Forbidden Journey-OMG motion sickness

[tarheel618]

Went to Universal yesterday and loved it except for this ride. I was so sick afterward-we had to go home-thankfully we rode it around 4 pm.

So before this ride we rode:
Rip Ride Rocket
Minion ride
Diaster
MIB
Twister
Mummy
None of these made me sick- I know FJ will be out of the question in the future but I am concerned about Spider Man and Transformers. At Disney- I usually skip teacups,Star Wars, and things that spin around. I am fine on Soarn.

Based on my experience should I just skips these rides?

 

[damo]

double post

 

[damo]

I can't do Star Tours but I do Spiderman. I make sure I take my motion sickness meds every day though. With meds, I can ride Forbidden Journey back to back. Without meds, I can't get through the first scene.

 

[vital]

What is it that makes everyone sick on this ride? I can't do spinning rides and some simulator rides, but I'd really like to do FJ once. Does it spin? Can I just close my eyes if I start to get sick? I'm bringing Zofran to take and am hoping it will work! I'm going to test Zofran on Star Tours first. If I get sick on that then I'll send my son on FJ alone. He's 14 and will be just fine !

 

[tarheel618]

All I can tell you is that it is the worst case of motion sickness I have ever gotten.

Any other time I have experience it- I was able to shake it off within a few minutes.

This ride- I had to visit the restroom and still didn't feel better-so we ended up leaving. I came home and slept the rest of the evening to combat the motion sickness.

I have done all kinds of roller coasters before with no problems.

I won't try it again even with medicine for motion sickness-not worth ruining the rest of my family's fun.

 

[xie]

What is it that makes everyone sick on this ride? I can't do spinning rides and some simulator rides, but I'd really like to do FJ once. Does it spin? Can I just close my eyes if I start to get sick? I'm bringing Zofran to take and am hoping it will work! I'm going to test Zofran on Star Tours first. If I get sick on that then I'll send my son on FJ alone. He's 14 and will be just fine !

This is a very odd ride. I believe it makes some people sick who don't usually get sick. I have vertigo and terrible motion sickness in cars and on many rides, but I've ridden FJ and I was fine. There were so many warnings I expected to get sick, but I wanted to do it at least once so I went.

Of course, it could have something to do with this: the first time I rode it, the ride broke down. When they got it restarted, the video projection never started up, so we basically sat in the ride seat staring at blank walls while the seat moved. Very odd but without the video "lying to my eyes", it was just chair moving around and it didn't bother me a bit. When we rode it the second time, the ride worked correctly, but again I had no motion sickness at all. Honestly I still don't understand it, but that ride seems to not bother my inner ear at all.

 

[damo]

What is it that makes everyone sick on this ride? I can't do spinning rides and some simulator rides, but I'd really like to do FJ once. Does it spin? Can I just close my eyes if I start to get sick? I'm bringing Zofran to take and am hoping it will work! I'm going to test Zofran on Star Tours first. If I get sick on that then I'll send my son on FJ alone. He's 14 and will be just fine !

This is a unique ride that has a mixture of simulator parts and actual sets. For the simulator parts, your vehicle is moving and you are very close to the actual small dome screens. The combination of the movement and the close screens seems to do in a lot of people. In my family, I'm the only one that it seems to bother but I can't ride Star Tours without getting really sick either.

 

[JessicaR]

This is a very odd ride. I believe it makes some people sick who don't usually get sick. I have vertigo and terrible motion sickness in cars and on many rides, but I've ridden FJ and I was fine. There were so many warnings I expected to get sick, but I wanted to do it at least once so I went.

When we rode it the second time, the ride worked correctly, but again I had no motion sickness at all. Honestly I still don't understand it, but that ride seems to not bother my inner ear at all.

This is ME!! No idea why. I have been on this ride numerous times no issues.
I have SEVERE car sickness. I also have terrible ride sickness on anything that spins or circles. No issue on this ride.

However - I live on ginger capsules/candy when I believe I will have sickness.

 

[benji2012]

I rode FJ twice without problems, on our last trip I went their first thing in the am on an empty stomach...when I got off I thought I might die. (Not literally of course.)

Luckily we were staying on site, and I could go back to our hotel (HRH) and have a bagel, and then took a short nap.

I wouldn't give up on it totally, but I would consider taking meds.

I feel worse the more motion senstive rides I go on, it's one of the main reasons i'm not a huge fan of Universal. (I can no longer ride roller coasters either though.)

Other rides I struggle with include Simpsons (worst); Star Wars (not as bad, ginger gum helps); Soarin (not horrible); Spiderman; etc.

 

[vital]

All I can tell you is that it is the worst case of motion sickness I have ever gotten. Any other time I have experience it- I was able to shake it off within a few minutes. This ride- I had to visit the restroom and still didn't feel better-so we ended up leaving. I came home and slept the rest of the evening to combat the motion sickness. I have done all kinds of roller coasters before with no problems. I won't try it again even with medicine for motion sickness-not worth ruining the rest of my family's fun.

That sucks!!! I think after reading all of the replies I'll try it last ride of the day, if I decide to do it at all. I'm sorry you got so sick and I thank you for the warning.

 

[Mrs bluer101]

I feel the same way. I can't go on anything that spins or I'm sick. I take Bonine and it does help. I also ride with my eyes closed and take deep breaths while on FJ. I can do Transformers and Spider-Man as long as I had my Bonine and I sit in the center of the cart. I go on these rides just so I can be with my DH and DS but I only go once. I hope my little tricks help.

 

[bumbershoot]

What is it that makes everyone sick on this ride?

But it doesn't make everyone sick.

I ride it successfully 50% of the time. The thing that gets me is how I've treated my body that day.

Big long crazed day without enough food and water? Sick. Eat right before I go on it? Sick.

Nice breakfast at least an hour before going on it, having had good hydration? Totally fine.

So before this ride we rode:
Rip Ride Rocket
Minion ride
Diaster
MIB
Twister
Mummy

Is it possible that it was riding those rides (OK so Disaster and Twister can be dropped LOL) and *then* going on FJ caused it?

Spiderman is fine for me, but when I went on it a couple hours after FJ made me sick, after barely eating or drinking all day, it turned me green and shaky all over again.


By the end of a bigger-ride day or half-day, I end up feeling a bit concussed, even when I've done everything else correctly. And FJ does sort of slam you around; I've hit the sides of my head on the restraints even when I'm trying to sit with my head back.

 

[schumigirl]

But it doesn't make everyone sick.

True.

Doesn`t make me sick and I have a problem with rotational vertigo. The Simpsons is the one that knocks me really bad. Can`t do that either with, or without eyes closed.......makes no difference. FJ I am ok with.

So really everyone is different....what upsets me may not upset you......you really have to try yourself to see how you are.

 

[damo]

I feel the same way. I can't go on anything that spins or I'm sick. I take Bonine and it does help. I also ride with my eyes closed and take deep breaths while on FJ. I can do Transformers and Spider-Man as long as I had my Bonine and I sit in the center of the cart. I go on these rides just so I can be with my DH and DS but I only go once. I hope my little tricks help.

You pointed out something important. On FJ, during the screen parts, if you start to feel sick, close your eyes!

 

[Seeker615]

I use meclizine before I go to any amusement park or a long trip. I take it the night before and then the morning of travel or visiting an amusement park.

Works wonders for me. I had no issues on any of the rides. I do make sure I stay hydrated and eat right as well.

 

[nighttowll]

Yes, such a strange ride.

First time I rode it, the scenes made me sick. I started closing my eyes during those, and that helped. Felt a little dizzy after getting off, but by the time I walked down to the gift shop to see the pictures, I felt fine.

Second time I rode it was immediately after the first. We got to ride it twice back to back, (within about 10 minutes of getting off, we were back on), and it made me really sick. Closing my eyes didn't help either, and I felt sick for hours after it ended, like I was still moving even though I wasn't.

I guess because I like to be punished, I rode it a third time about a week later. I thought if I closed my eyes during the scenes, I would be ok. I thought that I only got really sick the second time because I rode it back to back in such a short time. However, the third time was the worse. I wasn't on it for any time at all and started feeling really motion sick.

I definitely won't be doing this again without some type of motion sickness meds.

And the really wired thing is that Star Tours, Transformers, the Tea Cups, all those kinds of rides don't make me motion sick at all. I do get sick in cars though. I think going slow is what actually makes it worse for me. That's probably why the scenes get me. Roller coasters that go fast never make me motion sick, neither do fast spinning rides. If fast moving rides do bother me, they give me migraines. They don't make me sick to my stomach.

 

[Biggreen19]

I have occasionally felt a little queasy after riding FJ, even after having Dramamine in my system. I found a trick that has worked the last few times I have ridden FJ - I focus on the middle of the screens during the screen sequences, no matter how much my eyes want to wander, If I stay focused on the middle of the screen, I find the ride rather easy to take. Stay focused on the middle of the screens - give it a try the next time you ride FJ .......

 

[Seeker615]

Also sit up as straight as you can and keep your head firmly up against the headrest. That really worked well for me!

 

[rottiemom]

It's funny but my favorite part of FJ was the 45 minute wait on line . I have never had a problem with motion sickness or with simulator rides but even with my eyes clenched shut FJ was torture for me.

 

[mrsabbott]

I also got very nauseous on FJ!