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Two more of us - never seasick, never needed meds. Our first cruises were on small ships before they had stabilizers, where we literally bounced off the walls when walking down the hallways; we had trouble standing up at times, but never sick. We've crossed the Tasman Sea several times, had 25 foot waves, 60mph winds, even one wind gust of 117mph, all in an aft cabin on Deck 11 - still not sick (though we admit we didn't sleep very well during all of this!).

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No seasickness ever. DH and I like to feel the ship move (our honeymoon cruise through tropical storm remnants was fun!)

 

(This apparently doesn't translate to very small ships though, we did a sailing excursion in St. Maarten on a 45 ft sailboat and DH got quite sick. So much for my retirement plans of sailing the world in our private yacht.... ;)

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Never been seasick on a cruise, but on my first two cruises I did take Bonine a day before the cruise began, and the first day. Don't know if that had something to do with it, but every cruise after, I havent taken anything, and have not gotten sick.

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I've been blessed, I've never had an issue with motion sickness.

 

I've had issues with "sea legs" after our last 3 cruises where I feel a slight swaying for a couple of days after we get home.

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I'm with grand isle joe. More fun, more rockin, yes, yes, yes!!!!

 

Until the orginal QE2 retired, we tried every year to book the late December/early January TA. Rockin and Rollin across the Atlantic was what we were looking for.

 

One year it got so bad they actually covered the portholes/windows in a lot of cabins and we were in a cabin HIGH up on the ship in the Grill class (so it was rockin and rollin pretty good). We were having the time of our lives. WE didn't even go to dinner that night-stood on the deck watching the ship buck and heave.

 

We were in South American in 2002 cruising around Cape Horn when it snowed, it rained and the seas were rolling at 40 feet. Fun-you betcha-we had the cabin in the VERY nose of the ship-8002 IIRC-could NOT have gotten any farther forward without sitting in the captain's lap. Was it fun???? A BLAST.

 

Maybe I should add we race jet boats on the Colorado River for fun (and money). Rockin and rollin is a treasured part of a cruise for us. Calms seas-not even a fun time.

 

Thanks a lot greatam! The village idiot is now checking out your past itinenaries (we have a 21 ft Hallet, - blown small block, Long Beach to Catalina). Our son does poker runs at Havasau with friends that have totally surreal boats, we would love to come as a spectator some time.

 

No seasickness here, we love watching our drinks at dinner move around, and can sit and watch heavy seas forever. Many times we go to the lowest deck possible to check out rough seas.

 

Our sons FIL is retired coast guard and always says - go out, focus on the horizon

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Only once for me on a large cruise ship. It was not as large as today's ships and an older ship...it was the crossing between Kauai and Maui. I went to dinner and couldn't stay, half the dining room was empty. So, barely back to the cabin before I lost whatever I'd eaten that day :( We talked with some of the crew the following day and they said many of the crew were sick, for the first time ever.

 

I've always taken precaution drugs with me, but never use them unless we are going on a small vessel for an excursion or we have to tender ashore. So, more than 20 cruises without getting seasick. I will get seasick on a small boat, but staying out in the fresh air helps. I will get car sick if I'm reading or in the back seat on a long trip.

 

Our last little cruise, we entered the elevator and there were two sad looking women. I asked them if they were having a good time and one stated the other was very seasick. I just said "sorry to hear that, hope you feel better soon". I could barely feel the motion of the ship, I guess some people get sick easily.

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Even as a child i ve never got seasick i dont even get colds and coming from canada thats a weird thing and i work full time in a daycare , i do take multi vitamin but i dont get all crazy about getting germs and exposing myself to them according to the doc, thats why im told i dont get sick., and i work out alot too. location on the ship can also determine hoew seasick you become so keep that in mind also.

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I was scared on my first cruise I'd be sick, and boarded armed with every remedy I'd heard of at the time (early 90's and no Internet) I didn't take it because of the sleepy warnings. I didn't feel any sickness, and enjoyed the motion. I've now been on 25 cruises, ships of all sizes and weather, and seem to suffer stillness illness when I get home, but no issues onboard.

 

My oldest DD has to be careful on amusement park rides and can't read in a car, has no issues on a cruise, even in rough seas. She's been on 10 cruises in all kinds of weather too.

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I've never been sea sick. I've been on 3 cruises-one night was so rocky you could hardly stand and I still felt fine. We brought motion sickness medicine and never ended up taking it. I hope I didn't jinx myself by saying this! haha

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I don't get seasick on cruise ships.

 

I had always feared I would because being in the back of cars (especially large ones like trucks or buses) sometimes gives me motion sickness, and speed boats give me motion sickness as well. That said, jet skis, roller coasters, and cruise ships don't bother me in the slightest! Maybe I'm just a peculiar one. :)

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My husband and I have done several cruises now on medium and large ships. Neither one of us have ever been sick. First cruise on RCI Navigator, 1st night in cabin, felt ship move a little bit that was it. Other cruises have had high seas and nothing. Not sure why, even did the high speed cat out of Key West to Dry Tortugas and no problem. (over half of the other people were) :D

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Twenty-two cruises and I have never been seasick including a couple of cruises with constant swells of 15-20 feet. Never have I taken any meds. I did get sick to my stomach once after breakfast, but I attribute that to the multiple plates of greasy eggs, bacon, and sausage from the buffet.;)

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I'm a salty seadog too and never been queasy, let alone sick. I pack some meds but have never needed them, except on the one occasion I did take a pill (at the captains suggestion as we entered some very rough seas) and I felt so rotten I'd have preferred being seasick! Many will disagree but I think it's very easy to talk yourself into feeling sick and if you think you'll be sick you almost certainly will be.

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I never get motion sick, be it on buses, trains, cars, airplanes; and as I recently found out, on a ship. I only got motion sick once in my whole life, and that was on a subway train when I was a kid. Still, I brought meclizine as a precaution, since I've never been on a cruise ship before, and didn't want to risk..., you know. I was perfectly fine, even though the motion was strong enough to knock the shaver plug out of the outlet and almost shake me off the bed at night. Most of the people I met were fine too.

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