[richstacy]

Norm, I don't know where you've been. It's true that you may go through 3 or four cruises, especially in the Caribbean in Jan or Feb with very little motion, but I Have seen 30ft+ seas off the coast of Australia in April, been chased by a typhoon in mid-Pacific in February and survived the roaring forties and the southern latitudes between cape Horn and Antarctica all on 5 star, mid to large cruise ships. Once in 1983, we saw every item on every table in every stateroom on the Crystal Harmony hit the floor off Australia -- stabilizers be damned. The finest dining room on the seas was virtually empty that night. It most certainly can happen -- and when it does Norm, you will not believe that anything that big can move that much. The wise cruiser has experienced this, usually more than once, and packs some Bonine just in case. It makes all the difference in the world.