Seasickness On Small Cruise Ships

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Seasickness on small cruise ships. Ad The future of cruising - Modern Spacious ships. Ad The future of cruising - Modern Spacious ships. As a general rule youll feel movement more on smaller ships.

The largest ferries are roughly the same size as a small cruise ship but less than a third of the size gross tonnage of the largest cruise ships. Are small cruise ships worse for seasickness. Immerse yourself into culture cuisine art and history on Vikings award winning ships.

Seasickness is a result of a conflict in the inner ear where the human balance mechanism resides and is caused by a vessels erratic motion on the water. Hello Planning on taking my 80 year old parents on an Alaska cruise and we are considering a small company with small boats. Ad APT has been taking guests around Australia for over 90 years.

Just wondering if others felt a smaller ship gave them more motion sickness than normal. Am sensitive to motion sickness and usually have to use Dramamine on a bus. One way to avoid seasickness on a cruise is to get enough rest.

Considering the large size of todays cruise ships seasickness is rarely a problem says Dr. Mal de mer however is not caused by choppy waters alone. But Ive also read in several places that it is not the size of the ship that matters but how it is designed -- most of the newer cruise ships large and small have shallow hulls that tend to ride the water rather than cutting through it like true ocean.

Small ships by definition carry fewer passengers. Most cruises travel in the protected waters of the Alaska Inside Passage or Prince William Sound and rarely travel more than a few miles away from shore. Ive read comments recently on several CC threads about choosing a large ship rather than a smaller one if you are prone to seasickness.