DrGaellon

Just booked Symphony of the Seas Dec 8-15 2024 for my annual birthday cruise with my sister.

Bayonne NJ

Philipsburg, St Maarten 

Castries, St Lucia

Bridgetown, Barbados

Basseterre, St Kitts 

4-nights round trip to Halifax NS

On Oasis of the Seas right now. 40% capacity and there must have been more than two dozen people at the LGBTQ meetup - all of whom ignored me. Oh well. 
 

just booked a 7-night cruise on Symphony of the Seas for Dec 3-10 for my birthday and my sister’s.

Hello! I am expecting to be on Oasis for this short cruise with a group of cruisers from That Other Site (the F one). I’ll be sharing with my sister so we can splurge up on a better stateroom, since we’re both single these days. 

11 hours ago, RVACruiser43 said:

Glad I saw this post 🙂. I was sort of hoping you would like to walk the beach in the triangle beach excursion on the 16th.  BTW we will be in cabin 8030 unless an upgrade bid is awarded.  That is the Starboard Aft Corner.  I am doing the beach walk alone at this point.  Wife said you could have her ticket to the Bermuda triangle excursion but I told her you already called NCL. BTW wife knows and is very LGBT friendly.

Tom

Thanks, but I am not a beach person, nor really into nature walks. I'm sure we'll meet for a drink onboard. I'm in 10138 - starboard, just forward of the aft elevators.

Just booked Norwegian Gem 5 nights out of NYC, Dec 14-19. Anyone else going to be aboard?

Anyone sailing on the Norwegian Gem out of Manhattan to Bermuda on Dec 14? I just booked a solo cruise at a great rate. Late birthday trip (my birthday is the week before, but I'm working).

9 hours ago, joat said:

Have any of you sailed on Pullmantur?  A group of us are looking at their cruise from South America to Europe (Rome or Venice) for the spring of 2021.  We are bilingual, so the Spanish predominance is not a problem.  Just wondering about the service, food, drinks quality.  They have many short cruises in the Med.  Thought perhaps someone might have sailed with them somewhere.

Pullmantur is a sister line to Royal Caribbean - it's where they send their ships when they retire from the main line. They recently retired Monarch of the Seas and sent her to Pullmantur. I've never sailed with them, but do be aware that they are all older ships.

13 minutes ago, balkor2 said:

 

Just noticed your sig block. You're going to be on Anthem the same week we're going to be on Oasis.

One of the gay cruising websites (Meet Me On Board) is advertising an LGBTQ + Allies group for this sailing. My husband and I have a connecting balcony cabin with my best friend and his husband.

MMOB (the gay cruising website) is hosting an LGBTQ + Allies cruise on NCL Pride of America Feb 20-27 2021, 7-night tour of the Hawaiian Islands. Just made the Roll Call and the FB group for it.

3 hours ago, balkor2 said:

Wonder what the drive will be like from Southern VA to Elizabeth, NJ in Dec. Been a long time since we have been in the north during that time of the year

 

It might be a nothing trip, it might be murder. Keep a close eye on the weather reports, and consider driving up a day early and staying over so you don't risk missing the boat.

16 minutes ago, joat said:

FANTASTIC!  Have a fantastic cruise!

What is the itinerary?

We have a long time friend who is a steward on this ship.

Miami - St Maarten - San Juan - Labadee - Miami

Oasis of the Seas, Eastern Caribbean, Dec 8-15 2019

My husband and I just booked a 7-night cruise on Oasis of the Seas for Dec 8-15 2019, to celebrate my 50th birthday.

2 minutes ago, balkor2 said:

 

I have done that for several cruises and have little to no response but high volume of readers but little to no talkers

Agreed. I created one for my upcoming cruise, and have gotten nothing.

3 hours ago, cot427 said:

Correct. Check for LGBT Social Hour or Meet Up or something like that. On Anthem, it was 7pm nightly and I didn't see anything offered on Explorer in September.

My understanding when we sailed on Brilliance 2 years ago was that they only offer LGBT meet ups on cruises of 7 nights or longer.

Are there routinely planned LGBT meet-ups on Royal Caribbean ships?

On 1/9/2018 at 2:48 AM, skipperanne said:

Sailing on Anthem of the Seas out of Cape Liberty on February 25 for an 11 night cruise. Anyone know how Royal handles the LGBTQ crowd. I've enjoyed the groups on NCL, so looking forward to a new venue.

We sailed on RCCL Brilliance of the Seas Dec 2016 and had no issues whatsoever.

On 12/5/2017 at 4:14 PM, Kid in me said:

Hi we are from Brooklyn N.Y.. We average 3 to 4 cruises a year. Our ship of choice is Royal Caribbean.

My husband and I are from New Rochelle! We will be on our second-ever cruise on Adventure of the Seas in May 2019. (Our first cruise was also RCCL, on the Brilliance in Dec 2016.)

On 3/13/2018 at 1:35 PM, 2seattleguys said:

hi were a gay couple from seattle in our late fiftys and early sixtys, weve done around 10 all gay cruises, a couple partial gay (cuba) and a couple straight cruises. i can not recomend the gay cruises enough, we avoided them because we "didnt have the wild streak, wernt hot enough"and finally took the plunge. we had the time of our lives,90% of passengers are just average gays, so welcoming with no attitudeand you make friends instantly, some life long we still get together 10 years later. sure theres partys but so much more, they bring all their own entertainers and shows, dont want to party on the pooldeck? go to one of the numerous bars or lounges for every kind of music and entertainment you can think of. if theres one problem its that theres too much to do. we do pay alittle more but find its well worth it and no children, next cruise straight ncl barcelona-venice in may happy sailing

Did you book through Atlantis for the gay cruises? Are there other gay cruises out there?

My husband David and I will be on RCCL Adventure of the Seas May 17 2019 sailing from Cape Liberty (Newark NJ) to Bermuda and the Bahamas. Anyone else on this cruise?

My husband David and I just booked this sailing. Any other LGBTQ joining us?

Connecticut - and on the Carnival Victory in 55 days !! Key west and cozumel

We're from Westchester, and we're doing Tampa - Key West - Cozumel - Tampa leaving Dec 3 on RCI Brilliance.