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Originally Posted by Nohackle
My wife and I will be on the Insignia from Rio to Barcelona in March 2008.
We've never been on a trans-Atlantic cruise before. We are somewhat concerned about what to expect with regard to rough seas and how the ship will ride, since we are both prone to seasickness.
Any insights on what we can expect?
Any seasickness prevention measures you can recommend?
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Oops, sorry I didn't see this. You might want to post your question about trans-Atlantic cruises in the destination area as there are many CLFers who've been on a TA (you might try the Celebrity area too as there was a whole group who were on a TA last month).
As to sea sickness remedies, here's what I recommend:
1. if you're on any medication, check with your doctor to make sure you won't have an interaction if you use bonine, ginger, etc.
2. Try a few different remedies while on land just to make sure you don't get any side effects. Different things affect you differently than what may affect me.
3. Take more than one remedy on your cruise, as it's possible that one may not work for you in actual use.
4. Also consider ginger ale, saltines as remedies.
5. You can always buy some of the remedies onboard many ships, but at a higher cost than at your local stores.
My last cruise was the round trip LA to Hawaii which involves crossing a strong current that causes rough seas in many trips. I decided to bring ginger and started taking when the wooziness kicked in (probably should have started earlier). I took candied ginger (available in my local grocery store) and ginger flavored Altoids (available at Target, Cost Plus Market, and many other places). I tend to get sleepy with some meds so I wanted to avoid Bonine, etc.
One woman at my dining table used the wristband. Seemed to work fine for her. |