Motion "Sensitive:" Anthem Location Choices Help

Hello!

My family and I plan to sail on Anthem of the Seas next spring. We are debating between a "Spacious Ocean View" cabin and an "Interior with Virtual Balcony."

Both staterooms will be basically the same price. From what I can tell from the deck plans, the Spacious Ocean Views are at the front of the ship (we are looking at deck 9 for this stateroom category). The Interiors are mid-ship (looking at deck 8).

Our youngest suffers from motion sickness in the car. With such a large ship, should we expect much motion all the way forward on deck 9 compared to mid-ship?

I like the fact that the ocean view is larger (we will have three people in one stateroom and two people in the other), but I am a little concerned about the location on the ship.

Any advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

To minimize motion, get as low and close to midship as possible.

I have vertigo but still cruise. My best advice is midship and lower deck. I usually book a hump balcony on the ships and decks 6-7 if possible. I just finished cruise right before Christmas on Freedom and best cruise yet...I was on deck 7 hump balcony 7636. I would not do anything forward...just my opinion. I also used the patch behind the ear and had nausea RX just in case which I used once. Good luck.

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Our daughter suffered from motion sickness in the car when she was young and had issues on the cruises we took but still had a great time.

I would speak with the pediatrician, first but we found that children's bonine was a big help to her.

Also finding a room that is mid ship is very helpful and yes on a lower deck.

Keith

Not sure if it translates to Anthem, but I just got off a Navigator of the seas trip where we had some pretty rocky seas for a few days. Being motion sensitive myself I walked the ship to figure out where the sweet spot was. For our weather and situation the pivot point and most comfortable spot was between the aft elevators and the casino.

Exact midship was definitely more rocky than I expected. So.... maybe the back 1/2 to 1/3 of the "midship" portion of the ship?

I'd see the doctor and get the patch. I get motion sickness myself, and I think it helps. It works better than the pills for me.

Assuming the Anthem is going from NJ, the Atlantic can be rough. Why take the chance? Better living through chemistry.

I wouldn't book the oceanview that is forward. You will feel the motion on the Anthem if seas get rough and will feel it more in a forward location. I wanted to book an OV too on our upcoming Anthem cruise, but didn't because all the ones available were forward.

I'm fine in a car, and yet even I got a bit seasick on Anthem the last couple of years in the North Atlantic. Avoid the front, it is DEFINITELY the worst for motion. When I felt queasy we went down to the casino and hung out there, it is low and mid-ship and I felt better within minutes. The worst of it is only in the North Atlantic, as soon as you get into the caribbean where the waters are typically calmer I was fine. They do give out free medicine on the ship but it makes you extremely drowsy.

I also would not book a cabin forward of the forward elevators on Anthem. We were on deck 8 about 10 cabins forward of the elevators and felt the movement a lot. We preferred our cabin that was on deck 7, aft of the aft elevators.

Hello!

 

My family and I plan to sail on Anthem of the Seas next spring. We are debating between a "Spacious Ocean View" cabin and an "Interior with Virtual Balcony."

 

Both staterooms will be basically the same price. From what I can tell from the deck plans, the Spacious Ocean Views are at the front of the ship (we are looking at deck 9 for this stateroom category). The Interiors are mid-ship (looking at deck 8).

 

Our youngest suffers from motion sickness in the car. With such a large ship, should we expect much motion all the way forward on deck 9 compared to mid-ship?

 

I like the fact that the ocean view is larger (we will have three people in one stateroom and two people in the other), but I am a little concerned about the location on the ship.

 

Any advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

We were on Oasis a few weeks ago and I never once felt any motion on the ship. It’s so darn big that you just don’t feel like you are on a ship. But if you are concerned, then book a midship cabin as low as possible.

Have sailed from NJ a number of times and yes, sea can be very choppy the first day. It will calm down once you you pass Cape Hatteras and enter the Gulfstream.

A large cause of seasickness is your inner ear detecting motion of the boat while your eyes don't. Bonine patch helps, but if you're not into medication fixing your gaze on the horizon while ship rocks can bring your senses back into equilibrium.

Those large Oceanview cabins are all forward-facing near the bow and probably not what you want. Recommend a verandah or oceanview around center ship. It's always nice to have a view.

I've found acupressure bands are very helpful to avoid motion sickness. The only time DH and I felt at all ill on a rough cruise was when we took the bands off too soon. Putting them back on and sipping some ginger tea took care of it. I also use them for reading in the car - when I am the passenger.:p

To OP, you mentioned you're going on Anthem, but many responses here are for other ships. Specific to Quantum Class ships is a "rolling" movement like a figure 8 more so than other classes. While it was 3 yrs ago when I sailed Quantum, half the ship were high level experienced RCL cruisers who have experienced many cabins on many ships, and pretty much all of them who had forward balconies stated the movement was much worse than they had experienced on any ship to date, take a look through cruise critic for reviews of forward cabin movement using search tool.

There's been great advice so far here, especially bobs.... The lower you go to Center of gravity the better. Also the ships Center point and aft will be best imo.

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The first and last day on Anthem are likely to be very rocky. It's not going to matter much where you are on the ship. It may not be a popular opinion, but if you are going to get seasick, that will happen long before you get to sleep in your cabin. The pools and windjammer are all on very high decks and the MDR is all the way aft, the theater all the way forward.

Our experience out of Cape Liberty is side to side roll is the problem, not up and down. For sleeping, lower decks are better.

My wife used to get seasick. Her recommendation, make sure you use your patch or take your medication BEFORE you board the ship. Once you get seasick, it's going to be awhile before any medication helps. Also don't mess around with alternative methods. See a doctor.

At the end of the day it's all individual. My wife gets carsick and seasick, although seasick is not been a problem in a long time. My two grandkids both get carsick but neither gets seasick on my son-in-law's 30 foot boat on Cape Cod bay.

Enjoy your cruise.

I get sea sick at a drop of a hat. I take 2 Bonine pills every night before bed and I am fine. I also take them the same time every night. I will never go on a boat of any size without them. Some ships like Oasis I didn't even feel them move but I took my Bonine anyway.

My husbands typically gets a little sea sick with more than 10ft seas. On the Anthem in November we had high seas for just a couple days. He really felt it in the theatre and the buffet but elsewhere it wasn't bad.

Our cabin was 10227, virtual balcony. We did not feel it at all there.

How young.....avoid the patch too many side effects....consult your medical professional for suggestions. We (as adults) have found Bonine works the best...there's even a chewable .

We were on Oasis a few weeks ago and I never once felt any motion on the ship. It’s so darn big that you just don’t feel like you are on a ship. But if you are concerned, then book a midship cabin as low as possible.

The same is not true with the Anthem.