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You ain't gonna have to worry on this Floating City. Heck, they got their own Zip Code !

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/39913155#39913155
update: I think MSNBC removed this recently, however the new 'Allure of the Seas'
is the sister ship to the 'Oasis of the Sea.'....and NO, these boats don't rock - except for the Music .

She holds 6,300 passengers, not including 2,700 crew members

Goog grief! I'd rather escape to the country, myself
(said landlubber Paul )

I was reading about that this morning. It's amazing!

If you do happen to be someone who gets seasick easily, I discovered that "Seabands" works great. They are wrist bands with a little plastic button that rests on a pressure point on your wrists and you don't get seasick. I also learned that it is engine exhaust that makes me get seasick.

Since buying a sailboat I don't get seasick at all. The other component to seasickness is for the person operating the boat to change directions every little while. Waves come in timed sequence with so many seconds in between. The constant even rocking can make some people seasick. I always tell my passengers to let me know the moment they are feeling a little nautious and I will change my tack to change the interval of the motion. Lastly, the center of the boat gets the least amount of motion. On a sailboat, that is where the mast is. I have a 27' Catalina and will have people sit in front of the mast if they are feeling a little woozy, or down below near the center.

My wife and daughter get sea sick easily. So vacation by cruise is out of question. That's great, I can save up more money for guitars/basses.

Nope; never been seasick, and Lake Michigan is big enough and choppy enough where a lot of people lean over the rail to bark at the fish.

Personally, 'prefer going out on a pal's 36 ft sailboat to those floating medium-population towns. To each their own.

Haole Jim wrote:Nope; never been seasick, and Lake Michigan is big enough and choppy enough where a lot of people lean over the rail to bark at the fish.

Now that I find wildly funny!

When I get seasick, I would just as soon have someone shoot me, which is ironic because I have worked servicing the commercial fishing industry for 30+ years (in Seattle, not on the seas). The closer to the middle of the boat and as low as you can get lessens the movements that make one sick.
Jim

The very thought of being on one of these 'floating cities' gives mee the creeps. Look what hit the news only recently:



http://news.travel.aol.com/2010/11/08/c ... -in-limbo/

Yes indeed. We've been hearing about it every day. It wouldn't discourage me from taking a cruise. If this type of incident would have happened a century ago everyone would have parished. I think the safety systems did a great job of putting out the fire. It's unfortunate all of the people involved had their vacation ruined. But hey, it turned out better than the Titanic!