Possible sea sick for cruise

[Anonymous]

You can get some information on the cruise critic website. You don't want to cruise out of certain ports or on certain routes.

[Anonymous]

Definitely stay in a middle of the ship stateroom with a balcony so you can get fresh air. The front of the ship is the roughest. I put off cruises for years bc I would get car sick. We ended up going on a 4 night Disney cruise, and I only felt a little dizzy for the first hour. I was fine after that and took no medication. We're planning our third cruise now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's SO BIG you won't notice it moving.

This. But I take Bonine every day because it also reduces my hangovers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ask your doctor to prescribe scopalomine patches. they are good for a few days, help with seasickness and dont make you just want to go to bed like dramamine. i dont get seasick but my family use them for scuba diving.

I didn’t think kids could get these? My pediatrician said the kids could bring bonine (12 and up) and children’s Dramamine. I myself got the patch but never needed to use it, thankfully.

PP here. not sure how young your kids are but my pediatrician prescribed them for my 12 YO for a trip over Christmas, no questions asked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ask your doctor to prescribe scopalomine patches. they are good for a few days, help with seasickness and dont make you just want to go to bed like dramamine. i dont get seasick but my family use them for scuba diving.

Test your body’s reaction to scopalamine patches before you go on a trip. They can cause blurry vision. In my case, so blurry that I couldn’t read or do anything on my phone and wouldn’t have enjoyed myself on a cruise.

My child and I have unpredictable seasickness that hits in situations people deem to be seasick-proof. We use chewable meclizine and the drowsiness from it takes way longer to set in than it does for Dramamine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's SO BIG you won't notice it moving.

Unfortunately this isn’t true. I’ve had good sea days with clear water on large cruise ships where I wasn’t sick but could absolutely feel the movement, but I’ve also been in stormy weather where I was miserable. The problem is you can’t predict what you’ll get, so you need to be prepared with meds in advance.

This is the right response. I spent most of the only cruise I’ve been on wanting to die in my cabin (couldn’t even make it to open air) while wishing I could dry heave and/or nibble a cracker. I was actually better in rougher seas because at least my body and brain agreed on what was happening. It was the calmer times that did me in- the movement was subtle enough that my brain could not process it and went straight to seasickness.

[Anonymous]

Do a short cruise. You can do 4 nights on Disney and there will be plenty to keep your kids happy.