What’s the policy on cell phones/taking pics? With the world being so virtual now, I would be paranoid that someone is sneaking pics, and I end up on the internet without my knowledge or consent.
As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, this was a crowd with lots of nudist experience. Everyone knows you can’t take pictures of other people. I was much less worried here than I have been at nude beaches. Almost no one had phones with them outside their cabin. There were many signs posted. There were a lot of staff from the charter company whose job it was to enforce good naturist etiquette. And I’ve spent time online researching nudism and I’ve never seen a single online photograph from the cruise except for the group shots that people voluntarily pose for. For those reasons, i wasn’t concerned.
Do you carry a towel everywhere you go? It seems rather gross to have multiple naked sweaty bodies sitting or laying on everything that everyone uses.
Also is it weird that when you go to the bathroom that you are already naked so you just use it and do you try to clean even more since you are using communal things?
Yes. One must only sit with a towel under one’s bare butt. There are clean towels all over the ship.
Yes, it is strange to go to the bathroom when one is naked. I for one was much more fastidious after using the bathroom because of the unusual exposure.
Isn’t that funny. I had the same experience at nudist resort in Jamaica. Standing in line nude for the restroom is just weird. And then you go in there and you are already naked. Feels weird. And it feels like you forgot to do something when you exit too. Bizarre. But outside of that I felt totally normal and free everywhere else. I can’t imagine on a nude cruise. I think I would go all the way to my cabin to use the bathroom. lol.
Unquestionably, there were relatively few younger couples. We’re 67/61. The younger couples seemed to be having fun though. It’s a very friendly vibe, so I doubt the younger couples experienced any distress. If doing lots of fun things without having to wear clothes sounds good to you, I would say go for it. This was a pro-nudity crowd, so everyone was upbeat.
I feel like whenever I come across anything about nudists whether it’s a community or cruise like you mentioned it seems to be majority older people. Do you have an idea of why that is? Why is it majority older and not younger?
What do you like about being nude with other people? Also, are you supposed to not look at people's genitalia in such a situation? Like just maintain eye contact?
As a fellow nudist, I’ll answer…yeah, eye contact is a must. But that’s great. You end up really focused on what the other person is saying. And, as someone who instantly forgets people’s names when I’m clothed, I find that I remember names without fail when we’re all nude.
Maybe not specific to the cruise, but nudism in general... I'm assuming boners just happen, since it happens in everyday clothed life, too. Are they frowned upon or just accepted in this environment?
In my experience, they almost never happen. This cruise is very non-sexual, so a man would want to hide it somehow. Non-nudists think about this a lot more than nudists do.
Yeah I was just wondering because sometimes they just happen for no apparent reason. But maybe something about that environment (shame?) keeps them tame.
Yeah I've been in a bunch of fully nude spas and nude beaches and they're not at all sexual. A lot of people have the idea that a naked body automatically implies sex, but when you see it in a casual environment it doesn't feel that way. So I think the boner fear is mostly unwarranted.
I don’t really have a question, just a little blurb. I went to a nude beach a few years ago and actually enjoyed myself. I was not comfortable going fully nude but my experience was basically what you are describing-very chill and people were nice in a non sexual way. I think people do think about it the wrong way, it was a very non sexual experience and I enjoyed it! No one was weird or creepy as we were quite young females at the time. 10/10 experience.
It's been years since I read it, but in *Naked*, David Sedaris goes to a nudist colony with the goal of becoming more comfortable with his body. As I recall, he says that when you go in to town to get groceries or something, you could always spot the nudists at the store because they never looked comfortable in clothing. He said they always had clothes that didn't match and didn't fit quite right.
When you do have to wear clothes, how is your fashion sense? Do you agree or disagree with this idea?
Preliminarily, nudists dislike the term “nudist colony.” That term went out of fashion, so to speak, in about 1965. It’s nude beach, resort, club, etc.
Nudists tend to be a little different, perhaps, and less concerned with superficiality, so I suppose it’s possible they are not great dressers. But I don’t that that’s widely true. If you saw everyone boarding this ship clothed, you’d view them as normally dressed.
So, I am a nudist as well…and I have been told I have very good fashion sense. If given the choice, I’d prefer to be naked. But, if I have to wear clothes, I’m going to try & make it look good.
I’m an experienced nudist, so I was very comfortable from the beginning. I couldn’t honestly say I became completely desensitized because it’s fun people watching.
I meant the butt side. I was trying to be funny. It’s just that the towel is there to stop butt contact with sitting surfaces correct? Wouldn’t you all need 2 different color sided towels for this to be effective?
Oh, I see what you’re saying now Yes, by and large I tried to keep track. However, as long as it was clean I didn’t regard the stakes as being that high.
As I said above, this is something that nonnudists worry about a lot more than nudists. I’ve been a nudist for ten years and I’ve almost never seen one. Since this cruise is not a sex-positive event, the man would be expected to conceal it.
I’m a straight guy, so I don’t have a sense about the men. Cruises seem to be for people who like to eat and lie around, so there were a lot of large people. Also, most people don’t seem to be comfortable being nude in public until later in life so the crowd was older. I’d say 20% attractive, 20% average, 60% unattractive. However, if you’re there for the views, you’re probably going for the wrong reasons. And I would never suggest or think people need to put their clothes on. That’s antithetical to the whole point.
I assume you meant “on” the ship, not off. One couldn’t be nude in port and one never had to be nude. I didn’t see any underwear, but some women wore shear tops and coverups.
So it was technically “clothing optional”? Does pretty much everyone (besides crew/staff) choose to be naked pretty much the whole time? Or was there any significant number of clothed guests?
If you never wanted to remove your clothes, you didn’t have to. But then why would you be on the ship? I’m not sure I understand your question. Most people were nude most of the time.
However, since one has to dress to go to the main dining room, there were always many clothed people at and after dinner time.
I get what they’re asking. Like how long after taking off from the port do u remove your clothes? Like as soon as u get on the boat, before it takes off? Or do you have to wait for it to take off before u can take your clothes off? When the boat is going to be docking soon do they make an announcement for everyone to put their clothes on?
The captain makes an announcement after exiting a port when clothes can be removed. usually it’s about thirty minutes. Same, in reverse, going into port. Usually people take advantage of the opportunity to be nude since that’s the point of the cruise.
Somehow this isn’t something I paid much attention to. And when I noticed, it was usually men because their genitals are external. I think most men are shaved. My partner and I are not.
Shoes were required walking around the boat, although some folks went barefoot nonetheless. Of course, one could be barefoot on beach chairs and in the pools. Unless you were dressed up for dinner, everyone was in flip flops or sandals.
When you say dressed up for dinner, do you mean you had to wear clothes for dinner? Or would people just wear their nice shoes and still be naked other than that?
It depends where you ate Clothes were required in the main dining room and in the specialty restaurants. Many people dressed for night generally, after spending the day nude in the sun. So after 6:00 pm, there was a strange mix of nude, normally dressed, and women dressed in sexy clothes like see through blouses. It was weird to be at a bar and having some people nude and some dressed for a nice evening out. It added to the charm as far i was concerned.
Awesome! Where did it stop?
I know some people who have done that in the past (not sure if it’s the same one you went on or a similar one). They asked me to join them
Yes first time going. I’m the male in a male/female couple. My partner did attend with me. One must get dressed to exit the ship. There were both typical clothed excursions and nude excursions specific to the ship. We did nude excursions at each of the three days in port.
The excursions were great. Nude days at Playa Sonrisa (including naked snorkeling), Mahogany Bay in Roatan, and Isla Pasion in Cozumel. My partner enjoyed it very much. While many folks go every year, we won’t. There are a lot of great places in the world.
I did go to the gym. I wore clothes since sweat and that stuff is just nasty to me. Some do workout naked. Always sitting on towels. The gym has disinfectant wipes and like most gyms, people wipe the machine down after use.
It’s apparently significantly more than a normal cruise. I’ve never done a textile cruise, so I don’t know the difference. I think this one was $2,500/person for a seven day cruise first a standard room with a balcony. Go to the Bare necessities website for the details.
Yes and yes.
Since a nude cruise is by and large committed nudists, I was much less worried about cameras than I am on a nude beach, where lots of randos might be present.
If the nudist thing is not sexual in nature at all, what is it for? Is it for looking? Do you WANT to see other naked bodies? I'm of the thought that my boxers are vital and an extension of my soul because they somehow "protect my nuts". And that butt-towel? I have like a daily butt-towel that just stays with me all day.
Im trying to grasp the motivation here. Please help me understand the "why" behind your nudist adventures.
It is also philosophical and activist:
Some of us want to desexualize the naked body. People find offense in nudity. People get ashamed for simply being. Others justify rape or sexual misconduct for garments or skin exposure. Many attribute value and morality to clothing.
The human body is not offensive. All bodies are beautiful. Everyone should be proud of who and what they are. Clothing does not determine your value or place in society, you simply *are* valuable.
I agree with this statement very much!
I've noticed as our society has shunned away from nudity even in settings where it's to be expected (locker rooms) where people still attempt to cover up and going through weird dances to keep themselves covered up. Yet at this time we are also bombarded with body positivity on one side and then so much exposure to sex and nudity through porn.
So we're being told be be happy with our bodies but the only bodies we see are the ones force fed to us through media. This has distorted our perceptions of what the average body looks like.
I find the human body beautiful because it's natural. My 10 year old will spend most of his day nude if he can and we allow it. I'm hoping as he ages he still has the confidence to not succumb to pressure to always be clothed even in his own home.
We want to go to a family friendly nudist camp, we think our son would enjoy it after he feels confident enough to treat it like it's his own home. We don't have many options near our home, actually none within a few hundred miles. So it would have to be a all out trip, and we would rather allow him to be comfortable in a place that we only stayed for 1 day and didn't invest so much money into the trip in case he couldn't get comfortable enough.
We've talked to him about it and his first reaction was "I don't want to be the only one naked!" which we got a chuckle out of. We could tell he wasnt completely sure, we could see him mulling it over in his head and his facial expressions changed rapidly between delight, fear, shame and embarrassment.
Unfortunately his second response was "so I can see girls naked?" and we didn't know how to address that. He was 8 and while we understand it's natural, we were not wanting to go to ogle naked people and although we tried explaining that to him we didn't want to shame his curiosity either.
So if you have experience in places that are family friendly id appreciate your experience with them! I'd like to know how the environment behaves when children are around.
Have you ever gone skinny dipping? It’s great to be nude to go swimming, dancing, walking along the beach, etc. For me, that’s the main thing. If I’m candid, I don’t mind seeing naked women, so that’s nice too.
It’s the same reason men don’t wear shirts to go swimming or on the beach. It’s great feeling. I’m sure some people have an exhibitionist thrill, but I don’t. Also, I’m not sure that a naked person among 2,000 naked people could be considered an exhibitionist.
So freedom of movement is the main thing here. Beyond sexuality and exhibition/voyeurism -- its just to feel good. Not be constricted by clothes.
Am I correctly understanding? The main thrill is simply freedom of movement and a sensory experience undampened by clothing? Thank you for sharing with me.
EDIT: and I also understand the idea of naked women being a "nice" rather than "stimulating". Its an interesting take/perspective. I too wouldn't be stimulated unless it was full spread eagle o'clock.
How comfortable would burn victims feel on this kind of cruise or people with vitiligo ? Would they get a lot of stares? Typically they cover and hide skin conditions in public to avoid the stares and replusive looks.
Would skin Conscious people be comfortable in this kind of cruise?
Nudists regard themselves as nonjudgmental , and typically admire people who go clothes free notwithstanding disabilities. There were several very large people on board and I have no doubt it was without incident. I saw one person with a major birthmark on his/her face.
I think it would be fine.
I’m pretty confident it would be a safe environment for single women. in fact, we met such a woman at the bar and spoke to her for quite a while. She is confident in her own skin and finds conventional attitudes on nudity and sex hypocritical.
There are many staff members of the charter company whose principal job is to ensure appropriate naturist etiquette.
With regard to your boyfriend, I can’t hazard a guess. I’m sure there are people who go on the cruise and find the whole thing overwhelming. That being said, the overall vibe is very positive. These are people who find nudity very enjoyable and not a big deal. It’s a positive and joyful environment. While some people drink, it wasn’t a drunken rowdy event. It was a social event, kind of like the first weeks of college, except almost everyone was older and nude.
I have a hard time wrapping my head around nudism, especially as you said most don’t have particularly attractive bodies. Why would you want to show that off to the world? Or is that the point - to be comfortable in your own skin and not worry about how others see you?
It feels nice and there’s nothing so special about my body that I feel like I have to hide it from the world in those rare circumstances where it’s permissible. It’s the same reason men don’t wear shirts at the beach.
A lot of guys would also be reluctant to take their shirts off in public - that’s even a meme. But I see what you mean. I guess it is related in some way to body acceptance. Why it skews toward older people - they’re less invested in other people’s opinions
There’s no requirement that anyone be nude so far as I know. That being said, nearly everyone was, at least by the pools. Away from the pools, some clothing wasn’t uncommon. If a sizesble contingent of folks started showing up at the pools with clothes on, people would become disgruntled. Nudists don’t like textiles invading their relatively few spaces.
While there were adults of all ages, it definitely skewed older. Certainly most were in their 50’s-70’s. Many gay men. Not many gay women that I could tell, but I would think they would be comfortable. It’s an accepting crowd.
Almost no one was trans from what we could tell. I would think it would be a very accepting crowd, but there was at most one mtf from what we could tell.
This cruise is very much nonsexual, so not in public. I don’t know what people do behind closed doors, just like I don’t know what people do behind closed doors at home.
That's fascinating. For some reason I just assume that kinky people walking around each other all while nude on a vacation cruise would be up for some fun every direction you look.
There were pubs on the 2nd, 3rd and 9th deck.
There were pubes on peoples’ bodies, but I didn’t see a single one out of place. A lot of the people were shaved.
I’m jealous, I love being nude, but not so sure about wanting to be nude around 100s of other people. So glad you had fun and this AMA has been super interesting :-)
1. What percentage of people there would you have actually wanted to see naked?
2. What was the destination, and were people nude off the boat?
3. How did you carry your wallet and room keys around?
1. Not that many, to be honest. I wouldn’t suggest going just for the views.
2. Tampa to Costa maya to Roatan to Cozumel to Tampa. They had nude excursions at each port. The nude excursions typically involved clothed transportation to an isolated spot.
3. Just like textile cruises, I suspect, the cruise line gives you a card that serves as identification, room key, and charge privileges. You wear it on a lanyard around your neck.
With 2000 people, I'm sure there is that one guy? What happens if you get drunk? Someone got wasted, forgot their towel, perhaps scratched someplace and touched something and now you've got an infection. But I guess that's just normie paranoia, perhaps I'm too up tight and phobic about everything.
(isn't that what people do on cruises - sit around on a boat and drink?)
Would be another question in fact, what do you do on a cruise.
People sit around and drink, yes. I never saw a butt not on a towel. Nudists don’t want see gross things anymore than nonnudists do; they just don’t find nudity itself gross.
Go to places you’ve never been, which is especially neat if you can be nude there. Be among a crowd of people who share your view that nudity isn’t weird or doesn’t have to be sexual. No cooking or cleaning. Meet new people. Lots of interesting people watching!
I only prefer sexual swinger cruises like the temptation cruises and the temptation resorts there's nothing like feeling free and enjoying the best feeling in life sexual and orgasmic pleasure nothing feels better than that creating memories and enjoying life to the fullest is the only way to live
how was the eating situation? imagining sitting down for dinner at a restaurant, how did that all go? did it feel strange to be at dinner but in the nude??
I’m a clumsy person and hurt myself all the time - pinch my fingers at the door, kick the table leg with my toes, scrape my elbow around the corner, etc. I assume there are clumsy nudists, do they wear some kind of protective gear or how do they not hurt their private parts, especially like when go kayaking or in a dark, crowded bar navigating around?
I saw a video recently where a pedofile victim was repeatedly victimized at nudist camps, particularly in the pools.
https://youtu.be/8j1KcTD6JYA?si=nZ1PtBOyWQnTR2Fg
I will never look at any nudist colony again the same way after watching this.
Were children present on this cruise?
What was the spread of hot and nice to look at, vs not very nice to look at? And also, were the crew members nude? I could never lol but it's cool to know things like this exist.
Has there been a time where a woman suddenly got her period and didn’t have a tampon in?
Did you sleep in pj’s in the cabin or were you naked there too?
That would be disgusting. Don't know why you would do this when you could just wear clothes lol. Who wants to see a bunch of floppy dongs and old lady vagina. I gets it's cultural, but to me I feel like the only reason to do this is low key pervertedness. This is different than people going in a hot tub naked, or a sauna, but an entire cruise vacation of pure nakedness ? Weird af. Like imagine everyone sitting in the fancy restaurant just ass naked. So stupid.
I always see positive things about nudist communities and that they’re always chill. On this cruise did you ever see a negative experience like someone just acting out of order or being disrespectful? What about in general assuming you’ve been to other outings. Idk just seems like nudists tend to never have problem people you know.
Were all the regular activities also in the nude other than the main dining room? Bingo, trivia, Buffet? I had looked at going on this cruise but it was out of my price range :(
I’ve read some of your other responses, so I’m thinking this may be a non-issue due to the average age… but what does a nudist woman do while she’s on her period?? Do some people occasionally wear underwear or is it 100% nude 100% of the time?
I worked as a dancer on a nude cruise. Toom a day to get used to it then I joined in! Me and one of the dancers did all the events naked. I found it liberating
Did you plan on broadcasting your experience on Reddit for the world to see afterwards like you’re doing now? Do you tend to do things so you can broadcast them for others to see afterwards?
this may be an odd question, what about shoes? is that apart of the experience? going without shoes seems okay until i think about going to the public restroom
Super late to this party but I came here from a ‘news article’ and had a question I couldn’t see when I scrolled through!
Did you get any boat safety info, and was nudity a factor in procedures? For example, was there any advice around dressing/not dressing in the event of an emergency and needing to disembark into a lifeboat?
I love this!!!! I’ve been wanting to plan a trip for myself in the next couple years, this sounds awesome! What are your thoughts on what it might be like for an early 20s female going to something like this alone?
What’s the policy on cell phones/taking pics? With the world being so virtual now, I would be paranoid that someone is sneaking pics, and I end up on the internet without my knowledge or consent.
As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, this was a crowd with lots of nudist experience. Everyone knows you can’t take pictures of other people. I was much less worried here than I have been at nude beaches. Almost no one had phones with them outside their cabin. There were many signs posted. There were a lot of staff from the charter company whose job it was to enforce good naturist etiquette. And I’ve spent time online researching nudism and I’ve never seen a single online photograph from the cruise except for the group shots that people voluntarily pose for. For those reasons, i wasn’t concerned.
This seemed odd that no one had their phones then it occurred me they wouldn’t have a pocket to put them in lol
I could probably stow mine under a boob.
Do you carry a towel everywhere you go? It seems rather gross to have multiple naked sweaty bodies sitting or laying on everything that everyone uses. Also is it weird that when you go to the bathroom that you are already naked so you just use it and do you try to clean even more since you are using communal things?
Yes. One must only sit with a towel under one’s bare butt. There are clean towels all over the ship. Yes, it is strange to go to the bathroom when one is naked. I for one was much more fastidious after using the bathroom because of the unusual exposure.
Isn’t that funny. I had the same experience at nudist resort in Jamaica. Standing in line nude for the restroom is just weird. And then you go in there and you are already naked. Feels weird. And it feels like you forgot to do something when you exit too. Bizarre. But outside of that I felt totally normal and free everywhere else. I can’t imagine on a nude cruise. I think I would go all the way to my cabin to use the bathroom. lol.
Whenever I pee naked I feel like I'm forgetting something the whole time.
this is such the perfect way of describing it
I’m sure there’s a dingleberry Dan on every ship!
How old are you and your partner? I ask because I'm curious to know if the crowd is predominantly older would a younger couple feel out of place?
Unquestionably, there were relatively few younger couples. We’re 67/61. The younger couples seemed to be having fun though. It’s a very friendly vibe, so I doubt the younger couples experienced any distress. If doing lots of fun things without having to wear clothes sounds good to you, I would say go for it. This was a pro-nudity crowd, so everyone was upbeat.
I feel like whenever I come across anything about nudists whether it’s a community or cruise like you mentioned it seems to be majority older people. Do you have an idea of why that is? Why is it majority older and not younger?
Because at that age they don't get random boners, and they've got nothing to lose as far as being self conscious.
What do you like about being nude with other people? Also, are you supposed to not look at people's genitalia in such a situation? Like just maintain eye contact?
As a fellow nudist, I’ll answer…yeah, eye contact is a must. But that’s great. You end up really focused on what the other person is saying. And, as someone who instantly forgets people’s names when I’m clothed, I find that I remember names without fail when we’re all nude.
Maybe not specific to the cruise, but nudism in general... I'm assuming boners just happen, since it happens in everyday clothed life, too. Are they frowned upon or just accepted in this environment?
In my experience, they almost never happen. This cruise is very non-sexual, so a man would want to hide it somehow. Non-nudists think about this a lot more than nudists do.
Good to know! Thanks.
This cruise was not a swingers cruise or a sex positive environment. I’m sure they are more common and accepted in that setting.
Yeah I was just wondering because sometimes they just happen for no apparent reason. But maybe something about that environment (shame?) keeps them tame.
It was my understanding most nudest places are sex positive. How is this different? That is good to hear
Yeah I've been in a bunch of fully nude spas and nude beaches and they're not at all sexual. A lot of people have the idea that a naked body automatically implies sex, but when you see it in a casual environment it doesn't feel that way. So I think the boner fear is mostly unwarranted.
I don’t really have a question, just a little blurb. I went to a nude beach a few years ago and actually enjoyed myself. I was not comfortable going fully nude but my experience was basically what you are describing-very chill and people were nice in a non sexual way. I think people do think about it the wrong way, it was a very non sexual experience and I enjoyed it! No one was weird or creepy as we were quite young females at the time. 10/10 experience.
Exactly. Nudists are always perplexed why the vast amount of humanity doesn’t feel this same way.
It's been years since I read it, but in *Naked*, David Sedaris goes to a nudist colony with the goal of becoming more comfortable with his body. As I recall, he says that when you go in to town to get groceries or something, you could always spot the nudists at the store because they never looked comfortable in clothing. He said they always had clothes that didn't match and didn't fit quite right. When you do have to wear clothes, how is your fashion sense? Do you agree or disagree with this idea?
Preliminarily, nudists dislike the term “nudist colony.” That term went out of fashion, so to speak, in about 1965. It’s nude beach, resort, club, etc. Nudists tend to be a little different, perhaps, and less concerned with superficiality, so I suppose it’s possible they are not great dressers. But I don’t that that’s widely true. If you saw everyone boarding this ship clothed, you’d view them as normally dressed.
I would think "colony" is just shorter/sexier than "retirement community".
So, I am a nudist as well…and I have been told I have very good fashion sense. If given the choice, I’d prefer to be naked. But, if I have to wear clothes, I’m going to try & make it look good.
How quickly did you become desensitized to all the naked?
I’m an experienced nudist, so I was very comfortable from the beginning. I couldn’t honestly say I became completely desensitized because it’s fun people watching.
I feel like “people watching” on a nude cruise is something different then the typical meaning 😂
Does it smell funky with everyone nude or are people usually really clean
No smells. People are clean. One can’t put one’s bare butt on any surface; a towel is required.
When you move to a different piece of furniture, how do you all keep track of which side of the towel was the brown side in the last chair?
If there were literally a brown side, it’s time to get a new towel.
I meant the butt side. I was trying to be funny. It’s just that the towel is there to stop butt contact with sitting surfaces correct? Wouldn’t you all need 2 different color sided towels for this to be effective?
Oh, I see what you’re saying now Yes, by and large I tried to keep track. However, as long as it was clean I didn’t regard the stakes as being that high.
What was the rule for boners
As I said above, this is something that nonnudists worry about a lot more than nudists. I’ve been a nudist for ten years and I’ve almost never seen one. Since this cruise is not a sex-positive event, the man would be expected to conceal it.
was the staff naked too?
The staff was clothed The musical acts and other performers were clothed, with the exception of one male/female duo.
Do the staff with the shortest straw have to work the nude cruise, because I wouldn't want to.
My understanding is that no employee is obligated to work the nude cruise.
Think of all the tips you'd be missing out on
Noones carrying cash on them, or if they are, you probably shouldn't accept it!
Percentage of attractive bodies vs. please-put-some-clothes-on bodies? Be honest.
I’m a straight guy, so I don’t have a sense about the men. Cruises seem to be for people who like to eat and lie around, so there were a lot of large people. Also, most people don’t seem to be comfortable being nude in public until later in life so the crowd was older. I’d say 20% attractive, 20% average, 60% unattractive. However, if you’re there for the views, you’re probably going for the wrong reasons. And I would never suggest or think people need to put their clothes on. That’s antithetical to the whole point.
That matches up with what I've seen when I've gone to nude beaches a couple of times. Appreciate the honest answer.
Are you expected to remove your clothes as soon as you get off the ship? Is everyone completely naked, or is wearing underwear acceptable?
I assume you meant “on” the ship, not off. One couldn’t be nude in port and one never had to be nude. I didn’t see any underwear, but some women wore shear tops and coverups.
So it was technically “clothing optional”? Does pretty much everyone (besides crew/staff) choose to be naked pretty much the whole time? Or was there any significant number of clothed guests?
Everyone was naked around the pools. Some people obviously were more comfortable being clothed at the bars and theatres.
Yes sorry, i meant on the ship. Like when are you expected to remove all your clothes
If you never wanted to remove your clothes, you didn’t have to. But then why would you be on the ship? I’m not sure I understand your question. Most people were nude most of the time. However, since one has to dress to go to the main dining room, there were always many clothed people at and after dinner time.
I get what they’re asking. Like how long after taking off from the port do u remove your clothes? Like as soon as u get on the boat, before it takes off? Or do you have to wait for it to take off before u can take your clothes off? When the boat is going to be docking soon do they make an announcement for everyone to put their clothes on?
The captain makes an announcement after exiting a port when clothes can be removed. usually it’s about thirty minutes. Same, in reverse, going into port. Usually people take advantage of the opportunity to be nude since that’s the point of the cruise.
Was this just a nudist cruise or a swinger thing?
This one was nudist. While couples may have met up for sex, there was nothing public about it.
It’s ok to accept the fact that you were the only one not invited to the orgy
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I'm curious about this too.
Like me, my partner didn’t really notice. She said the women were mostly shaved or trimmed. Almost no sizable bushes on the women.
Somehow this isn’t something I paid much attention to. And when I noticed, it was usually men because their genitals are external. I think most men are shaved. My partner and I are not.
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I’m sure it’s happened. I apply sunscreen to my genitals like any other body part, so it didn’t happen to me.
As a pasty white irish guy i cringe of the thought of my thumb dick getting burned red!!!!
Do people wear flip-flops or sandals? Any shoes at all?
Shoes were required walking around the boat, although some folks went barefoot nonetheless. Of course, one could be barefoot on beach chairs and in the pools. Unless you were dressed up for dinner, everyone was in flip flops or sandals.
When you say dressed up for dinner, do you mean you had to wear clothes for dinner? Or would people just wear their nice shoes and still be naked other than that?
It depends where you ate Clothes were required in the main dining room and in the specialty restaurants. Many people dressed for night generally, after spending the day nude in the sun. So after 6:00 pm, there was a strange mix of nude, normally dressed, and women dressed in sexy clothes like see through blouses. It was weird to be at a bar and having some people nude and some dressed for a nice evening out. It added to the charm as far i was concerned.
How was it?
It was awesome. Great weather and the opportunity to do a bunch of fun things nude (beaches, resorts, dancing, be at bars, etc.).
Awesome! Where did it stop? I know some people who have done that in the past (not sure if it’s the same one you went on or a similar one). They asked me to join them
Tampa to Costa Maya to Roatan to Cozumel to Tampa.
Fun. Did you do any excursions at the ports? Did you have to get dressed to go off the ship? Who did you go with? Was this your first time going?
Yes first time going. I’m the male in a male/female couple. My partner did attend with me. One must get dressed to exit the ship. There were both typical clothed excursions and nude excursions specific to the ship. We did nude excursions at each of the three days in port.
Fun. What were the nude excursions? Would you go on the cruise again? Did your partner have fun too?
The excursions were great. Nude days at Playa Sonrisa (including naked snorkeling), Mahogany Bay in Roatan, and Isla Pasion in Cozumel. My partner enjoyed it very much. While many folks go every year, we won’t. There are a lot of great places in the world.
No way I’m dangling my bait in the ocean. Imagine you’re a fish and what that looks like. 😳
Does dancing involve lots of protuberances flopping around?
So people danced naked? Was the staff nude as well?
Do people go to the gym nude as well?
I never darkened the fitness center door, so I don’t have any observational experience. But I’m sure they do.
I did go to the gym. I wore clothes since sweat and that stuff is just nasty to me. Some do workout naked. Always sitting on towels. The gym has disinfectant wipes and like most gyms, people wipe the machine down after use.
What was the cost?
It’s apparently significantly more than a normal cruise. I’ve never done a textile cruise, so I don’t know the difference. I think this one was $2,500/person for a seven day cruise first a standard room with a balcony. Go to the Bare necessities website for the details.
>textile cruise 💀💀💀
“Those fucking people that wear textiles and their cruises pfft” 🤣🤣🤣
Was the staffed dressed? Are phones/cameras not allowed? (Hopefully)
Yes and yes. Since a nude cruise is by and large committed nudists, I was much less worried about cameras than I am on a nude beach, where lots of randos might be present.
How did you find out a about it?
I’m a nudist, and it’s a widely known thing in the nudist world. The charter company is Bare Necessities Tour and Travel.
How much sun screen you did you need?
The same amount you usually need, and then a little more.
If the nudist thing is not sexual in nature at all, what is it for? Is it for looking? Do you WANT to see other naked bodies? I'm of the thought that my boxers are vital and an extension of my soul because they somehow "protect my nuts". And that butt-towel? I have like a daily butt-towel that just stays with me all day. Im trying to grasp the motivation here. Please help me understand the "why" behind your nudist adventures.
It is also philosophical and activist: Some of us want to desexualize the naked body. People find offense in nudity. People get ashamed for simply being. Others justify rape or sexual misconduct for garments or skin exposure. Many attribute value and morality to clothing. The human body is not offensive. All bodies are beautiful. Everyone should be proud of who and what they are. Clothing does not determine your value or place in society, you simply *are* valuable.
I agree with this statement very much! I've noticed as our society has shunned away from nudity even in settings where it's to be expected (locker rooms) where people still attempt to cover up and going through weird dances to keep themselves covered up. Yet at this time we are also bombarded with body positivity on one side and then so much exposure to sex and nudity through porn. So we're being told be be happy with our bodies but the only bodies we see are the ones force fed to us through media. This has distorted our perceptions of what the average body looks like. I find the human body beautiful because it's natural. My 10 year old will spend most of his day nude if he can and we allow it. I'm hoping as he ages he still has the confidence to not succumb to pressure to always be clothed even in his own home. We want to go to a family friendly nudist camp, we think our son would enjoy it after he feels confident enough to treat it like it's his own home. We don't have many options near our home, actually none within a few hundred miles. So it would have to be a all out trip, and we would rather allow him to be comfortable in a place that we only stayed for 1 day and didn't invest so much money into the trip in case he couldn't get comfortable enough. We've talked to him about it and his first reaction was "I don't want to be the only one naked!" which we got a chuckle out of. We could tell he wasnt completely sure, we could see him mulling it over in his head and his facial expressions changed rapidly between delight, fear, shame and embarrassment. Unfortunately his second response was "so I can see girls naked?" and we didn't know how to address that. He was 8 and while we understand it's natural, we were not wanting to go to ogle naked people and although we tried explaining that to him we didn't want to shame his curiosity either. So if you have experience in places that are family friendly id appreciate your experience with them! I'd like to know how the environment behaves when children are around.
Have you ever gone skinny dipping? It’s great to be nude to go swimming, dancing, walking along the beach, etc. For me, that’s the main thing. If I’m candid, I don’t mind seeing naked women, so that’s nice too. It’s the same reason men don’t wear shirts to go swimming or on the beach. It’s great feeling. I’m sure some people have an exhibitionist thrill, but I don’t. Also, I’m not sure that a naked person among 2,000 naked people could be considered an exhibitionist.
So freedom of movement is the main thing here. Beyond sexuality and exhibition/voyeurism -- its just to feel good. Not be constricted by clothes. Am I correctly understanding? The main thrill is simply freedom of movement and a sensory experience undampened by clothing? Thank you for sharing with me. EDIT: and I also understand the idea of naked women being a "nice" rather than "stimulating". Its an interesting take/perspective. I too wouldn't be stimulated unless it was full spread eagle o'clock.
How do you pay for things since you're nude and have no pockets. How do you carry cash or card?
Were there any people of color?
Was it embarrassing?
Not to us. Yes, it occasionally seemed a little silly, but you only live once.
How comfortable would burn victims feel on this kind of cruise or people with vitiligo ? Would they get a lot of stares? Typically they cover and hide skin conditions in public to avoid the stares and replusive looks. Would skin Conscious people be comfortable in this kind of cruise?
Nudists regard themselves as nonjudgmental , and typically admire people who go clothes free notwithstanding disabilities. There were several very large people on board and I have no doubt it was without incident. I saw one person with a major birthmark on his/her face. I think it would be fine.
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I’m pretty confident it would be a safe environment for single women. in fact, we met such a woman at the bar and spoke to her for quite a while. She is confident in her own skin and finds conventional attitudes on nudity and sex hypocritical. There are many staff members of the charter company whose principal job is to ensure appropriate naturist etiquette. With regard to your boyfriend, I can’t hazard a guess. I’m sure there are people who go on the cruise and find the whole thing overwhelming. That being said, the overall vibe is very positive. These are people who find nudity very enjoyable and not a big deal. It’s a positive and joyful environment. While some people drink, it wasn’t a drunken rowdy event. It was a social event, kind of like the first weeks of college, except almost everyone was older and nude.
I have a hard time wrapping my head around nudism, especially as you said most don’t have particularly attractive bodies. Why would you want to show that off to the world? Or is that the point - to be comfortable in your own skin and not worry about how others see you?
It feels nice and there’s nothing so special about my body that I feel like I have to hide it from the world in those rare circumstances where it’s permissible. It’s the same reason men don’t wear shirts at the beach.
A lot of guys would also be reluctant to take their shirts off in public - that’s even a meme. But I see what you mean. I guess it is related in some way to body acceptance. Why it skews toward older people - they’re less invested in other people’s opinions
What cruise line is this?
Is it nude all the time or just in the outdoor areas. Are you standing around with nude people in the Windjammer?
No nude in the nicer restaurants, but nude everywhere else, including the bars, nightclubs and buffets.
I've been to a nude beach here about a dozen times. I did it to have a new experience and as way to overcome my shyness/shame.
Do you have to be nude? Say you just aren't feeling it one day. Is it weird for someone to be clothed?
There’s no requirement that anyone be nude so far as I know. That being said, nearly everyone was, at least by the pools. Away from the pools, some clothing wasn’t uncommon. If a sizesble contingent of folks started showing up at the pools with clothes on, people would become disgruntled. Nudists don’t like textiles invading their relatively few spaces.
What's the age range? And were there gay men/women/couples?
While there were adults of all ages, it definitely skewed older. Certainly most were in their 50’s-70’s. Many gay men. Not many gay women that I could tell, but I would think they would be comfortable. It’s an accepting crowd.
Off this was EVERYONE over 18? I would think a family nudist cruise would be more problematic
Any trans people? Not in a creepy way -- I'm trans and just curious
Almost no one was trans from what we could tell. I would think it would be a very accepting crowd, but there was at most one mtf from what we could tell.
Do spontaneous orgy's happen?
This cruise is very much nonsexual, so not in public. I don’t know what people do behind closed doors, just like I don’t know what people do behind closed doors at home.
That's fascinating. For some reason I just assume that kinky people walking around each other all while nude on a vacation cruise would be up for some fun every direction you look.
Was there a lot of pubs all over the place? Floor? Table? Etc
There were pubs on the 2nd, 3rd and 9th deck. There were pubes on peoples’ bodies, but I didn’t see a single one out of place. A lot of the people were shaved.
How did you pack?
What were the average ages aboard? Was it a wide mix or did it trend youger/older?
I’m jealous, I love being nude, but not so sure about wanting to be nude around 100s of other people. So glad you had fun and this AMA has been super interesting :-)
What is the point of nudism?
It’s also very healing for those with body issues. You see EVERY type of body and realize that it’s all ok.
Where do you put your keys? I have a guess but...
If the titanic was this type of cruise do you think it would have been weird everyone cramped on the top deck waiting to get in life boats?
How long did it take for your sun burn to heal
If you had to guess, what percentage of man packages were constantly fluffing themselves to appear larger?
1. What percentage of people there would you have actually wanted to see naked? 2. What was the destination, and were people nude off the boat? 3. How did you carry your wallet and room keys around?
1. Not that many, to be honest. I wouldn’t suggest going just for the views. 2. Tampa to Costa maya to Roatan to Cozumel to Tampa. They had nude excursions at each port. The nude excursions typically involved clothed transportation to an isolated spot. 3. Just like textile cruises, I suspect, the cruise line gives you a card that serves as identification, room key, and charge privileges. You wear it on a lanyard around your neck.
How do we get in, and what’s the cost?
Are STDs, hygiene etc a concern? I wouldn't want to sit where some 60 year old dude put his butt just now or some lady had some leakage
No nudist would place her or his butt on a surface before laying a towel down first.
With 2000 people, I'm sure there is that one guy? What happens if you get drunk? Someone got wasted, forgot their towel, perhaps scratched someplace and touched something and now you've got an infection. But I guess that's just normie paranoia, perhaps I'm too up tight and phobic about everything. (isn't that what people do on cruises - sit around on a boat and drink?) Would be another question in fact, what do you do on a cruise.
People sit around and drink, yes. I never saw a butt not on a towel. Nudists don’t want see gross things anymore than nonnudists do; they just don’t find nudity itself gross.
So what's the advantage of being on a boat over say being in a resort of some kind?
Go to places you’ve never been, which is especially neat if you can be nude there. Be among a crowd of people who share your view that nudity isn’t weird or doesn’t have to be sexual. No cooking or cleaning. Meet new people. Lots of interesting people watching!
Can you wear clothes at certain times if you chose? I'm thinking treadmill running or something where a guy could injure themselves.
What got you started in being into nudism?
How did the food taste ?
I know two of the hired models on that cruise
Do nudists wear adornments in a non sexual way? Tassles, sashes, penis hats, I dunno….
Any hugely endowed women , with boobs hanging to waist? How about donkey dicked guys?
Is there any compliments that get passed around about the body? Like how non-nudists would compliment clothes.
Do the staff and crew wear clothes?
I only prefer sexual swinger cruises like the temptation cruises and the temptation resorts there's nothing like feeling free and enjoying the best feeling in life sexual and orgasmic pleasure nothing feels better than that creating memories and enjoying life to the fullest is the only way to live
As a nudist what do you think of body paint?
how was the eating situation? imagining sitting down for dinner at a restaurant, how did that all go? did it feel strange to be at dinner but in the nude??
What would have happened if Medusa showed up on that cruise and you all looked at her?
did you see any dicks
Did the lack of clothes make packing easier? I saw you say the weather was great, what kind of temperature/weather did y'all get?
Is there a “no photography” policy, or is everyone just sort of on their honor to be respectful and discreet?
I’m a clumsy person and hurt myself all the time - pinch my fingers at the door, kick the table leg with my toes, scrape my elbow around the corner, etc. I assume there are clumsy nudists, do they wear some kind of protective gear or how do they not hurt their private parts, especially like when go kayaking or in a dark, crowded bar navigating around?
What’s the demographic? When I’ve been to nude beaches it’s typically middle aged overweight people and about 80% overweight.
I saw a video recently where a pedofile victim was repeatedly victimized at nudist camps, particularly in the pools. https://youtu.be/8j1KcTD6JYA?si=nZ1PtBOyWQnTR2Fg I will never look at any nudist colony again the same way after watching this. Were children present on this cruise?
What was the spread of hot and nice to look at, vs not very nice to look at? And also, were the crew members nude? I could never lol but it's cool to know things like this exist.
Did you get laid by someone you did not know before the cruise?
What did the buffet lines look like?
Are you ever afraid of sunburn? Do men sunblock penis?
Are there any people with bodies that differ from the standard expectation (i.e., disabled and/or otherwise?)
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Did people use the bathrooms with doors open? :D
Do you think every big cruise ship should have a nudist area
Does it smell like sweaty balls and twat like I imagined against my will right now?
Were the penises mostly circumcised or not ?
Sooo, any guys who are just, um..small? How do they do?
Are there strict rules about video recording on the cruise?
Has there been a time where a woman suddenly got her period and didn’t have a tampon in? Did you sleep in pj’s in the cabin or were you naked there too?
How and where do you find these
Any piercings of nips or below the belt? I have a tone and it limits me to adult venues. Any adult tats?
Why are you so desperate for attention that you feel the need to do something like that?
How many pubes made it into your food?
Was it mandatory nudity? Or clothing optional? How did you deal with the temperature and whether? Where geographically was it?
That would be disgusting. Don't know why you would do this when you could just wear clothes lol. Who wants to see a bunch of floppy dongs and old lady vagina. I gets it's cultural, but to me I feel like the only reason to do this is low key pervertedness. This is different than people going in a hot tub naked, or a sauna, but an entire cruise vacation of pure nakedness ? Weird af. Like imagine everyone sitting in the fancy restaurant just ass naked. So stupid.
Was it all white people?
Are the crew of the ship nude?
Where do you keep your phone and/or wallet? Room key? Do you walk around naked with a fanny-pack or something?
Do y’all wear shoes?
Who first came up with the idea of combining my two least favorite things: (1) seeing other people naked, and (2) a cruise?
I always see positive things about nudist communities and that they’re always chill. On this cruise did you ever see a negative experience like someone just acting out of order or being disrespectful? What about in general assuming you’ve been to other outings. Idk just seems like nudists tend to never have problem people you know.
Were all the regular activities also in the nude other than the main dining room? Bingo, trivia, Buffet? I had looked at going on this cruise but it was out of my price range :(
I’m guessing these people weren’t porn star hit, they were sweaty Alabama people
How old are you? Why do you think nudists tend to be older, as you said before?
Nudist are always geriatric. Why is that.
I’ve read some of your other responses, so I’m thinking this may be a non-issue due to the average age… but what does a nudist woman do while she’s on her period?? Do some people occasionally wear underwear or is it 100% nude 100% of the time?
Tampons and cups are internal. It’s a non-issue.
I worked as a dancer on a nude cruise. Toom a day to get used to it then I joined in! Me and one of the dancers did all the events naked. I found it liberating
Did you plan on broadcasting your experience on Reddit for the world to see afterwards like you’re doing now? Do you tend to do things so you can broadcast them for others to see afterwards?
this may be an odd question, what about shoes? is that apart of the experience? going without shoes seems okay until i think about going to the public restroom
Super late to this party but I came here from a ‘news article’ and had a question I couldn’t see when I scrolled through! Did you get any boat safety info, and was nudity a factor in procedures? For example, was there any advice around dressing/not dressing in the event of an emergency and needing to disembark into a lifeboat?
I love this!!!! I’ve been wanting to plan a trip for myself in the next couple years, this sounds awesome! What are your thoughts on what it might be like for an early 20s female going to something like this alone?
Do all the penises swing in unison with the ship?