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Several posters have recently mentioned that HAL ships become very quiet after 9:30 PM. However, that does not necessarily mean that HAL is populated by geezers who cannot stay up past that time. I confess; I am one of those cruisers in bed by that time most evenings.

 

By no means am I a fuddy duddy or party pooper. However, I do cruise for the itinerary and choose port intensive sailings. After an early start to a full day of going and doing, capped by a few (?) Happy Hour glasses of wine, all I want to do is to organize myself for the next day's adventures and crash!

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I am so with you. We always get early dinner seating, go to the show and then back to the cabin by 9 or 9:30. I am usually in bed by 10pm (which is about 1/2 hour later than I am at home). My husband stays up a little longer. If I wake up earlier than him in the morning, I throw on some sweat pants and shirt and go to the lido for coffee (and yes sometimes pastry) and then finish breakfast when he gets up with him. It works for us. :rolleyes:

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I'm with all of you. My internal clock is presently set for 5:20 am for reasons that defy me, but it's usually 6:00. I enjoy music, movies, and evening drinks. I can't sustain it for an entire cruise but I appreciate the option. Especially on sea days. I like to be snug in my room by 10 even though I will often stay up to read til 11. DD likes to stay out later and so did the drunk guy banging on his? cabin door for over an hour around 2 am as the poor staff tried to dissuade him from waking everyone. Unfortunately, I do believe our habits may be a reason HAL is trying to tap into the younger, immortal crowd who can go all day and party all night. Way more money to be had from them!

 

 

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I feel everyone on this thread:p

Typically we hear of the party animals and we do not get it!!!

All good intentions to go to a show and there are times we can drag ourselves (just to say we have) and fall into bed.

So glad we are not the only ones:o

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I'm the same way. Sleeping in for me would be 7:00 even at home. Never have been a night owl. :p

 

Probably 99% of our cruises have been port-intensive, and that's the way we like it. Up early, on the go all day, dinner, show, and back to the cabin by 10 to get ready for the next day.

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At home we watch the news at 10, then head off to bed and read until 11 before calling it a day. While we don't live a sedentary lifestyle at home, we are definitely more active while cruising, especially on port days, so we're quite happy to head to our cabin early, perhaps have a nightcap on our balcony and turn in at our normal time. If that qualifies us for being called "old geezers", so be it. :)

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Don't feel bad. I've cruise Costa and Princess and there are many abed early on those lines also. Costa cruises were as ball room dancing group, and only a few lasted past 10:30. (usually the 30somethings)

Now I blame it on being a bird watcher - 5:15a.m. for work or birding prospects. I'll be torn whether to toss on some clothes to check for any ocean birds, or staying in bed with room delivery breakfast and a book - such a hard choice - but certainly tucked up in bed by 9-9:30 p.m.

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I'm with all of you. My internal clock is presently set for 5:20 am for reasons that defy me, but it's usually 6:00. I enjoy music, movies, and evening drinks. I can't sustain it for an entire cruise but I appreciate the option. Especially on sea days. I like to be snug in my room by 10 even though I will often stay up to read til 11. DD likes to stay out later and so did the drunk guy banging on his? cabin door for over an hour around 2 am as the poor staff tried to dissuade him from waking everyone. Unfortunately, I do believe our habits may be a reason HAL is trying to tap into the younger, immortal crowd who can go all day and party all night. Way more money to be had from them!

 

 

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I dunno about that! As a solo cruiser, I frequent the Crow's Nest to socialize, not for cheap drinks. Yes, my evening ends early, but my Happy Hour drinks are usually from a premium bottle of wine.

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We also retire between 9:30 and 10 unless there is something we are really interested in.

Whether we are going on an excursion or DH wants to go to the gym, we are up early. On non excursion days he likes to be in the gym by 6 AM.

We do the same thing at home -- he is on the road by 5:30 to get to the gym.

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I'm a early riser and a night owl rolled into one ... I can be up in the gym by 7a.m but still be up dancing till midnight and chatting by the pool till 3a.m ... And I can't do the napping on a lounger bit either ... I have a profound fear of running out of time to fit in everything I want to do in life so I just keep going till I fall over , lol

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dh and I for the most part are with everyone else on this thread. I am up early, I just can't help it. The sun comes up and so do I. But usually by 10 pm I am ready for bed or read or a good movie. Some night we go to the casino and may stay late (if we are winning) but it doesn't happen that often.

 

Any day that the weather isn't perfect on a cruise is also a good day for me to take an afternoon nap!!!

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I'm a early riser and a night owl rolled into one ... I can be up in the gym by 7a.m but still be up dancing till midnight and chatting by the pool till 3a.m ... And I can't do the napping on a lounger bit either ... I have a profound fear of running out of time to fit in everything I want to do in life so I just keep going till I fall over , lol

 

:eek: 4 hours of sleep max??? :eek:

If I don't get a minimum of 6-7 hours I'm NOT pleasant to be around. :D

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I'm curious what the ages are of those who are responding? And at what age does "geezerdom" kick in? (I suspect the second answer will vary depending on the first....) :D

 

I've cruised HAL sporadically since my late 30s. Now in my early 50s -- I choose port intensive itineraries but still am a night owl. One disappointment for me on HAL cruises is the lack of things to do in the evening if one is not a gambler. I'd probably sail with HAL more often if this weren't the case.

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DH and I are in our early 70's. Have always been early to bed, early to rise. On a cruise we are in bed by 9:00 but up at 4:30 to take advantage of the quiet crows nest to read and enjoy our morning coffee as the sun rises. Best time of the day.

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I'm curious what the ages are of those who are responding? And at what age does "geezerdom" kick in? (I suspect the second answer will vary depending on the first....) :D

 

I've cruised HAL sporadically since my late 30s. Now in my early 50s -- I choose port intensive itineraries but still am a night owl. One disappointment for me on HAL cruises is the lack of things to do in the evening if one is not a gambler. I'd probably sail with HAL more often if this weren't the case.

 

I think age may not have as much to do with it as you think. I'm 65 now, but have never been able to stay up much past midnight, even in my 30's I needed 7-8 hours' sleep to function. :D I love getting up early (I guess that's good, since I have never been able to sleep in). And I don't take naps either.

 

My sister is 6 years older than I am and the total opposite. She burns the midnight oil, but she also sleeps until 9 or 10 the next day. ;) Guess who is tired all the time? ;)

 

As long as we're happy with what we're doing, who cares?

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I am in my early 50s but get up at 4 for work so it is a rare night that I am up past 11:00. DH goes to pick up the children at Club Hal at 10 because I am too tired. Sleeping in for me is 5:30 :eek: But then again, since leaving university in Montreal I have never been a night owl.

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Hey! We're at least 20 years younger, apparently, than most of you on this thread and we can stay up! You bet!!

 

There are two whole instances when we can and do:

 

Late evening Crew Show

New Year's Eve

 

But, it isn't easy!

 

If we've had a nice long afternoon nap, we can otherwise stay up till, maybe, 10 pm after Main Upper Dining!!!

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We, too, retire early, and are in our late 60's. We cruise for itinerary and are up early on port days, early room service, to be ready for excursions and exploring. I think I may have overdone the ports on our last cruise, Western Europe & Norse Legends, because DH said he never wanted to take another cruise:( (we shall see!)

 

On sea days I like to attend morning Mass at 8 A.M. I do allow DH to sleep in:).

Karen

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I think age may not have as much to do with it as you think. I'm 65 now, but have never been able to stay up much past midnight, even in my 30's I needed 7-8 hours' sleep to function. :D I love getting up early (I guess that's good, since I have never been able to sleep in). And I don't take naps either.

 

My sister is 6 years older than I am and the total opposite. She burns the midnight oil, but she also sleeps until 9 or 10 the next day. ;) Guess who is tired all the time? ;)

 

As long as we're happy with what we're doing, who cares?

 

I only mention it because the OP brings up the stereotype that HAL is populated by geezers.

 

My thought about that is this: If you ask my 24-year-old son to define the age of geezerdom, you'll get a far different answer than if you ask me, or if you ask my parents (!!!).

 

As for getting up early -- I still have not "adjusted" to being an early riser after more than 15 years of living with a long commute and early at work time. :cool:

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:eek: 4 hours of sleep max??? :eek:

If I don't get a minimum of 6-7 hours I'm NOT pleasant to be around. :D

 

I'm not saying I'm pleasant to be around and it takes two strong coffee to make me even resemble human , but I just don't sleep. I have tried everything from meditation to diazepam and nothing works. I wasn't always like that though ... Apparently as a baby I would sleep for 8 hours through the night from birth and I struggled to get up for school as a child but about 10 years ago I became seriously ill and I've not slept through the night since ...

 

As for the other question on age .. I'm 42 apparently but on the inside I'm still 21 :D .

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I'm in my early 50's as well. I get up at 5 am on weekdays to get to work. I, too, need 7 - 8 hours sleep but rarely get more than 7. I need to get to bed early to get the sleep I require to function at work. On a cruise, the habit can be hard to break.

 

You sound just like me, except I just turned 50 so very early 50's.

 

I'm up at 5 a.m. for work. At home, I'm in bed around 8. I read and watch T.V. and am usually asleep sometime 9:30-10 p.m. So that gives me 7 or 7.5 hours of sleep.

 

So if I stay up till 11 on a cruise, that's a big change for me! Because I still wake up around sunup, even with the time changes.

 

I have found on my HAL cruises though that there generally isn't anything going on past 10:30 that would interest the passengers enough to stay up. Perfect example: One one cruise, I was in the Crow's Nest around 10-10:30 p.m. and they were doing some kind of game involving "oldies" music. The room was full. People were having a good time. As soon as that was over, the guy from the activity staff put on this really recent dance music and the room cleared out within a couple of minutes. I went over to him and asked if he knew who his passengers were and mentioned that they don't want to listen to this. He said "I have to play music for everyone." I told him that he just cleared the room, so he wasn't playing music for everyone. Only the two 20-somethings who remained. It was like he was telling everyone else to go to bed. Which is really kind of dumb, because the later they keep the passengers in a lounge the more likely they are to spend money.

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