How much sleep do you get on a cruise?

[vowsatsea]

Just wondering...I'm sure it varies. My last cruise, I got maybe 3-4 hours a night and I was energized as ever. My friend wanted to sleep until noon, but I didn't pay $2,000 to be on a ship and sleep half the day away.

 

On my next cruise, I plan to get roughly 3-4 hours a night. Usually on vacation, the adrenaline is pumping so much that I don't even want to sleep!

[daveco58]

On my first cruise, at 22, I think I slept about 15hours total, in a week. the last few, in my 40's, if I dont get 6 hours a night, I am worthless. And sometimes I have to slip in an hour nap in the afternoon. Like I said - oh to be young again. All I can say is "enjoy it while it lasts".:D

[fantavet]

3 to 4 hours only a night would kill me. I like to get 7 to 8. My wife can sleep 10 hours easily. I look at a cruise as a different type of vacation.

 

My last big trip was Disney World with the family for 8 days. We loaded up. Park Hopper passes, both water parks, Pleasure Island. Had a great time but it also wore us out. We scheduled 2 to 3 hour breaks each day but we kind of felt guilty when we were back at the hotel (we stayed on site). Actually set my alarm to wake up at 6:30 am each day :eek:

 

A little more info...we did it in July, HOT!! Should have factored the heat toll a little more then I did.

 

On a cruise I don't feel that pressure to get up and go each day. It is all about relaxation. I know I can sleep at home and save the money but that does not work. At home I feel guilty, things should be fixed, lawn should be done, laundry, house cleaning....

 

On a cruise I can't do that stuff so it makes it easier to relax. We might schedule 1 or 2 excursions that require getting up but for us that was rare. Didn't do any excursions last trip.

 

Besides on sea days, what is the rush to get up for? I was like you on my first cruise but quickly got over that aderenaline problem :)

[pg.]

I could not manage on 3 or 4 hours of sleep. I would get sick and die.

I can understand OPs point about not wanting to waste time they are paying for so to speak, but for us, that would apply on when ship is in port. On port days I like to be off the ship by 9 am( assuming it docks around 8) . On sea days I sleep till 9 am. A cruise is definately a high relaxtion vacation for us, on land trips we are more active.

Cruising is about snoozing and boozing.. lol( not that we drink that much though, LOL)

[madjohn]

My wife and I have decided cruises work for us becuase of this. I only want about 6/7 hours a night sleep (in my 40's) and I dont want to waste my vacation. My wife's idea of a vacation is to sleep until noon. Here is the rub, if we go any place else by 7 am I am up and ready to go and my wife is still in bed. You can guess one of us is not a happy camper.:mad: On a cruise it works great. I get up and go to breakfast and walk the ship and do all sorts of things while she sleeps. Around 10 am I go and leave a message in the room (she is still in bed) and tell her where I will be in the afternoon. She then will come find me. No fight and no one upset. When we are in port she will get up and get of the ship knowing that another sea day is coming. This works for us.

 

John:)

[bbcc]

Just wondering...I'm sure it varies. My last cruise, I got maybe 3-4 hours a night and I was energized as ever. My friend wanted to sleep until noon, but I didn't pay $2,000 to be on a ship and sleep half the day away.

 

On my next cruise, I plan to get roughly 3-4 hours a night. Usually on vacation, the adrenaline is pumping so much that I don't even want to sleep!

Hi Sabrett-We do 1st seating, then a show, listen to a musician, dance, then to bed unless there's a late movie on TV or MUTS or in the lounge. If I wake in the night and can't go back to sleep then off the internet( no lines):D Naps before dinner help the evening hours. I feel sorry for those that feel guilty on a cruise unless they booked a 7 day and wish it was a b2b2b.:eek: Keep on crusin, Paul & Trudi in San Diego:)

[Spikesgirl]

The nice thing about cruises is that it can be made to tailor fit everyone's needs and/or preferences. I get up early (4:30) and go to bed early(8:30-9). My husband is that opposite - he likes to stay up late and sleep in. The cruise is perfect as there is stuff for both of us to do whenever we are up and around.

 

I don't feel a need to do everything(eat everything, drink everything, etc.) just because I've paid 'x' number of dollars for it.

 

Charlie

[RCCLismyfav]

WE managed to get about 5-6 hours a night, we relax on sea days and usually get an afternon nap after laying in the sun for 4-6 hours. We are used to getting up early 4:00 a.m., so we try to stick to our schedule as much as possible.

[last_mango]

We sleep a lot during the cruise...we used to do vacations where we would sleep very little and just go, go, go all the time, but we got tired of needing a vacation from our vacation. I get about 5-6 hours of sleep per night usually, so on vacation I aim for 8-9 per night, plus a few naps in the afternoon or before dinner.

[JkyLovesRuss]

We need at least 7 hours of sleep during a cruise. I never nap at home, but during a cruise I nap every day in between lunch and dinner. It must be the motion of the ship in the water or all the extra food ;). I would not have a good time with 3 or 4 hours of sleep. I'd be grumpy...:p

[agabbymama]

I don't really do anything differently on vacation than when I'm home. We eat dinner early, go to first show, back in cabin and to bed 9:30-10:00 except on Grand Buffet night. Then I try to go to bed at 8:30, up at 11:30 off to the dining room, then back to bed about 1:00am. I don't like to vary the schedule for a vacation. It would be too hard to get back into the routine when I return home to work. I have to be up at 4:30 or 5:00 on a workday and couldn't do that if I stayed up past 10:00.

 

Plus I try to select port intensive cruises, and want to be off the ship by 9:00 to see the town, tour, and shop.

 

So I guess I usually get 7-8 hours sleep per night.

[momofkaze]

My Dh is a napper and I am not....so while we cruise and on sea days, he gets his name, I walk the deck....we are both happy. We sleep about 6-7 hours a night, less then at home, why? Because I love the ocean and I want to watch it from the deck.

[LHP]

Karaoke usually runs until midnight. Then the piano bar closes about 1AM. Then if there is a band still going, I go listen to them. I do not do the disco.

So I am in bed every morning by 2AM "ish". On Sea Days I get up at 8AM....earlier on port days depending on when we are getting to the port.

 

5 - 6 hours a night. I can't do that on a regular basis, but I can hang in there for one week!!

[tonid1980]

At home during the week I get at most 7 hours of sleep a night and it leaves me exhausted by the end of the week. So I try to get 8 or 9 hours at least half of the nights of the cruise.

 

Will get up early on one or two port days and on one or two sea days (early being 8 or 9!) but will sleep late otherwise....

 

We can have a great time during our waking hours and sleep in and stilll totally get our moneys worth... I , Like LHP, enjoy karaoke and the piano bar...so when theyre done im back in my room... sometiems with roomservice and a movie :)... ahh... cruising... 5 days! I CANT WAIT

[Nancy & Don]

It takes me about 10 days to adjust to the twice yearly changes with Daylight Savings time. I normally get about 6 hours of sleep at home. Last April my wife and I flew from NE Pennsylvania to Los Angeles to sail to Hawaii.

 

On board I typically fell asleep around midnight and woke up anywhere between 3:30 and 4:30 in the morning. I'm not complaining; I really enjoyed the ship while we crossed the Pacific to Hawaii, and I was always up to view the lights of each island as we approached pre-dawn. Of course, by the time the cruise started back to LA, I had adjusted to Hawaii time. So reverse the process to adjust my internal clock back to east coast time. I took several afternoon naps when we returned home . . . because being at home is not as exciting as being on a cruise.

 

Don

[Tweek]

We always do late seating because that is 99% all adults:) and, allows us time after a day in port to dress for dinner and enjoy a happy hour cocktail or two. So, by the time dinner is over it's about 10 p.m. we go to a show, or casino, or a (WINDY) walk or listen to some music the off to bed around 11:30-midnight. This is the time I love. Crawl in bed with my next day's activities newspaper and highlighter in hand hi-light what we want to do the next day. Up around 6:30, clean up and off to breakfast for another fun-filled busy day.:p So, we usually average about 6 hrs/night. That's enough for me. I don't want to miss anything.

[pfman]

Sleep??????

[jalexsai]

I used to stay up when I went to Vegas in my 20's and 30's. Now, I need 8 hours every day. I don't change much on my cruises, but there is a lot of activity later at night. I may try to stay up to midnight or 1am this time when I don't have an early excursion.

[bibb]

When we first started cruising (1985), we tried to do everything that was available and would crash on the 3rd or 4th day from exhaustion. We have learned to relax. Now, at 72 (DW is 59), we get to bed anywhere from 12:30 to 3:00AM and up for breakfast around 8:30. If needed, we grab a "power nap" in the afternoon and we're great to go.

 

If a cruise is going to be a "once in a lifetime" thing, I think the cruisers should forego the sleep routine and have a ball. If the cruise is a regular thing, then do whatever pops your corn.

[seadancer]

in bed by 10 and up by 7 on the cruise. which is way different from my normal of 4:30am and 9pm. I'm getting an extra 1 1/2 hrs everyday:D Love my cruises:p

[vijoge]

We sleep a lot. Up late, nap in deck chairs during the day, in bed by 10. I could sleep on deck all day!

[bethaniesmom]

i must be getting old!

we had this plan on our recent cruise to take a nap every afternoon...that didn't happen.....so I am in bed by 11, husband is off at the casino till 2....we are up by 6:30 for room service coffee before breakfast in the dining room about 8! we were exhausted after this trip, took us a week to get back into the swing of the morning alarm at 5 for work!

 

Beverly

[nla]

I need 6 hours or I'm miserable:(

[flvol77]

My wife and I love to sleep (we are in our late 20's) we work hard and a cruise for us is all about rest and relaxation. I love to sleep on the balcony watching the ocean go by - if we don't get at least 8 hours of sleep at night and a 1-2 hour nap during the day something is wrong.

[newmexicoNita]

I would think we fall into that catagory, but our kids are as bad. When cruising if we don't do the freestyle, which we usually do, we opt for early dining; do the show thing and then maybe listen to a little music, visit the casino or whatever. 11pm it is time to call it a night. We may have a nightcap in the cabin but it is rare we are up after 11:30,if that late.Last year cruising with my DD, the casino was offering free drinks to the ladies after midnight. We were bound and determined to get our free drink: we did, but by midnight plus 10 minutes we were in out cabin. It is rare for us to take a nap unless we have been awake the night before because of rough seas or whatever. 7 hours min; 9 hours max, but we love our sleep. In Vegas we are as bad. NMnita