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Thanks for the great update, Marilyn. I have never heard of anyone having that residual motion sickness after a cruise - I'm glad to know that it can happen. I get very car sick, I have to drive all the time or I am sick. I used scopalamine patch and it worked great for me for the two cruises I have been on. My adult cousin (55 years old) rode a roller coaster a couple of years ago and she had motion sickness for 6 months afterwards. It's that inner ear thing. I knew it could happen, but didn't realize it might happen after a cruise.

My husband and I have been on two cruises (Alaska) - he's been on 3, he went with his sisters to the Carribean (sp?) but I didn't go. We do not care for cruising very much. We took the trip from Vancouver to Alaska and although it is beautiful, you only see a tiny tiny part of Alaska. Also the waters getting from Vancouver to Alaska are VERY rough at times. It happened the second morning out of Vancouver both times we went, half the ship had motion sickness. Gary and I both wear the patch and did fine, but it makes Gary very sleepy, so he misses half of what is happening because he is asleep! LOL!

If you want to see Alaska, fly to Anchorage, and take a Gray Lines tour on land. When you are on a land tour, you can take a day cruise to see the glaciers and sea life which is what you mostly see on a cruise. The second time we went to Alaska, we went with Gary's aunt and uncle and they wanted to do a cruise, so we did a 3-day cruise, started in Vancouver and then got off the ship in Skagway Alaska and took a 10 day land tour by bus and train. Now THAT was FABULOUS!!! And you can do it in reverse, take the land tour first and cruise last.

The third time we went to Alaska, we went two weeks on our own, that is really wonderful!

I'm looking forward to seeing the pictures!