SeaSickness on Deck????

[MandM]

We've cruised before and have been on deck 5/6 and 8. We have a 7 day booked in Sept and we are in Cat9 on deck1. How is the motion on deck1? Are we going to suffer from sea sickness?

 

[inkkognito]

It shouldn't be bad...think of the ship as the opposite of a pendulum. The lower part stays steady while the upper part "swings." But even the upper decks are not bad unless the sea is very rough. I definitely do notice more motion forward than aft when it's wavy. Once I was in the spa (deck 9 forward) getting a massage on a rough seas day, and that's the only time I've ever felt seasick in 38 cruises!
Barb

 

[Azptcruiser]

We did not notice much movement of the ship. The ship has stbilizers that limit the amount of movement that is felt. After a day or so, you do not notice much.

The only time that we noticed anything was when the ship had to stop in the middle of the ocean (Western Magic 7 day Cruise) to assist some refugees from Cuba on a small little raft...yes true story, right at the second dinner session. It then had to make up time, so was traveling at a higher than normal rate than at any other time of the cruise. That was really the only time that we "felt" the ship moving through the water.

 

[mickeyboat]

Only felt a lot of motion on Deck 1 on Thursday night coming from St. Thomas to CC. I can only imagine the motion that must have been felt on the lower decks. I did sometimes have trouble looking out the port holes while we were moving very fast. I had to look out at the horizon and not at the water. I also had this trouble on Deck 3 looking out the big portholes. But in general you should feel less motion the lower you go on the ship.

Denae

 

[Zandy595]

Does anyone know if they use the stabilizers all the time or just when the seas are rough.

 

[anlashokna]

Originally posted by Azptcruiser


The only time that we noticed anything was when the ship had to stop in the middle of the ocean (Western Magic 7 day Cruise) to assist some refugees from Cuba on a small little raft...yes true story, right at the second dinner session. .

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