Sapphire45 Posted July 20, 2013 #1 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Hi, DH & I looking at Pacific Isles & Coral seas cruise Feb 2014. Just a wee bit concerned that having read some of the posts we may be too young for the ship. Does anyone know what the average age of the Oceania cruisers are? DH is just into his 50s and I am younger. We would like to enjoy a vibrant and lively post dinner sesh and on our last cruise with Celebrity it seamed as though most of the cruisers opted for an early night. This was obviously not due to them being newlyweds. Having said that, we are not party animals and are not contemplating a cruise on Carnival. Do you think we could enjoy this trip? It's just that we do like to be up after midnight chatting with someone other than the bar tenders. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orchestrapal Posted July 20, 2013 #2 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Hi, DH & I looking at Pacific Isles & Coral seas cruise Feb 2014. Just a wee bit concerned that having read some of the posts we may be too young for the ship. Does anyone know what the average age of the Oceania cruisers are? DH is just into his 50s and I am younger. We would like to enjoy a vibrant and lively post dinner sesh and on our last cruise with Celebrity it seamed as though most of the cruisers opted for an early night. This was obviously not due to them being newlyweds. Having said that, we are not party animals and are not contemplating a cruise on Carnival. Do you think we could enjoy this trip? It's just that we do like to be up after midnight chatting with someone other than the bar tenders. :cool: You are not too young for O however the ship does get very quiet after the show and especially by midnight. You may want to use the search button at the top of the page as this topic has been discussed often on this board. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted July 20, 2013 #3 Share Posted July 20, 2013 I agree wth OP ..many people are in their cabins by midnight but usually are up early & ready to tour I am not sure on a SP cruise if it would be the same but for Europe it seems to be the case We have on occaision been up chatting with others that we met & enjoyed their company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapphire45 Posted July 20, 2013 Author #4 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Thanks, Just I was trying to find out if this would be a good choice for us as searches were inconclusive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapphire45 Posted July 20, 2013 Author #5 Share Posted July 20, 2013 We can be up well after midnight and still be up for breakfast and excursions the next day. "I'll sleep when I'm dead" LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulchili Posted July 20, 2013 #6 Share Posted July 20, 2013 We can be up well after midnight and still be up for breakfast and excursions the next day. "I'll sleep when I'm dead" LOL Lucky you. Just wait a little bit longer and you'll change your tune :D Or maybe lucky us to have been around long enough to sing a different tune? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoHoHo Posted July 20, 2013 #7 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Just a wee bit concerned that having read some of the posts we may be too young for the ship.... Does anyone know what the average age of the Oceania cruisers are? ... DH is just into his 50s and I am younger. ... As others have posted this question does come up but they can be hard to find. I can find this one because I posted on it. You might want to look at t thread. The OP starts out with "Hi, My wife is 55 and I am 47 and ..." http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1844899 Lucky you. Just wait a little bit longer and you'll change your tune :DOr maybe lucky us to have been around long enough to sing a different tune? :) You are so right. As I posted elsewhere "To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am." -Bernard M. Baruch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magroo Posted July 21, 2013 #8 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Hi, DH & I looking at Pacific Isles & Coral seas cruise Feb 2014. Just a wee bit concerned that having read some of the posts we may be too young for the ship. Does anyone know what the average age of the Oceania cruisers are? DH is just into his 50s and I am younger. We would like to enjoy a vibrant and lively post dinner sesh and on our last cruise with Celebrity it seamed as though most of the cruisers opted for an early night. This was obviously not due to them being newlyweds. Having said that, we are not party animals and are not contemplating a cruise on Carnival. Do you think we could enjoy this trip? It's just that we do like to be up after midnight chatting with someone other than the bar tenders. :cool: I'm 48 and my DH is 52. We just got back from a trip on Riviera. We felt very comfortable age-wise on this ship. In fact, there were several family groups with more kids on the ship than I had expected (not as many as I've seen on lines like Royal Caribbean and Norwegian, tho). I was impressed with how well-behaved the kids were. I have no doubt you will fit right in on this cruise line. Go!! and enjoy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacheco18 Posted July 21, 2013 #9 Share Posted July 21, 2013 It is fair to say that the majority of passengers fall in the range of 50 -80, every cruise is different. Depends on itinerary, time of year, length of cruise. On our last cruise -- 3 weeks to the middle east -- much of the crowd was on the upper end of that range. On our first O cruise -- 12 night Mediterranean cruise -- the crowd was considerably younger. I think it is hard to predict. We enjoy meeting adults of all ages We avoid cruises that are likely to have kids (holidays, shorter cruises, kids programs in Alaska). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wripro Posted July 21, 2013 #10 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Truth is there's nothing much worth staying up for imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacheco18 Posted July 21, 2013 #11 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Truth is there's nothing much worth staying up for imo. LOL Sadly, I agree Last 21 day cruise I went to the first show to scope out the "talent." Never went to another show. If you crave truly good entertainment, you need to go on a mass market line. It is a tradeoff, pure and simple. Not a tradeoff I care to make. Are some of the individual performers talented? Yes, to a degree. Worth staying up late for. Not IMO. Oceania has many strengths which is why I love it and it is my cruise line of choice. Entertainment is still sub par IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaiidan Posted July 21, 2013 #12 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Lucky you. Just wait a little bit longer and you'll change your tune :DOr maybe lucky us to have been around long enough to sing a different tune? :) From experience, where there are many days between ports. it has been my experience that things pretty much shut down after 10pm Most going to their cabins to relax after dinner, read, or review things learned from entichment classes during the day. Casinos and disco,bars pretty much deserted. This region is where you are the most active 8-5 daily and slow down for dinner and maybe a show but not that often. A dvd in the cabin being preferable for many. I would say age wise for a cruise to this area of the world and for lengths of 14+ days 65-75 seems to be the vast majority maybe 5 or 6 couples under 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogfam Posted July 21, 2013 #13 Share Posted July 21, 2013 What I have found is usually the more expensive the cruise line and the longer the cruise, the older the passengers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floridiana Posted July 23, 2013 #14 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Rogfam is correct. Our adult children would love to go on a really long Oceania cruise. However, they neither have the vacation time nor the money. Lots of other 'children' must be in the same position. The 'children' of the superrich are probably on private yachts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorisis Posted July 23, 2013 #15 Share Posted July 23, 2013 It does seem to be very quiet after showtime. Probably because Oceania cruises are port intensive and after or before a long day's excursion, one needs sleep. Your age should fit in very well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treasure4two Posted July 29, 2013 #16 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Thanks, Just I was trying to find out if this would be a good choice for us as searches were inconclusive. Our first cruise on Oceania and my husband was 50(I am a cougar-9 years older than husband ;)) and we did alot of things with a couple in their 40s and never once did they mention anything about it not being good for their age group. You will enjoy the elegance and the personalized treatment plus, getting closer into ports, and so many more things. We just booked our third and are really looking forward to it. Also, on Cruise Critic, you can do the roll call and meet up with great people and also maybe book your own land tours with other people on the thread. Many people on the Oceania cruises are seasoned travelers and will help with the land tours which can get quite pricey otherwise. If we could afford it and had the time(I am still working fulltime and so is my husband), we would only book on Oceania or Azamara!! Come on aboard!!:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTor Posted August 9, 2013 #17 Share Posted August 9, 2013 We just returned from 12 days on Riviera in Europe. We are close to your age (43 and 45). We enjoyed it and did meet people who were fun to talk to, but the true answer to your question (at least on this sailing) is "old". I'd say average 65-70 and there were quite a few walkers etc. The "typical" cruisers were retired couples. Once the show ended in the evening there were typically fewer than 10 couples in the lounges etc. However, we chose this sailing for the ports and were touring intensively starting from 8 am every day, so by 10 or 11 pm we were ready to wind down most days too. I think you might notice the age/energy differences more on a sailing with lots of sea days. I would not discourage you from trying the line - we enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ronrick1943 Posted August 10, 2013 #18 Share Posted August 10, 2013 So what is age, everyone is a person. Who cares, there are some people that are young I wouldn't want to be around and some I would--same for older people. It's really who you are, not how old you are! Let's just have a good time while on vacation or just getting away. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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