Average age on Celebrity?

[Bellfree Bat]

Rouge: You had me laughing!

 

We are in our late 40's early 50's and looking forward to our first Celebrity cruise on the Summit in January. No worries about the age of fellow passengers. From our Roll Call thread there seem to be a variety of ages going. Demographic shouldn't be any older than our HAL cruise a few years ago when an older gentleman proclaimed, "I wan't told that this was a geriatric cruise"! I kid you not...They could have had scooter races around the Promanade deck for an activity. l still had a great time and enjoyed our table mates who included 2 widows each traveling alone.

 

Have fun!

[eandj]

 

You projected far more into what I said than you should have. No need to fell sorry because you thought I had a bad cruise, yet to have such. However, that does not mean I see the world through rose coloured glasses either. I am sorry you take issue with my “unflattering” take on what Celebrity offered. It's just the facts as I see them Mam'm. COLOR]

 

Hey Rouge,

 

I have no problem with your criticizing the food on Celebrity or the entertainment. It is always subjective. And I actually enjoy hearing others' opinions. I'm definitely not one to look thru rose colored glasses.

However... I did see your remarks about seniors to be unflattering...not to them, but to you. If someone in their later years has a laid back way of living or chooses to discuss health issues, boring to you or not, a little tolerance goes a long way. So what if they didn't have an answer you thought would be funnier in the Newlywed game. Are you kidding me? I've heard "unfunny" answers/humor from people of all ages. Not you?

 

You said in a previous post.." Some people are so insecure they can't stand it when someone has a point of view that differs with their own little view of life. " You sound like the insecure person that you spoke of. Perhaps instead of mocking the older people that surround you because their idea of fun or lifestyle is different than yours, you can appreciate that they have a life and the health that affords them to travel and enjoy their final years, no matter how they choose to do it.

 

Answering a question about demographics on a particular cruise doesn't really need degrading remarks about people,ages or personality types. I presume you thought you were being funny...

 

I'm glad you continue cruising and hope you find the acceptable people to surround yourself with. Pray you don't grow old...or OLD, as you say.

 

By the way, I'm almost 10 years closer to senior age than you, so perhaps that is why I have the wisdom to tolerate and appreciate what will in time be waiting for me.

[jeffreytg]

I'm thinking about sailing on a Celebrity Cruise and wondering what is the average age on this Cruise Line. I'm 45ys.old.

Thank for your response.

 

Tracy

 

Lets just say that the average is 45. That could mean that 2/3rds of the people are 68 and 1/3 are new borns. Therefore, no one of the cruise is near your age.

 

I don't know how average age tells you anything useful.

[Rouge Wave]

Hey Rouge,

 

I have no problem with your criticizing the food on Celebrity or the entertainment. It is always subjective. And I actually enjoy hearing others' opinions. I'm definitely not one to look thru rose colored glasses.

However... I did see your remarks about seniors to be unflattering...not to them, but to you. If someone in their later years has a laid back way of living or chooses to discuss health issues, boring to you or not, a little tolerance goes a long way. So what if they didn't have an answer you thought would be funnier in the Newlywed game. Are you kidding me? I've heard "unfunny" answers/humor from people of all ages. Not you?

 

You said in a previous post.." Some people are so insecure they can't stand it when someone has a point of view that differs with their own little view of life. " You sound like the insecure person that you spoke of. Perhaps instead of mocking the older people that surround you because their idea of fun or lifestyle is different than yours, you can appreciate that they have a life and the health that affords them to travel and enjoy their final years, no matter how they choose to do it.

 

Answering a question about demographics on a particular cruise doesn't really need degrading remarks about people,ages or personality types. I presume you thought you were being funny...

 

I'm glad you continue cruising and hope you find the acceptable people to surround yourself with. Pray you don't grow old...or OLD, as you say.

 

By the way, I'm almost 10 years closer to senior age than you, so perhaps that is why I have the wisdom to tolerate and appreciate what will in time be waiting for me.

 

Insecure? Me? Think what you must, but anyone who knows me if they read such would find such a statement uproariously funny. Me not liking oldsters and senior folk, again far from the truth. Heck, by choice I live in Green Valley/Sahuarita AZ. Green Valley is an age-restricted development that has been around since the 70’s where a good part of the population drives around in golf carts. I have a clue what being an active, living life with gusto seasoned citizen is all about. I live, work, associate with, around such people, so again, just like my take on the issues on Millennium I do have a clue of what I speak. I have great and wonderful times with friends in their 60 and 70's. They may be old in years but are far from it in how they live.

Age is not an excuse regarding inappropriate conversation, in particularly in a mixed setting with people you do not know well. It falls into the Too Much Information category, if not jsut crass and rude. I find conversation about intimate health issues falls into the same classification as detailed conversations regarding SEX, Religion etc. Sure if you know the people well or when you volunteer for a game such as NWNSNW it is one thing, but if such are people you just met, or when dining, it is a entirely different matter. Proper Decorum is Proper Decorum, period.

My GF is in her 50’s as were several of our friends on board as well as some in their 60’s and they ALSO found the over all energy level amazingly low. The couple that was in the NWNSNW game thought the answers the other couples game lame as well. Therefore, although it is my point of view I am stating, others support my POV in the age group you say you are in (and older) that hold the same opinion as I do.

Since a good amount of revenue for the cruise line is made in the Bars, Casino and Spa, (Several of the spa employees said the use of the Spa was the lowest they had ever seen) and a cruise line depends on making money from things such as the Bar, Spa and Casino and they are attracting a demographic that largely does not use such, that is a problem. I wonder if this is why the 14 night end of season Alaska cruise will not be offered anymore. This one was it, nada, no more.

By the way, I do not blame Celebrity regarding the makeup of the demography; I am just stating the facts as to what was the situation on this particular cruise as how it seemed to affect the overall ambiance.

I do find it interesting Celebrity seems to attract such yet their advertising is clearly aimed at a younger, more active demographic. The most recent Celibrity TV spots with David Bowie’s “Fame” is clear proof of that.

PS, I have had my 77 year old Mother read over all of what I have written on this thread and she see no insult to Seniors in anything I have written and she would darn sure let me know about it if she had. In fact, her words were to me “She is glad she was not on the cruise with a bunch of such boring OLD people” and she loves cruising to Alaska. Her Red Hat ladies would have sure livened things up however I am sure.

I do pray to grow old, I also pray never to grow OLD. (One is a counting of years lived, the other is all about how ones sees and lives life) Some folks are OLD long before they are old.

[NicoleAbbate]

I went on a 12 night cruise in 2006 and we were 25 and 26

We were definitely one of the younger ones.

Most people our age cant take off work for that long but my DH owns his own business and i work for him so thats how we are able to travel for long periods like that.

 

I loved Celebrity and i am booked on a 12 night RCL cruise in January and am thinking of changing it to Celebrity because i feel like i will be let down

[Texed]

If Texed, I always feel younger on a cruise too.

 

At least, I act that way. :D

[Ship's Wake]

There are a few key factors that you should keep in mind when determining the average age of passengers on a particular sailing.

 

-how long is the cruise? Since many passengers under the age of 60 are still working and have jobs to report to, they tend to book shorter cruises that will fit within their vacation days, typically 6 to 10 day cruises. Those no longer working have more free time and tend to be the predominate passengers on cruises 11 days or longer. Conversely, short cruises (3 to 5 days) will be composed of ages 20-50 mostly.

 

-where is the cruise going? Alaska and Panama Canal itineraries tend to attract a more mature passenger mix. Caribbean itineraries when kids are out of school will have a younger passenger mix.

 

-what time of year is the cruise going? The rule of thumb here is if children are still in school, the ages on board will be older. In fact, even Carnival cruises in October are likely to be composed of 55+ passengers. When children are out of school (winter/spring break, holidays, summer) then families tend to travel, and this brings the average age onboard down.

 

-how kid friendly is the cruise line? Some lines are less children friendly (due to less kid activities, etc.) and as a result will not attract as many families (such as Oceania, Regent, Silversea, Cunard, Crystal).

 

Of course the above are generalizations, but provide a good framework for determining the likely age groups on cruises.

[eandj]

PS, I have had my 77 year old Mother read over all of what I have written on this thread and she see no insult to Seniors in anything I have written and she would darn sure let me know about it if she had. In fact, her words were to me “She is glad she was not on the cruise with a bunch of such boring OLD people” and she loves cruising to Alaska. Her Red Hat ladies would have sure livened things up however I am sure.

 

I do pray to grow old, I also pray never to grow OLD. (One is a counting of years lived, the other is all about how ones sees and lives life) Some folks are OLD long before they are old.

 

It appears that you have a very close relationship with your elderly mom. I pray she or her red hat friends don't say anything that you consider "lame". Or that your mom, thru no choice of her own, has to slow her life. ( A great time to turn on her, seeing you can't stand the lack of energy of some older adults. ) humpf

My dad had a debilitating stroke and heart attack at the age of 65 while on a Naples golf course. My mother cared for him at home for 11 years rather than move him to a nursing home. She had the strength and will to drive them both to their condo in Florida (from Wisconsin)for the winter months for every one of those 11 years. He died there. She continued to live her life and finally at age 84 had to quit walking 18 holes of golf to begin a "slower life." I guess in your world, I should have told her to liven up or ... be put aside at that point. She couldn't possibly be allowed to cruise again for fear of not being lively enough and witty enough to entertain some of the younger cruisers. She passed away at age 92. My FIL is going blind with md but still heads to the casinos via bus and his cane. Kind of walks slow...oops can't have that! Better tell him to stay in his apt. My MIL is suffering with Alzheimers. Hey..but she might say something witty even if she doesn't know it.

So, you see, I have the sensitivity ( try it, you'll like it) to understand that life changes for everyone at a very different pace. As personalities differ in people of all ages, I find it completely disrespectful to those people that you feel do not meet your standards of "old".

Pehaps you will be lucky and be able to sky dive at age 90. And maybe your elderly mother and her friends will always say the non "lame" thing to entertain you. But I ask that you understand tolerance of people of any age and not judge so harshly why people don't behave in a manner that you want them to. Just the idea that you would remember what people answered during a cruise game is pretty telling.

You say you have chosen to live in an age restricted community....odd if your personal profile lists a much younger age. Maybe with your mom? But that's neither here not there. I'd hope you could open your mind to accepting older, maybe less active, adults and see them as people just trying to do their best in the years they have left. Maybe even volunteering to help someone who isn't as nimble as you'd expect them to choose to be. And not expect them to be your entertainment when vacationing.

After reading your views on growing old, I again wish your mother and any older adults you claim as friends much luck. Lord help them thru the health changes that slow them down and weaken their spirit.

Everyone's opinions can be valuable. In time, more life wisdom and experience will soften your harshness. I don't think being a man should stand in the way.

[KiwiAtSea]

I've been on a couple of 14 night cruises and the age was always "older" but some of those "old" people really behaved like spring chickens!

 

On my last cruise, the entertainment staff organised a skydive and one woman over 60 signed up for it! And wait till you've seen an over tanned 73 yr old woman chair dancing by the pool in a polka-dot bikini. I kid you not.

 

I've read on these board that Celebrity is a quieter style of cruise, but I beleive it's all about how you see things and how you choose to approach and make the best of each situation. If you do see some "old" lifeless people sitting in a bar, you don't have to interact with them.

 

Speaking of "old", I've cruised on a 30 yr old liner with rust and multiple layers of paint and loved it - she really had a soul... so i can't wait to cruise on the "young" 9 yr old Millie soon :)

[eandj]

I've been on a couple of 14 night cruises and the age was always "older" but some of those "old" people really behaved like spring chickens!

 

On my last cruise, the entertainment staff organised a skydive and one woman over 60 signed up for it! And wait till you've seen an over tanned 73 yr old woman chair dancing by the pool in a polka-dot bikini. I kid you not.

 

I've read on these board that Celebrity is a quieter style of cruise, but I beleive it's all about how you see things and how you choose to approach and make the best of each situation. If you do see some "old" lifeless people sitting in a bar, you don't have to interact with them.

Speaking of "old", I've cruised on a 30 yr old liner with rust and multiple layers of paint and loved it - she really had a soul... so i can't wait to cruise on the "young" 9 yr old Millie soon :)

 

I agree with you totally Babe! Instead of complaining that some older folks don't have the energy you want to see from them, as Rouge Wave did, why not make your own fun and live life the way you wish to. To complain about other folks' choice of entertainment or that they don't use the casino is ludicrous. There are thousands onboard a ship. And everyone has choices. Be they 5 years or 85 years old.

[Rouge Wave]

It appears that you have a very close relationship with your elderly mom. I pray she or her red hat friends don't say anything that you consider "lame". Or that your mom, thru no choice of her own, has to slow her life. ( A great time to turn on her, seeing you can't stand the lack of energy of some older adults. ) humpf

 

My dad had a debilitating stroke and heart attack at the age of 65 while on a Naples golf course. My mother cared for him at home for 11 years rather than move him to a nursing home. She had the strength and will to drive them both to their condo in Florida (from Wisconsin)for the winter months for every one of those 11 years. He died there. She continued to live her life and finally at age 84 had to quit walking 18 holes of golf to begin a "slower life." I guess in your world, I should have told her to liven up or ... be put aside at that point. She couldn't possibly be allowed to cruise again for fear of not being lively enough and witty enough to entertain some of the younger cruisers. She passed away at age 92. My FIL is going blind with md but still heads to the casinos via bus and his cane. Kind of walks slow...oops can't have that! Better tell him to stay in his apt. My MIL is suffering with Alzheimers. Hey..but she might say something witty even if she doesn't know it.

 

So, you see, I have the sensitivity ( try it, you'll like it) to understand that life changes for everyone at a very different pace. As personalities differ in people of all ages, I find it completely disrespectful to those people that you feel do not meet your standards of "old".

 

Pehaps you will be lucky and be able to sky dive at age 90. And maybe your elderly mother and her friends will always say the non "lame" thing to entertain you. But I ask that you understand tolerance of people of any age and not judge so harshly why people don't behave in a manner that you want them to. Just the idea that you would remember what people answered during a cruise game is pretty telling.

 

You say you have chosen to live in an age restricted community....odd if your personal profile lists a much younger age. Maybe with your mom? But that's neither here not there. I'd hope you could open your mind to accepting older, maybe less active, adults and see them as people just trying to do their best in the years they have left. Maybe even volunteering to help someone who isn't as nimble as you'd expect them to choose to be. And not expect them to be your entertainment when vacationing.

 

After reading your views on growing old, I again wish your mother and any older adults you claim as friends much luck. Lord help them thru the health changes that slow them down and weaken their spirit.

 

Everyone's opinions can be valuable. In time, more life wisdom and experience will soften your harshness. I don't think being a man should stand in the way.

 

 

 

Oh geeze, the things people read into stuff. What is it with people taking things to the most ludicrous extreme and then trying to project that as what a person said. That people will take such an inane position in a silly attempt to argue and insult another just boggles the mind.

A couple we met who are in their 70’s thought the ship was low on energy as well. There were also others who were 10 or 20 years older then myself and GF that we know from other cruises who said the same. You were not on the ship or perhaps you were and part of the No energy crowd, but it matters not to me. All I am saying is on this cruise, the energy level was way down even for the age group. I am not saying laid back, I am not saying reserved, I am not even saying it is Celebrity's fault (although going by the responses to my posts, my POV on that may be changing) I am saying it was like watching paint dry. Like it or not, such is the truth. Even the crew said such, and I felt for them because in the case of the Dealers in the Casino, the Bartenders and the people in the Spa it did affect their paycheck.

Also, I never said anything that would suggest I was speaking of the ill, infirm etc. However I could have, because I have been in nursing homes and assisted care facilities that were more energetic then most of the people on this cruise.

Regarding you take on my relationship with my Mother, well, no, I do not live with her, nor does she live with me. She lives in a very comfy home I purchased for her in Tucson going on 15 years ago. Otherwise, your opinion regarding my relationship with my Mother does not merit a response.

Regarding the age restriction in Green Valley, the facts are in Arizona, even age restricted communities must allow a percentage of people younger then the restricted age limit. In this case that age is 45. So I’ll do the math for you, lets say a developer build 100 homes with an age restriction of 55 (Which is the typical age restriction in AZ) anywhere from 3 to 10% of the homes built must allow people of a lower age to buy. More often then not, that new age restriction on those home is 45. So in this example, of the 100 homes 3 to 10 homes are be sold to people 45 and older. However, none of that even applies to me since the development I live in does not have a age restriction.

Flame, cheerlead and opinionate away, I have stated my POV, made it clear, and have nothing more to say on the issue.

[ShuswapCruisers]

Oh geeze, the things people read into stuff. What is it with people taking things to the most ludicrous extreme and then trying to project that as what a person said. That people will take such an inane position in a silly attempt to argue and insult another just boggles the mind.

 

A couple we met who are in their 70’s thought the ship was low on energy as well. There were also others who were 10 or 20 years older then myself and GF that we know from other cruises who said the same. You were not on the ship or perhaps you were and part of the No energy crowd, but it matters not to me. All I am saying is on this cruise, the energy level was way down even for the age group. I am not saying laid back, I am not saying reserved, I am not even saying it is Celebrity's fault (although going by the responses to my posts, my POV on that may be changing) I am saying it was like watching paint dry. Like it or not, such is the truth. Even the crew said such, and I felt for them because in the case of the Dealers in the Casino, the Bartenders and the people in the Spa it did affect their paycheck.

 

Also, I never said anything that would suggest I was speaking of the ill, infirm etc. However I could have, because I have been in nursing homes and assisted care facilities that were more energetic then most of the people on this cruise.

 

Regarding you take on my relationship with my Mother, well, no, I do not live with her, nor does she live with me. She lives in a very comfy home I purchased for her in Tucson going on 15 years ago. Otherwise, your opinion regarding my relationship with my Mother does not merit a response.

 

Regarding the age restriction in Green Valley, the facts are in Arizona, even age restricted communities must allow a percentage of people younger then the restricted age limit. In this case that age is 45. So I’ll do the math for you, lets say a developer build 100 homes with an age restriction of 55 (Which is the typical age restriction in AZ) anywhere from 3 to 10% of the homes built must allow people of a lower age to buy. More often then not, that new age restriction on those home is 45. So in this example, of the 100 homes 3 to 10 homes are be sold to people 45 and older. However, none of that even applies to me since the development I live in does not have a age restriction.

 

Flame, cheerlead and opinionate away, I have stated my POV, made it clear, and have nothing more to say on the issue.

 

May I commend you on most of your posts. Truth does hurt sometimes.

I to was on the same 14 days of Millennium and yes... the energy was non existing. Age was anywhere from 50 to 80 and most of the VERY NICE seniors also agreed that it was a dead crowd. Food was so so. Good but not 5 star. Entertainment was all fired last week and now have a new troop. Ate in the Olympic 10 of the 14 nites.

You touched abit on the "older crowd" and will probably get burned at the steak.. get it:). People do read too much into comments sometimes and look for someone to chastises.:eek:

Hope I dont have to walk the plank!:D

[Blanco-Grande]

Did TransAtlantic on Century April 2008, average age 70, the decks were empty after bedtime 9 pm ha ha I am 54 and I was a "youngster"

[tartanexile81]

It might depend on the time of year. We cruised on Summit this summer and had a fantastic time. I'm 53 and my husband 60 and most of people we spent time with were anything between 35-65. There were also lots of families (450 children) - although I guess not so many as Royal Caribbean and we didn't find them intrusive except beside pool. Didn't meet many really elderly people but perhaps due to the heavy itinerary. Don't think you'd be out of place on Celebrity whatever your age and would definitely recommend. :)