To Bed Late? Up Early?

[ckrobyn]

I'm always up and around the ship by 5 AM. If I stayed in bed I'd be really annoyed with myself for missing my favorite time of the day to be on a ship and at sea. We always take my parents along and my mother is the other early riser in the family. That is our time together. I usually get to bed around 1 AM. There is always time to catch a nap on deck during the day.

 

I just learned something new about you today - cruising with your parents :) If there was a "Like" button, I would click it........I love spending time with my parents!!!

[ckrobyn]

I guess it depends on who I am cruising with :rolleyes:

 

With my DH and DD, we usually turn in around midnight - up later on nights that have later events like the Quest and the pool party/buffet. When I cruise with my girlfriends there is no way to predict how late I will stay up! If the casino is not to smokey and I'm winning, I could be in there as late as 2am or so.....or we may hang out in the Schooner Bar singing along with the piano man :o

 

Either way, I'm pretty much an early riser on cruises. We will see if that holds when I sail solo in my very first promenade cabin on the Indy in November!

[Wildcatfish]

Off to sleep by 1 a.m. and up no later than 6 a.m. Love the early morning hours aboard ship!

 

Also enjoy my afternoon nap! You'll find me about 3pm on deck 4 aboard Freedom class, or deck 5 aft aboard Oasis class.

[karena1]

Depending on the cruise we are up late with shows, entertainment, etc. And I am up by 5:45 AM regardless of what time I get to bed as I hit that gym at 6 am every morning on the ship. Then take a quick shower, grab a quick bite to eat with hubby and we are off the ship as soon as cleared in port. If a sea day, we hit the pool by 7:30, get our spot for the day and stay there until late afternoon.

 

I am up at 4:45 every morning at home to get to the gym by 5 am so doesn't matter what time I go to bed, I have to get up early. If I need to I take a power nap on the beach during the day.

[cincicruisers]

We tend to burn the candles at both ends. There is so much to see and do.. While on a cruise we take a luxurious nap sometime mid day I between activities. I get the best sleep during a nap.

[ChollaChick]

Because I work nights and DH works early mornings, our home schedules are kind of hard to align. On cruises he will join me a bit more in my night owlness. I like to enjoy breakfast in the MDR a few times on our cruises but I don't always make it in time. Cruises are no place for alarm clocks unless it's a port day.

[Rockette]

The night before sea days I'm usually up late. I always find things to be much more fun on those evenings. The night before an early port of call though? You better believe I'm one of the first ones off that ship, so I'm asleep by around midnight at the latest.

[Hozhoni]

I'm definitely a morning person up by 6 to run and then stretch class :) sunrise..coffee in DL breakfast. On first day, we like to board early eat then cat nap after exploring ship some before muster and sail away... up kinda late but not too late... :) repeat!!!:D

[Diplomacy]

up till 2, 3, or 4 am. If it's a sea day, i'll sleep till 11pm. If its a port day, up by 9am.

[riclop]

We watch the shows and go to bed around 11-1130 and get up 700-730 to get a nice relaxed breakfast before the masses wake up.

[casinostreer]

We love the casino (hence the screen name) but we also have a VERY active 3 year old who stays with grandma - also on the cruise - until we get back to the room. She likes to get up early. So - we're up late and then up early. We usually try to catch a nap either at the pool or in the room before dinner.

 

Some days it's the exact opposite. We pass out from being tired after dinner and then we're up at 5 am walking the ship when it's empty and quiet. By breakfast we've been up for hours.

 

We love it either way! We're on a beautiful boat in the middle of the ocean with our loved ones and 3000-4000 other vacationers. What could be better.

[Ocean Boy]

I guess it depends on who I am cruising with :rolleyes:

 

With my DH and DD, we usually turn in around midnight - up later on nights that have later events like the Quest and the pool party/buffet. When I cruise with my girlfriends there is no way to predict how late I will stay up! If the casino is not to smokey and I'm winning, I could be in there as late as 2am or so.....or we may hang out in the Schooner Bar singing along with the piano man :o

 

Either way, I'm pretty much an early riser on cruises. We will see if that holds when I sail solo in my very first promenade cabin on the Indy in November!

 

Did you know that I play piano? Indy has one up in the game room in the Viking Crown. I played pretty much every day when I was aboard. And, yes, I sing too.:p

[WrittenOnYourHeart]

I was absent the day they handed out the ability to sleep late, so I'm pretty much always up early unless I'm 100% exhausted.

 

And I *can* stay up, but given that I find the late night "games" and such moronic, I'm not wasting my time going to those. If I am up late, I'm either in my cabin or somewhere quiet reading, or maybe just strolling around on the outer decks.

[Viv0828]

I was absent the day they handed out the ability to sleep late, so I'm pretty much always up early unless I'm 100% exhausted.

 

 

Sigh. Me too. Would love to be able to sleep in. Didn't happen as a teenager and certainly isn't happening now. [emoji27]

[LilBlackDress]

I was absent the day they handed out the ability to sleep late, so I'm pretty much always up early unless I'm 100% exhausted.

 

And I *can* stay up, but given that I find the late night "games" and such moronic, I'm not wasting my time going to those. If I am up late, I'm either in my cabin or somewhere quiet reading, or maybe just strolling around on the outer decks.

 

I was absent the day they handed out the ability to sleep!! I wish I had the issue of waking up early or going to sleep early, but nooooooo My issue is sleeping period!

 

Since I could remember (age 4ish) I never slept more than a few hours a day. And not even a few hours straight. My typical sleep period is 2 to 3 hours and then about 16 hours later then a 1 - 2 hour nap.

 

Sleep Studies have turned me away saying I don't sleep enough to be studied, doctors have no answers. I can't count the number of specialists I have seen. I can lay in bed for hours and not be able to fall asleep :confused:

And what irritates me the most, my DH can seem wide awake and say he is going to sleep, and 5 minutes later he is out cold :mad:

 

Give me a 20 - 30 min nap and I am good to go!!

[Ladysilver]

We usually stay up a little later on a cruise but get up around the same time as we do at home. :)

[Desertbelle]

Poor sleeper here, also. I do my best sleeping from around 5 am to 9 am. I can go to bed at 11 pm and still not sleep a wink until after 4 am. I've tried sleeping pills of all sorts, and they do put me to sleep, but they make me feel icky the next day. Meditation, melatonin, listening to white noise, music....you name it, I've tried it.

 

Now....the one and only thing that puts me to sleep with any regularity? Cruising!! I'm not kidding, I sleep so much on cruise ships it's crazy. I am sure it's the movement of the ship, and I have very slight motion sickness (it's bad on choppy, small boats and in cars) and I guess my mind's defense is to sleep through the motion sickness (it's what I would do in the car when I was young). On a ship, I can fall asleep anywhere, anytime.

 

I need to figure out how to get a doctor's prescription for cruising and get my insurance to pay for it?!?! :D

[Viv0828]

You probably need a bed that gently rocks. I wonder if such a thing is made? And I don't mean a baby cradle - LOL!

Edited September 20, 2015 by Viv0828

[LuvWilliam]

Dance and drink until 3AM... Up at 8AM, Windjammer by 8:30 and pool by 9:00! Sometimes we nap from 3-4PM.

[UK Cruiser2]

Dance and drink until 3AM... Up at 8AM, Windjammer by 8:30 and pool by 9:00! Sometimes we nap from 3-4PM.

 

Thumbs up for this one :)

[Iron-Maiden's-No1-Fan]

I always watch the sunrise and watch the ship come into port with a coffee from cafe promenade. Then I go back to the cabin and get everyone up.

[preschool teacher]

i always seem to get to tired for the late night stuff..want to but body does not let me. and i'm not up too early either....

 

next cruise i promise myself i will have some late nights.....

[UK Cruiser2]

i always seem to get to tired for the late night stuff..want to but body does not let me. and i'm not up too early either....

 

next cruise i promise myself i will have some late nights.....

 

Have late nights. If you go to bed early you are bringing to an end another day of your cruise cutting it short :D

[RN4Nsy]

I stay up late so I don't miss anything, then I still get up early. I am known however to take an afternoon "Siesta". I just enjoy cruising so much I don't want to miss anything. When I get home I'll be pooped but that's ok. Maybe I can sleep on the plane!

 

Happy Cruising Everyone,

 

Myra

 

Cruise #13 in 28 days

Cruise #14 in 5 very long months

[MLBFan24]

I always try to catch one sunrise as well

 

But for the most part, when I'm on a cruise, my sleep schedule usually is 1 AM to 7 AM

 

If I feel like I need a nap during the day, I usually take one right before 6 PM dinner (so I basically shower and change for dinner around 5 PM, take a nap in-between, then straight to dinner). If I take a nap at any other time, I feel like I'm wasting time on a cruise!