Incident on Wonder?

[ivanova]

Originally posted by awestruck
While I was sitting at the Promenade Lounge one wave hit the window. It was very rough if you ask me.

Same thing while standing at Guest Services - watched a wave totally engulf the HUGE port hole.

 

[taeja71]

You guys are making me nausious,I'm logging off!

 

[Michigander]

During early dinner that evening, they lost about 20 to 30 % of the wait staff (that's what our server said the next evening). It was really rolling.

They announced over the loud speakers that there were free dramamine pills at the Guest Services desk for anyone who wanted them.

It was my 3rd cruise and I have never experienced anything like it.

 

[momof3luvs2run]

We were also on that cruise. I had no idea about the incident with the port hole! I was probably in bed at that point rolling with the waves. It was rough. Both of our servers were out sick. I had to leave dinner early because I wasn't feeling that good. They were handing out barf bags as we were going into the restaurant. That was the only night I felt sick on the cruise. We were in Room 8500.

 

[rae519]

Originally posted by ivanova
Same thing while standing at Guest Services - watched a wave totally engulf the HUGE port hole.

Susan -
I think that's about the time I'd hit the deck!!!
Hope the rest of your cruise made up for this!!!

Rae

 

[AnnaS]

I have always wondered if you are in a "sold out" cruise and there was some kind of severe damage or problem with cabin that could not be corrected right away - what cabin are the guests put in? Do they always have extra cabins for "just in case" cases. Just curious.

 

[ca859093]

That room was just a few doors down from our room and we were in 2079&2081. They had the rooms finshed by the time we left CC, actually the room was finished the day before they were just replacing the carpet outside the rooms on CC day. In the hall way you could smell that musty smell from the water in the carpet, that lasted even after they replaced the carpet, but that was replaced with the smell of the laundry room. (not a bad smell, the smell of detergent).
Our servers made it through the early seating, one had to leave during the 2nd seating she said.
We just went to our room that night and went to bed. I never heard them announce anything we must have been asleep at that point, we were in the gift shop and people were buying dramamine like it was going out of style.
The next day and the rest of the trip was not as rough, thank goodness.

 

[DrCavin]

Originally posted by awestruck
Hi All,
Some say half the ship got sea sick that night. Most of them on deck 2. .

Doesn't that sort-of ruin the theory of getting a room as low as possible???

We had gale-force winds for a few days. Our servers asked us the 3rd night if anyone was sea-sick, because it was pretty rough. Not 20' swells, we only had 12-15'

 

[jgalecpa]

Doesn't that sort-of ruin the theory of getting a room as low as possible???

Not really, since most of the stories we hear are second hand.

Since the center of balance swings higher from the center of gravity on the upper floors, (if I remember my seamanship course rules correctly) they naturally feel the rock more.

here we have:

Some say half the ship got sea sick that night. Most of them on deck 2.

For this to be true, over 25% of all passengers would have to be on deck 2, and that is not how the decks lay out.

On our XMAS 2003 sailing someone on our Grand Cayman tender said their child was confined to cabin with Norwalk and he had heard that "So was 1/4 of the ship".

There is no way there was 1/4 of the ships passengers missing!

(there's a good reason "hearsay" is not admissible in court).


Also, Don't forget it is the waves that hit the porthole, and the porthole was not submerged below sea level.

I sailed across the atlantic during a hurricane in Sept 1973. We were on the seventh deck and waves routinely hit our porthole. Scary? Heck yes. Rough? You betcha.

Let's not panic, unless Palo runs out of Souflees!

Jim

 

[ivanova]

Originally posted by rae519
Susan -
I think that's about the time I'd hit the deck!!!
Hope the rest of your cruise made up for this!!!

Rae

The rest of the cruise was great ... not a hitch ... the rough seas died down sometime after 11pm Sunday night ... I guess I'm one of the few that had no problems whatsoever ... ate like a pig in Animator's Palette that night, late night snacked as well ... my only issue was walking straight (and no matter how much I tried, drinking alcohol just didn't help).

I really do feel for everyone though that had it rough that night (including DD who was on dramamine & sea bands).

 

[ivanova]

Originally posted by jgalecpa
Let's not panic, unless Palo runs out of Souflees!

Amen!!!!!

 

[tvguy]

First, we're lucky nobody in our family gets sea sick, I feel for folks who do.
Having said that, the rougher the weather the better. We had gale force winds and 30 foot waves the night we left St. Thomas, and I woke up to a loud bang at 3 am, and we were on deck 7, not sure what the ship hit, but if I felt it and heard it all the way up there, it must have been big.

Trust me, if you have ever cruised on a small ship without stabilizers, you realize how much difference the stabilizers make.
I cruised on the Mermoz, about 1/3 the size of the Magic and no stabilizers. It was a 2 week Caribbean cruise, and there were times when you literally were walking uphill in the halls one moment, and downhills the next, and getting knocked from side to side.

 

[markºoº]

We were on the Hurricane Francis sailing of the Magic and a couple of interesting facts from discussion with the chief engineer.

The worst weather the Magic sailed on was during its first year when it was forced to sail close to a hurricane. He said waves were over 20 feet and crashing above deck 4! Deck 4 along with several staterooms on deck 5 received water damage from flooding. He further stated the ship "could" sail directly through a hurricane but never would due the damage the ship would receive as well as most of the passengers and crew would get sick.

The chief engineer also said the stablizers do help greatly as long as the ship maintains forward moment. They also only correct one type of motion - I believe it was side to side roll. They do not help much with front to back roll. (I might have those movements backwards - any experts can clarify.) Also, if a ship is dead in the water (ie not moving), the stablizers will not happen. This recently happened to a cruise ship in the North Atlantic when they had to shut down the engines for several hours to correct a mechanical problem during 20 foot swells. A couple of passengers were injured from falling down and the crew eventually made passengers just sit on the floor since it was so difficult to stand and walk.

 

[jgalecpa]

They also only correct one type of motion - I believe it was side to side roll. They do not help much with front to back roll. (I might have those movements backwards - any experts can clarify.)

Avast, ye'd make a fine seaman!


I was recently fishing in the Atlantic in a 58 ft boat with seas in the AM from 10 - 15 feet.

It was truly rough, but beautiful skies, since Jeanne was churning down near Florida.

Three people go sick as dogs on the way out. Two subsequently recovered enough to fish. I later learned they were about to tell the Cap'n to head back. I didn't bother to tell them since I was holding the money, it was actually my call and we were staying out.

While the landlubbers were turning as green as Davey Jones locker, the other three of us were eating Krispy Kreme donuts.

It affects some people sometimes and others sometimes.

After the fish started biting, no one was seasick anymore.

One of our catch that day was the dolphin (green fish) pictured below.

Does this prove the "no pain no gain" theory?

earseek:


Jim

 

[Rombus]

Originally posted by markºoº

The chief engineer also said the stablizers do help greatly as long as the ship maintains forward moment. They also only correct one type of motion - I believe it was side to side roll. They do not help much with front to back roll. (I might have those movements backwards - any experts can clarify.) Also, if a ship is dead in the water (ie not moving), the stablizers will not happen.

This is pretty much correct. Stabilizers only control the side to side motion. There isn’t much need for front to back stabilizers since the ship is 924' in length and only 106' in width. Waves won’t affect it lengthwise since it can rides over many of the waves at once. Stabilizers work a lot like plane wings, if there is no flow over the wing, it can’t generate any force to stabilize, Much like if you stop a plane in mid-air, it will fall!

 

[cynsaun]

Originally posted by Rombus
This is pretty much correct. Stabilizers only control the side to side motion. There isn’t much need for front to back stabilizers since the ship is 924' in length and only 106' in width. Waves won’t affect it lengthwise since it can rides over many of the waves at once. Stabilizers work a lot like plane wings, if there is no flow over the wing, it can’t generate any force to stabilize, Much like if you stop a plane in mid-air, it will fall!

We were on the Magic on 11/13, and the waves were HUGE (13 to 20 feet) at times. The boat was rocking front to back, which caused the Goofy pool to swish from front to back, almost emptying at one end, then the other. The kids all thought this was the best.

 

[WDWLVR]

Originally posted by tvguy
Trust me, if you have ever cruised on a small ship without stabilizers, you realize how much difference the stabilizers make.
I cruised on the Mermoz, about 1/3 the size of the Magic and no stabilizers. It was a 2 week Caribbean cruise, and there were times when you literally were walking uphill in the halls one moment, and downhills the next, and getting knocked from side to side.

When I first started cruising (back some 25 years ago we sailed on Sitmar. I always remember the first nights watching people "weave" down the halls. You couldn't walk a straight line no matter how much you tried.

 

[RickinNYC]

Reference to 70's flick:

Ok, so who's gonna start singing "The Morning After"? Anyone with me?

 

[Rombus]

We were on the Magic on 11/13, and the waves were HUGE (13 to 20 feet) at times. The boat was rocking front to back, which caused the Goofy pool to swish from front to back, almost emptying at one end, then the other. The kids all thought this was the best.

I know exactly what you’re talking about! I was sitting in a hot tub near the goofy pools with a few other friends and about 3 times in the course of an hour and a half we got with HUGE Waves out of the goofy pool!

In any case, you’re correct! There will be front to back motion, but since the ship is longer rather than wider, we feel the side to side motion more.
[at least this is how it was explained to me, so this may not be exactly why it is]

And now to use a cool smiley just for the heck of it:

 

[spotdog]

I was on deck 2 during somewhat rough seas on November 11. At night it felt like being in a non-stop elevator. The ship was pitching forward to back.
The Meclizine worked great, I had taken it as soon as the captain announced there would be rough seas in a few hours.

I have to say the noises my room was making were more frightening than the motion. I like to think of it as an adventure.