# Another Carnival Triumph Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 14, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-carnival-triumph-question/650338 "2013-02-14T22:39:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Snnipe\_70E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@Snnipe\_70E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snnipe_70E)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-carnival-triumph-question/650338/41 "2013-02-16T16:58:43Z")
> [@NitroPress](#): > > Pretty much, yes. They were retrofitted to slightly older ships when the newer ones had proved the technology (and gotten reputations for almost eliminating seasickness); I think even the remaining former liners like QE2 have been fitted with stabilizing tech. > > Earlier in our marriage, my wife swore she couldn’t look at a boat without getting sick, and had gotten seasick in a harbor cruise of her father’s naval craft (which I think was the freakin’ Enterprise). We took a fairly big chance on our first cruise and… no problem, even on the high-speed runs where the ship tends to bounce a bit. I bellieve the QE 2 was built with stabilizers. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-carnival-triumph-question/650338/42 "2013-02-16T19:35:42Z")
> [@Snnipe\_70E](#): > > I bellieve the QE 2 was built with stabilizers. You may be right, although I have a dim recollection of reading about an upgrade to her tech in this regard - maybe from fixed thrusters to pivoting ones. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-carnival-triumph-question/650338.md?page=2)