Off the cruise but still on the ship!!

[Life's a Beach!!]

I have not seen this posted. We were on the Triumph last week and since arriving home I have been rockin and rolling. Never even felt it on the cruise!! My sister removed the iron from the ironing board in her laundry room because she thought it would fall off w/ the motion. (so it is not just me). Crazy feeling. Anyone of you veteran cruisers have this experience?

[IMSAILING]

I get that every time - lasts for about 5 days for me

[GTO-Girl]

I take Bonine for a couple days after I get back & since I started doing that.....no more swaying for me:D

[Valor2005]

You're not alone:p.

[LemurCat]

Very common. Just like you need to get your sea legs when you get on the ship, you need to get you land legs back when you get home.

[EastTexans2]

I think it happens to most people.....I take bonine for two days after I get off the ship and then I'm o.k.

[LorrieB]

I thought the world always swayed like that... maybe I sould stop my morning, afternoon, early evening, dinner, and bedtime drink..... hmmmm...... Nah!!!!!!!!

[old sole]

It has a name:

 

http://www.dizziness-and-balance.com/disorders/central/mdd.html

[gill_boo]

I usually only feel it in bed for a few days after. Feels like I am back on the ship and I love it. Makes me wanna cruise again.

[Upandadam]

I've had it last anywhere from a few hours to a few weeks.

[Javajoni]

I have not seen this posted. We were on the Triumph last week and since arriving home I have been rockin and rolling. Never even felt it on the cruise!! My sister removed the iron from the ironing board in her laundry room because she thought it would fall off w/ the motion. (so it is not just me). Crazy feeling. Anyone of you veteran cruisers have this experience?

 

I haven't noticed that from my previous cruises but I've had that same feeling after long international flights. For three days after, I would find myself walking normally then suddenly the floor would start moving....yeeesh!

[saintsfan01]

I actually feel it when I get off the ship in the ports. I like it too! Usually lasts a day after we get home.

[cascole]

I always make up a DoD & pretend I'm still on board!

[Neals6]

Happens to me after every cruise. I also find myself wondering what's on the buffet:p

[Maxax]

Well...to me that lengthy technical/medical explanation...seems awfully tongue-in-cheek. But sure...this is of course a REAL thing. And it would be experienced in one degree or another...by EVERYONE...who goes on a cruise/boat for a long enough duration of time. It all has to do with the inner ear and balance. Its totally natural...but would NOT last for years though.

 

Did you know that EVERY SINGLE ASTRONAUT that goes into space...gets sick! They all, 100% get motion sickness and throw-up!!! Doesn't have anything to do with how experienced a pilot you are, or how many times you have been in outer space before...every astronaut gets sick! After a few hours or even days...their inner ears adjust to the weightlessness...and then they get...Unsick. And life is good. But then, once they come back down to Earth...they get sick again. As their balance systems have to adjust to gravity again.

 

Same thing with being on a boat...just not as severe. And 100% natural for all.

 

I try to enjoy it...and (like another poster said) pretend I am on the ship...just a little bit longer!

[Deefar]

I have never had that happen to me, shoot, sounds like fun:D

[starryeyed102]

I get that every time - lasts for about 5 days for me

 

 

hmmm that is so weird. I havent cruised {yet} but can you really FEEL the ocean/movement?

[kujobie]

What's funnier is the first time you flush the toilet when you get home, you expect it to go, "Whooooooshoop!"

[kujobie]

hmmm that is so weird. I havent cruised {yet} but can you really FEEL the ocean/movement?

 

Even if you don't feel the movement or get seasick, you often feel as if your still on the ship afterwards.

[elaineb]

As for bonine - I start taking it 2 days before the cruise, take it during the cruise, then take it for 2 days afterwards. I learned the afterwards part after having that same movement sensation.

I once had an experience after docking in San Juan of pitching forward!!! It happened a few times! It was a very, very, weird experience. It stopped when I got back on the ship and we were underway again.

[hkolln]

AHHHHHHH...those lovely SEA LEGS :)

[CruiserRose]

the shower is the best place to experience the feeling. for me, every time i get in shower, the sensation is intensified.

[NeurosurgeryNP]

It is called Mal de Debarquement syndrome. It can be very mild to very severe and last a short time to a vaery long time and debilitate people.

[starlight0229]

 

Did you know that EVERY SINGLE ASTRONAUT that goes into space...gets sick! They all, 100% get motion sickness and throw-up!!! Doesn't have anything to do with how experienced a pilot you are, or how many times you have been in outer space before...every astronaut gets sick! After a few hours or even days...their inner ears adjust to the weightlessness...and then they get...Unsick. And life is good. But then, once they come back down to Earth...they get sick again. As their balance systems have to adjust to gravity again.

 

My uncle was an astronaut and had no problems during the simulations that they do before hand that make most of them sick. However when he got up there, he was sicker than any of them and in fact his inner ears never readjusted. To this day without contextual clues, with his eyes closed he can't tell if he's laying down or standing.

[ChuckL]

Both my DW and I experienced this after our first cruise (way back in 1980) on the QE2 from Bremerhaven Germany to New York. It felt like the sidewalks in NYC were moving up and down, and it was actually kind of fun. We never experienced it again on calmer Caribbean cruises.