Bar hours of operation

[Jim and Monika]

Having never sailed Oceania, we are trying to see how late the bars are open. We have not found any information from our searches other than very limited entertainment after 10 pm. If each ship is different, we will be sailing on the Insignia to Bermuda.

Thanks,

Jim

[StanandJim]

Martini's and Horizons are the two "late night bars"  and they typically close by midnight (1AM at the latest). 

The patrons are so few and far between by that hour that staying open later just does not make any sense.  

 

[pinotlover]

The bar that stays open the latest is usually the open by the casino. While most do close by midnight, if the casino is busy on a particular night , that bar can stay open until 2 or 3 am. It is however totally dependent upon demand and casino crowd.

[StanandJim]

1 hour ago, pinotlover said:

The bar that stays open the latest is usually the open by the casino. While most do close by midnight, if the casino is busy on a particular night , that bar can stay open until 2 or 3 am. It is however totally dependent upon demand and casino crowd.

True on the O class ships but on the R Class, which would include Insignia which is at question here, there is no dedicated Casino Bar. They send drinks up via room service after Martini's closes.  

[Jim and Monika]

Thank You for the replies, we are usually up really late on vacation.

[cruisead]

Oceania isn’t much of a late night cruise line basically for a couple of reasons:  the passengers are usually an older group and if you’re on a port intensive cruise, people tend to turn in early to get ready for the next port. On most of the cruises we’ve been on, Martinis is virtually empty by 11. 

Edited April 30, 2019 by cruisead

[Paulchili]

4 hours ago, Jim and Monika said:

we are usually up really late on vacation.

In that case you may want to re-think your choice of cruise lines - you may be all alone (and dry) if you stay up “really late”  🙂

Edited April 30, 2019 by Paulchili

[princeton123211]

There are plenty of bars open quite late on Front Street the night Insignia is docked in Hamilton. Late night options are far less the two nights the ship is in the much sleepier St Georges. 

[Jim and Monika]

How about the pool, does that stay open 24 hours?

[Silver Sweethearts]

27 minutes ago, Jim and Monika said:

How about the pool, does that stay open 24 hours?

 

That would be doubtful, as the crew needs a chance to wash the deck and the area would be roped off.  The crew would also need a chance to set out the loungers, etc. for the next morning.

[StanandJim]

10 hours ago, Silver Sweethearts said:

 

That would be doubtful, as the crew needs a chance to wash the deck and the area would be roped off.  The crew would also need a chance to set out the loungers, etc. for the next morning.

I don't believe that I have ever sailed on, or even heard of, a Cruise ship pool which was open all night.  

[princeton123211]

2 hours ago, StanandJim said:

I don't believe that I have ever sailed on, or even heard of, a Cruise ship pool which was open all night.  

Seabourn will leave a hot tub or two open into the wee hours if you ask. 

[Jim and Monika]

They were almost always open on Princess...

[Silver Sweethearts]

1 hour ago, Jim and Monika said:

They were almost always open on Princess...

 

That would lead us to believe they have a clientele that wants that sort of thing (read: late night activity).

[pinotlover]

Aboard Oceania, the difference in activity and energy levels between cruises can be enormous. It rarely has anything to do with the number of port days, but usually entirely on the passengers themselves. We’ve been on cruises where the Show Lounge has large attendance and the casino is hopping ever night until 1:00 a.m.  We’ve also been on Oceania cruises we’re Martinis is dead by 8:00 and maybe 35 people attend the show at 9:30, and a recurring theme is “ I haven’t seen the backside of 9:00 in 20 years”! I’ve been on cruises where Oceania has spent considerable money to bring very highly talented actors aboard for the shows , and you feel sorry for the actors. Hard for them to get up and going in an act, with all the juices flowing, in a near empty lounge. 

 

It’s a box of chocolates actually, with many sailing O wishing for the latter. 

[Paulchili]

15 hours ago, pinotlover said:

It rarely has anything to do with the number of port days, but usually entirely on the passengers themselves

I think that longer and far-away cruises (Asia, Australia, Middle East, etc) tend to attract older clientele both because of the cost and length of the cruise that younger people still working and having families are less likely to book. Hence these cruise are more “sedate”.

Conversely, a Carib cruise tends to attend younger and more active crowd for obvious reasons.

[Paulchili]

16 hours ago, pinotlover said:

It rarely has anything to do with the number of port days, but usually entirely on the passengers themselves

My last sentence above should read that it tends to attract rather than attend

Edited May 9, 2019 by Paulchili
Wrong auto correct

[pinotlover]

Paul;

 

I believe you are mostly correct, however so many exceptions exist it’s hard to judge. I believe you were with me on the 16 day Marina-Sidney- Auckland Cruise a few years back. Longish cruise to far away places and that cruise was certainly not sedate! OTOH, our 15 day HK-BGK cruise was a sleeper! My 20 day around Nordcap to Archangel was a Geriatric cruise!

 

Funny story. I was talking to the OCA on a recent cruise about some upcoming cruises. So she asks me which cruise was my favorite and least favorite. I listed the Geriatric cruise as my least, then she started laughing. Told me that was by no means an old cruise ( half the ship over 80). She had been on what was believed to have been O’s oldest customer cruise. Average age 94 and for many it wasn’t a young 94. Then she started listing a string of medical emergencies and unpleasant issues that arose on that cruise! Could you imagine being a youngish 55 and being on that cruise? Would probably be your last! One never knows until they sail.

Edited May 9, 2019 by pinotlover

[StanandJim]

4 hours ago, pinotlover said:

Could you imagine being a youngish 55 and being on that cruise? Would probably be your last! One never knows until they sail.

I would worry more about it if I had ever met a single solitary person who ever categorized themselves as an "old 55".

Everyone sees themselves as young

Until they die, anyway.... 😇

[pinotlover]

Going to my 50th High School reunion this fall. Remember my 40 when I was 58. There were quite a few 58 going on 75 in that room! 

 

Some at 55 we’re energetic and active, talking about what they’re doing and where they’re going, while others wanted to set around and talk about their aches, pains, and how many times they have to get every night to go to the bathroom!

 

I’m sure 10 years later things haven’t improved much! There are youngish 55 and their are old farts the same age!

[Mura]

There are.  I was at my 50th college reunion five years ago and aside from some sporting grey hair -- the rest of us change color depending on mood -- we were and still are an active group.

 

A friend of mine who always organized "spontaneous" activities at our Reunions -- she was suffering from cancer that last time and died a couple of years later -- did some of her best work at our 25th reunion.  The general consensus was that our group was livelier than the students.

 

It does depend ... you are right.

 

Mura