Best rooms to alleviate seasickness

[MarBee]

Hello!
So I really really want to take a cruise to Alaska. The only thing that is holding me back is the one and only time I was out to sea (5 hour casino cruise 17 years ago), I got soooo seasick. (It was bad- I was holding onto the floor because it felt like I was going to fall off of it.)

Is there a certain type of room (placement or type) that is better to avoid seasickness?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Rob1872]

Middle of the ship and lower decks will have less motion.

Having said that, if you are THAT sick, this might not be the vacation for you, since you will still be moving around the ship.

I'd recommend you trying to find some chances to go out on some boats to see if you are still that sensitive to wave motion, and to see how you respond to Dramamine / Bonnie. Don't lock yourself into that long of a ship trip until you've first confirmed that you are not going to be ill the entire time.

 

[GoofyLovingFamily]

We like inside rooms on deck 2 midship. We get seasick and this room has been best for us.

 

[BillO]

Deck 2 midship provides smooth sailing for us as well!

 

[tlprice]

We do deck 2 midship also and use sea bands. Ginger also helps. I can't stand the effects of Bonine/Dramamine so I'm glad that sea bands and ginger work well for me.

 

[mmmears]

I get really, really motion sick. Can't ride the fast rides at WDW, even the buses get me queasy, etc. We pick midship. I get a verandah room because the fresh air helps me. I feel the motion is the worst towards the front of the ship. I also wear the patch which really works (but that's because bonine and dramamine just don't help me enough). I will say that Alaska was really, really gentle and much of the time there weren't even any waves. It was by far the best I've ever felt on a ship.

 

[GPaLarry]

We took the Alaska DCL cruise last June...11 of us. Seasickness was not much of an issue with any of us (ages 8 to 76) and we were forward on decks 6 and 8. Of the eight cruises wife and I have taken, this was probably the smoothest. We had more of an issue with the smoking area one deck above and slightly forward of our verandah stateroom on deck 8.

 

[lorimay]

I try and stick with midship rooms, but as long as I take a Bonine tablet each night before bed (starting the night before we board) I have no more issues.
Alaska is an inside passage cruise, the seas are very calm, unlike sailing across the Florida Straits where the boat has a tendency to move lot more.

Sail this Alaskan cruise, its one of the most beautiful cruises we have ever done, the scenery is beautiful start to finish!

Have fun!

 

[JoeFromSeoul]

In addition to room location, there are some easy preventative measures. I have the family all wear Seabands and we each take a Bonine in the morning as we are leaving for breakfast. My wife and daughter are both prone to motion sickness, and none of us had any problems on our 7-night Fantasy cruise. It may just have been a smooth cruise, or it may be psychological. Either way, it worked and I have ordered supplies for our upcoming Very Merry Cruise.

 

[cruisehopeful]

Try taking a Bonine in the early evening. That way, when the very sleepy part hits you, you'll be ready for bed anyway.

I have found the dining rooms to be the worst for sea sickness. It seems like they were always going a lot faster while I was at dinner. We had wind so bad one night, that the ship was at an angle the whole time and the servers were having a hard time. So, while figuring out a room location may be helpful (I always stay mid to aft on deck 2), it's really the other parts of the ship that will be a problem.

 

[okamy]

My daughters and I are very prone to motion sickness. We have found that deck 2 near the aft elevators (oceanview) works well for us.

We have been on 6 Disney cruises, and I thought the Alaska cruise was one of the best from a motion-sickness standpoint. Most of the time, you are very close to land and going pretty slowly. I only recall having any issues with motion sickness on the first night, and even then it wasn't bad.

I use the non-drowsy Dramamine when I need it. Our pediatrician gives us a prescription for Zofran for my daughters. My older daughter has never used it on a cruise (she needs it fairly frequently for air and car travel but doesn't have any problems on the ship - I guess the movement is different enough). My younger daughter has taken a Zofran on maybe 3-4 of our cruises but I don't think she ever took more than one per cruise. I don't think she needed one at all in Alaska. We have also found that green apples really help when we start feeling sick. We order them from room service (sliced). I don't think we needed them on the Alaska cruise.

Alaska is a great cruise. I hope you get to experience it.