{"id":21885,"date":"2014-09-23T01:00:46","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T08:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=21885"},"modified":"2014-09-23T01:00:46","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T08:00:46","slug":"tuesday-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=21885","title":{"rendered":"Cruising's Not All About Luring Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Question: How can seniors avoid that terrible curse of the elderly wrinkles?
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Answer: Take off their glasses.<\/i><\/p>\n

Ah, seniors. We are the butt of thousands of Internet jokes. We are disregarded by marketers obsessed with the 25 to 49 crowd. Even cruise ships, once the haven of the nearly elderly, have become playgrounds for the young and rich.<\/p>\n

But hold the phone!<\/p>\n

We are not forgotten.<\/p>\n

Cruise Lines International Association<\/a> research shows the average age of cruisers has dropped to an all-time low (48 years), because of the aforementioned catering to youth that has made them realize what their elders have known for years: “Cruising is irresistible.” Yet despite the CLIA figures, it’s clear that cruise lines still count on their primary market because all of them have strategies that are essentially only for Golden Agers:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Longer itineraries are everywhere, and it’s retirees who have the time to book them.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Exotic cruises are plentiful for a demographic that often focuses on the ol’ Bucket List\u2026like seeing the Panama Canal<\/a>, cruising the Mediterranean, or crossing an ocean in a ship.<\/p>\n

\"Rock<\/a>\u2022 Upscale lines like Cunard<\/a>, Crystal<\/a>, Azamara<\/a> and Oceania<\/a> cater to seniors because that’s usually the crowd with the most disposable income and the fewest financial obligations.<\/p>\n

\u2022 River cruising’s growth in popularity is unquestionably because of seniors, for the same reason, but also because older folks like us are more interested in history, lectures and less-strenuous (i.e. do-able) activities like climbing rock walls\u2026is it because we’re weary of climbing the wall?<\/p>\n

\u2022 The major cruise line best suited to retirees, they say, is Holland America<\/a>. The ships are smaller, there are fewer “family-style” adventures and its reputation includes rules about lights out by nine (just kidding).<\/p>\n

And there’s always a place on the mainstream, family-oriented cruise lines for seniors\u2026and generally the prices are more reasonable. If you’re among the crowd that would prefer a big ship and a more sedate experience, here’s one small tip:<\/p>\n

Go when the kids are in school.<\/p>\n

Today at\u00a0portsandbows.co<\/span><\/a>m: The latest in cruise news<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Carnival Sensation
\n<\/a>3 nights
\nOctober 30, 2014
\nPort Canaveral<\/a> (return): Nassau<\/a>
\nInside: $189
\nCost per day: $163
\n<\/strong><\/span>www.carnival.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Question: How can seniors avoid that terrible curse of the elderly wrinkles? Answer: Take off their glasses. Ah, seniors. We are the butt of thousands of Internet jokes. We are disregarded by marketers obsessed with the 25 to 49 crowd. Even cruise ships, once the haven of the nearly elderly, have become playgrounds for… Continue reading Cruising's Not All About Luring Youth<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,25,36,15],"tags":[143,137,154,798,1054,912,72,1482,1641,86,35,227,150,1378,23,336,79,26,27,339],"class_list":["post-21885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-deals","category-people","category-reviews","category-stories","tag-azamara","tag-caribbean-cruises","tag-carnival","tag-carnival-sensation","tag-clia","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-demographics","tag-cruise-numbers","tag-cruise-ships","tag-cruises","tag-crystal-cruises","tag-cunard","tag-demographics-of-cruising","tag-holland-america","tag-oceania","tag-panama-canal","tag-phil-reimer","tag-ports-and-bows","tag-seniors","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}