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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really don't understand the DCUM posters whenever they talk about this.  It is not like old age is contagious, or that older people can't be interesting and fun.  They are.  But when I go on a vacation, I am generally going to spend time with my companions.  As I mentioned upthread, we took our young adult children on a Viking Danube trip, and it was great.  We met some nice people, but we were there to spend time as a family and enjoy seeing new things.  If you don't want to go on an excursion, you don't have to (but they do have more active choices).  You know that when I stay in hotels, there are a lot of people that I don't hang out with also.[/quote]

I mean, being a redneck isn’t contagious either but I still don’t want to go on vacation with a bunch of rednecks. [/quote]

Again, I'm the poster who went in my 50s.  The issue isn't the old people.  It's that the cruise is designed for a certain kind of person, whether they be old or young.  I mean, you can't even go out at night on these cruises.  I can't really dive into the heart of any city you visit.  Everything is completely choreographed.  The highlight is a fancy dinner.  It's just a big snooze.  It really is the equivalent of going on vacation, staying in a nice hotel, and never leaving the hotel.[/quote]

I’m the PP with the long post about taking my parents and kids on one.  There is some truth to this - definitely no going out in the cities at night, because you are moving (but if you’re moving through the countryside there’s nowhere to go anyway).  But not entirely true on the activities, or at least it depends on the cruise (as I said in that post, if I did it again I’d pay more attention to this).  Ours was on the Danube in Germany, Austria and Hungary.  There was a ~7 mile hike in Bavaria one day, and another day a 17 mile bike ride along the river across the border into Hungary.  The old folks didn’t do those! Other days didn’t have such active options, or depended who you ended up with (you cant move fast through Vienna with a bunch of old folks).  I think the location of the cruise and options available really matter for daily activities.  [/quote]

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