Alaska cruise ..... Rough seas

[Debbie Torres]

I am looking into booking a cruise to Alaska next summer . Just wondering how rough are the seas??

 

[PrincessShmoo]

I am looking into booking a cruise to Alaska next summer . Just wondering how rough are the seas??

When you cross out into the Pacific (before entering the inside passage) it can be pretty rough. Or not.

On one of our Alaska cruises (not DCL) we had a rope & sign barring people from going to the outside decks that night. And the captain requested the ladies to NOT wear high heels to dinner.

 

[Geomom]

The inside passage parts are smooth as glass. The other parts are not... The Alaskan was our first cruise ever, based on everyone's description of 'smooth' sailing we just had seabands for the kids and Dramamine Naturals ginger pills and some ginger candy. I was queasy the first night before dinner--getting my sea legs as it were, and then I felt fine the rest of the trip--I could definitely feel movement when we had it. DD12 and DH had no issues. DD16 felt queasy anytime there was a lot of movement--1st day, 2nd day, early on the 3rd day, and the last day at sea. (That last night in bed the ship was really rocking as well.) Basically anytime the ship was outside of the inside passages. That last day at sea DH and I did the Art of the Theme Show tour and our tour guide was holding onto the railing as she noticed the ships' movement as well--and when the CM's feel it, it's really moving. For DD16, on day 2, I did go down to the health center on deck 1 to get free samples of seasickness medicine. They have packets of meclizine in a bin, no need to see anyone for it. She ended up taking 1/day on the 'sea days' and felt better. If you bring Bonine (meclizine) and take 1 a day, you'll likely be fine.

I don't necessarily think it is 'really rough', but I do want to emphasize that it is not 'like glass' the whole time.

 

[st0nehedge]

I took the May 22-29 2017 Alaska cruise and had a blast. The "roughest" seas we had were on night 1 and 2, and night 7. That said, for our sailing it wasn't too horrible. I'm one prone to getting sea sick (on smaller whale watching boats) and I didn't feel sick. We were on deck 7.

The more open the waters, the rougher the water would be.

Honestly I'd wake up thinking we were having a mild earthquake that shakes your bed (I'm from Southern California) and it wasn't a jolting feel, but more of a rolling feel.

 

[ludari]

On my Alaska cruise it was a rough for about a day but I didn't mind since I don't get seasick. I'm not sure if the other passengers did get sick or decided to stay in their staterooms during these rough seas but it sure did reduce the amount of people around the ship. There was no waiting for character meets or lines at the buffets and dinner in the MDR really looked empty compared to the other nights.

 

[mommy2allyandaveri]

We went last June. I felt movement twice. Not rough at all, just "oh yea, we're on a boat".

 

[xlxo]

Tip.... don't bother banging on the bridge door to asking them to slow down.

 

[saxmangeoff]

The two days with the most potential for rough seas are the two "sea days". If you look at the map route, there's an open gap between Vancouver Island and the Inside Passage. That's when the Pacific Ocean will decide what kind of day you have.