Sea conditions for my trip?

[AnthonyAllShore]

We are taking our first cruise in mid February on the wish. 3 nights. I am a bit concerned out sea conditions... anyone have any advice or ideas?

Honestly I figure I could just suck it up for a couple of nights (the days can be on land anyway).

My only perhaps slight mistake was splurging on concierge because it puts me on a high floor and will probably feel the motion the most.

 

[John VN]

Our current sailing locations are strictly forward upper decks MSC YC and in past have done Dream Concierge and Oasis Crown Loft. Virtually all cruises have had some *rough seas* so when things are really bad we have found the OTC stuff has worked just fine. If you feel more powerful meds would be needed, see your Dr.

Enjoy your cruise

 

[insureman]

We are taking our first cruise in mid February on the wish. 3 nights. I am a bit concerned out sea conditions... anyone have any advice or ideas?

Honestly I figure I could just suck it up for a couple of nights (the days can be on land anyway).

My only perhaps slight mistake was splurging on concierge because it puts me on a high floor and will probably feel the motion the most.

We won't know how the Wish will react to different sea states until reports come back from paid passengers. My wife and daughters get good results from Dramamine if you need help with the motion.

 

[Travel60]

Don't go into it with the mindset that you will be seasick. Most aren't.

For our first cruise, I bought the pressure point bands (CVS/Walgreens). I wore them a day or two then decided I didn't need them. We've been in some very rough seas -including a storm in the Drake Passage - and never been sick.

 

[cvjw]

Take a Bonine every night. Works wonders if you get seasick!

 

[Barbydoll8]

I am a patch girl. I've tried bands, OTC meds, apples, etc. I get sick in the car if you go in reverse too fast. A patch is the only thing that keeps me from or really controls the sea sickness. It's not for everyone though.
I have done Feb cruises to the Caymans and the seas weren't "rough" but the winds were high. This made the boat roll rather than just rock. Miserable. Like others have said, speak to your Dr about what meds may work best for you. Feb is a time when the currents change so wind conditions can be high which will change how the feel of the boat will be as it moves through the sea.
Enjoy your trip.

 

[Chrislovesdisney]

My husband can’t even look at a boat from dry land without getting sick, and he was 100% fine on Caribbean waters except when we were at Cabanas on the aft section. We were sure to book a mid-ship room with a verandah on the lowest floor we could (in case he needed fresh air) but he was fine. He is a bit nervous about our Alaskan cruise, though

 

[GusterFan]

Take a Bonine every night. Works wonders if you get seasick!

This! I've tried everything else except prescriptions, and earlier this month on 7 night cruise I took one Bonine in the morning and one before bed. (Taking two at once made me a bit tired.) It was the first cruise I'd made it past 3 days without becoming miserably sea sick. Game changer for me.

 

[TinkLoverSam]

My husband can’t even look at a boat from dry land without getting sick, and he was 100% fine on Caribbean waters except when we were at Cabanas on the aft section. We were sure to book a mid-ship room with a verandah on the lowest floor we could (in case he needed fresh air) but he was fine. He is a bit nervous about our Alaskan cruise, though

Alaska is pretty smooth as they mostly sail in a chanel with land on both sides

 

[tvguy]

No way to predict how your body will react, and no way to predict the ocean conditions.
Just make sure is you start feeling ill to get to the Medical Center to get motion sickness medicine. Don't let is impact your vacation.

Modern cruise ships ( like anything build in the last 40 years or so) have stabilizers and you won't fee much motion. Our last cruise was in October 2019, Vancouver to Victoria to San Francisco, to Santa Barbara to Los Angeles on Celebrity and we were disappointed at how smooth the ocean was. A little bit of chop is part of the cruise experience.

Now my first cruise in 1980, on a small 450 passenger ship with no stabilizers, got pretty wild. You could stand in the hall and look down the hall and see the hall rising and falling. No issue for me, but 2 members of our party of 12 did feel ill.

 

[revdon64]

Just to piggyback off another comment, the Caribbean is not always glassy seas. We sailed on the Magic in January of 2020 to CC and Cozumel. The whole cruise was rocky. Lots of excursions cancelled because of windy weather (Stingrays at CC for us), pools closed and drained because the water was sloshing out of them, even some of the ship's crew were seasick. Thankfully, the only member of my family that got sick was my youngest son who was 7 at the time. The rest of us just seemed to roll with it, no meds, no bands, no patches (although the adults did enjoy some libations at the pub on our sea day).