A big gay cise to Antarcti? What are we gog to wear? — JAKE

Contents:

• VACAYA – GAY & LGBT+ CIS & RORT VATNS REIMAGED
• A BIG GAY CISE TO ANTARCTI? WHAT ARE WE GOG TO WEAR?
• 7 REASONS TO JO AN ANTARCTI GAY EXPEDN
• THE 8 TOP GAY CIS FOR 2023

VACAYA – GAY & LGBT+ CIS & RORT VATNS REIMAGED

We were there, VACAYA’s gural cise, Augt 2019, livg , lovg , kissg , sometim spankg , pullg out of NYC for a week of boys, boys, boys, some girls but mostly boys, sailg up to Canada then right back down to New York aga, via a sleepover Provcetown jt se this ship wasn’t gay enough already. The new gay cise kid on the block (well, LGBT+, but the G’s totally alics), VACAYA has quickly tablished self as one of the biggi – partly bee of their pedigree, clever people pooled om a bunch of the other gay cise biggi, but mostly bee they do thgs differently. That P’Town meo we mentned was a first for a big gay cise ship, and now, emergg out of Covid like Diana Ross through dry ice, VACAYA has lnched a lendar of stellar cis (and the odd dry-land jolly), but most kick-ass is their Antarcti voyage.

Ten days explorg Antarcti wh a pre-cise night Buenos Air and round-trip flights to Ushuaia (where the cise begs and ends) thrown , ’s a total game changer for big gay cis. When to gay cisg, gone are the days of discreet "Friends of Dorothy" meetups. The term – a phemism that dat back to the 1950s – was once ed to dite gay social events on daily cise le programs, whout explicly llg out members of the muny on board.

As travel on the high seas ntu to bounce back om the COVID-19 panmic, gay and lbian travelers should nsir settg sail on a fun-filled cise vatn as their next planng a cise, vatners should first nsir what their ial sailg looks like. Some cise operators (thk: Atlantis Events and La Demence) are known for their electrifyg, all-night parti, which may be perfect for gay groups of iends. Cisers should also thk about whether they'd like to travel aboard a gay-iendly mastream le, such as Celebry Cis or Virg Voyag, or opt for an all-gay, full-ship charter wh a third-party vatn pany.

A BIG GAY CISE TO ANTARCTI? WHAT ARE WE GOG TO WEAR?

Of VACAYA's all-gay charters, he says, "For one magil week, our muny gets to be the majory and live life out loud the blissful utopia VACAYA creat on a gay cise. "The all-gay cis were liberatg, empowerg, and fun, but limed to a small spectm of people.

7 REASONS TO JO AN ANTARCTI GAY EXPEDN

This le gets the stamp of approval om prev LGBTQ cisers, who praise the ships' genr-ntral bathrooms, onboard shows wh rint drag queens and diverse Voyag offers gay-specific sailgs through travel pani like Atlantis Events, but s more mastream erari still offer a welg, clive atmosphere that attracts LGBTQ cisers year-round.

THE 8 TOP GAY CIS FOR 2023

Atlantis EventsThe world's largt gay and lbian travel brand, Atlantis Events was found 1991 and wel more than 20, 000 travelers annually on LGBTQ vatns. For s all-gay cis, Atlantis charters megaships om popular l like Royal Caribbean Internatnal and Norwegian Cise Le, so cisers will have a fully immersive board, travelers n enjoy all the perks the megaships have to offer (thk: pools, hot tubs, sports urts and plenty of dg choic), pl special events like drag performanc, motivatnal speakers, LGBTQ movi on mand each b and high-energy circu parti across the ship. "As an LGBTQ ciser, you're lookg for a ship wh lots of entertament, cludg dance parti and events, " says Mars Martez, founr of Men Who Bnch, a Black gay liftyle blog.

"One of the bt cise [l] for gay cisg is Atlantis, sce you'll be able to meet hundreds of attractive men and party all day and night on the ship. " Atlantis hosts primarily gay men; women make up about 5% to 10% of bookgs, acrdg to the Atlantis webse.