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1) The best cabin location to minimize the "motion of the ocean" is low and middle. Find a cabin on the lowest passenger deck near the middle of the ship.2) I like ginger because it is the only thing that worked on Mythbusters and because it is not a drug. It is also very inexpensive (about $6 for 100 tablets) and will work after you begin to feel sick. I took one before breakfast and one before dinner on a cruise that had several people getting sea sick and I was fine (I get motion sick easily, but have never gotten sea sick on a cruise ship). Make sure you drink some water with each ginger pill (you will only make that mistake once). I also used it once when I started to feel a little queasy and a few minutes later I was fine.3) It takes more than a few hours to get used to the motion - if the motion is a problem. Like I said, I get motion sick easily and I have never gotten seasick on a cruise ship (lots of times on fishing boats however). The problem is caused by a conflict between the eyes and ears. If you are inside, your eyes don't see the motion. However, your inner ear will feel the motion. The conflict is what causes the problem. This is the reason that the best thing to do is go outside where you can see the horizon. Then you eyes see the motion. This works in reverse too. I got motion sick sitting on my friend's couch. I was playing a driving game on his big screen TV. So my eyes saw motion and my ears didn't - and I was soon praying to the porcelain god.
1) The best cabin location to minimize the "motion of the ocean" is low and middle. Find a cabin on the lowest passenger deck near the middle of the ship.
2) I like ginger because it is the only thing that worked on Mythbusters and because it is not a drug. It is also very inexpensive (about $6 for 100 tablets) and will work after you begin to feel sick. I took one before breakfast and one before dinner on a cruise that had several people getting sea sick and I was fine (I get motion sick easily, but have never gotten sea sick on a cruise ship). Make sure you drink some water with each ginger pill (you will only make that mistake once). I also used it once when I started to feel a little queasy and a few minutes later I was fine.
3) It takes more than a few hours to get used to the motion - if the motion is a problem. Like I said, I get motion sick easily and I have never gotten seasick on a cruise ship (lots of times on fishing boats however). The problem is caused by a conflict between the eyes and ears. If you are inside, your eyes don't see the motion. However, your inner ear will feel the motion. The conflict is what causes the problem. This is the reason that the best thing to do is go outside where you can see the horizon. Then you eyes see the motion.
This works in reverse too. I got motion sick sitting on my friend's couch. I was playing a driving game on his big screen TV. So my eyes saw motion and my ears didn't - and I was soon praying to the porcelain god.