impressed with your balance while at sail. I used to live on a ship and walking straight is a challenge. Keep it up! I'm so glad you are documenting this journey, so you can look back next December at how far you've come. (By the way... Just a thought.... If you have the technology in editing, perhaps Corey can do audio description voice over of your activity after the fact when you're navigating independently. So there would be narration of your movements. It would be a great way for those who can't see the video to still enjoy and learn from your experience while still giving you the opportunity to focus on your navigation while traveling.)
Hi! Thank you so much for watching the video and for your very sweet words! It means so much to me to hear from you and for your very nice comments! I completely agree with you, just like your daughter, walking around and finding different landmarks is essential to our navigation. As for your recommendation about having some type of voiceover dictating and it near rating what is going on in the video, actually after we publish the video we realize we probably should’ve done that considering we are marketing to the blind a vision impaired community who cannot see the video all the time. We apologize about that. We really should’ve done a better job, I’m so sorry but in the future we will definitely consider that! Thanks again for your very sweet words, it truly means so much to me huge hugs, see you again tomorrow :-) Matt
Blind to Billionaire no worries. We are all learning new things. So appreciate how you are sharing your journey. Enjoy your cruise!
Thank you! I’m so glad that you enjoyed the videos and the journey! We are home now from the cruise which is sad, but it was a very fun time! Have a very nice holiday, we wish you the absolute best! I look forward to seeing you again soon. Matt
What an amazing job! It can be nervewracking using your cane in public, but I feel the more you use it and get comfortable with it, you tend to not want to leave home without it! It becomes part of you. Congrats for completing your goal!!
Hi! Merry Christmas, I hope you have a very special day today! I completely agree with you, the more that we use our canes and become comfortable and confident with it, the more it becomes part of us and we never want to leave home without it. I have started experiencing that with the training, I’ve only had about eight sessions, but I am recognizing the importance of having it and I like to use it a lot more now. Thanks so much for watching, have a very special day and see you again tomorrow. Huge Christmas hugs, MATT
Awesome matt
Thank you! It is very exciting, I am proud to be able to do this and accomplish my goal :-) thanks for the comment and for watching, so great to hear from you. I hope you and Betty are doing well :-) Matt
Blind to Billionaire we are doing good glad you guys are having a good time.
We need to start planning when we could all meet
Happy to see you gain more independence
Good morning, thank you! It is really exciting :-)
Unbelievable! I’m sighted and I feel like we just did that walk together. Totally mind blowing to me that you - or any human being - can summon the confidence it takes to do this. I’m just dumbfounded by both of you guys. Thanks for taking us along.
Hi! Wow, thank you so much for watching this video and for the very nice comment! I’m glad that you enjoyed it even though you are cited and enjoyed watching my Blind adventure! Thank you so much, your support and friendship means a lot to me! Have a great day and I look forward to hearing from you again sometime soon. Matt
Congrats Matt! This is a terrific accomplishment. For myself, as a sighted person, I am very impressed by your ability to remember that length of a route- I would probably get lost even with sight lol. Also impressed by your ability to walk in such a straight line without a shoreline- again, I can’t even do that myself! Watching you navigate here, I would be interested to see how you could find an outdoor destination using nearby explorer or a similar app once the snow melts a bit. Though for you in MN, I hear that is never! Lol- hope you and Corey had a great vacation and look forward to watching your next video.
Good morning! LOL, thank you so much for the very nice comment and for watching the video! It was definitely an accomplishment I am very proud of! This was a goal we said quite a while ago and I never thought I’d be able to do this, but with the training and skills I learned over the last few weeks, I was able to accomplish the goal! We did rehearse this route a couple times of the day before, which is why I was able to follow what I remembered. I would love to make a video as you suggested outside to our destination, LOL, but just like you said, we might need to wait for some of the snow to melt which will be in several months from now. LOL :-) thanks again for being here, I hope you have a wonderful day and will see you again on Thursday!:-) Matt
Thank you so much for sharing! I think you did awesomely great! Big smile!
Wow! So many challenges on the way, but you made it! So happy for you
Thank you, that’s so sweet of you! I hope you’re having a wonderful day, thank you very much for watching this video and for the nice comment! See you again tomorrow
Awesome that you done this on your own Matt and took the chance. I think you done very well😀🎉👍🏼
Great job. Well done. I can definitely relate to what you were going through. I had a period of 10+ maybe even close to 20 years where I didn’t go out on my own for a coffee or a hamburger. I rely way too much on my wife and friends. But now that I have York my guide dog we are totally independent. We can go anywhere any time. And it’s such an amazing feeling. So hang in there. It gets easier.
Thank you! That is very encouraging. It is so cool that you and your guy dog can go out into anything you want now. I appreciate the encouragement and it is good to know that it will get year zero overtime! Thanks so much for watching and for the great, does always! I appreciate it :-) I’m so happy to hear that you have so much more independence and freedom now after living so many years of being afraid to go out on your own. That’s amazing! Matt
You did pretty well! I went down to the coffee shop on my cruise also and got a cup of coffee for myself, and one for my dad who stayed in the room.
That is amazing! That is so cool that you were able to put onto your coffee shop on the cruise and get some coffee for yourself and for your father. So amazing, congratulations! Thanks for watching :-) Matt
You did awesome and continue to enjoy life to the fullest, awesome 👍🏾👌🙏👏🎉❤️✨
Thank you! I’m so happy that you think I did well. That means a lot to me, thank you so much for the feedback! I hope you’re having a wonderful day, thank you so much for being here on the channel, your support and friendship means so much to me! See you again in the next video. :-) Matt
Woo hoo! I knew you could eventually suss it out❣️ That was a long and tricky thing❣️ Your technique sounded excellent! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟❤️🎉
Thank you, that means a lot to me! It is so special hearing that from someone like you who is a seasoned cane user. I really appreciate your very nice comment! I’m excited about this and I appreciate all of your continued support and encouragement to keep continue going with the training. Thank you so much. Huge hugs, Matt
Congratulations!!! I felt so nervous for you and also felt a little emotional when you finished. You must be happy with how it went. It seems like you have learned a great deal since you started O&M.
Thank you! I sincerely appreciate you watching my video and for the very nice congratulations! Yes, I am very proud and excited I was able to accomplish this goal. That is so sweet you were emotional at the end of the video, that is so incredibly nice of you! Thanks again for watching, I feel like I have learned so much and I’ve gained so much independence since I started the training just a few weeks ago. See you again on Monday, huge hugs, MATT
Hell ya matt great job I'm so excited for you that was one hell of a challenge. Great job. When I saw you come across the chairs and tables I got a little nervous but you made it. Give your self a pat on the back. Then there was the wet floor sign I hate those things. The worker that was there was so awsome about it too didn't make a deal about it just picked it up and decided that was a bad spot for it and placed it off to the side. Keep it up
Good morning! Thank you so much, that is so nice of you to say! I am excited I was able to accomplish the challenge and the goal! I never even knew that wet floor sign was there, Corey told me about it after we were done with the challenge. LOL. I never even knew I tipped it over or that the guy picked it up. That was nice! Thanks again my friend. I wish you a very merry Christmas and a very special day with your family :-) see you again soon. Matt
Hi Matt,that is so awesome that you and your o&m specialist instructor is taking you out to the mall with your white cane for more training,have fun
Thank you Matt for sharing your vedio.. I miss this one when someone else cell me. I'm glad you showing again.
Mat u did wonderful . My heart goes out to u. Feel so bad. U seem like a nice person Cory to.
Very nice, I didn’t even hear any new words or anything. It is definitely hard when the ship is moving more than you are used to, and when chairs move etc. You did great. I know the feeling of wanting to accomplish something like that, and you did it! I knew you could!
Thank you! I sincerely appreciate your very nice words. I could not have done this without all of the encouragement from amazing people like you who are very skilled and talented with Ken travel. All of your encouragement over the last several months has helped me to go through it and get the necessary skills I need to accomplish this goal. Thank you, it truly means a lot! I’m glad you enjoyed the video. Matt
Great job My Friend! To be honest I expected you'd succeed, not because I know that you're good with a cane but because you're determined. Cheers Matt👍
Hi my friend! Thank you, that is so nice of you to say! Not only that, I told everybody here on the channel that I would be doing it, so I had to perform. There was no other option but to do it. Plus I am very stubborn. LOL. Thanks again :-) MATT
I was really glad to see you being confident on your own. Now you know you have this skill to do what you want. Independence is so important. We lose a lot and when we can get a little piece of that back, it's a big deal.
Hi, thank you so much for the very nice message! I completely agree with you, regaining even just a little bit of independence is amazing! Independence and freedom is so precious, when we lose it it can be a very tough time. However, regaining that independence and freedom is so amazing! Thanks for watching the video and for your very nice comment, it means so much to me! Matt
I was on that same cruise ship 2 years ago. I loved sitting in that coffee shop with my family in the evenings
Hi! Thank you so much for watching this video, that is so cool you were on the same cruise ship a couple years ago, too bad you were not there this time! It would be fun to hang out and record a video with you :-) we agree, we also love that coffee shop. It is a fun place to sit at night and observe the people. Corey and I would sit at night drinking coffee and Corey would observe all the people in the tell me about them. LOL. So nice to hear from you, thanks for watching this video! See you again tomorrow in the next one. Matt
Wow Matt! That was amazing to watch!
Hi Matt and Corey x Well done I knew you could find your way . The more you do this the easier you will find your way to your coffee lol 😊 . Should be so proud of your self you have come along way with your training. If I was there I'll get motion sickness lol x Take care Hugs to you both x
Hi Tony! Thank you so much, I completely agree with you, we continue practice I will build my skills and confidence and be able to do this more independently even easier. It is very exciting, thank you so much for the very nice words and support! Huge group hug to you too! Have a wonderful day and see you tomorrow. Matt
Well done Matt! Super proud of you! You’ve come such a long way in the 8 months or so that I’ve been watching your channel. It’s awesome to see. I would like to make a bit of a suggestion though and you don’t have to take it if it puts more pressure on you but a voiceover would’ve be really helpful so that it was more clear what you were doing and what obstacles you successfully navigated. I know that you got around some chairs that moved and a wet floor sign but it would have been cool if we’d had more detail. Thanks again for sharing your experiences with us
Hi! Thank you so much for watching the video and for the very nice encouragement! It is very exciting and I’m so proud that I was able to accomplish this goal. I completely agree with you, we should’ve had some type of voiceover on this video describing exactly what was going on considering the community we are marketing this video to you, the blind or visually impaired. LOL. I completely agree. When Corey was video recording this I wanted her to stay back and not talk so that I didn’t know where she was to potentially give me any cues on what to do. But I do agree, we should probably do some type of voiceover to help describe to everybody what is going on. Thank you so much for the suggestion :-) see you again on Monday. MATT
MATT, IT WOULD BE VERY NICE IF YOU COULD MAKE MORE Videos LIKE THIS!. This is so inspiring!
Wow Matt I am super proud of you! I can tell your confidence level is building and when you were walking it sounded like you had a good stride and were feeling like you knew what you were doing. So proud of you. oh my goodness I can’t stand to feel a boat doing that so good for you! I hope your coffee was good.
Hi Jerry! Thank you, it means so much to me to hear from you and to know I did a good job from someone who is a skilled as you! Thank you, the coffee was good and definitely worth it :-) I hope all is going well with you and your family, see you soon and merry Christmas to all of you! Huge hugs, Matt
I’m so glad you met your goal! It’s really awesome that you set that goal and worked towards it and were able to do it, and even working on improving your skills while on vacation. I notice you saying things like “I know most of you guys do this every day and probably don’t think it’s a big deal”when you are talking about using a cane, and I just wanted to remind you that we all started where you are. Everyone starts with small successes and works their way up. So don’t be afraid to be proud of your accomplishments no matter how big or small, I promise we don’t think it’s silly
Good morning Cayla! Thank you so much for watching the video and for your very nice words. That is a great point, sometimes it is very easy to overlook the fact that all of us were at the same point and basically started with no skills. I suppose it is similar to the CZcams channel, both of us started nearly 2 years ago with zero views, zero subscribers, and zero videos, but now look how much we have grown since then! Which by the way, I have been anxiously awaiting your arrival at 2000 subscribers, you are so close! That is really exciting :-) it is exciting to see the growth I have had in independence in just the last month since I started the training, I’m excited to see where the training and skills will bring me in the next few months, or even a year from now. Thanks again, I appreciate hearing from you! Have a nice Monday :-) Matt
Blind to Billionaire thank you. That’s so nice that you are excited about me reaching 2000 subscribers. I know I am so close. And it’s crazy that you are almost at 3000. Your channel is growing so much! It is very well deserved
Thank you Cayla! Yes, it is so exciting how close you are to 2000 subscribers! And yes, I cannot believe we are almost at 3000! Both of us are growing so quickly, it is exciting :-) have a nice Thursday! Matt
This one really got to me. I had an anxiety attack but I was so proud of you while watching this!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Wow, first of all, I just got a little glimpse of your room, and it is uber cool. and secondly you actually made it look so easy 😅
Hey my friend! LOL, the room is pretty nice, but it is very small. Thank you, glad I made it look easy! :-) Thanks so much for watching. Matt
You can do anything you set your mind of doing
Hi Larry, that is absolutely true! Great Comet :-) Matt
@@BlindtoBillionaire Anytime
great vid congrats Mat
Thank you, that is very nice of you! :-) See you again tomorrow. MATT
Congrats !!!!!!! Keep up the good work
Thank you! It’s very exciting, I’m proud and glad I was able to accomplish this goal :-) thanks so much for watching and for the nice comment. Happy holidays and I look forward to hearing from you again sometime soon :-) Matt
this is beautiful 😂 i am crying
Thank you Molly, that is so incredibly sweet of you! You are amazing, huge hugs :-) Matt
I am legally blind and will be cruising with my family on the big boy Carnival Jubilee! I’m somewhat scared. I do really good by myself and only use my cane when alone and needed but this gave me so much confidence!
Wow Matt you are doing so awesome in the food court,pr oud of you that you are accomplishing your goal of doing it on your own with help
Congratulations
Thank you Josh, I appreciate it! I hope you’re having a wonderful weekend. Matt
Hi Matt and Corey😊Stairs and navigating around unfamiliar places are challenging for some sighted people like me so I thought that was awesome 👏🏻 My boyfriend, Michael Groff, has light sensitivity from the Lebers but can see up close. Hopefully your video will encourage him to use his cane. Today I’m filming our story and Mike will be editing it after he’s done with his 20 worst songs list of 2019. Using “blind” in the title is still be debated between us. Take care😊
Hi! Thank you so much for watching this video and for the nice comment. Congratulations on completing the video! That was very cool. Hopefully your boyfriend will get some encouragement to start using his cane a little bit more often. If anything, at least just caring it with him to identify that he is visually impaired so that other people will know. Thanks so much for watching and congratulations on producing the video! :-) Matt
Awesome video. Thanks. I kind of knew from the sounds what you were doing especially towards the end.
Great video Matt
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed the video. I hope you’re having a wonderful day, see you again tomorrow in the next video. Matt
Blind to Billionaire thank you Matt
Wow! Baby faced Matt handled that like a boss !!!!well done ya got it buddy 💪 I'm proud of ya. Take care Matt and Corey
LOL, you literally just made me laugh out loud. Babyface mad. LOL, you are way too funny. One of these times I’m going to grow a big nasty beard so that you can’t call me that anymore. LOL. Thank Sean, you are way too amazing! I hope all is going well for you, huge hugs and flexed bicep. Matt
@@BlindtoBillionaire Matt I honestly would like to see you grow a beard just don't know if Cory would like it or not I'm thinking of her first:-) I'm glad I made you laugh although I apologize if I upset you by calling you that. Just thought it'd be funny to give you a laugh once in awhile
LOL, you definitely did not offend me at all, I was just joking around with you saying that I was going to grow a beard it so that you can’t call me baby face. LOL, I was totally joking! I would not do that but it would be funny! No worries at all, you’re such an awesome friend! We are going to bed now, sweet dreams and see you again on Monday :-) Matt
@@BlindtoBillionaire thanks buddy you're awesome I'm happy to call you my friend, Flexed bicep hehehe
LOL, thank you, I am also happy and proud to say that you are my friend!
You are awesome Matt, way to go, you did very good 👍😊
Daaaang Matt, that was really smooth! I couldn't see too well but you make much less noise than I do. I clink and clank everywhere when I walk in public.
Cruise ships could be challenging to navigate because everything is narrow. Plus, things are sometimes asymmetrical in ways that don't make sense. Each floor seems to have a slightly different layout but the cabin doors are all the same. Staircases may end at a certain floor but resume at another.
Several years ago, my husband had ten too many piña coladas at a beach resort shore excursion which put us in a very precarious possibly dangerous predicament. For starters, we almost missed the bus back to the ship. And when we got dropped off, I was scared to death I would step off the dock as there is no fence along the piers. Somehow I was able to lead my husband back to our ship and into our cabin where my husband passed out. Needless to say, I was terrified and pi**ed. No more all u can drink beach excursions for us! Mariko
Hi! Thank you so much for watching my video and for the very nice words! LOL, I also make quite a bit of noise when walking around hitting my keen on everything. Oh wow, that sounds like a really scary experience the other time when you were on a cruise and almost missed it because your husband had a little bit too much to drink. LOL. It was a scary situation at the time, but probably funny now when you look back at it. I really dislike walking on docs that do not have a side rails like you were describing, I always feel like I’m going to walk right outside. I’m glad you made it back safely :-) thanks again for watching, I always love hearing from you! Huge hugs, see you again tomorrow.
Matt you have my admiration from the bottom of my heart. I watched the video and I just was thinking, how he can go down stairs so fast. I have some remaining vision but one of the most difficult things for me is going down or up stairs. You are doing an awesome job. Never ever give up. Enjoy your vacations my friend.
Hey my friend! Thank you so much, I’m glad that you approve of the video as being someone who is a proficient can’t use her, it means a lot to me to hear from you! Thank you so much. I am actually very confident with the skid stairs, that is one thing I definitely do not have any problems with. We are unfortunately on our way back to the port and go home tomorrow. We will be back in Puerto Rico tomorrow morning. I will say hi hi to all the amazing people for you :-) thanks again and then we will actually have a layover in Boston tomorrow on our way home :-) maybe we will see you! Matt
Blind to Billionaire Blind to Billionaire thanks Matt. Hopefully one day we can plan and get together in Massachusetts or Minnesota. Wishing you a save trip back home. Just in time for the celebration of Christmas. Enjoy😀👍
That would be awesome! Sorry for that last message, dictation apparently did not pick me up all that well. LOL. Just out of curiosity, how far are you from the Boston airport? Have a great night, we’ll talk tomorrow. Matt
Blind to Billionaire Hello Matt. I live in the western part of the state. Boston is about 2 hours from here. In this part of the state we have a couple of nice attractions. Including the basketball hall of fame and the MGM Casino but the most accesible places to visit are located in Boston. 👍 😀
Hi my friend, that is interesting a good to know. Just curious because we have about a four hour layover in Boston. In fact, we are flying there right now. So, this message is coming to you from about 32,000 feet :-) LOL. Catch you tomorrow in the next video! Matt
Matt u did a great job! God bless u too! 🙏🏻
Wow!That's great
You are amazing my friend, simply amazing!
In a previous video when you said you hadn't done this yet I was thinking, "OK he's a little nervous which is expected, I just hope he doesn't completely lose his confidence and bail." Instead you got your eye of the tiger on and took the hallway, stairs, and the cafe like the champ you are! Man you flew down that hallway and took those stairs like they were nothing. I could really see the confidence in you Matt and even thought, "OK now he's just showing off. lol I could tell the cafe was a little more challenging but you kept your composure and powered through and I am so proud of you man! When it comes to a VIP, there is absolutely nothing more exhilarating than independence!
Hi Doug! Wow, thank you so much for the very nice message. You nailed it right on, I was very confident with the stairs and the beginning of the excursion, but once I got to the café, I was a little bit more hesitant exactly as you mentioned. I completely agree with you, as someone who is visually impaired, there’s nothing more special than to regain independence! It is amazing! Thanks again Doug, your message truly means a lot to me! I hope all is going well for you :-) Matt
Hi I’m really proud of your progress you did a great job you really started walking pretty fast at the beginning it’s OK to stop and think in the middle of a route you just learned I have some site and even I do that good job I hope you enjoy your vacation thank you for posting this video
Hi! Thank you so much for watching this video and for the very nice words. I am also very excited and proud I was able to accomplish the goal. Yes, I was confident walking down the hallway and the stairs, I did need to pause a couple times to figure out where I was and what to do next. Thanks again for watching, I look forward to hearing from you again soon. See you on Monday. MATT
Congratulations matt. That must of been super scary for you. See you in the next video
Thank you Thomas! It was a little bit scary, but I just apply the skills that I have learned to fulfill the goal. This message is coming to you from roughly 32,000 feet above the earth! LOL, we are flying home from Puerto Rico right now. :-) Matt
@@BlindtoBillionaire wow. That is crazy well I hope you had fun on vacation.
Yes, it is sad to go home. But we will be back down there in a month from now on for another cruise :-)
@@BlindtoBillionaire well that is good 🙂
Bravo Matt
I'm so proud of you in this new chapter.
Since having Guillermo it was a struggle from switching using a pram 24/7 to reusing my cane
Thank you! I really appreciate your very nice words. It is very exciting to accomplish this goal. Congratulations to you and everything you were doing as well, you’re doing an amazing job! Thanks for being such a great friend. MATT
That was a long way to go. Very cool.
Good job Matt
Thank you! That means a lot to me :-) this was a huge accomplishment :-) thanks again, I appreciate you watching
Great job Matt!
Good job! I'm prowd of you doing that! It is really hard challenge. Very often people do small staps at starting point but you do very huge steps. It's wanderful. God bless you in your life and future expiriences.
Hi! Thank you so much for watching this video and for the very sweet comment! It was definitely a challenge, but I’m very excited and proud I was able to accomplish it. I appreciate your support here on the channel, thank you so much for watching :-) see you again on Monday
If I didn’t know any better, I’d say that I was hearing the peanuts theme in the background! LOL
LOL, yes it was definitely the peanut song! LOL good call! Thanks for watching Ryan. MATT
WOW! AWESOME ! Let me say awesome is a word I never use, probably a generation thing me being in my early 60’s. So for me to say awesome you did way better than fantastic!, see I’ve used that word how many times now? You have done a fantastic job of negotiating that course! I am so impressed! The stairs! Wow I really didn’t think you could make it down so easily one hand holding your cup, the other the cane and you didn’t use the railing. I still have almost 20 degrees of vision and I couldn’t do as well on the as you, on the stairs or on the floor. Great job. Corey must have been panicking inside when you came close to some stairs to the left side. Enjoy the ship 👍
Hi my friend, thank you so much for watching the video and for using the word awesome it so many times! LOL, I’m glad you were able to expand your vocabulary even though it is not within your generational vocabulary. LOL, I’m just kidding with you! I really appreciate your very kind words! It is a course we have walked a couple times and we practice the day before, but this is the first time I did it independently. Actually the stairs on my left were actually one of the markers that I was using so yes it probably looks scary when I was walking right towards them, but that is actually what I was looking for. Thanks again for watching and for your very nice words, it truly means a lot to me! Have a wonderful day and see you again tomorrow. MATT
Hey thanks, hope you guys have a great day on the ship. Hope your coffee ☕️ was good and hot
Thank you! Yes, it was a really good time. We are actually flying home right now. I’m glad you enjoyed the video, see you tomorrow!
Have a great flight!
Good morning! We are back home now. Thank you for the nice wishes. Your son reached out to me on a different video, that was so cool! It was great to connect with him! Have a wonderful Christmas, I hope it is very special for you and your family. We will see you again on Thursday. Matt
You can do it brother we have your back brother
Awesome Matt!
This was awesome to watch! Hope you two enjoyed your cruise! My family and I just went on a cruise this summer and I recognized the shi yall were on!
Hi, thank you so much, glad that you enjoyed the video! That is so cool you were able to go on a cruise this past summer, they are so much fun! We love it. Thanks again for watching and for the very nice words and your support! I’m very proud I was able to accomplish the school. See you again on Monday :-) Matt
Hey you amaze me. And I remember when I was in Hawaii, I was at an abatement 10 sdory, but I was on the the fived flor, and I whant to get a soda so I told my brother I'm going to get me a soda from the vinting mesin, so I just went to the elevater, and hit the first flor, buy my soda, then go back up. Well guess what? I he doesn't beleve me 😅😅 he had to prove I'm doing it by myself without an asistant. But there was no one at that time. Besides I was already use to the place. So my word of advice for you, is to go ahead be advegerous, take time to get to know each place you visit.
Hi! Thank you so much, that means a lot to me. LOL, it’s funny and awesome that you were able to go down and get something to drink for yourself and that your brother cannot believe you. I love it! That was so cool! Thank you for the encouragement and for the suggestion, just go ahead and go out on it adventure and learn. So my sink. Thanks again for watching this! See you guys tomorrow and the next video.
Lol I know the courage that took matt. My first time solo the curb and then the road found me.
Hi! LOL :-) thanks so much for watching the video, I was enjoy reading your comments! I hope you’re having a nice day, we look forward to seeing you again soon :-) hopefully your blind shopping box will arrive soon as well, I’m excited to see what is inside :-)
Way to go! Congrats Matt! I am doing better on my own with some of mine as well still have lots of practicing to do.
Hi! Thank you so much for watching this video. I appreciate your very kind and sweet words! That is amazing you have been practicing, just keep going at it and he will expand your skills! Just like me, I literally had no skills just a couple weeks ago, but I continue to practice and persevere and now I can do this. I’m here for you if you ever need me! Have a wonderful day and see you again tomorrow. Matt
wow
Just like many other comments I can say this was awesome and your progress and achievements are yours and so not important what others may think so don’t worry about that, and although I’ve not read every comment the ones I did were all positive. Even as a seasoned cane user I’d still need preferably to have someone describe the layout before I did it on my own, and I consider myself to be very confident and have good spacial awareness. Well done and keep building on those successes 🙌🏿☺️. Have a great Christmas 🎄🎅🏿🧝🏼♀️🤶🏿🧝🏻♂️⛄️🎁☃️🤗🥳.
Hi! Thank you so much, that means a lot to me to hear from you and for all the very nice words. Yes, the comments have been very positive and encouraging which is really nice! It is always nice to rehearse the route with a cited guide first so that we know where we are going when we need to take it out independently. Thank you, I wish you a very happy new year and merry Christmas as well! Thanks for watching and for the comment, I always enjoy hearing from you :-) your friend, Matt
Congratulations Matt! I am really proud of you! Sounds like you did an excellent job! I was listening for the change of echo feedback and the change of floor types. You did well! I think it would be hard to be working on a moving vassal. I hope this helped build your confidence!
Hi! Thank you so much for the very kind words, it truly means a lot coming from someone like you who is so incredibly skilled with a blind travel. I appreciate it so much! Yes, this definitely helps build my skills. I know it was deafly going to be a challenge, but I just implemented the skills I have learned and was able to accomplish the goals which was amazing. Thank you for your amazing friendship, it truly means a lot to me! I’m excited for you to visit Aruba in about a month, that would so amazing! See you again tomorrow, some chops, MATT
Good job Matt u did great☺☺☺
You are Doing and Amazing Job Matt have a Bless 🙏 sunday
Hi! Thank you, I really appreciate that :-) so glad to have you here, I really appreciate your support. I hope you’re doing well and have a nice weekend, will see you again soon in the next video
Matt, what a terrific accomplishment!
You must be very proud of yourself!
Can you take some other videos like this? They are really inspiring!
Have a great day!
Camilla