For years swingers, people in the lifestyle and other sexually open minded people have been talking about holding a total ship takeover swingers cruise or lifestyle cruise. Then, finally, in 2009, it happened.  A total ship takeover swingers cruise or lifestyle cruise on a major cruise ship with 1100 cabins.   The company behind it was Yolo Cruises and the ship was none other than the Carnival Legend.  And Dream Pleasure Tours is proud to have booked more passengers on the Yolo Cruise than any other travel agency.  How did it happen?  Why was Yolo Cruises able to accomplish what no one else had accomplished?

There were a number of factors that made the Yolo Cruise a successful swingers cruise or lifestyle cruise. First, there was a willing financial backer ready to write a very big check to Carnival Cruise Lines.  Second, there was a determined entrepreneur named Marlene ready to work her buns off to sell the cruise.  Third, the economy probably helped, with cruise ship revenue down, major cruise lines were finally considering adding swingers cruises or lifestyle cruises to their roster.  And finally, trend setting gay cruise total ship takeovers certainly set a precedent.

In its infancy many people in the swingers and lifestyle communities were skeptical of the Yolo Cruise. Would the ship sail?  Could enough cabins be sold?  Would the cruise line allow lifestyle or swinger behavior on the ship? Would nudity be allowed on the ship?  Everyone we talked to was quick to point out all of the things that could go wrong, and pointed to efforts to put on swingers cruises or lifestyle cruises in the past, that had met with failure.

But to their credit Marlene and Yolo Cruises were not dissuaded, and the end result was a phenomenal success. It was a success because the ship sailed, the passengers all had a tremendous time, and for the first time Yolo Cruises was able to pull off a total ship takeover swingers cruise or lifestyle cruise.  It was also a success because it set the groundwork for a vacation alternative that has now come of age—the swingers cruise or lifestyle cruise.

We now have the Couples Cruise swingers or lifestyle cruise sailing twice a year on Royal Caribbean’s Radiance of the Sea. We have Shoes Only Travel with their boutique Caribbean and Mediterranean swingers and lifestyle cruises on the Windstar.  We have SDC Travel sailing the Mediterranean on a swingers and lifestyle cruise aboard Azamara’s Journey.  And we have Castaways sailing the rivers of France on a nudist cruise, with lifestylers and swingers welcome.  The options available for swingers or lifestyle cruises are exploding, and so is the demand.  The November 2010 Couples Cruise sold out in less than six months.

So why are these cruises so popular? A lifestyle cruise or swingers cruise offers an interesting alternative to a typical swingers or lifestyle friendly resort.  At a resort, you tend to stay at or close to the resort.   But on a cruise you travel the oceans wide, stopping at different ports of call. Also, compared to the typical beachfront resort, cruises offer a huge range of entertainment activities, from casinos, to shopping, to educational opportunities, to Vegas style entertainment to fine dining to offshore excursions of every nature and sort. 

But lifestyle or swingers cruises offer a whole lot more to the swinger, lifestyler or sexually open minded traveler. First, swingers cruises or lifestyle cruise eliminate the two worst things about cruises—kids and grannies with walkers.  Due to the nature of these cruises, absolutely no children are allowed.  Also, due to the nature of these cruises, people who are not active enough to partake in partying and playing, don’t find their way onto the ships.

Even better, lifestyle or swingers cruises are designed to provide adult entertainment for an adult audience. No vanilla comedians, no lame jokes, no family oriented pool games.  The entertainment is edgy, sexual, stimulating and a whole lot of fun.  The party goes on all day with music and dancing well into the wee hours of the morning with the ladies dressed in their finest and sexiest attire (or undressed in their sexiest attire.)  For those so inclined, swingers cruises and lifestyle cruises typically have playrooms or other areas where passengers can engage in sexual activity, with their partners or new found friends, as appropriate.

Not sure if a swingers or lifestyle cruise is right for you? Something we discovered when we booked customers on the Yolo Cruise is that regardless of it being a swingers or lifestyle cruise, we had a lot of customers who were just tired of traditional cruises, with kids and grannies, and really wanted an adult oriented experience.  Every customer we booked on the Yolo Cruise who was not a traditional swingers or someone in the lifestyle reported the Yolo Cruise as one of the best vacations of their lives, and we expect the same reports will come back on all of the other cruises we are booking.

These cruises really are all about sexually open minded adults getting together with other sexually open minded adults, in a harassment free environment, to explore, have fun, meet people, party and play in ways you just cannot do most places.  Swingers cruises or lifestyle cruises are not only great vacations for swingers or people in the lifestyle; they are great vacations for anyone with an open mind and looking for something different.  So why not make your next cruise a different experience and join us on a swingers cruise or lifestyle cruise soon.

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