Iceland small ship cruising boat motion?

Dixie Chick

For those who have taken this trip, how much motion did you feel on the ship? And how close to shore did you sail? My husband and I are considering this trip, but he has major inner ear problems that cause him to feel lots of motion on a ship. A 650-750 passenger ship is ok, like the Regent Explorer on the Baltic . But the Iceland ship is really little, only a little over 200 passengers. It is probably not a good idea for us, but just checking.
Nancy

tomh

Dixie Chick. See my comments on "Sea Travel." My seasickness trip in 1983 too was in the Baltic and I do not remember the size of the ship, but it was hugh and carried both passengers and autos and probably was bigger than the ship that your partner traveled on. That was an experience I never wanted to go through again.

British

I am taking this tour in July, of no one else comments, I'll post my experience. This tour books out fast, I booked it about a year ago. If you want to go I suggest booking or putting your name down for 2019 now.

AshvEd

Look forward to hearing about your experience on this trip. My sea legs are not good and we are exploring land based tours of Iceland. A&K has one worth researching.

Dixie Chick

To British. I will look forward to your review. We had a place reserved for June of 2019 but cancelled this morning.
Mr. Dixie was too reluctant to get on the small ship.
To AshvEd. We looked at land tours also. There are several, but none seem up to the standard of Tauck. I am a lot leery of eating local food on a land tour instead of nicer cuisine on a little cruise ship, and Inknow the cabins will be better than hotel rooms. I like traveling, but I really am not the adventuresome sort. We may end up going on an ocean cruise that might include the coast of Norway, bits of Britain or Ireland, and then sails over to Iceland for 3 days. Not the in depth visit I would like, but it might be better than nothing. And at the moment, nothing is what we have.
Iceland is getting so popular that I will be watching the area and see what develops in the future.
Nancy

AshvEd

To Dixie Chick: We are hoping that Tauck will have a land based tour in the near term. No everyone has sea legs and I had one sea sick day when we did a cruise to Alaska. That was one day too many for me. We're already booked out thru 2019 so maybe 2020 will be the year.

tomh

Dixie Chick and AshvEd. I also hope that Tauck will offer a landbased tour of Iceland in the future. It is ironic or funny that many years ago in the 1960s travel to Iceland from the U.S. was the cheapest way to fly to Europe (one had to spend at least one night in Reykavik) and many of my college friends (not I) did so. Ah, look at it now. LOL. Times do change. :-).

Dixie Chick

For AshvEd and tomh
Yes, let us hope that the Tauck people read these forums and see the need for a land trip in Iceland. AshvEd, so sorry you had a bod experience in Alaska. Those waters are generally so calm, but people react differently to motion. Mr. Dixie doesn’t even have true motion sickness. His is an inner ear problem that can cause the same symptoms, and he is extremely cautious what he will or not do where boats are concerned. No problem, though, for him in Alaska or the Baltic.
Ed, we, too, are booked for 2019. We just signed up with Tauck for England, Scotland, Wales in June and Switzerland Crown Jewel of Europe in September. It is a shame that we have to plan so far in advance, but that is the way it is.
Cheers to happy travels!!
Nancy

AshvEd

Dixie Chick. Regarding Alaska, the cruise thru the Inner Passage was wonderful and it was just the last evening from Sitka to Seward where we hit the skids. We’ve cruised the Baltic and Mediterranean with no issues. Happy travels to you two.