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CR

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My husband and I are considering a cruise to tahiti aboard the tahitian princess. This will be our 2nd cruise .. our first cruise was 15 years ago on a carnival ship. How rough are the seas in tahitti? My husband got very sick fifteen years ago and this is the reason we haven't tried cruising again.

We plan on using the patch. Would we be better off choosing another kind of cruise due to his seasickness (alaska, carribean, etc)? How about a transatlantic crossing?

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Cindy
 
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DJA

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The South Pacific is generally reasonably calm, however rough seas are pretty much a crapshoot. Except for a few places that are always notoriously rough, the height of the seas is mostly dependent on weather, wind, and season. The Caribbean and Alaska's inside passage are also generally calm, but there are days when it can be a wild ride there too... We were in the Caribbean in December and got hammered for two days straight on the trip north from Costa Rica to Mexico. They will do their best to sail clear of it, but sometimes you just can't get out of it.... you can run but you can't hide...

Size of the ship can affect it too... although still a big ship in the grand scheme of things, the Tahitian Princess is one of the smallest among the new mass-market ships - - 30,000 tons. On a larger ship you tend to feel less motion.

One thing that the Tahiti cruises have going for you is that they are port-intensive, I think there's only one or two sea days, so you're stopped a lot and if you're seasick, at least it won't be for an extended period of time.

One thing is for sure however, if you're worried about being seasick, a trans-Atlantic crossing is definitely not the place to go... the North Atlantic is one of those notorious places... and five straight days at sea with no place to go would not be good if you're seasick.

Don't ever have an empty stomach is the other piece of advice that a lot of seasick experts (including my wife) follow with success.

Good luck whatever you decide!
 
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Lady Jag

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I've heard that the sea from Roratonga is rough - there's a sea day to reach that island, a day docked at the island and then a sea day to get back to Tahiti. It's those 2 sea days that are supposed to be rough. Like DJA said above, almost all the other days are port days and so there'd be no seasickness worries on those days. :)
 
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