Chrisp5

I would take a look at Vacaya. They do full ship charters and there are lots of parties but it doesn’t feel like it focuses as heavily on the party as Atlantis. Lots of people never attend those parties and have a blast. I happened to wander by the piano bar at the time of one of the big parties and it was also packed with people enjoying a performance. I went with a friend who has done gay group cruises before, he’s already booked for another cruise next year. I’m not huge into the scene but being on a ship where everyone is LGBTQ is just such a positive experience.

I’ve done both the Divina and Meraviglia at Christmas. Both had Christmas carols, Santa visits, etc. we don’t have kids so I wasn’t paying that much attention to all of the activities but there are several.

Enjoy the cruise - I did an overnight at Ocean Cay in March on Meraviglia and thought it was great.

More curious than anything - does anyone have any clue why the 10/21 3 night to Ocean Cay suddenly got super popular within the last 6-8 weeks? I was looking at a solo cruise and was showing about 240 for a balcony and tons of rooms available when I went to select a cabin. I didn't pull the tigger and prices jumped up a bit so I thought I would wait for them to drop again. They just kept going up to the point the cheapest room is now $1,800 for a solo. My fault for not booking. I googled and couldn't find a large group event, etc. Any idea why this cruise suddenly jumped to being more expensive than 10+ day cruises? I love Ocean Cay but nowhere close that much!

I did two solos on Meraviglia out of port Canaveral within the last year. One one cruise as best I could tell there was one other solo traveler. On the second there was a decent amount, we had a great time at the solo meetups and around the ship.