The ships are very long and donât move around like a cabin cruiser . Try to get a cabin close to Center and as low as possible. for less exaggerated movement . Your almost making yourself sick just thinking about it ! Get up and look forward at the swell if you can ? Just like car sickness itâs the unknown movement! Always look up NEVER bend or look down while thereâs movement !!

We are going on a Princess cruise in May.  I will follow this for the benefit of Herself that may be at risk.

I admire your determination and I sympathise greatly moamajohn. I can bounce around in a speed boat with no problems, but put me on a ship that wallows and rolls and I'm gone. We strictly fly or drive to get anywhere. Anyhow, the only thing I ever found to provide mild temporary relief for SS is ginger, and I'm led to believe the purer the better.

Kwell tablets are the best that I'm aware of for motion sickness.

Also see www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/motion-sickness

Further:- Don't sail out of NZ, the Tasman Sea is the worst for sailing. Try Pacific cruise the modern liners glide through with their auto stabilised bows.

I work at Whitworth's (the boat chandlery) in Port Adelaide

We sell a product called Motion Eaze, which are essential oil drops placed behind the ear when you start feeling sick.

We have had only good reports about these, and people keep returning to buy them, swearing they are very good.

Not cheap at $26 a bottle, but may be worth a go. Suggest you Google to find any other suppliers.

I have always found that the difference between the information from your eyes compared to the information from your ears (balance) is hard to make sense of, on a pitching deck. What works for me is to leave harbour upright and with a good view of the horizon. The Visual Orientation Reflex (VOR) is the fastest reflex in the human body. Any movement of the deck does not move your head around if you can see the horizon as the horizon is a stable point of reference. An hour or so educating the body that the movement of the ship is not cause for dizzy nausea sees me right for the voyage.

Does not work for everyone. My fishing buddy gets sick watching Pirate movies on TV and is travel sick after an hour in the car. I am convinced that getting your head down in an inside cabin is the absolutely worse thing to do until you get your sea legs.

Iza

Luckily, I dont get sea sick but have seen plenty of people who do, has to be the worst feeling in the world by looking at them.

once on a fishing charter to the outer barrier reef, we returned through the edge of a coming cyclone and one of the guys was so sick that he walked outside and hung over the rail, it was 1 am and the waves were horrific, I mean 30 plus And going over the top of the boat, fortunately for him, I was still up as everyone else was below deck. I swear that if I was not there to hang on to him while clutching a door rail, he would have never been seen again...I couldnt believe that someone was so sick that they would helplessly lean over a rail dry reaching while waves were crashing over the top of us, unbelievable experience that I never want to experience again.

on a cruise note, like Delta, I am also going on a Princess cruise to Hawaii in May...anyone else on this May 1 cruise?

-- Edited by Wizardofoz on Saturday 30th of December 2017 07:40:58 AM