Prone to SeaSickness. Aft Extended View..Out?

[AmberTeka]

I always book Center ship. Big Ship.

 

right now we are booked right by the Mid Ship elevator in a Cove Balcony.

Reason I ask...My DH was in the Coast Guard. He would like to see some Fish. Dolphins or such, and I have read reviews that Aft Balconies...are calmer with more fish seen swimming in the Wake.

 

Also Daughter and family are going with us. With a Toddler, they are in an Ocean View with a small bathtub. I would like for them to see Sail Aways..and when we sail into Ports. It is daughter's first cruise. ( She was in college when we started cruising again. While she was little and a teen...we went to the House of the Mouse each year., or the Mountains in Tenn.)

 

For me to get Sea Sick, it Has to be rough. But when we booked a cabin in the front..(in those Obstucted cabins sold as interior but with windows at the Bow.) I was so sick., I could hardly walk. I would lie on the bed, and it was horrible. ............I would crawl to the Casino. ( Not open) but a bartender there would give me a glass of ice.

Then I Responded well to Sea Sick pills. I was sleepy a lot..but not sea sick.

 

Anyone with Sea Sickness travel in an Aft Extended Balcony? Issues? Thank you for the information.

Silly question. Still have to ask.

Do you see more Fish?

Edited November 24, 2013 by AmberTeka

[Mysticks1]

I love the aft facing balconies and have another one booked for May but I have never really seen any fish in the wake and I spend a lot of time on the balcony. I have seen dolphins when pulling into/out of port but that was when standing close to the bow and have seen flying fish but that was from a lower deck and from the sides.

 

In the aft you will feel more vibration and a slight(to me) side to side motion. You can also feel a shuddering when the aft thrusters come on when docking. I have never been seasick but I do take Ginger Root Capsules twice a day when on a cruise.

[GTO-Girl]

I always book Center ship. Big Ship.

 

right now we are booked right by the Mid Ship elevator in a Cove Balcony.

Reason I ask...My DH was in the Coast Guard. He would like to see some Fish. Dolphins or such, and I have read reviews that Aft Balconies...are calmer with more fish seen swimming in the Wake.

 

Also Daughter and family are going with us. With a Toddler, they are in an Ocean View with a small bathtub. I would like for them to see Sail Aways..and when we sail into Ports. It is daughter's first cruise. ( She was in college when we started cruising again. While she was little and a teen...we went to the House of the Mouse each year., or the Mountains in Tenn.)

 

For me to get Sea Sick, it Has to be rough. But when we booked a cabin in the front..(in those Obstucted cabins sold as interior but with windows at the Bow.) I was so sick., I could hardly walk. I would lie on the bed, and it was horrible. ............I would crawl to the Casino. ( Not open) but a bartender there would give me a glass of ice.

Then I Responded well to Sea Sick pills. I was sleepy a lot..but not sea sick.

 

Anyone with Sea Sickness travel in an Aft Extended Balcony? Issues? Thank you for the information.

Silly question. Still have to ask.

Do you see more Fish?

 

We have only booked an aft one time.....we had rough seas and we very much felt every bit of it. (Imagine a "see-saw" where the middle is stable but each end goes up and down)

 

A lot of people love afts because the view is great, but if you easily get sea sick i would rethink it.....

[arush5268d]

The best way to be close to the water and see sea life is a cove. The best way to minimize the amount of motion you feel is to get a room on the lower decks, such as a cove.

 

Aft balconies are great for many things but it seems like a cove would be better for you based off of the prioirites you mentioned.

[Foo7595]

I am not "prone" to seasickness, but the one and only time I succumbed to it was when we had an aft extended balcony on the Triumph. When there is nothing to fix your eyes onto other than the horizon and water, your brain plays strange tricks with you (well, me!) Seas were extremely calm at the time too! I've used BONINE ever since, just in case!

 

AND, I was very fortunate to spot a huge shark in the wake, and observed him for a good 5 minutes on that cruise! We were on a sea day, on our way to Cozumel....2003.

[kcteach12]

I was in an aft on a Holland America cruise and was nauseated the entire time. I tried everything. I would feel better for a few hours so I would try to eat something. Then it would start all over again. There was a constant vibration. Never again!

[AmberTeka]

Thank you all.

 

I am keeping the Cove Balcony. We are right by the Mid ship elevators.

 

I always travel with sea sick pills now, but have only been really, really sick one time since. That was on a Princess ship that sailed through a gale. And why they did, I think was a time issue. The ship was never in danger.

 

We ate in the Buffet that night. Then on the deck..the water was coming out of the pool in waves, rain was coming in sheets, and the ship was rocking, and I started getting sick. And stayed sick until the next day when the nurse came checking on people and gave me some pills.

 

Never again. Thanks for reminding me of how awful sea sickness can be.....and how it can be avoided. Hoo Ray for Sea Sick Pills.

[Colorado Kat]

Stick to mid-ship cove balcony. Coves are low, and that is what you need. Have a great cruise!