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Sea Sickness on a Cruise Liner

  • 06-05-2016 9:57am
    #1
    ChickCave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭


    Hi,

    I have a tendency to be sea sick. I've been sick (no always throwing up but that horrible dizzy feeling) on the Sea Cat to Wales, the slower boat to Wales and the Liner to France. I thinking about going on a cruise next year and was wondering if the size of the ship would make a difference to how sick people feel on board. Would I experience the same problem on a cruise?


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  • #2
    fergal.b
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,344 Mod ✭✭✭✭fergal.b


    The big cruse ships will be nothing like the sea cat most of the time you will not even know your on a ship, try not to think about it too much as you could worry yourself sick. There are some good sea sickness tablets out now try to go for the non drowsy ones and start taking them a day or two before you set off there are also pressure bands that you wear on your wrist that work for a lot of people. Spend as much time as you can out of your cabin and look at the horizon this will level out your brain, a cabin low down in the ship will also help and if you can get a balcony so you can keep an eye on the horizon. You will be fine enjoy the trip.



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  • #3
    cbreeze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 889 ✭✭✭cbreeze


    ChickCave wrote: »
    Hi,

    I have a tendency to be sea sick. I've been sick (no always throwing up but that horrible dizzy feeling) on the Sea Cat to Wales, the slower boat to Wales and the Liner to France. I thinking about going on a cruise next year and was wondering if the size of the ship would make a difference to how sick people feel on board. Would I experience the same problem on a cruise?

    Big cruise liners have stability mechanisms to reduce rolling. They are floating resorts designed for the maximum comfort otherwise this growing industry would not be successful. Your previous trips on smaller boats and short choppy seas have produced uncomfortable results - take the pills on your next voyage but not for long and above all, enjoy! (you lucky thing!)


  • #4
    Steve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,584 ✭✭✭✭Steve


    fergal.b wrote: »
    look at the horizon this will level out your brain

    This.

    Motion sickness is always caused by a conflict of information your brain gets from your eyes (indoors, world around you is not moving) and your inner ear balance system (world around you is moving). Your brain can't decide which information is correct, decides it must be something you ate and makes you vomit.

    Placing yourself in a situation where your brain can tie it all back together (motion and environment) by being able to see the horizon is the best fix.

    The worst thing you can do is lie down or try to sleep in a cabin - that will only make it worse and lead to the three stages of seasickness:

    1. You feel a bit drowsy.
    2. You feel like you are going to die.
    3. You wish you were dead.

    If you can recognise stage 1 and get on deck then you'll be fine. If you get to 2 then there's not much you can do. :)


  • #5
    pedroeibar1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,108 ✭✭✭pedroeibar1


    Steve is correct, as is Fergal in #2. I've done a cruise, modern ship, it's nothing like the Irish Sea. My uncle during WW2 served on convoys in the North Atlantic, then was posted to the S Atlantic and the only time he got seasick - ever - was when crossing the Irish Sea!
    The biggest health issue on a cruise is your heart and waistline. Scary what weight you put on!:eek:


  • #6
    ChickCave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭ChickCave


    Thanks all. The thing that worries me the most is being sick the whole time. I missed my honeymoon a couple of years ago due to Morning Sickness and this cruise is sort of a replacement and I presumed sea sickness wouldn't really happen on a cruise liner. All of the suggested cures sound similar to the morning sickness cures (ginger, wrist bands etc.) but non of these worked for me when I was pregnant and I'm concerned about being miserable on the trip that's supposed to make up for a miserable honeymoon :)

    I might take the boat to Wales and try those behind the ear things, look to the horizon and see if it works, failing that I might not take the risk..


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  • #7
    twowheelsonly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,273 ✭✭✭twowheelsonly


    The difference between any of the cruise ships and the Irish Sea ferries in literally night and day. You'll have nothing to worry about if you're on one of the big cruise liners.

    My Mrs was in the same boat as yourself (unintentional pun :D ) She refused to go on a cruise for years but agreed under compromise for our 25th a couple of years ago. She got her trip to Vegas, I got my cruise. She absolutely loved it and is dying to go again. This was even despite the fact that our 9 day cruise turned into 14 due to being caught in Hurricane Sandy and stranded outside NY for a few days sitting it out in massive swells and horrendous weather.
    Once upon a time she'd get sea-sick if it rained when she was in a car !! Now all she wants to do is go again. (Planning a surprise one for her birthday later in the year... ;) )

    If you're still in doubt pick a short one of 5 days or so to try it out. You'll curse yourself though as you'll want to stay longer !!


  • #8
    ChickCave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭ChickCave


    Were there many people sick for the whole of your cruise that you noticed? Is it a case that people don't really get sick on them at all? I really want to go as everyone raves about them but if I've sick I want it to be due to too many cocktails and nothing else


  • #9
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,316 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    The main danger of sickness on a cruise is from a norovirus and even that can be mostly avoided with hand sanitiser and a bit of general cop-on. I could hardly feel the cruise liner move when I was on it and mine was one of the smaller ones.


  • #10
    twowheelsonly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,273 ✭✭✭twowheelsonly


    ChickCave wrote: »
    Were there many people sick for the whole of your cruise that you noticed? Is it a case that people don't really get sick on them at all? I really want to go as everyone raves about them but if I've sick I want it to be due to too many cocktails and nothing else

    Other than the night of the hurricane (and the following morning) there was nobody sick at any time that I saw.
    That night we were in the theater shortly before the worst of it and quite a few people left as the ship was swaying side to side and the stage curtains swaying in particular were causing queasiness. That was a particularly rough storm though (same one that wiped out New York) so was exceptional.
    Myself and herself were fine but there were definitely quite a few sick that night as there was probably 48 hours of rough weather. Nothing outside of that though except for a few hangovers :)


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