rthomasmke

Most of the time we have stayed at the Hilton Ft. Lauderdale Marina.  If you face the port, you see the ship in the morning.  Nice boardwalk, outdoor bar and pool area. 

On 1/29/2020 at 9:01 AM, David Kane said:

Day 3 - White Knight -

 

After an enjoyable lunch at Sushi on 5 the deleterious effects of the morning Caribbean Sun finally caught up with poor XZ and she, like a fine Victorian woman, went down with the heat. However, this night had my favorite of all Cruise Ship Activities - Kareoke - and I dressed for a dinner which I never attended and instead based myself out a Anatasiia's Club:

 

 

Pro Tip: If you want to meet, well, everyone, in Suite Class just hang out at the Club starting around 5:00pm. They say if you stay in one place long enough the world will pass you by - well, all the guests will pass you by if you hang out by the Bar here from 5-9 as people queue up for a pre-dinner drink.The same gathering occurs at the Martini bar as well, but it's such an in demand space that getting a seat requires one to acquire it before the servers have even started setting out their garnish.

 

 

After a time, XZ managed to rouse herself for a brief hour and fox up, but soon quickly retreated to back to the room in preparation for the next day, which would find herself thoroughly energized and me somewhat...not.

 

 

Cruise Kareoke, if you are in to that sort of thing, is quite wonderful, as the audience is more supportive than one might suspect. In addition, the ever-present Team Cocktail has a professional Country Singer as part of their rolling party and they, in turn, support him with organized line dancing (!).

 

 

Following Kareoke there was a brief turn at the Casino, and then the remainder of evening spent in some fine company up in the Sky Lounge where, after 12:00am, the DJ will actually play music written after, let's just pull a number out of our butt here, oh, say, 1973. Put it this way, I only dance to Gaga so I thought I was rather safe to sit and enjoy and not get all sweaty but, alas, I actually danced.

 

 

 

Dan and I are on this sailing.  Looking forward to that "new ship smell".  

Woo Hoo! Looking forward to meeting everyone. Just a few weeks to go.

Bob

Yes, they have them. I have been on Harmony twice in the past year. There is a board by Guest Services or the Cafe Promenade that lists the various group meetings. If I remember correctly it was at the Schooner Bar.

We have only sailed on "straight" cruises. Never a problem and always a good time, especially late night in the disco. As others have said, look for the LGBT meetings, or "Friends of Dorothy". I think of the four lines I have traveled on, Princess does the best as there is a crew member present to get the party started. It is really what you make of it.

Greetings!

Starting a Roll Call. Partner and I have booked and looking forward to doing the transatlantic, repositioning. Chime in if you are on this sailing.

Bob and Dan

Milwaukee, WI

Partner and I (20 years together) have cruised many times and find it is a hit or miss on any ship. FOD meetings are great, but not always, but we always go to the first one and meet who is there. Sometimes a group clicks, other times not. We mostly enjoy meeting people, chatting, having fun no matter the gender or sexual orientation. We find it is much like going out to a bar...hit or miss. You can tell the veteran cruisers that know it is about meeting people and enjoying the time away. We have never been on a gay cruise, don't want to pay the extra money to stand around and model and be judged. We have found that we click much more with transatlantic/repo cruises as we are stuck on the ship longer. Long lasting friends, only a couple. Overall, we go to enjoy and hopefully meet people.

Partner and I are traveling. Looking forward to a few days away. Anyone else cruising?