Early Riser On Cruise Ship Asks For Help

Above, the Norwegian Sky buffet restaurant before opening. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

No matter where I'm at, I am an early riser.

This has never been a problem for me. I have adapted to it by going to bed early, around eight o'clock so I get enough sleep.

This also goes for when I am on a cruise. I generally wake up around four o'clock. During my cruise to the Bahamas last summer, I would go to the top deck where the main buffet restaurant is located. It was not open, but I did manage to get coffee, a small box of cereal (usually Raisin Bran) and milk each morning at a smaller buffet restaurant next to it. I have to take my heart medications with food.

Cruise Fever posted an article on another early riser on board a cruise.

It begins with:

Personally, the very thought of getting up at 5:00 in the morning while on a cruise ship feels like treason to my body and soul.  It would take quite the cup of coffee to even get me to force my eyelids open.

But for one early riser, military life had programmed them to get up early, even when on vacation at sea.  And at just 5 hours after the stroke of midnight, they found a cruise ship with little to do and not enough to eat, or so the post on Reddit explained.

The post on r/CarnivalCruiseFans from a self-described military cruiser sparked an outpouring of support and advice, revealing a community of fellow early-risers—who knew!

The original poster, cruising on Carnival Paradise, took to the social media site to explain their situation. “I’m bored and starving,” they wrote. “There is literally nothing to eat or do here right now. The continental breakfast doesn’t open till 0630.”

They added that even the casino was closed, and no hours were posted, a frustration they shared so their “fellow early risers can prepare better than I did!”

To read more, go here.