Gay hookup cruise ship

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 verb 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 departing from Fort Lauderdale and heading to the Caribbean via Celebrity Cruises' Celebrity Reflection cruise ship. For context, I'm a white, 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 queer tour operator.

Here are the top things I'd verb someone considering or planning their first gay 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 uncover Americans to be reveal, talkative and curious. This cruise was like that … on steroids.

I would have found it overwhelming if I weren't an extrovert,

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Pride in Amsterdam is always incredible, and in it is going to be EXTRA INCREDIBLE  when they are hosting World Pride!  We will be docked in the heart of Amsterdam World Pride in where this gorgeous ship will be our floating hotel.  Immerse yourself in the melody, the massive pride parade on the canals, and floats that make Pride in Amsterdam  an memorable holiday in the metropolis. Afterwards, we sail to the Rhine River for stops in Cologne & Bonn, Germany, Koblenz & Rudesheim, Germany,Mannheim and Heidelberg, Germany ending in Meinz, Germany.

Fly home from Frankfurt, stay a few extra days on your possess, or add on our Best of Berlin package where we will board a high-speed train to the Capital of Germany and stay for thee nights at the 5-star Intercontinental Hotel!

Friends Of Dorothy Meetings On-Board Cruise Ships. What Are They?

If you have been cruising you will probably have seen that Friends of Dorothy meetings are held on most cruise ships most days. They tend to be listed in the daily program as informal and un-hosted get togethers, and other than a room and time there is very little information about who these mysterious friends of Dorothy are, and why they are meeting up.

So just who is Dorothy? And why does she have so many friends on-board that she has to have a unique meeting advertised in the daily program?

A “Friends of Dorothy Meeting” is a dated way of saying that gay travellers are invited to meet with other gay people on that ship. I detect it really strange that in today’s world, cruise lines are still using a term that dates back to a generation when being gay / homosexual was illegal. I also suspect that the generation of cruisers coming through will be as uninformed about what a “Friend of Dorothy” means as my mother was when she saw it in the cruise listings. This means that gay cruisers of younger generations ar

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Is there a better combination for a having a romantic encounter? Yes, actually. Add all those elements and then combine them on a cruise ship where everyone will be together for several days, all having a similar experience.

It shouldn&#;t be a surprise, then, that hookups can and do happen on a cruise. Call it adore, call it romance, contact it a one-night upright. No matter what you call it, there are people on every cruise that end up getting down after meeting on the ship.

Of course, if you&#;re interested in hooking up on a cruise, there are ways that you can increase your odds&#; and a not many things that you should consider before doing so.

We&#;re not here to say you not to include a good time, but you should definitely comprehend some things before you try to get it on with a stranger met on the ship.

DO be careful

Let&#;s get this out of the way. If you&#;re going to try to have some romance on a cruise ship, you need to be careful. Even though cruise ships can appear like sanitized vacations where everything is safe and clean, hooking up with stran