Read our gay cis tips for first timers. Learn how to pack, what to do, get safety advice and much more to make the most of your LGBTQ cise.
Contents:
- THE 8 TOP GAY CIS FOR 2023
- I WENT ON A 10-DAY CISE WH 4,000 OTHER GAY MEN. I CRIED FOR DAYS AFTER END, AND I N'T WA TO GO BACK.
- 11 THGS I LEARNED ON MY 1ST GAY CISE
- MY ATLANTIS GAY CISE TRIP – WHAT IT WAS LIKE
- 2 GAY MEN ARRTED FOR HAVG SEX WH EACH OTHER ON CISE SHIP IN THE CARIBBEAN
- 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 FRIENDLY CIS: OUR ROYAL CARIBBEAN EXPERIENCE
- ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GAY CIS
THE 8 TOP GAY CIS FOR 2023
The gay cis promise fun activi, excellent entertament and erari to tertg statns around the world. * gay men on cruise ship *
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 A 10-DAY CISE WH 4,000 OTHER GAY MEN. I CRIED FOR DAYS AFTER END, AND I N'T WA TO GO BACK.
The credible "all-gay" Mederranean Atlantis cise helped me realize how much energy I spend beg myself a heteronormative world. * gay men on cruise ship *
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.
11 THGS I LEARNED ON MY 1ST GAY CISE
I recently sailed on a one-week gay cise wh tour operator Vaya. Here are the top thgs I'd want someone nsirg or planng their first gay cise to know. * gay men on cruise ship *
"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. "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.
MY ATLANTIS GAY CISE TRIP – WHAT IT WAS LIKE
What are Atlantis gay cis like? Here’s all you need to know based on personal experience wh gog on an Atlantis gay cise. * gay men on cruise ship *
"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.
2 GAY MEN ARRTED FOR HAVG SEX WH EACH OTHER ON CISE SHIP IN THE CARIBBEAN
Two men, both om southern California, were arrted for havg sex wh each other on a gay cise ship the Caribbean, acrdg to officials. * gay men on cruise ship *
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. 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.
12 TOP GAY CIS YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS 2023 AND 2024
Friends of Dorothy meetgs are advertised on many cise ship daily programs. Jt what are they, their history and role for gay passengers today. * gay men on cruise ship *
]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. 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.
I WENT ON MY FIRST GAY CISE — HERE'S WHAT IT WAS LIKE
Don’t miss the boat on makg lifelong iends durg an epic vatn. Here are 12 of the bt gay cis g up 2023 and 2024. * gay men on cruise ship *
I had a great time on a 10-day Mederranean cise wh 4, 000 others, the majory beg gay men. At the end of the fal, dis-themed dance on my 10-day "all-gay" cise, I met up wh a man I'd shared a few timate moments wh.
GAY FRIENDLY CIS: OUR ROYAL CARIBBEAN EXPERIENCE
Here's why I chose vatn pany Vaya to book my first gay cise, a seven-day Caribbean cise on the Celebry Millennium ship." emprop="scriptn * gay men on cruise ship *
I'd fallen love wh beg the I booked my 'all-gay' cise, I prepared myself to be disappoted. In 2021, I raid my savgs acunt and spent $3, 059 to book an "all-gay" cise around the dancg troupe nvced me to buy the ticket, which was for 10 days on the Royal Caribbean's Odyssey of the Seas. The special 2022 Atlantis sailg would be filled wh about 4, 000 gay people, the majory of them my life warned me to manage my expectatns.
I also received negative reactns om my gay iends — some said they uldn't thk of anythg worse than an "all-gay" cise.
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GAY CIS
Lookg to cise? Read our experience of our gay iendly cise wh Royal Caribbean onboard Harmony of the Seas. * gay men on cruise ship *
Others add a lghg emoji each time they msaged about , as if the choice self was ludicro or exclively beg around gay people was crgeworthy and embarrassg. I now know that, until you've been on one of the cis, you really have no ia what happens on day one, I was havg the time of my life — we'd created our own floatg universe As our ship set sail om Rome, dawned on me that I'd never been around this many gay men before. It mands rtrat to not absorb microaggrsns, but to stead allow them to fuel my day, I mt stand firm and ph agast nventns and benchmarks of the heteronormative world that many gay men like myself choose to reject.
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While most of have seen an Atlantis gay cise via social media or advertisements, you’re probably still wonrg…what are the Atlantis gay cis really like? Other trips for ternatnal gay pri events, ski weeks, and events like Gay Days are great, but the Atlantis Gay Cise jt felt granr. Lots of first-timers expect Atlantis gay cis to be a nstant sex party, but ’s not exactly like that.
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But for some reason, the ia of gettg on a 5000+ person gay cise h me like a brick wall. I thk ’s important to know that every Atlantis gay cise has so many programmed events happeng, that ’s tly impossible to do everythg. It seems most people do on the ternatnal cis, but sounds like the gay cis out of Miami and San Diego are pretty much nstant circu parti.