Carnival Cruise to the Bahamas (Hurricane Florence Waves an Issue?)

[BandBWCsmom]

Cruising with first time cruisers and small children on Sunday. Am wondering if the swell from Florence in the Atlantic will have a major impact to our cruise (Canaveral to the Bahamas 4 nights starting on Sunday). There are some who get seasick deep sea fishing but am hoping the Carnival Liberty is so large that it won't be major impact.

 

Any insight/tips/experience?

[jabberjaw070596]

If the seas are rough you will feel it. Take medication to be prepared

[Earthworm Jim]

You will feel it, as jabberjaw says, but not so much that it presents a problem to most people. Of course, that's little consolation if you are in the minority who does feel sick.

 

 

(And admittedly, my assertion that most people don't have a problem is just my impression, which could be wrong)

[Nic6318]

Hi

 

For those who get seasick they should take whatever they are going to take before they get on the ship. Once they are feeling ill it is hard to go the other way. If it is stormy, even on a large ship people will feel it.

 

have a great cruise

[klfrodo]

Also, most water excursions may be cancelled due to water conditions

[AD5ZA]

Major impact? No. .... Minor impact? Maybe.......No impact? Possible.......

 

 

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[jessicalynn87]

so glad you asked this! we leave sunday on the same cruise, with small kids and first timers as well and we're feeling pretty nervous about it...the thing that stinks is you would be on the boat by the time the path of the storm was determined, so it would be too late to back out.

[wesorbeth]

Our 1st cruise was rough, we went to bed at night because our backs hurt from trying to stay upright. We were never seasick but we did take non drowsy dramamine everyday. It was our 1st cruise, we are about to go on our 7th so it did not turn us off to cruising.

[siestakeys04]

You will definitely feel it but I wear the bands and was fine

[Kreeb]

Cruising with first time cruisers and small children on Sunday. Am wondering if the swell from Florence in the Atlantic will have a major impact to our cruise (Canaveral to the Bahamas 4 nights starting on Sunday). There are some who get seasick deep sea fishing but am hoping the Carnival Liberty is so large that it won't be major impact.

 

Any insight/tips/experience?

 

Take Bonine starting the morning of the cruise, & then once or twice daily. No drowsiness.

[kcdancerkc]

Also take ginger candy! Just in case :cool:

[scpirate]

Also take ginger candy! Just in case :cool:

Ginger candy is hard to find.the one store we found it at went out of business.my wife and dog eat it like it was going out of style.might have to try the oriental stores.

[Micahs Grandad]

They will do their best to go around the storm but you will feel it depending upon the direction of the waves to the ship.

[watermelonqueen99]

I start taking Bonine 48 hours before we sail, then take it every day of the cruise. I am very susceptible to motion sickness, and the only time I've felt sick was during a rough storm, and we had a room on deck 9, all the way forward and I was getting ready for the evening.

[riclop]

Cruising with first time cruisers and small children on Sunday. Am wondering if the swell from Florence in the Atlantic will have a major impact to our cruise (Canaveral to the Bahamas 4 nights starting on Sunday). There are some who get seasick deep sea fishing but am hoping the Carnival Liberty is so large that it won't be major impact.

 

Any insight/tips/experience?

You are cruising at the height of hurricane season !!!!!

[BandBWCsmom]

so glad you asked this! we leave sunday on the same cruise, with small kids and first timers as well and we're feeling pretty nervous about it...the thing that stinks is you would be on the boat by the time the path of the storm was determined, so it would be too late to back out.

You too? I hope we meet you. Worried sick about my boys falling ill! Are you trying kids club?

[BananaAnna]

Ginger candy is hard to find.the one store we found it at went out of business.my wife and dog eat it like it was going out of style.might have to try the oriental stores.

 

I LOVE Gin-Gins!

Google them - lots of vendors pop up. I buy them locally at a health food store.

[RebelAthena]

You are cruising at the height of hurricane season !!!!!

 

So what? We are sailing in two weeks and the cruise is sold out for the same reason: it’s fall break in the south.

 

Hurricane season is half the year.

[RebelAthena]

Cruising with first time cruisers and small children on Sunday. Am wondering if the swell from Florence in the Atlantic will have a major impact to our cruise (Canaveral to the Bahamas 4 nights starting on Sunday). There are some who get seasick deep sea fishing but am hoping the Carnival Liberty is so large that it won't be major impact.

 

Any insight/tips/experience?

 

Hi! We sailed the Liberty almost _exactly_ a year ago (Sept 16th or 17th), during a terrible hurricane season. It was our first cruise, and I won’t lie, the seas were rough, we could feel the motion of the seas, and my mom and I were sick the first night ...

 

BUT ... we were mostly fine after the first night with the help of the patch (her) and Bonine (me).

 

My advice: start the medicine or patch the night before. Drink plenty of water. GO TO BED EARLY on nights it’s bad. I was always better laying down.

 

But, we sail in a couple of weeks, so our first sailing wasn’t so bad that we aren’t now hooked on cruising :)

[evandbob]

So what? We are sailing in two weeks and the cruise is sold out for the same reason: it’s fall break in the south.

 

Hurricane season is half the year.

 

 

So when you look at a chart of when hurricanes occur in the Atlantic, the middle of September shows the highest number of hurricanes occurring during the June 1 to Nov. 30 storm season.

 

More hurricanes occur Sept 10 -24 than at any other 2 week period. That's why cruise prices are so low this time of year. Fall break in the South would increase pricing, just as winter or worse, summer school breaks do.

 

If a gambler or a pit boss saw the same high incidence of one arc of a roulette wheel being hit, that wheel section would be hit up by the gambler while the casino would take that wheel out of service.

[jessicalynn87]

Hi! We sailed the Liberty almost _exactly_ a year ago (Sept 16th or 17th), during a terrible hurricane season. It was our first cruise, and I won’t lie, the seas were rough, we could feel the motion of the seas, and my mom and I were sick the first night ...

 

BUT ... we were mostly fine after the first night with the help of the patch (her) and Bonine (me).

 

My advice: start the medicine or patch the night before. Drink plenty of water. GO TO BED EARLY on nights it’s bad. I was always better laying down.

 

But, we sail in a couple of weeks, so our first sailing wasn’t so bad that we aren’t now hooked on cruising :)

 

Did y’all have any issues with the ports? I was worried we wouldn’t have much fun on the beaches if the waves are as bad as they say. Rip tides etc

[RebelAthena]

Did y’all have any issues with the ports? I was worried we wouldn’t have much fun on the beaches if the waves are as bad as they say. Rip tides etc

 

We did not, but I don’t know where the storms are right now this season.

[jwjax]

If a gambler or a pit boss saw the same high incidence of one arc of a roulette wheel being hit, that wheel section would be hit up by the gambler while the casino would take that wheel out of service.

 

And this has "what" to do with high seas and hurricanes?? Confused??:confused:

 

I must have missed something in this thread?:)

[RebelAthena]

So when you look at a chart of when hurricanes occur in the Atlantic, the middle of September shows the highest number of hurricanes occurring during the June 1 to Nov. 30 storm season.

 

More hurricanes occur Sept 10 -24 than at any other 2 week period. That's why cruise prices are so low this time of year. Fall break in the South would increase pricing, just as winter or worse, summer school breaks do.

 

If a gambler or a pit boss saw the same high incidence of one arc of a roulette wheel being hit, that wheel section would be hit up by the gambler while the casino would take that wheel out of service.

 

I completely understood your original post, and I’m quite familiar with the hurricane season ... and my response doesn’t change: so, what? Families are going to vacation when kids are out of school. For us, our family obligations prevent us sailing over Thanksgiving or Christmas; we sail during September (fall break) and have sailed during winter break (February). I have no interest in cruising during spring break or during the height of summer.

 

But you seemed to miss _my_ point — these cruises are SOLD OUT. Tens of thousands of folks cruise during this time, so I’m not sure why you’re shaming the OP for asking about what to expect.

 

Terrible weather can happen during any month (see the bomb-cyclone Cruise in January), and, as for us, we purchase trip insurance and bonine and hope for the best.

[llarsen]

My daughter, son and I were sea sick on a cruise due to a hurricane years ago...no fun. Couldn't even get ourselves out of bed.

 

The ship ran out of ginger ale and crackers (we weren't the only ones sick).

 

Since Carnival allows you to bring on soda, I would carry on the Ginger Ale (it really helps) and also pack some crackers!

Not sure if it is included in what you can pre-purchase online? But that would be another way to go if they do.

 

You can buy candied ginger at just about any grocery store that sells bulk bins of rice, beans, and canisters of oatmeal, grains etc. I pack a small container with them. The Ginger candies are also sold at some local stores.

 

I have the Sea Band bracelet and wear it if I start feeling the motion. They now sell them at Target, Walgreens, Walmart along with Amazon. I believe they work. I haven't been sick since.

 

Best of luck! Hope you have smooth sailing!