Parachute07

Thank you very much for all of this! Very helpful. I certainly understand your recommendations regarding other smaller ships. In this case, I specifically have the opportunity to sail with Celebrity for a deeply discounted rate and so I decided to look for the most interesting Celebrity itineraries I could find - hence why I stumbled on the Infinity cruise from Valparaiso to Buenos Aires. I've been fortunate to travel to many places around the world, but haven't yet been to southern South America (we spent a chunk of time in northern South America more than a decade ago). I always assumed we'd eventually visit Patagonia, but had never until now considered cruising. We likely wouldn't cruise if not for the chance at such a deeply discounted rate - and since they have sailings in March, I was specifically considering end of March into early April. I'm mostly concerned with whether the sea is likely to be too rough for us, and 25ft waves is probably beyond our comfort zone in the sense that I feel inclined not to subject the kids to that at such a young age. I'd love to be able to see all of that scenery in a single cruise, but I think we'll probably have to table the idea of taking advantage of this one after all.

New to the board and to cruising - I hope you'll forgive my newbieness! I'm looking at the possibility of cruising on the Celebrity Infinity from Valparaiso to Buenos Aires (going through the Strait of Magellan to Punta Arenas, back to Ushuaia and around Cape Horn) form late March into early April. I know that conditions can be unpredictable, but I'm trying to get a sense of how rough of a ride to likely expect. I tend to get seasick very easily without medication, but I've been mostly fine on boats with Dramamine (and on large cruise ships the motion hasn't bothered me much -- I took Dramamine during one rough sea day in the Mediterranean on a large cruise ship this year and on a recent Caribbean cruise I didn't take any medicine and I was fine). I have very young kids (ages 5 and 2) and they have been fine on large cruise ships, but both got seasick within an hour on a catamaran in the Mediterranean on a pretty calm sea day. I'm trying to get a sense of what to expect on a boat the size of the Infinity. I read a review on a blog about a trip in February that sounded like it encountered very rough seas. From what I've read, winds should be a bit less in late March / early April, but I don't know whether that means a smoother ride. Are we very likely to hit seas rough enough to be knocking things off of shelves? If that is likely, is it likely to be that way for days at a time or hours or what? Has anyone done it and been completely miserable (or who expected to be miserable and was totally fine)? Is it rocking and rolling the whole time? I completely understand that it is impossible to predict sea conditions, I'm just hoping that someone here is familiar enough with it to help me make a more educated decision rather than winging it thinking "It'll probably be fine". I'm alternatively considering the same ship from Buenos Aires to Antarctica, which goes down past Cape Horn to Paradise Bay, the Gerlache Strait, and Elephant Island. I've posted separately on the Antarctica forum about that and I recognize that both of these cruises might be poor choices for us given sea sickness concerns (I'm open to being convinced not to pursue this course at all), but like I said I am trying to make an educated decision and I include that alternative in case anyone has done both and can offer a comparison. I appreciate any and all advice / wisdom.

New to the board and to cruising - I hope you'll forgive my newbieness. I'm looking at the possibility of cruising on the Celebrity Infinity from Buenos Aires to Antarctica. I know that conditions can be unpredictable, but I'm trying to get a sense of how rough of a ride to likely expect. I tend to get seasick very easily without medication, but I've been mostly fine on boats with Dramamine (and on large cruise ships the motion hasn't bothered me much -- I took Dramamine during one rough sea day in the Mediterranean on a large cruise ship this year and on a recent Caribbean cruise I didn't take any medicine and I was fine). I have very young kids (ages 5 and 2) and they have been fine on large cruise ships, but both got seasick within an hour on a catamaran in the Mediterranean on a pretty calm sea day. I'm trying to get a sense of what to expect on a boat the size of the Infinity going down past Cape Horn and out to Paradise Bay, Gerlache Strait, Elephant Island, etc. Are we very likely to hit seas rough enough to be knocking things off of shelves? If that is likely, is it likely to be that way for days at a time or hours or what? Has anyone done it and been completely miserable (or who expected to be miserable and was totally fine)? I completely understand that it is impossible to predict sea conditions, I'm just hoping that someone here is familiar enough with it to help me make a more educated decision rather than winging it thinking "It'll probably be fine". I'm alternatively considering the same ship from Valparaiso to Buenos Aires, which goes through the Strait of Magellan / around Cape Horn (doing that late March to early April). I'm going to post separately on the South America forum about that and I recognize that both of these cruises might be poor choices for us given sea sickness concerns (I'm open to being convinced not to pursue this course at all), but like I said I am trying to make an educated decision and I include that alternative in case anyone has done both and can offer a comparison. I appreciate any and all advice / wisdom.