How many minutes before FOP do I take Dramamine

[lauracitawita]

Is this really needed for the ride? Soaring never bothers me.

Mission space orange on the other hand....

I am fine on Soarin', but I had to close my eyes for the entire time on FOP because I felt sick immediately.

 

[horse11]

I usually get a prescription for a patch that helps with motion sickness. It lasts 72 hours and is a very small circle patch that you place behind your ear. It does not make me sleepy and works great. I have used it for boat rides, amusement rides, and when my husband drives like a manic on the road to Hana when we go to Maui lol!!

 

[Hardline]

I took a pill the night before and another in the morning. That did the job for me both with FOP and Potter-land at Universal.

 

[slpeters]

Is this really needed for the ride? Soaring never bothers me.

Mission space orange on the other hand....

Soarin' bothered me much more than FOP. I still liked Soarin' but it made me a bit queasy, FOP not at all. The main difference, at least for me, was that in Soarin' I got the uncomfortable sensation of falling. In FOP it genuinely felt like flying instead and that didn't make me queasy

 

[Mickey's Best Girl]

My DD took her ginger Gravol (Canadian version of Dramamine) about 2 hrs prior to riding each time.

We forgot once and she took it 30 minutes prior. That did not work!

My advice is to take it for a “test drive” prior to your trip.

 

[ciahanna]

I took the Dramamine Naturals an hour before I went on and was fine. I did figure out that the more I moved with the motion of the banshee, the better I felt. It's a fantastic ride so I hope you're able to enjoy it!

 

[Indio]

Have you tried the Sea Bands? I used those at Universal (3D simulators do me in!) and I was able to ride everything - even the Simpsons ride which would have killed me otherwise. They're wrist sweatbands with little beads in them that use pressure points - no drugs at all. NO drowsiness at all and they work great. We even used them when the stomach bug hit our crowd last year.

 

[gulliesmom]

I take a generic benadryl (works exactly the same as dramamine and way less $$) about 45 minutes before hitting the parks.

 

[dbaker375]

Have you tried the Sea Bands? I used those at Universal (3D simulators do me in!) and I was able to ride everything - even the Simpsons ride which would have killed me otherwise. They're wrist sweatbands with little beads in them that use pressure points - no drugs at all. NO drowsiness at all and they work great. We even used them when the stomach bug hit our crowd last year.

I highly recommend the Sea Bands!! Agree that if I have to take a bonine or dramamine, I prefer to take it at night so that the drowsiness doesn't bother me as much. Even the non-drowsy formula and taking it at night leaves me with a cloudy dull headache the next morning.