Size of Mercury vs. RCCL - sea sickness??

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RyanF

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My wife and I have sailed RCCL twice (Adventure and Explorer of the Seas) and are considering doing the 11 day Meixcan cruise on the Celebrity Mercury. I believe that Mercury is quite a bit smaller than the RCCL ships that we have sailed, so I am concerned about getting sea sick. Can anyone shed some light on this? Something to worry about, or no big deal? Thanks!
 
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BSeabob

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Although I have not been on the Centruy class ships (Merc is one) I have been on the West coast in smaller ships (larger too for that matter) and not had a great problem. It really does depend on the weather regardless of how big a ship you are on. Reading about the various rides on the westcoast none have been all that critical about the Mercury. Hope that helps a little. I would call it a "no big deal" The waves on the West coast in my unscientific opinion go up and down and the waves in the Atlantic (caribbean) go side to side. Smoother ride in the Pacific . I have always felt the water more in the East.

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Frank Black

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I have been on 15 Mexican Riviera cruises and 12 out of San Diego. And all times of the year. ( January, March, April, August and September) . I was on the Mercury last March for a 10 day cruise. Every time the ship heads North back to San Diego the seas get choppy.. We made friends on that last cruise and two wives from our table never made it to dinner the last night. And my wife and I did not think it was too "rocky". I have been on a huge ship (Star Princess) and a small ship (Ryndam) and it never fails to get choppy as we head back to San Diego. Everyone has a different tolerance to sea sickness. My wife always has some patches ready to put on.
 
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Petert

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Hi Ryan,

As the previous poster mentioned, the weather can be very changeable in this area in the winter months, but in general is quite smooth. In about a dozen cruises to the Mexican Riviera we have been very fortunate and have never experienced rough seas. We just returned from a seven day cruise to Puerto Vallarte on the Ryndam, which is much smaller that the Mercury, and had beautiful weather. We had a maximum wave height of about 5 feet and 15 mph winds, with a barely noticeable roll for about a half day. We have also sailed on the Mercury, and while we never experienced any bad weather, the ship is very stable and you should have a wonderful cruise in these waters. As the previous poster mentioned, it is always wise to have some motion sickness remedy available just in case. You do not want to risk the chance of having a bad experience due to the weather, but you shouldn't worry too much either.

Peter
 
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hct

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Mercury is a wonderful ship--but is definitely smaller than those you mentioned. Had no problem in Carib--except the last cruise night there was a big storm it did list quite a bit, causing everyone to roll out of bed & all the dishes to break. We were told this class ship does that at times! Not familiar with waters on the west coast. We are back on Mercury in Sept 05 to Pacific NW. I did see a great cruise for 06 on Infinity to Calif Coast & then down to Mex Riviera. If we were not already booked for Hawaii on 06 I would definitely take that one. over the Mecury itin. In fact that's our top choice for 07 if it is offered. (we like to dream & plan ahead!)
 
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Benjamin Smith

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Ship size and stability have little to do with each other. The old oceanliners of yesteryear sailed the Northern Atlantic on a regular basis where there is really rough weather. Most of today's larger cruise ships couldn't handle these conditions with close to the aplomb of those smaller vessels because they weren't designed for such rough conditions.

In vehicles, trucks don't ride smoother than much smaller luxury sedans. And some large trucks can't handle conditions of some much smaller off-roaders. For seakeeping qualities of a vessel, It is all in the engineering, balancing of the vessel, draft (area and percentage of the ship under the water), and many other factors that determine the vessel's stability.

I think, however, the Mecury sails differently than the larger Voyager class RCi ships and may seem less stable.
 
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cookie1207

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I have sailed the Mercury through a hurricane and several times through tropical storms.... Seemed fine to me....no problems.
I can say I sailed the North Atlantic during a storm once and I was glad I was aboard the QE2.( as it was built to handel rough sea's).
 
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