Gay cruise tips
I’m on a boat… with 2, guys: a beginner’s guide to queer cruises
By Emen8, updated 3 years ago in Explore and party / Overseas
A gay cruise may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you’re thinking about your next holiday. But if you’re a guy who likes to relax (yes), dance (yes) and meet other guys (yassss), it can be a fantastic thing to accomplish either on your own or with a group of friends.
There’s something quite unique about dancing to Beyoncé under the stars, in the middle of the ocean with 2, other men.
For anyone who’s thinking about a cruise for the first time, we’ve position together 11 handy tips to facilitate you get the most out of your nautical adventure.
1. Research
Get online and shop around (don’t just Google ‘gay cruise Australia’, confidence us). There are a bunch of different cruise itineraries, and there are sweet bargains to be found almost any time of year. Pick one that’s what you want in terms of length, budget and destinations. Contain a look at the differences in cabins and facilities, and consider how much time you’ll actually be spending in your cabin (hint:
The Freddie Guide to: Cruising
What is gay cruising?
Straight cruising is a vacay on a boat. Gay cruising is the art of hooking up in universal.
Cruising is almost always anonymous, and can be one-on-one, in groups, or with others watching. It’s done by using non-verbal cues to show you’re both interested – consider of it like a secret, horny code. Some people will have sex right there, while some may take their spouse to a more prudent location.
Where did cruising arrive from?
Cruising has a drawn-out history in the lgbtq+ community. There are recorded cruising spots in cities like Toronto, London and New York dating advocate over a hundred years. In the time before gay bars, when homosexuality was illegal, public places were often the only option for queer people to meet each other.
Evidence for this often comes from prosecution records – we know where people were cruising based on arrests for “sodomy” or “gross indecency”. These were historic offences made to criminalize gay sex, and were almost exclusively applied to queer men. Sodomy and indecency laws were common throughou
11 things I learned on my first gay cruise
You've probably heard of gay cruises and wondered how they differ from "traditional" cruises. Are they open to straight people? Is it all about partying? What about the hook-up element?
I sailed with tour operator Vacaya in February on a one-week gay cruise leaving from Fort Lauderdale and heading to the Caribbean via Famous person Cruises' Celebrity Reflection cruise ship. For context, I'm a colorless, cisgender, gay man in my mids. I had a lot of questions about what to expect, given this was my second cruise ever and my first one with a homosexual tour operator.
Here are the superior things I'd want someone considering or planning their first queer cruise to know.
People are friendly
The first thing that struck me about the sailing was that almost everyone was smiling and eager to interact. As an Australian living in the U.S. for almost a decade, I generally find Americans to be open, talkative and curious. This cruise was like that … on steroids.
I would have initiate it overwhelming if I weren't an extrovert,
We thought that packing for a gay cruise is like packing for any other cruise, however, we were wrong.
Our first cruise experience was with Icon Cruises and although this was not a ‘gay cruise’, it was very gay friendly and you can read more about it here. We loved the experience and as a result booked ourselves on to an Atlantis gay cruise to the Caribbean for the obeying year – and we haven’t missed a year since!
However, for our first Atlantis gay cruise our packing list was significantly different.
Having talked to many avid Atlantis gay cruisers, there are many items to pack that we had never thought about in the slightest! [no_toc]
We have put together our list ‘What to pack for a gay cruise’ below including what to wear for the themed parties, the daytime, evening and all the extra bits to pack. Notice if you agree:
What to wear on a Same-sex attracted Cruise?
One of the things we love most about gay cruises is that they create a protected environment where you can truly be yourself.
Wear as little or as much as you want, experiment wit