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Thank you both for the tips!

We will be on a Quebec City to Boston cruise. Where is the best place to exchange currency?

We are back from our Alaska cruise and I will agree with everyone who says the seas are rougher out of Seattle. I took dramamine on day one a couple hours before we set sail and I did just fine. The next morning I wasn't going to take anything but sitting at the table at breakfast about did me in. The seas we so rough they were putting bags out all over. I took dramamine and was fine after an hour or so. I didn't take anymore 24hr dramimine after that until we got back to Seattle before our flight home. I did have some 4 hr chewable dramamine tablets and I took one before our flightseeing tour and the train ride since I didn't know how I would react but never needed it again on the ship. We had a mid-ship mini-suite on deck 11. THat is the highest I have ever stayed and I will say that the motion is less the lower you are on the ship. Mid-ship seemed to be fine. The balcony helped a lot! Being able to get fresh air anytime you need it without having to navigate the narrow hallways to get to it was a major plus. I don't think we will cruise without a balancy in the future.

I too suffer from motion sickness due to an inner ear problem. I have found on previous cruises that having a cabin in the middle of the boat helps. Also, I need at the very least a room with a window, balcony would be a plus. Being able to get fresh air at any time day or night would be very helpful. Like others said, the worst time for me is at night in the lounges or during shows when you can't see out a window, I seem to feel the motion much more at these times. Also when first leaving the dock. I typically take dramamine (the less drowsy formula) an hour or two before we are set to leave the dock. Typically by day 2 my body has adjusted and then I take it on an as needed basis. It does make you drowsy though. We are leaving in a week for our first Alaska cruise and I am going to try ginger gum this time and then use the dramamine as a backup. I will report back when we finish our trip to let you know how it worked for me. We will be in a midship minisuite (our first balcony ever!) so I will let you know how that is as far as motion.

We have name/address tags on our baggage + I laminate the cruise line baggage tags' date=' and punch a hole in each end, then wrap it around the handle and tie it with a plastic zip tie, works great, and don't have to keep track of tag holders!! :rolleyes:

Love this idea! I was trying to figure out a good way to attach our tags for our upcoming cruise in a week and didn't think I had time to order any tags. I love the idea of laminating. Going to try this and hope it works for us as well as it does for you!