higher or lower deck if worry about seasick

[calgarycowtown]

What do you suggest if we are worried about feelling anything -- stay in the lowest decks possible??

[Tinkerbellcgy]

Ooops. double post.

[Tinkerbellcgy]

Hmmm, let's go for the triple post!

[jasm8449]

Lower deck, and midship. We were recently at the Captain's Table with a couple that have cruised over 50 times. She gets seasick very easily, but they loe cruising. They always take a low deck, midship, inside cabin. Celebrity would constantly try to upgrade them to a balcony because they are high repeat cruisers, but she can't look out at the ocean, or she gets ill. So their file actually states NO UPGRADING, because it is highly unusual that guests in an inside cabin would not want a window or balcony.

[bubbie617]

I agree 100%. Low and midship and you will feel the least amount of movement. Be aware that the newer ships with their great staibilizers keep you from feeling much no matter where you are.

[MMDown Under]

Definitely lower and midship.

 

My friend gets so seasick she needs a needle in hospital, however last trip midship low deck, she didn't get ill for the first time.

[calgarycowtown]

yikes!

2 of us arealready very worried about seasick ( i get sick on a ferry), and now you mention that other worse item NEEDLES

perhaps i need to stay at home and send spouse and all of our parents instead...

[ACCagent]

Having worked with a lot of clients that tend to get seasick I can tell you that not everyone has the same need as far as where to select a cabin. I have some like the ones listed above and others that must see the horizon to keep from being sick. Some prefer the lower decks and others prefer higher so the same thing doesn't work for all. We've always been told that lower/midship is best (the teeter-totter effect) but with the larger ships they do not tend to "teeter" in the same manner so I think that's why there is so much difference in what works best for different people. I do think I would avoid the very front. I had one clients that had sailed for years in an interior on the lowest deck. She won a trip that she had no control over the booking. They booked her in a higher balcony and she was panicked but did just fine. She says apparently she just thought she had to be low and is tickled to know she's okay anywhere now.:)

[iheartbda]

Lower deck, and midship. We were recently at the Captain's Table with a couple that have cruised over 50 times. She gets seasick very easily, but they loe cruising. They always take a low deck, midship, inside cabin. Celebrity would constantly try to upgrade them to a balcony because they are high repeat cruisers, but she can't look out at the ocean, or she gets ill. So their file actually states NO UPGRADING, because it is highly unusual that guests in an inside cabin would not want a window or balcony.

 

We booked our first cruise low midship because we didn't know if we would be prone to seasickness. We weren't and have decided we liked it there but we always got an OV. What I like about Celebrity is their one category upgrade. We never wanted to be upgraded so they kept us in the cabin we wanted but gave it to us for a lower category price.:)

 

We loved everything about Celebrity but unfortunately they are no longer going where we want to go so we had to become traitors.:(

[MMDown Under]

You made my day.

 

I hate needles also!:)

[Cote d'or]

Lower deck, and midship. We were recently at the Captain's Table with a couple that have cruised over 50 times. She gets seasick very easily, but they loe cruising. They always take a low deck, midship, inside cabin. Celebrity would constantly try to upgrade them to a balcony because they are high repeat cruisers, but she can't look out at the ocean, or she gets ill. So their file actually states NO UPGRADING, because it is highly unusual that guests in an inside cabin would not want a window or balcony.

 

Is that the nice couple from Martinique you're talking about ?

[jasm8449]

No, they are not from Martinique, though I actually believe I know who you are referring to.....but since I don't have this couple's permission to identify them, I don't feel right giving info about their identity.

 

Several years ago we did a family cruise with my mother-in-law who was desperately concerned about seasickness. But we convinced her the big ships are different than the one she was on coming over from Europe in the 40's. One night, the ship was really rocking and rolling. We all went to dinner, but the grandkids and grandad and myself, none of whom have ever been seasick, were all back in our cabins before the food came. We all took Dramamine and went to sleep to put ourselves out of our misery.

 

Meanwhile, my husband took his slots-loving mom to the casino, which, by the way, happened to be smack dab in the middle of the ship vertically and horizontally. They spent hours there having a great time....and she didn't feel a thing!

[ottawapuppy]

I would go lower and to the middle. If you think of a metronome (a piano counter) the part at the bottom barely moves while the top goes back and forth.

[Cote d'or]

No, they are not from Martinique, though I actually believe I know who you are referring to.....but since I don't have this couple's permission to identify them, I don't feel right giving info about their identity.

 

 

Of course, I understand. I was just wondering since we see them receiving the flowers on every cruise we take.:)

 

Meanwhile, my husband took his slots-loving mom to the casino, which, by the way, happened to be smack dab in the middle of the ship vertically and horizontally. They spent hours there having a great time....and she didn't feel a thing!

 

When you're winning big, you forget everything. Even the fact that you're seasick.:D

[crazybus]

Talk to your family doctor. They have many seasick remedies out there now. My DH was worried about getting sick and he had the doctor prescribe the patch. We hit very rough seas and one night more than half the passengers didn't show up for dinner but he was fine.:D

 

Regardless what anyone says, if you hit really rough seas it won't matter where you are or what kind of stabilizers the ship has you will feel it.

[cruisequeen10]

Try the wrist bands. They work on your pressure points, so no medication. Have worked for me on all of my cruises and I have been fine. Even went through a typhoon in New Zealand/Australia with not getting sick. Of course they are not a fashion statement but they worked for me.

[calgarycowtown]

I think it also has to do with "i will be sick on a boat" so to prove how smart i am - i make it so.." thanks. we will book accordingly, and take wrist bands and dramamine. oh- i'm not worried about my mother for sure, she isn't one of the ones worried about being sick, but she can sneakoff to the casino and now she will be totally finie!

 

but -- what is DH that people here use?

[Cote d'or]

but -- what is DH that people here use?

 

Have a look at this thread :

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=496417

 

;)

[nps001]

On a recent Millie cruise, one of the table mates was white in the face the first two days. She said she didn't think cruising was for her because of the motion sickness she was experiencing. The next day, she had on wrist bands. By the last night, she leaned to me and said "Joe, where is it again that I can go to book a future cruise?" We all laughed about it but according to her, the bands turned her from not wanting to cruise again, to feeling completely great and wanting to do it all over.

[calgarycowtown]

cote d'or

 

TY thank you?

 

really, thanks very much! have seen quite a few of them used through other threads and now i know! had just seen SIL and wondered if that was a cabin room? now i know. and, i can even use icons -- :)

[CathyCruises]

I have gotten sick a few times on different ships in high seas. On the Tahitian Princess on a sea day, I was playing bingo (of course) in a lounge at the front of the ship and started feeling the slightest bit queasy. Immediately left, took a Bonine (OTC med that I think is better than Dramamine) and sat out on the balcony (midships) in the fresh air for 15 minutes and was fine. I think taking something at the very first hint of trouble is key.

 

Good luck!

[calgarycowtown]

Bingo -- another thing to keep my mom's mind away. Do you pay for your cards?

[Cote d'or]

cote d'or

 

TY thank you?

 

really, thanks very much! have seen quite a few of them used through other threads and now i know! had just seen SIL and wondered if that was a cabin room? now i know. and, i can even use icons -- :)

 

You're welcome.;)

[RonnieS]

Cote d'or,

 

Just want to say I love your avatar of the Atomium. My very first trip to Belgium back in high school was a stop there. Took great pictures of it, and have one in my office today. People always ask me, what is that, where is that? So I sort of educate them about it.

[jt1120]

Two words: ginger ale. You'll thank me later.