negative  there is a metal post that come down directly and the middle of the bed where you would get in.  After a couple of times having a stubbed toe and rearranging furniture differently, we know where it is.  However, it was a total bummer.

We had to actually order this bed twice.  Our bad, we got the wrong size.  However, when we put it together the second time after receiving the new bed, it had totally different parts that didn’t match the photos either.  Luckily, we put together the previous one, so we knew what we were doing.