New Found Ride Nausea - Am I alone?

[jakeybake]

Hi,

This is going to probably sound totally weird but I have to ask because you guys are the best.

I have always been someone who could do thrill ride after thrill ride without incident. The only rides I couldn't do were the spinning ones because I would get nauseous and feel sick. But all other rides were totally cool. ToT, RnR, TT, SM, you name it, I did them, and many times over and over, line permitting.

All of a sudden, over my last 3 trips I have been getting nauseous on every ride, including all of the ones mentioned above. It started at AK on Dinosaur one time and has carried over to any ride with any motion at all. The simulator rides would also get me in the past but never the ones mentioned above.

Has anyone else experienced something like this? I hit 40 last year and I'm wondering if that has something to do with it or if it is something else entirely.

It would really bum me out if from here on out I have to weigh feeling nauseous versus riding my favorite rides. I love all things WDW and have said many times on these boards that the resort is as important to me as the rides are but the rides are such an important part of the experience for me that if I had to slow down or stop them altogether I would be pretty bummed out.

Just wonder if I'm alone on this one. I hope not.

Jay

[MicMouse]

Me too. Can't ride the Carousel anymore, makes me sick to my stomach.

I rode the tea cups with my kids last summer and had to fix my eyes on one thing, or it would have been bad...very bad....

Time changes all - especially our equilibrium!

[BMan62]

You may want to check with your doctor about possible a ear infection or something else that may be affecting your equilibrium.

Of course, you could pack Dramamine, or the equivalent patches, to alleviate the symptoms.

[stephntampa]

I feel your pain... Dramamine low drowsy formula works wonders for me!!

[jakeybake]

Does Dramamine work? For some reason I thought it didn't help that much?

Jay

[It'sWDW4me]

I've never been able to go on jerky simulation (Star Tours) or spinning (Dumbo) rides. I shudder to think what would happen if I attempted the Teacups.

Maybe you could try a bit of Dramamine or something of the sort. If you think it would put you out (if the product "may" cause drowsiness I'm out like a light!), maybe half a dose would be enough to keep your stomach under control but leave you alert to enjoy your day.

40 is closing in on me fast (later this year) so I sure do hope that I don't get any worse with motion sickness!

[ILoveLegos]

It happened to me once at Six Flags on a day of coaster hoping, I go sick after each ride. Went to the Doctors afterward since that was so not like me, I had a double ear infection due to my short eustacian tubes, my already compromised equillibrium was totally shot. After meds to clear it up, I was back to my normal "only slightly off-balanced self". Maybe you should check with an Ears, Nose, Throat Specialist - In my case the Dr. really helped.

[casey@bat]

Ginger is suppose to help with nausea. I've never tried it. I saw it on a show on Food Network. They tested it on rides. I can't remember the results! Sorry.

[Dsnygirl]

Jay, the exact same thing happened to me... I'm 41, and somewhere between loving every crazy rollercoater ride in my 20's and hitting my late 30's and early 40's, something shifted, and I'm just not okay on them anymore.

I was never a "spinning ride" person, either, so I haven't gone on them in years & years - didn't even care for them as a late teen.

But rollercoaster and simulator rides never bothered me -- ever! That being said, my first time on RnRc, I was SO nauseaus when I got off... SM did a bit of a number on me all of a sudden (but I was fine later rides), Star Tours got to me so much so I had to close my eyes through most of it, and even EE got to me a bit!!

I guess I just chalked it up to things "shifting" in the equilibrium area as I got older... but then, when I went back to Disney w/ some g'friends 5 weeks after our family Christmas trip, I went back on everything except RnRc, and I was fine -- completely, totally fine!!

So, when I got home, I told my DH I just need to go to Disney more often, and I'll be fine...

[TikiLounger]

Jay, the exact same thing happened to me... I'm 41, and somewhere between loving every crazy rollercoater ride in my 20's and hitting my late 30's and early 40's, something shifted, and I'm just not okay on them anymore.

The same thing happened to my husband. He was always okay with anything until he hit his mid-thirties. Now, he has to pass on many of the rides he enjoyed in the past.

[mudpuppysmom]

I guess I'll join the "old folks club" too......I was fine until last week....We took our kids to Idlewild (a local amusement park here in PA) and they got a new teacups ride.....my sons and I rode it and when I got off I felt off, not really ill, just off -- the same feeling I got after riding Mission Space -- the wild version. I started to think last week that it must be b/c I'm getting older, which I've always made fun of DH when he tells DS#1 that mom has to ride b/c daddy gets sick!

I guess I'm going to have to deal with getting older and my head being a little off, which will be hard b/c I have a 7 year old and a 1 year old!

[DMApixie]

The same thing happened to my husband. He was always okay with anything until he hit his mid-thirties. Now, he has to pass on many of the rides he enjoyed in the past.

The same thing happened to my husband when he hit his late thirties. I thought he was making it up until the same thing happened to me when I hit mine! I was very sad thinking about not being able to enjoy the rides like I used to. Never thought about taking Dramamine...what a great idea!

[Stu29573]

Yep, it happens. I never was a wild ride lover, but I'm even less now. Of course, the doctor's visit couldn't hurt...

[Gusgus]

Wow... I thought it was just me. Things I did when younger now make me Dramamine helps me, but even the low drowsy formula makes me REALLY REALLY sleepy a few hours later.

Gusgus

[DCDisney]

Yup... hate to tell you but the aging process does affect the inner ear, which causes the motion sickness feelings or symptoms ...

although one time, I did have much worse symptoms than usual (ie. rode a really tame litte wooden coaster and felt sick afterwards), and did find out a few days later that I had a sinus infection. ....

but if you say that it's been about the last 3 visits ... sure sounds like the affects of the normal aging process ... now you know why the "old folks" aren't on the tea cups, carousel, or Expedition Everest ... it's not the fear of the ride, it's the fear of getting sick !

[hoop de do]

I'm probably older than most who have commented on your question. I can ride anything at the WORLD and have and still do. There is one ride that I rode once and will not ride again. The dreaded and hair raising "TEACUPS". It took me quite a while to get over it that day. Not sure why and don't care to find out.

[divinedi]

I've had motiion sickness for as long as I can remember, and have never enjoyed the spinny or roller coaster type rides. Flying isn't fun either, however, I have discovered ginger as well! I don't know if you have Gravol down in the States (it's like Drammamine) but they have ones that are ginger, and the last 2 times I flew, no problems! and no drowsiness either, I'm like another poster, Tylenol and the like make me sleepy! Might be worth a try.

[Lizzie]

I can't do Dramamine makes me feel out of it all day even the non drowsy kind. But you can get a patch to go behind your ear if you are looking for other options.

[cheshirecollector]

Yeah, it happened to me, in my thirties I think, but just with the spinning rides so far. I used to love them, now I can't ride them. No nausea on coasters yet, but I haven't been on one in a few years to check.

[DisneyDonald]

I'm 37 now and it hit me in my early 30's. I start taking ginger pills about a week before our trip and I also started taking the generic over the counter antihistamines (like Claritin). This worked great for me as long as I took it easy. I couldn't ride extreme rides over and over. We did ride SM three times in a row and it started messing with my head. Star Tours and Mission Space (light) also gave me a little motion sickness.