will she be sea sick if we go on a cruise?
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we would like to go on a cruise next year... problem is my wife gets sea sick... A couple of examples...
we take the ferry to France every year, she just about copes with a one hour crossing, but when we did an 8 hour one to St Malo a few years ago she was very sick...
We took a boat out to go whale watching off Monterey, after an hour she was VERY sick...
we took a trip on a large yacht on a sunset cruise... she was sick on that one too!!!
So if we do a cruise on a big ship, will that make her sea sick?
we take the ferry to France every year, she just about copes with a one hour crossing, but when we did an 8 hour one to St Malo a few years ago she was very sick...
We took a boat out to go whale watching off Monterey, after an hour she was VERY sick...
we took a trip on a large yacht on a sunset cruise... she was sick on that one too!!!
So if we do a cruise on a big ship, will that make her sea sick?
Cruise ships do not cruise in areas where the weather is bad, it's not in their interest to have rough seas and sick passengers. You would need to be very unlucky to be on a cruise and the sea to be rough.
Don't forget you are in port most days and only sail at night, bar a couple of sea days maybe. The ships are big and have stabilisers, if possible they will re-route their course if the weather is likely to be bad.
Go for it!
Don't forget you are in port most days and only sail at night, bar a couple of sea days maybe. The ships are big and have stabilisers, if possible they will re-route their course if the weather is likely to be bad.
Go for it!
cjs said:
Cruise ships do not cruise in areas where the weather is bad, it's not in their interest to have rough seas and sick passengers. You would need to be very unlucky to be on a cruise and the sea to be rough.
Don't forget you are in port most days and only sail at night, bar a couple of sea days maybe. The ships are big and have stabilisers, if possible they will re-route their course if the weather is likely to be bad.
Go for it!
+1 Don't forget you are in port most days and only sail at night, bar a couple of sea days maybe. The ships are big and have stabilisers, if possible they will re-route their course if the weather is likely to be bad.
Go for it!
I have not been on many boats but both times I went out to sea I was sea sick so when I went on a cruise in August I was a bit concerned how I would feel.. Luckily I was fine and did not have a hint of seasickness and we did hit some rough seas around the bay of biscay. You do feel the movement but cruise ships are pretty big so the movement is very slow and not stomach churning.
Mermaid said:
buzzer said:
So if we do a cruise on a big ship, will that make her sea sick?
Unlikely.Very few passengers are sick on big cruise liners.
Avoid the Bay of Biscay cruises.
The injections seems work on board the liner I was on in the Bay of Biscay. in a small cruise liner (600 passengers) and there was a lot of sickness on the ship before the injections were authorised.
Stopped it dead: the effect lasts for several days.
buzzer said:
juice said:
So basically, every time she gets on a boat and goes out to sea, she gets sick ?
The odds aren't looking good to be honest....
Speak to a good travel agent, certain parts of the boat are more stable, or atleast less obviously affected by rough seas or atleast that was what we where told when we looked into it.The odds aren't looking good to be honest....
just about sums it up!
The Mrs and I did a transatlantic a couple of years ago, she gets very travel sick, but had no issues at all. It may take a couple of days to get your "sea legs", but after that, you will hopefully be fine. Having said that, our captain did comment that this was one of the calmest transatlantic's he had ever done.
I'm in the maritime business. Big ships have stabilisers that counter the worst of it. The bigger the ship, generally the less motion you'll experience (standfast arguments about freeboard height etc) Pick your season to avoid hurricanes etc; avoid the Bay of Biscay in autumn in particular.
On most days she'll barely notice it. Seasickness tablets work for most people, but there are a few folk that just can't handle the motion, no matter how large and how stable the ship is. There's no cure, the tablets won't work and they'll just hate it.
On most days she'll barely notice it. Seasickness tablets work for most people, but there are a few folk that just can't handle the motion, no matter how large and how stable the ship is. There's no cure, the tablets won't work and they'll just hate it.
alfa pint said:
I'm in the maritime business. Big ships have stabilisers that counter the worst of it. The bigger the ship, generally the less motion you'll experience (standfast arguments about freeboard height etc) Pick your season to avoid hurricanes etc; avoid the Bay of Biscay in autumn in particular.
On most days she'll barely notice it. Seasickness tablets work for most people, but there are a few folk that just can't handle the motion, no matter how large and how stable the ship is. There's no cure, the tablets won't work and they'll just hate it.
My mates ex Mrs... (who is a complete bOn most days she'll barely notice it. Seasickness tablets work for most people, but there are a few folk that just can't handle the motion, no matter how large and how stable the ship is. There's no cure, the tablets won't work and they'll just hate it.
h!) got made redundant and did a transatlantic cruise... In the wake of last years hurricance... could not have happened to a nicer girl!
Short answer - yes. Many people on here don't seem to understand sea sickness; looking at the OP's wife's symptoms, they're very similar to mine and it's not just something you get in rough weather or if the boat's rolling. If the boat's moving (which they all do on anything other than a dead calm sea) then she'll get dizzy, and after a while she'll get sick. I can't even read on a train without getting very woozy after a few mintues.
Stugeron helps me greatly (I take it if I'm going to London on the train, purely so I can read a book), so it might be worth looking into medication. If you just take her on a cruise as she is though, she'll be woozy, dizzy or sick most of the time and it'll be a hellish holiday for her.
Stugeron helps me greatly (I take it if I'm going to London on the train, purely so I can read a book), so it might be worth looking into medication. If you just take her on a cruise as she is though, she'll be woozy, dizzy or sick most of the time and it'll be a hellish holiday for her.
Edited by RobM77 on Tuesday 1st November 18:55
Thanks all.
Its one of those things I think we have to try... So I am thinking of booking a 4 day cruise on a 2000 passenger ship, sailing from Miami to Key west, Mexico and back. At the same time we can do South Florida. Planning to go in the Easter holidays.
Any comment on that before i pay a deposit?
Its one of those things I think we have to try... So I am thinking of booking a 4 day cruise on a 2000 passenger ship, sailing from Miami to Key west, Mexico and back. At the same time we can do South Florida. Planning to go in the Easter holidays.
Any comment on that before i pay a deposit?
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