The average age on a cruise ship can vary by 20-30 years depending on various factors such as the cruise line, ship type, and the number of passengers. Norwegian Cruise Line has an average age of 45 years old, focusing on attracting a younger crowd. Princess Cruises typically attracts a mix of different age groups, with the most common demographic falling within the 50-70 age range.
The average age of passengers on Princess Cruises is around 54, with couples often in their 50s, 60s, and 70s. The average age of a cruise passenger is now under 48, with millennials being the most enthusiastic cruisers of the future. The average age of a Princess Cruiser is 55, with most passengers being older but all ages on board.
Cruise ship passengers generally have an average age of 47 years old, but it’s essential to note that cruise passengers come from various countries. In 2022, the average age of cruise passengers sourced from the United Kingdom and Ireland was 56 years, an increase of one year. The average age of UK cruise passengers has dropped by one year, and there are a variety of ages from children to more senior adults.
In summary, the average age of passengers on cruise ships can vary significantly depending on factors such as the cruise line, ship type, and the number of passengers. However, the majority of passengers are aged between 50 and 70, with millennials being the most enthusiastic cruisers of the future.
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📹 My Honest Opinion of Princess Cruises after 200 Days on 6 Princess Ships 🛳️
I have been on 6 Princess Cruises ships for over 200 days! Today I share my honest opinion about what I think of Princess.
We have sailed with Princess numerous times. We are platinum members. We usually get the drink package, but no more! On our last cruise Princess would not honor the drink package until they were so many miles out to sea. This would happen around 6 p.m. We has been on the ship since 12. Until that time you were expected pay for ALL DRINKS. Soft drinks, bottled water, specialty coffees, cocktails, etc. I was livid. So guess what Princess? You won’t be able to rip us off again with your “drink package”.
Just got off the Coral doing a circumnavigation of Australia. Hubby and I love to play blackjack but unfortunately the casino was dead. There never seemed to be anyone playing when we walked through. Apparently Australians aren’t big gamblers and the ship was predominantly Australians and also super seniors. Needless to say we hardly played in our 26 days and our hope of scoring a casino discount probably won’t happen. Fortunately the times we did play we walked away winners!!
Sorry Kevin, just another quick point I noted, the benefits of Princess Cruises loyalty program is less than it was previously. Talking about the love boat, my sister and I were departing a port in New Zealand, there was another Princess boat in port, and our ship played the Love Boat theme, what a pity the younger ones on the cruise did not appreciate it.
Hi Kevin, love your articles, I am glad you are doing all this cruising so young … my sisters and I have Platinum level with Princess Cruises, when we cruised 28 days with MSC last year (one of the best cruises I have ever done, staff fantastic, food great) MSC recognised our Princess level of Platinum and made us Gold. Sadly Princess Cruises does not recognise MSC to add to our cruising points ….do not understand this as being an Australian we believe in a fair go …. if one cruise line can acknowledge the points and the benefits that go along with it, why does another not. Anyway, not a whinger, just don’t understand. Make the most of your cruising life while you can. Warmest regards, Beth
Great article Kevin! I agree with your comments about the lack of a coffee card. I always used to get that. The drink packages don’t make sense for us either. Connie doesn’t drink at all and at most I would have 2 drinks a day (and not every day). The best thing about being Elite (we made that last year) is the free laundry! They do a great job.
We’ve just disembarked from the Ruby this morning. Saw you a couple of times and really wanted to say ‘hi’ but didn’t want to intrude since it was usually during the morning when you were getting your steps in. Thank you for making cruising on the Ruby simpler for this first timer and her wee family, and hope you keep enjoying the next part of the adventure!
We just got back from our first Princess Cruise. Was NOT impressed. It was a Sunday to Sunday, out of ft Lauderdale. Pros, closet space, and the medallion and with drink package we both got internet. I have to point out this was an older ship. Cons: There is only one outlet to plug in electronics. We had to unplug the TV to plug in our other device. Lack of communication, they totally ignored us. Staff never said hello or was friendly. We thought it was just a couple of staff, nope, it was the entire staff the entire week. I noticed no life jackets for the little kids at the pool. Parents brought their own. No life guards for the kids. (We did not have kids) it was my observation. We like to sit down at the group table and get to know other passengers. Again, staff showed up, took our orders, dropped it off, and left. We had to hunt them down to get coffee. Staff stood there chit, chatting with each other. No staff at the pool asking if you would like a drink. So we had to get up and get our own. And was totally ignored by the bartender. We had to get their attention. We were standing there. I can go on and on. I was not impressed with the food either. I was standing at the bar trying to get a drink and was talking to another passenger. She said this was the worse princess cruise she ever took and not to judge this cruise with other princess ships. That gave me hope!
Nostalgia!! I hear ya — I think I must have been 9 or 11 at the time, and had the hotts for Vicki Stubbing, Lol. Enough that I remember it still today. You make some great points, including a few I hadn’t realized, like the diverse combinations of routes and destinations as well as solo prices. I think they eliminated coffee passes so that people will spend more on alcohol, maybe — betting it’s just more profitable for them if folks do that instead. Cheers!…from North Vancouver
It is worth mentioning in a future article if you discuss Cruise Plum again – that site is only relevant if you are from the United States or Canada. If you are from anywhere else you won’t be able to find any cruises at all because it requires you to select either the US or Canada first as your country of citizenship.
My grandparents were avid cruisers, I don’t even know how many. I got to go on my first cruise on the Regal Princess with my Grandma in 1993 after my Grandpa passed & she still wanted to go. I was hooked! I’ve also been on Celebrity, Carnival & Holland America, but always drawn back to Princess. Now I think I understand why😉, thanks for the great article.
Due to your recommendation Im taking my first Princess cruise in May transatlantic solo. I did solo on Holland America last year and they didn’t have any solo programs either. I’m coming back from Europe in June on the Queen Mary in 6 days from England to NYC. It will be interesting to compare the 3 cruise lines. I can’t sleep on a plane so I hate those long flights to and from Europe. I survived cancer and a spinal fusion last year so this is my year to travel while I feel good. I’ve been to 40 countries. Rarely can I find anyone to go with me but I enjoy making new friends on the journey. but Im used to living alone so it’s ok either way. Thanks for all your interesting articles Kevin!!❤
You are doing exactly what I would like to do… but I have had trouble figuring out how to plan a bunch of back to back cruises so that I can not be stuck in a region during peak season… but also how far in advance do you book cruises? I’m concerned about the tension between getting the best price and booking ahead— because who knows when something will mess with your plans? If I have to fly back to the states for a funeral and I have 14 cruises booked up, it could get messed up.
Hey Kevin, great article. I want to say I was surprised to find out that on the Princess Cruise/Land Tour you only get sea days for the cruise. I thought we would get sea days for the land days too. It was still Princess, we stayed at the Princess lodges. And, on the land tour there is no food provided for you…it’s all on you. FYI I too, love the technology on Princess ships.
One thing you didn’t mention but really bugged me is those Royal-class ships have the whole front of the ship off limits and the promenade deck is limited. Few years back when those ships first came out I went to a talk on board with one of the engineers that worked at Princess and he talked about how they had made a tradeoff in the design for that.
Hey Kevin! Congrats on hitting the 200+ mark. We’re about to embark on a 32 night cruise around the South Pacific on the beautiful Sapphire Princess (which will put me at 35 cruises and 320 days on Princess). We sailed her for 17 nights through Southeast Asia back in 2016 and really like her. You probably don’t know this, being fairly recent to sailing Princess this much, but since the re-start of operations post-covid, Princess has actually taken away many valuable and cherished loyalty perks from Platinum, and especially from Elite, loyalty level cruisers — and has really ticked off its most loyal cruisers. For instance, both Platinum and Elite cruisers used to get totally FREE internet minutes: 100 minutes per person for any cruise up to 7 days, 250 minutes per person for any cruise 8-20 nights, and 500 for cruises 21 days or longer. Yes, you had to budget how you used your minutes, but we never ran out of minutes, even on cruises as long as 20 days. Now, we get a 50% discount off wifi packages, but with 3 wifi package price increases in just the past year, we’ve gone from paying $5 per day, to $7.50 per day to $12.50 per day – per person – just for one device. That’s a lot of money for a cruise such as the one we have coming up: 32 days with 24 of those days at sea without the ability to pop into shoreside wifi spots, making an internet package an absolute (expensive) necessity. Another big perk that got taken away was the Loyalty Bonus OBC that Elite cruisers would get once you sailed at least 21 times.
We have 800 plus days on HAL and in my opinion they have a much wider selection of diverse itineraries. We ‘ve recently been sailing more on Princess to experience another cruise line. Two things I’ve not cared for on Princess are: 1. Self serve buffet and 2. Lack of a forward facing interior public area on all of their ships like HAL’s Crow’s Nest.
I enjoy your website, thank you. You and Bram Seas the Day inspired me to try a cruise. I did my first in NCL 11 day transatlantic. My next two are on Prince Ruby 7 days to Alaska and then again the Ruby 16 days to Hawaii. Snuck a look at your previous land based travels and it was entertaining. Thank you for sharing your journey with us and your experience and insights.
The loyalty on Princess is certainly wonky. I’m elite but seems it took me forever to get there. I was on the 2023 WC and should have turned elite ½ way thru but because I didn’t book segments I booked the entire world cruise I didn’t get credited until the cruise was over. So no perks for more than ½ the cruise where I think i should have. The laundry benefits would have been good. I always travel Solo and always cruise with princess.
Thanks for another great article. Question: Are you planning to publish your westbound transatlantic cruise article on Enchanted princess? We have not done a transatlantic cruise so far and are debating which direction we should hop on. We enjoyed your eastbound article, but looking forward to the westbound one .