Sea Sickness and Aft cabins

[lovevacadays]

I've sailed in aft cabins a few times and never felt seasick. The one and only time I felt a little queasy on a ship was when I was forward and the second cabin from the front. I felt the motion more there than aft. I love aft. My friend and I are booked in a cabin that is considered aft on our cruise next month. I'm looking forward to being able to go up a few flight of stairs and being at the aft of the Lido deck.

 

 

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[capriccio]

We have booked aft facing or the last cabins on the port/starboard sides on over 10 cruises and until our October/November cruise from Quebec to FLL - where we experienced force 9 winds (up to 54 mph) and waves (up to 33 feet) - I had never been bothered; in fact I had much worse experiences on my dad's 35 foot sailboat back in my 20s. On this cruise I used the seabands while my DH, DB and SIL were absolutely fine. The seabands worked (or my sea sickness was so mild) so well that it didn't hamper going out for before dinner drinks or to dinner. It was the most quiet evening we've ever spent on board any ship :).

[Boytjie]

With a husband that suffers motion sickness in every mode of transportation available, he has agreed to cruise Alaska. My hope is through planning I can minimize the possible effects of sea sickness with a good choice of a cabin. A balcony cabin allows fresh air (which he thinks will help).

 

I can't contribute much about your cabin options but do have an Alaskan cruise story.

 

Background: I don't get seasick on cruise ship but when I was younger and on a small ship in the South African Navy, I got so seasick I was transferred to land base. But, surprisingly I have been OK even in 20ft waves on the Zuiderdam.

 

As for Alaska... one afternoon when I showered before dinner I noticed a rash on my ankle, so I decided to take Benadryl... two of them. And at dinner I had a couple of glasses of wine until I started sliding off my seat! :) My partner escorted me back to the cabin and I was in bed fast asleep just after 8 pm. I, of course, woke up at 4 am wide awake and ended up roaming the ship. And saw all the barf bags out around the ship. Apparently soon after I was knocked out we hit rough seas and many people got sick. I had no idea...

 

So if you don't have Ambien or want to avoid it's crazies, take Benadryl and red wine! :D

Edited December 12, 2014 by Boytjie

[cruiseintoheaven]

This really comes down to personal tolerance/risk/reward - no one can really tell you want you will experience before-hand. Our recent cruise on the Regal Princess was as aft as you can get - R734 - neither one of us is prone to sea sickness and we take no precautions. We had quite a bit of vibration and movement - which we actually like - but it would definitely aggravate any sea sickness in anyone prone to it.....

 

 

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[gremlinbangles]

Not trying to hijack thread but I love chocolate wine but it seems most people never heard of it.

[Thrak]

I'm very susceptible to motion sickness. I use "the patch" and had zero problems in C752 (aft-facing balcony) on Grand Princess. With the patch I don't ever have to worry about motion. I've sailed in a very far forward cabin on Aloha deck when there were very heavy seas. People were staggering all over and bouncing off the walls in the corridors. Some folks don't like the patch but it works miracles for me.

 

We really enjoyed the motion in the aft-facing cabin. :)

[Boytjie]

Not trying to hijack thread but I love chocolate wine but it seems most people never heard of it.

 

 

I'll bite... Had it once, did not care for it. And I love chocolate and I love wine, even wine with chocolate but not the chocolate wine.

[WEGL81]

Truth be told, the direction the ship is going (against/with the prevailing current) and the direction of the wind creating waves or swells has as the biggest influence with where the motion occurs on a ship. For example, if the waves are coming at the ship from a 90 degree angle being in the middle of the ship is the same as being in the aft. I would speculate that deck height has much more to do with ship motion than location on the ship, because you never know from which direction waves/wind will be coming.

 

Having said all that, I've been in aft, middle, and forward cabins on multiple cruises in both fair and foul conditions. I haven't experienced any more or less ship motion in any location except when I've been on higher decks or lower decks. My one (and last) aft cabin experience was nice from a view standpoint, but the constant vibration from the engines caused me to lose many a night's sleep. I also find I am less prone to sea sickness the more I cruise as I now only carry sea bands and only use them in the worst conditions.

[Kinkacruiser]

I've also heard that low and central is best for sea sick sufferers.

[compozer]

Sandy, Good strange things or bad strange things? ;)

 

Carolyn,

He never tells me. One year we joined some friends who were doing the loop in their boat for a year and we joined them for a couple weeks. Lets just say my friend and I didn't sleep the best after some rough days on the Atlantic so we both had ambien and we took it - full pill each.

 

Well, the boys still haven't told us exactly what we did. SO, I am not totally sure if they were good or bad.

Wait - I never do bad things!!

 

Sandy

[crystalspin]

@flipside-of-fifty

 

Cool to be going to Alaska! The waters in the inland passage are nice and calm -- my DH only had tipsy tummy the one day from Glacier Bay to Seward (HAL cruise). I would choose the deck 7, aft of midships, over the midships-deck 10. Consider that Deck "1" is not actually the BOTTOM of the teetertotter (all the crew areas and "letter" numbered decks are below "1"). Kudos for choosing a balcony: the views are spectacular, and some people report that being able to see the horizon helps with seasick prevention.

 

Look for ginger chews in the Asian section of larger supermarkets. That is all I have needed. DH has needed and used TransDerm (scopalamine patch) -- it's prescription and expensive but far less than you have spent on the day at sea! also you can cut one in half before applying.

[magandy]

For all those who get sea sick, I would recommend a 'Relief Band', it is good for all types of motion sickness.

If you do go for one get the Blue one, you can change the battery. They cost about £110 but worth every penny, better still, I do not take any pills, therefore I do not have that cost

 

I used to get terrible sickness and took pills with me on every cruise. We were on a 30 day cruise to South America when I got sick, some American friends that we met loaned me one, within 10 minutes I was standing up and within one hour I was having lunch in the Horizon Court. They let me keep it until the end of the cruise, as soon as I got home I bought one and now take it every where. :)

 

 

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