I am going on a sea trip?

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TINKERTOY ..... the 1 & only

I have been on many cruises and have never gotten sea sick. and you are not likely to either because the motion of ships is generally no more than a car traveling down a highway. There are several reasons I don't think you will need to worry.

(1) All of the new ships now being built have automatic stabilizer that all but eliminate any rocking from side to side. And these newer passenger ships are so long, most 900 feet to almost 1,000 feet, that the front to back motion is also all but eliminated.

(2) Cruise ships generally move from port to port overnight, generally about 6:00 PM. You go to dinner between 6 and 8 PM, maybe go to the evening show and maybe the disco and then go to bed. And when you awake the next morning you are in a new port. So you are busy or sleep a good portion of the time when the ship is moving. Most of the time you will not even know that the ship is moving.

(3) Cruise ships make every effort to stay away from bad weather that would affect the ship, even changing the order of port stops if weather is bad at one. They will cruise through a rainstorm but if there is a hurricane or big storm they steer away from it.

I have not had to use any type sea sickness medication but my wife once tried the patch behind the ear and it worked. There are some options to combat sea sickness if you are really sensitive to motion. One is a prescription from your Dr for either pills or the patch that is applies behind the ear. Another option is a wrist bracelet that you can purchase at boating stores.

http://www.biobands.com/motionsickness/w...

And, if you do not get any of these before your cruise, the ship will have a doctor who can dispense sea sickness pills.

I have also been told that Ginger is useful in controlling nausea and vomiting. So, if you can, take along some ginger crackers, cookies, or candy, or other forms of ginger such as tea, gum, or capsules.

Also, avoid closed in spaces where you cannot see the horizon and stay near the center of the ship and on lower decks whenever you start to feel sick because these places get less motion.

~â™¥Truckers Wifeâ™¥~

If you are prone to seasickness, regardless of the size of the boat, you will be sick, They have motion sickness pills, take one before you go on the boat, in the afternoon and one at night. it dont affect your sleeping and you wont be sick!

oxymandia

Anything that will make you sleep will help.

St. Bubby McPoffitt

Eat a goldenseal and slippery elm powders mix with some manuka honey before travelling.

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