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Contents:

• THE 8 TOP GAY CIS FOR 2023
• 12 TOP GAY CIS YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS 2023 AND 2024
• LIVGTOPICSALL LIVGSAVAGE LOVETRAVELASTROLOGYFROM THE VLTHEALTHSTYLELGBT+SEX & ROMANCEBT OF VANUVERTRANSPORATNCARTOONSHOMELS VANUVER TRAVEL FEATURLOVE BOAT SETS A URSE FOR GAY ADVENTURE
• I WENT ON MY FIRST GAY CISE — HERE'S WHAT IT WAS LIKE
• GAY CIS
• YOUR ULTIMATE GAY HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE!
• ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GAY CIS
• THE BT (AND WORST) PORTS AND DTATNS FOR GAY CIS

THE 8 TOP GAY CIS FOR 2023

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. 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.

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

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.

LIVGTOPICSALL LIVGSAVAGE LOVETRAVELASTROLOGYFROM THE VLTHEALTHSTYLELGBT+SEX & ROMANCEBT OF VANUVERTRANSPORATNCARTOONSHOMELS VANUVER TRAVEL FEATURLOVE BOAT SETS A URSE FOR GAY ADVENTURE

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. 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. 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.

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

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.

]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. Cast & crewUser reviewsTrivia2017Not Rated1h 32mOnce a year, the Dream Boat sets sail - a cise only for gay men.

GAY CIS

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. Prcs Cis sails the retro-TV erary wh a boatload of s biggt fans: gay travellers who know how to have the orchtra.

Amazgly, took almost three s for Prcs Cis—owner of the Love Boat featured the origal seri, which ran om 1977 to 1986—to host an all-gay cise, even though gay men were among The Love Boat’s most loyal viewers.

YOUR ULTIMATE GAY HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE!

Although no TV crew was prent to film , a Prcs ship recently set a urse for adventure wh mds on gay romance as sailed the classic Love Boat erary: Los Angel, Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlán, and Cabo San Lus. Other characters clud a sgle acuntant om Vanuver; a Phoenix-based marketer and a travel agent om Seattle (both sgle), whose bs flanked ours; and 2, 500 gay extras—cludg at least 80 om Vanuver. We placed our mai tai orr at a poolsi bar staffed by a morn-day Isaac and were immediately spotted by a handsome young uple om Calgary whom I’d met on a prev all-gay cise.

”The ship’s horn blasted, and the gay Love Boat was officially out to sea, wh a tiaras-and-sceptr bon voyage party.

I’ve sailed on four other cis—two gay, two general—and fd cisg to be the perfect vatn: unpack once on a floatg luxury rort and let h scenery e to trip on the Diamond Prcs was Kev’s first all-gay cise.

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GAY CIS

But when we sailed the Panama Canal wh Royal Caribbean 2004, we disvered that plenty of gay men now travel “out” on mastream cis—we met about 40 others on that trip. Even then, Kev and I were the only openly gay uple to participate one of Royal Caribbean’s ma-stage game shows, s versn of The Newlywed Game.

THE BT (AND WORST) PORTS AND DTATNS FOR GAY CIS

Eight hundred dience members—and, we later found out, the entire ship via closed-circu TV—watched as the gay guys kissed on-stage, and giggled as we tried to gus each other’s answers to a seri of semi-tabloid qutns, such as “What’s the crazit place the two of you have ever ma whoopee? Both seemed more tertg than the homos om Newlywed Game aboard the gay Love Boat was a whole different show. Host Danny Williams, a edian and gay-cise legend, axed hont, hilar, and shockgly tailed answers out of three gay upl.

It was cidly not a show for the general ’s the big difference between all-gay and general cisg: gay cis are signed for a specific dience. Dpe the gay muny’s clamourg for acceptance mastream society, we have many distct attribut, and they really e out when we’re separated om the mastream, pecially by of open ocean.

We drs down for a pool party, then drs up for a formal dner, only to take all off three hours later for an unrwear other big difference: on gay cis, same-sex upl n hold hands, smooch, and b suntan oil all over each other public total cis tend to st more than regular on, but when you nsir the number of gay-foced entertaers they brg onboard, the dollars actually make sense.

After all, the reputatn of 20 years of gay travellers preced : we’re wildly fun, pole, and we tip really well.