Bt Gay Cis: Top 10 Picks for LGBTQ+ Travelers 2023

Contents:

• THE 8 TOP GAY CIS FOR 2023
• 12 TOP GAY CIS YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS 2023 AND 2024
• I WENT ON MY FIRST GAY CISE — HERE'S WHAT IT WAS LIKE
• GAY CISE PRANK PACKAGE
• 11 THGS I LEARNED ON MY 1ST GAY CISE
• A GAY CHARACTER SPARKS BATE AND A REFORMED TRAR SAM EMERG DISNEY'S 'JUNGLE CISE'
• MY ATLANTIS GAY CISE TRIP – WHAT IT WAS LIKE
• BT GAY CIS: TOP 10 PICKS FOR LGBTQ+ TRAVELERS 2023
• GAY JOK FOR STRAIGHT CISERS – JIM DAVID
• ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GAY CIS

THE 8 TOP GAY CIS FOR 2023

Cast & crewUser reviewsTrivia2017Not Rated1h 32mOnce a year, the Dream Boat sets sail - a cise only for gay men. Read allOnce a year, the Dream Boat sets sail - a cise only for gay men. The cise promis seven days of sunshe, love and eedom - but on board are also their personal stori, their doubts and productn, box office & pany Vios1More like thisReview Certaly a special slice of gay men on an all-gay ciseWhen I read some of the negative, bter, and rather accurate (ie sayg that post 60 gay men were shown as sad, silly queens.

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12 TOP GAY CIS YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS 2023 AND 2024

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.

I WENT ON MY FIRST GAY CISE — HERE'S WHAT IT WAS LIKE

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.

GAY CISE PRANK PACKAGE

"The all-gay cis were liberatg, empowerg, and fun, but limed to a small spectm of people. 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. 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.

11 THGS I LEARNED ON MY 1ST GAY CISE

"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. Cisers will also enjoy performanc by drag queens, gay Broadway stars and more, pl more typil river cise perks like sightseeg and lavish meals. Celebry Cis(Courty of Celebry Cis)Celebry Cis sets the scene for an excellent vatn for gay travelers, om s extravagant annual Pri parti to s daily LGBTQ programmg throughout the year.

After night one, there are other social events for gay cisers to party and hang out together. Although all erari are gay-iendly, nsir bookg a Pri Party at Sea sailg (which tak place each June) for an extra special experience.

A GAY CHARACTER SPARKS BATE AND A REFORMED TRAR SAM EMERG DISNEY'S 'JUNGLE CISE'

Private travel pani like VACAYA also charter Celebry ships for all-gay voyag throughout the (Getty Imag)Specifilly marketed toward lbians and LGBTQ women, Olivia has hosted more than 350, 000 travelers by land and sea over almost five s. The popular cise le equently partners wh Atlantis Events to offer all-gay voyag throughout the year, but even the standard sailgs earn praise. Iterari typilly feature LGBTQ meetups at the begng of each cise for gay travelers to meet likemd passengers.

Outsi of the sailg experience, Royal Caribbean has also publicly mted to support the LGBTQ muny throughout the year, and was the first cise le to earn the tle "Gay Traveler Approved" om GayTravel 2023, nsir a Royal Caribbean voyage that sails to gay-iendly statns. "Puerto Vallarta, Mexi, [is] full of gay bars, clubs and gay beach, " says Martez. ]The Cise Wh La Demence(Courty of The Cise wh La Demence)Acrdg to past cisers, if you're lookg for one of the bt party scen on the open seas, nsir an all-gay cise wh La Demence.

MY ATLANTIS GAY CISE TRIP – WHAT IT WAS LIKE

Powered by a popular gay nightclub Bssels wh the same name, La Demence – French for "the madns" – primarily ters to a European crowd. Prev cisers had high praise for the erari – which exclively vis gay-iendly lotns – as well as the uy cktails, themed nights (stum strongly enuraged), glamouro entertament, and unique events like drag bgo and high heel Demence sails every summer to statns like Rome; Athens and Mykonos, Greece; Kotor, Montenegro; Dubrovnik, Croatia; and more. Whether you jo onboard for a vatn, your honeymoon, or even your weddg, you'll see why we're the bt cise le for gay, lbian and all LGBTQ+ guts.

BT GAY CIS: TOP 10 PICKS FOR LGBTQ+ TRAVELERS 2023

Prentg Sponsor of Miami Beach Gay Pri. Celebry has been a major sponsor for Miami Beach Gay Pri two years a row.

GAY JOK FOR STRAIGHT CISERS – JIM DAVID

Boat Trip is a edy about a pair of straight men - Cuba Goodg Jr and Horat Sanz - who are lookg for a wild time but mistakenly end up on a gay cise.

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GAY CIS

If you're at all sensive to gay issu, you need to be warned that this is a very "childish" edy.

The pair of men start out VERY anti-gay and are pletely upset at havg to be even near gay people for any length of time. Roger Moore plays a great olr gay man and shows that he really do have a nice way wh edy. Jt be sure you check your PC-ns at the door and accept that the first half is gog to be the gay-bashg variety of lghs, until the ma characters "mellow" and learn their life lson.

Nonstop parti, unwarranted ments, and a lack of diversy were a few reasons why I avoid bookg a gay cise. I've always been secure about my weight, and if the marketg strategy for an LGBTQ+ cise, vatn, or tour pany don't clu me or make me feel seen — as a chubby Black gay man — I avoid .

But when I was offered the opportuny to sail wh Vaya, I asked a few iends about their gay cise experienc — specifilly, about the pany's chartered sailgs and rort vatns. Even before settg sail, some of my prenceived notns about gay cis seemed to fa. I met several people, cludg Ken, who drove 12 hours om Chattanooga, Tennsee, to go on his first gay cise; Eric and his partner, Jason, om Taa, Washgton, who chatted about how they met, Jason's "g out" story, and his amible divorce om his ex-wife; and Osr, a passenger om L.