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Careful Bilevel are been built to accommodate people in wheelchairs. There not the tri-levels with the deluxe bedroom that you may be thinking of.

The new Bilevel railcars have the middle section lower to a more or less standard height of platform in the EU. So there is no barrier for wheelchair people to deal with. Roll in and out with out help.
 
Doc7Austin has a good 2 part video on the Siracusa - Milano sleeper.
Here is part 1 which includes the ferry portion.
Hard to believe - 85 Euros for this trip. Compare that with Amtrak sleeper prices! (although his did not have meals)
Airline guy Paul Lucas and the Grounded Life couple also did the trip:



 
I made the trip in April and it was great.

The compartment was more spacious than an Amtrak bedroom, and it only cost €150 to go from Cefalu (about an hour east of Palermo) to Naples.

 
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