JBinSF

San Francisco locals on the Celebrity Eclipse Pacific Coastal November 11, 2019. I'm SURE there is family on board, so let's show everybody what we mean by the "left coast"!  

Didn't help I was stuck using the wide angle either, so the people on the edges are misshapen. I'm sure there's something to be done with that, but I'll figure it out later. I'd rather bask in the fun memories - I love that the image is full of everyone genuinely having a good time.

I know you didn't originally ask about this, but you raised the issue at the end of the thread...Lightroom has a database of lens "profiles", and if your lens is listed, you can correct for the wide angle distortion in Lightroom before you export and edit in PS. If your lens isn't listed, try using a profile for a similar lens. If you regularly make a number of adjustments (exposure, lens profiling, cropping, etc) you might want to consider shooting in RAW, and edit as a TIFF or a DNG or PSD, which don't throw away information, unlike JPG which thows more and more information away with each "save". Also, RAW has a wider exposure range and sometimes you can save details in the shadows and highlights that get lost even while the image is still in the camera on its way to becoming a JPG.

We are about to book!n

Does anyone know why this one appears cheaper than the equivalent straight cruises before and after this RSVP charter? Very unusual!

we arrive thurs around dinner time

Last yelp on here....no Gay Cruisers on Anthem December 16th?

Sorry just saw your roll call! We are usually gay, and down for 5 PM FOD most days. Say Hi if you see us!

John & Ignatius

San Francisco

If you are on the Splendour for the Suez Canal passage in november/December, hit us up! It would be a shame to spend our honeymoon with a ship completely full of straight people! BTW - We were married on the Supreme Court Day of decision June 26 2015!

"No offense to straight people. Some of my best friends are straight!"

We've been on about a dozen gay cruises and 3 or 4 straight ones. Just to add a little bit to this discussion, I think that for those who want to dip their toes into a gay cruise but are uncertain, you might want to keep in mind that for cruises departing from foreign ports, they tend to be a lot more like a straight cruise than you might think. Sure there are dance parties on the pool deck, but people who have spent thousands of dollars on a vacation to see Venice are not as likely to be up all night partying as someone who leaves from LA and they are going to see Puerto Vallarta. Regardless of which style of cruise, the costumes and door decorations and hilarious skits make them really value-added.

Plus, crews generally LOVE working gay cruises, so they are in much better moods than on straight cruises. Besides their joining in on the fun, they don't have the kids to reign in, and few wheelchairs to push around. Even the ship shows are better: We are much more likely to be responding and cheering and giving standing ovations, and the entertainers really respond with a better show as a result. I once went to a "ask the entertainers" event on a straight cruise, and mentioned that we usually go on Atlantis cruises, and the straight dancer was so effusive about the Atlantis audiences, saying how he would do anything to work more Atlantis cruises because we are such great audiences. All the other entertainers were nodding in agreement. Mind you, neither of us mentioned that Atlantis is a gay cruise. So when the whole Q and A broke up, a lot f people came over to me and asked what is an Atlantis cruise and how can they sign up! So I had to break it to them that they are gay charters.

If you have any more specific questions about gay vs straight, I'd be happy to try to field them.

And if any of you are on the Splendour of the Seas November 28 Suez Canal cruise, please say hi: We'll be celebrating our honeymoon!

We were on the Atlantis Auckland to Sydney cruise - it was quite a lot of fun. Sailing into Sydney, past the Opera House and under the bridge were one of the most exciting ports to sail into ever. And of course, it ended in Sydney for Mardi Gras, so it was gay when you were onboard and even gayer when you disembarked !

Hi. JD from Canberra. National capital of Australia. :). Been on two cruises so far and booked on three more over next 12 months. Never been on a gay cruise but would like to. Just have limited choice here in Australia. Would have to travel overseas so a gay cruise becomes a bit of a holiday event and cost :)

 

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