What Time is Bed Time?

[sail7seas]

I have seen/heard on recent cruises that various evening activities had very low attendance.

Are you interested in evening shipboard activities or is it early to bed for you? (I imagine there would be some variance depending upon how port intensive the itinerary or if you are booked on many early morning tours.)

 

 

[Spot]

We aren't early to bed but don't particularly care for late night activities, this is one reason why we so enjoy HAL.

[Sheebah]

I've found the earlier we eat dinner the more we want to do activities. If we eat late, we end up burned out and just want to relax.

I've also noticed a correlation between number of sea days and my interest in evening activities. The more sea days, the more I'm looking to be entertained.

[SHayesShip]

It really varies for me. I turn in between 10pm to 12 midnight every night. But the majority of times it is between 10 to 11pm regardless of what activities there are.

[Aussie Gal]

We usually go to be around 11.00-11.30pm. We always have dinner at 8pm and often will go and watch a show afterwards.

 

If we have an early morning we may miss the show and go to bed a little earlier though we don't like going to bed too early after eating. We do like our food to settle a bit before bedtime.

 

Jennie

[Southbound]

After the show, we usually go up to the Crow's Nest for a drink (or two) and enjoy the trivia contests (as spectators). Then around midnight we'll head back to our cabin via the Lido buffet so DH can have his pre-bedtime cheese fix while en route.:D

[Copper10-8]

We always have 2nd seating dinner which, for us, means going to the late show at 10:15 PM. After that, we usually head to the Crow's Nest (or the Ocean Bar on Prinsendam) calling it a night sometime between midnight and 0100 (except when we have an early excursion the next morning;) ).

[airlink diva]

I have seen/heard on recent cruises that various evening activities had very low attendance.

 

Are you interested in evening shipboard activities or is it early to bed for you? (I imagine there would be some variance depending upon how port intensive the itinerary or if you are booked on many early morning tours.)

 

 

 

I admit that even with my "young age 38 :D ",It varies on cruises! The first night I try to stay up for the show and a visit to Northern Lights (but most of the time I'm so sleepy because I get up so early on sailing day!!)

On sea days (except for the last day on the ship), I tend to stay up until midnight or beyond. But on port days, esp if they are group together, I'm in bed after dinner. I know that of my upcoming sailing on the Maasdam, that we have five days in a row with port calls, on those nights, depending on what I do on shore, I will either go to dinner (second seating) and return to the room, eat in the Lido or just order room service and have a relaxing dinner in my room.

I will try to view a show if alot of positive comment are posted. But overall, on port days, I'm in bed early

[kryos]

I'm generally heading back to my stateroom most nights before midnight. Usually I have late seating dinner, then may take in a show, and then will head up to the Lido deck for a nice cup of java and a cigarette before heading to bed.

 

Of course, when the next morning is a port day ... if I have an early excursion, I could be in bed much earlier ... by 10:00/10:30.

 

I never was a late night person to begin with, so I don't tend to put in late nights on a cruise either. I'd much rather be up and about during the day, when there are far more things that interest me going on.

 

Blue skies ...

 

--rita

[jhannah]

We're not late night people, either. We are usually in for the night by 10:30. I much prefer to awake early and watch the sunrise and/or arrival in port from our verandah. Nothing like it!

[Krazy Kruizers]

If there is a good show - like new ones we had on the Statendam - we will stay up and then have a night cap.

 

Otherwise we usually just roam around for awhile, have a night cap and go to bed early.

 

DH likes to be in the gym by 6 AM.

[SDHALFAN]

Oh Lord: I am soooo boring. I am most definitely a "morning person" and the early morning is my favorite time of the day so I'm usually in bed by 10 - 10:30 p.m. I rarely go to the shows and usually just drop a few dollars in the slots after an early dinner, or I may go to the Explorers' Lounge and listen to lovely music before going back to my cabin to watch a DVD, then off to bed to dream of the next day's adventures.

 

Valerie:)

[lvs2crooz]

We usually have late seating, so we'll go to the show ,then take a short walk around the ship or have a nightcap on our balcony , while looking out at the ocean and enjoying the peace and quiet and each others company. On sea days we tend to stay up later and go to the casino or one of the lounges for a short while after the show. My DH and I like to go to sleep around 11:30 on port days so we're full of energy and ready to explore the ports of call. Mary

[RevNeal]

It all depends upon what's going on the next day ... and, of course, what I did that day. If it's been a VERY long day, with a LONG shore excursion, I might go to bed early. MIGHT. It's more likely that if I'm going to be getting up EARLY for an early port arrival/shore excursion, then I'm more likely to hit the sack around midnight.

 

Otherwise ... I'm a night owl, and will tend to stay out to 1 or 2 am, depending upon with whom I'm cruising and what kind of activities we're up to. I LOVE roaming the ship after everybody else turns in and the ship quiets down. I've sometimes gone to my cabin around 12:30 or 1 am, caught an hour or 2 of shut-eye, then have gotten up (thrown on some sweats or some-such) and go wander around for 40 minutes or an hour. I often take my camera on such junkets and will get some good interior shots. :)

[LAFFNVEGAS]

I guess we too are in the majority here. We end up going to bed about 10 to 10:30. With cruising as often as we have in recent years we tend to skip the shows. We go to early lower dinner, then walk around the ship for a while. We may stop to have a drink in the Explorer's Lounge then back to our cabin to relax, maybe sit out on the verandah and watch the stars. Then lights out. I also enjoy wathcing us come into port in the morning there is just something exciting about it.:)

[the2ofus]

I do enjoy going to the shows and then listening to music in the Ocean Bar, Explorer's Lounge and Piano Bar. Rarely stay up past midnight.

 

I think HAL policy/practice may be partly responsible for the sparse attendance at late evening venues. All the musicians seem to take their breaks at the same time. When the Ocean Bar combo took their evening breaks, DH and I used to go looking for another place to dance or listen to music. Invariably, we found that in all the other venues the musicians were also on break. When there's no music anywhere on the ship, people tend to drift off to their cabins. We have mentioned this as a negative factor on all our comment cards, but the practice has never altered on any of the HAL ships we've been on.

 

We would usually go out on deck for our evening mile stroll during the late evening musicians' break and then check back in at the Ocean Bar to dance a bit more.

 

At midnight all the musicians pack up for the night, except the DJ in the crows' nest. About then, I head for the Lido for a cup of decaf coffee and a cookie, then head for my cabin.

[the2ofus]

"I LOVE roaming the ship after everybody else turns in and the ship quiets down. I've sometimes gone to my cabin around 12:30 or 1 am, caught an hour or 2 of shut-eye, then have gotten up (thrown on some sweats or some-such) and go wander around for 40 minutes or an hour. I often take my camera on such junkets and will get some good interior shots. :)"

 

 

Oh Revneal, guys are so lucky! I don't think a woman would dream of roaming around the ship alone at 2 or 3 a.m.. no matter how pleasant and peaceful that might be. I just would not feel safe doing that.

[Atomica]

I usually go to bed between midnight and 1am - I like going for an evening drink after the late show, and then maybe poke around the midnight buffet for a litte bit. Other than that, I enjoy a walk around the promenade deck before heading back to my cabin for the evening.

[jagsfan]

Sounds like a good group of people on HAL. Enjoy the cruise but stay out

of trouble and off CNN.

[msraye]

I tend to spend the first 2 or 3 days sleeping--i.e. in bed around 9 or 10 plus naps during the day. I sometimes skip dinner in the dining room in order to sleep. Once over my first exhaustion I am good till midnight or so. I would love to dance or do late night activities but being without a partner there is no point as most seem geared toward couples.

[giggles217]

I enjoy the nighttime activities and tend to stay up later than my DH but since he's an early riser my sleep time gets less and less as the cruise goes on so then I'll start turning in earlier too. I find myself taking more late afternoon naps so that I can get the best of the evening and the mornings!!!

[LolaWiz]

I have seen/heard on recent cruises that various evening activities had very low attendance.

 

Are you interested in evening shipboard activities or is it early to bed for you? (I imagine there would be some variance depending upon how port intensive the itinerary or if you are booked on many early morning tours.)

 

 

 

normally we stay up at least to see the show after dinner (early seating) or perhaps go to the disco or casino for a bit, but normally, i crash pretty early.

On our last cruise, my DH and i were the ones to be in bed by 10 when my inlaws and mom were up til 2-3am! :o

[serendipity1499]

I'm a night owl at home, usually turning in after 1:a.m. but will sleep in until around 8:00 in the morning..However when on board, we usually walk a mile on the Promenade deck around 7:00 a.m & then go to breakfast with our friends...

 

We have dinner late & then attend the show..My DH heads back to the cabin after the show to do his reading or puzzles (he will not gamble)..I will occasionally go to the casino with our friends & play the slots for about 1/2 hour or so..10 min if I've lost my evening allotment quickly..If after a couple of days I consistently lose my small allotment, I don't bother to play anymore & will instead head back to the cabin to do some reading before turning out the light..

 

I would love to go & listen to the Music, but unfortunately can't drink anything alcoholic at night, as I wake up with a pounding headache the next morning even if I've only had one drink:( ..When we have wine with dinner will always take an aspirin before going to bed, which is not the best thing to do especially if you have a tendancy get to heart-burn...

 

Of course our afternoons (& some mornings) at sea are spent sleeping (err reading) on the Promenade deck,;) unless there's a good lecture....Then will go to the Queens Lounge for the lecture & about 1/2 way through will fall asleep..:o Those seats are so comfortable..

 

I seem to sleep much better on a ship than I do at home! :D

[hammybee]

We always have 2nd seating dinner which, for us, means going to the late show at 10:15 PM. After that, we usually head to the Crow's Nest (or the Ocean Bar on Prinsendam) calling it a night sometime between midnight and 0100 (except when we have an early excursion the next morning;) ).

 

Same here.

I am a life long insomniac and get along on about 4-5 hours of sleep, most nights. Therefore, I am used to being the night owl and the early bird.

 

I once read soemwhere that insomniacs tend to eat more than the typical person, especially chocolate.

[Sueseb]

For us it depends on the show, the music , the next day's plans etc. We do plan to go to the crew show, usually at 11:30 PM. They are VERY sparsely attended but have some really good talent. If you've never attended one, give it a try. I was surprised that there were not more crew members attending but we were told that they are not allowed to as they are not supposed to socialize with the PAX. Sue