Ot but cruise related

[torismom]

I have a 4 day Wonder booked May 2006. We have a group of 7 going booked in a cat 3 and a 4. This is for my sons 5th birthday and to celebrate the rest of my family's bday at the same time.

I have horrible seasickness and etc.. from the smaller boats I have been on. My best friend got off a cruise today on a carnival ship and told me of the rough seas and how everyone was sick. YIKES

My best friend and I want to do a cruise end of May first of June 2005 for me to test the waters.

We do not want to sail Disney this trip. I want to be on a big ship, state of the art and etc.. Who and what ship should I look into booking?

Thanks so much!!

 

[din]

Not sure what you mean by big ship... but Disney's ship carry about 2000 passengers plus crew and it is 83000 tonnes. Only a few other cruise ships are bigger than this.

Other may know more about this, but the ship has almost state of the art navigation and propulsion system. I was told tha without stabilizers we would feel more rocking!!!

Have you consider getting a patch to help with the motion sickness?

 

[TheWog]

I would suggest the Enchantment of the Seas as being similar in size, passengers, etc. They offer shorter itineraries, but I am not sure if she will be out of dry dock by then. Other ships in the Vision class would be of comparable size to the Magic/Wonder. RCI is our choice for our second cruise. Surf around the Royal Carribean website for similar size ships. Some will leave out of PC, I think Carnival may have shorter sailings leaving out of PC as well.

I would suggest trying Sea-Bands. They are elastic bands you where on your wrist and they are to prevent motion sickness. They seem to work very well, for my DW at least.

 

[disneygatorfan]

the rough seas, and the sea sickness you are hearing about probably have more to do with the time of year, then with the size of the ships.

It's not the size of the ship so much as the stablizers on the ship, and all major cruise liners have excellent stablizers, whether its DCL or some of the larger liners.

Late fall and Winter tend to have rougher seas due to current changes in the Gulf Stream and the Artic Cold Fronts coming off the eastern coast, and stirring up Easterly winds in the Atlantic.

May/June tend to have much calmer seas. And really, once you get passed the Gulf Stream, which happens after the first night, you are in a lot more shallow water, and the seas tend to be very calm.

If you are very concerned with sea sickness, I would just reccommend not sailing in the winter, rather then reccommending a certain cruise line. Rough seas of 15-20 ft seas, and gale conditions will effect any ship, no matter its size or stablizers. You tend to get those conditions in late Nov-thru-Feb.

If you are just wanting a short 3-4 day cruise, in my opinion at least, the Wonder really can't be beat.

Best way to prevent sea sickness is to take the medication 1-2 hours before sailing, and then follow the correct dosage for every day you will be at sea. Sea bands are non-medicated and work well too.

And if you do feel sea sickness coming on, best thing to do is to head midship, and look at the horizon. Motion sickness is a combination of the movement of tiny bones in your inner ear, and what your brain is seeing. Midship is where you feel the movement the least, and looking at the horizon helps your brain correct what it is seeing to what it is feeling.

Shelley