View Poll Results: What do you do for seasickness?
Rough seas, smugh seas...doesn't bother me
13 38.24%
I always pack Dramamine or Bonine
10 29.41%
Check out the patch on my neck
5 14.71%
Whatever the doc prescribes
1 2.94%
Ginger (and I don't mean the character on Gilligan's Isle)
6 17.65%
I wear these wristbands (comes in handy for tennis, too)
3 8.82%
I always keep green apples or saltines around
0 0%
I use something else
1 2.94%
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Almighty Cruiser
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Sometimes think it's hard for those of us who NEVER get Sea Sick to relate to those who do. PLEASE ... in no way being ugly here) WHY folks who know they get Sea Sick continue to cruise?
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I don't get sea sick but my DH does and he just uses the little patch and it works great for him.
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Barbara
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Seranade Alaska Aug. 2004,
NCL Wind Hawaii March 2005,
Vision Mexican Riveria October 2006,
Grand Princess Western Carribean (Man and Woman Overboard Cruise) March 2007,
Liberty of the Seas Western Carribean Feb. 2008
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DH and I use the patch
Ive only been really ill once, and that was the first time I got sea sick!
We were in the South Atlantic and it was rough. Now if I get that feeling, I will put on a patch and leave it on for the 3 days (if we are still at sea). Usually I am then good to go.
We've experienced no "side effects" from it at all.
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BarbO1999
I don't get sea sick but my DH does and he just uses the little patch and it works great for him.
That is my DH also!
He does get seasick, but has no prob with the patch!
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Reminds me of this couple who was on the roll call for my last cruise. This was their first cruise ever and it was for 15 days to Hawaii, which isn't the calmest of rides. I thought that was strange and certainly not the cruise I would have recommended to newbies. As it turned out, we had rough seas the first couple of days. Met the woman during this time and she said her husband was staying in the cabin, sick as a dog.
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On my first few cruises I felt seasick but never actually got sick. I always felt queasy and little dizzy but that was it. So I decided to keep cruising. It actually doesn't bother me at all anymore. I take my motioneaze with me just in case. You never know. But I think after 10 cruises my body has gotten used to it.So that's another remedy, keep cruising! It didn't stop me and now I'm glad i didn't stop!
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Costa Cruise Mediterranea
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I think that is the key to no longer getting motion sick. Is frequent cruising so your body gets use to it.
One of the reasons we never tried cruising up till our first cruise in March 2002 was we were sure that we would hate cruising and I would be stuck in my cabin the whole time extremely sick. Well, guess what I was not. We found we loved cruising and everything about it. Have I occasionally felt motion sick, sure I have but it certainly would not stop me from cruising we are hooked. I love the movement on the ships epecially the sway on the aft end, which is great for sleeping at night
I will say I have been taking Bonine for about 18 years and also doing plenty of drinking with it and never have had a problem.
Although I might have to check out that Motioneaze
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10.MS Ryndam Inside Passage Alaska May 2006
11.MS Veendam NW Coastal Sept. 2006
12. MS Zaandam November 2006 10 Day Mex. Riv.
13. MS Oosterdam March 2007 30th Anniversary Cruise
14. MS Noordam Alaska June 2007
15. MS Noordam Alaska September 2007
16. MS Oosterdam Mexican Riviera December 2007
17. MS Oosterdam Mexican Riviera Feb 2008
18.MS Amsterdam Alaska June 2008
19. MS Oosterdam Mexican Riv October 2008
20. MS Eurodam December 2008 Caribbean
21. 2nd half of B2B on the MS Eurodam Christmas Week 2008
22. MS Oosterdam Mexican Riviera February 2009 Yum Yum Man Worshippers II
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24. HAL MS Westerdam June 2009 Alaska
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I had taken Bonine and drank and actually fell asleep at the dinner table! The busboy had to wake me up!
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Andrea
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NCL Starward & Dawn,
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RCCL Empress of the Seas, Majesty of the Seas & Navigator of the Seas,
Costa Cruise Mediterranea
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I had taken Bonine and drank and actually fell asleep at the dinner table! The busboy had to wake me up!
Really good!!!!! LOL
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Barbara
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Past Cruises
R 5 Greek Isles, March 2001,
Rhapsody W. Carribean Jan 2002,
Radiance S Carribean Dec. 2002,
Navigator E Carribean Jan 2004,
Seranade Alaska Aug. 2004,
NCL Wind Hawaii March 2005,
Vision Mexican Riveria October 2006,
Grand Princess Western Carribean (Man and Woman Overboard Cruise) March 2007,
Liberty of the Seas Western Carribean Feb. 2008
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The best thing was that my husband and 4 other friends at the table never noticed! nice huh!
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NCL Starward & Dawn,
Carnival Inspiration, Fascination, Imagination(2) & Legend(2), Carnival Destiny,
RCCL Empress of the Seas, Majesty of the Seas & Navigator of the Seas,
Costa Cruise Mediterranea
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Have always wondered ... (PLEASE ... in no way being ugly here) WHY folks who know they get Sea Sick continue to cruise? 
We were in the South Atlantic and it was rough. Now if I get that feeling, I will put on a patch and leave it on for the 3 days (if we are still at sea). Usually I am then good to go.
He does get seasick, but has no prob with the patch!
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