Mille Aft cabin motion Sydney to Auckland?

[kk99]

Hi everyone,

For those of you who have done this cruise (or the reverse sailing), how did you find the motion? We have done aft CC cabins on other Celebrity ships but the waters were always calm. We will be traveling in Jan 2010, and can switch our cabins if we need to. Any suggestions appreciated.

Thanks and have a good evening,

kk

[Giorgi-one]

There are two types of motion on a ship.

 

Side to side roll (not sure of exact nautical term) is the same fore or aft. It will be less noticeable on lower decks. Does not really make any difference if you are fore or aft.

 

The other type of motion is harder to describe. The front of the ship tends to lunge into the waves. We have a balcony cabin on the front once - never again. Wind was about 50 mph when you combined the actual wind with the ships motion. Also, there is that constant lunging motion. This motion would be less noticeable in the middle of the ship on lower decks.

 

I always book aft cabins and feel there is no more motion there than anywhere else on the ship at the same elevation. Remember that the propellers are at the rear of the ship and they are not jumping out of the water.

[Karynanne]

We did the Sydney-Auckland this past Feb., and the Tasman Sea can be completely unpredictable. We did experience rough seas, unlike any other cruises. The No. Atlantic can be rough, but this was different. It was "churning" seas, and lasted about 2 days.

 

We've routinely had Aft cabins for most of our cruises, and that area of the ship does experience a lot more motion.

[leoandhugh]

We agree with the above; that crossing can be very rough and the Tasman Sea has a reputation for being almost unpredictable relative to its state at a certain time of the year. It is one of those cases where you make your choice based on what motion you think you can handle, but if the ship does much pitching or corkscrewing the aft cabins will have a lot of up and down motion and they tend to have more vibration when the stern lifts up and the azipods get closer to the surface.:)

[kk99]

Thanks everyone for their replies. I think we will stay at the back since we have always loved the views. Here's hoping the Tasman Sea is relatively calm at the time of our crossing.

kk

[Moeve]

I hate being the bearer of bad news but most of have done this cruise on the Mercury which rides bad weather a hell of a lot better than the M class do. If you are asking because you are prone to sea sickness the best tip anyone can give you is - go to the bottom and as mid ships as you can get.