You're about to discover the nine weirdest, rudest and strangest cruises
that you can go on. I'm Gary Bembridge, and this is another of
my tips for travellers. In this video, I'm going to talk about nine really unusual,
wacky and sometimes rather rude cruises. The first cruise is a nudist cruise.
These are surprisingly popular. So whilst some cruise lines, more German cruise
lines like Aida and Hapag Lloyd, do have nude and
topless bathing areas, there are totally nude cruises. There are a number
of specialist companies that focus on nudist holidays, and they charter whole
ships and the whole ship is a nudist cruise. I know people that have
been in various ports that have pulled up alongside ships that have been
chartered by a nudist cruise, and looked across and been surprised at the
amount of bits and pieces flopping about on deck. So, nudist
cruises are definitely something to consider if that appeals to you. There's
a couple of sites you can look at, so for example, there's Bliss Travel which focus
on nudist travel and cruises. There's a site called Cruise Bare
which is organised by Bear Necessities, where they have a lot of nudist cruises.
If cruising nude is just a little bit too tame for you, and you want
something even more erotic - what about a swingers cruise? I first discovered
swingers cruises when I noticed on one of my videos I was getting a lot of
extra views all of a sudden, and I realised it was because a swinger cruise
site was chartering that particular ship, and it was driving traffic to watch the
video. If you're looking for a swingers cruise as that does appeal to you,
the ships are entirely chartered and everyone on there is a swinger. There are
specific companies and groups that charter whole ships and organize swinger
cruises, with all the things that go along with that. It is very simple and
there's a site that's called The Swingers Cruise if that's something
that piques your interest. Swingers cruises are generally couples only and
normally are for heterosexual couples only. The LGBT community is not ignored
at all when it comes to cruising. You'll find that cruising is particularly
popular amongst the gay community and on a lot of ships you'll find
gay couples and gay groups. There's also many
organizations and groups that organize and charter parts or all of ships. One of
the most renowned of all though is Atlantis. Atlantis charter big mega ships
and hold massive big parties. These parties are absolutely renowned. There
are themed parties every night. It's really full-on and people who've been on
them do report all sorts of goings on and very liberal attitudes. So,
if you're looking for an LGBT Cruise and you want a little bit on the wild side,
take a look at something like Atlantis. There's also lots of lesbian cruises,
like Olivia for example, and then there's a more sedate kind of LGBT cruising too.
If you take a look at sites like Meet Me On Board which caters a little bit
more for the tamer side of LGBT cruising, but certainly if you want to go on a
focused LGBT Cruise there are lots of options all around the world.
The fourth unusual cruise to go on is something that's probably grown in
popularity because of shows like RuPaul's Drag Race, and there are drag
cruises at sea which I think I will get more popular. At the moment
they tend to charter parts of ships and hold events on them. I'm
sure if you take a look you'll find increasingly whole cruise ships are
being dedicated to drag at sea. Even river cruising companies are getting in
on the act and, for example, U by Uniworld had a drag cruise down the rivers of Europe. If
you're interested in finding more about drag queens at sea take a look at sites
like Queens Overboard. My fifth set of unusual cruises are for people who
love music. No matter what type of music you like, increasingly more and more
bands have realised that cruising is a great way to diversify. You'll find
everything from New Kids on the Block, Kiss and Jon Bon Jovi are all starting
to run specific dedicated cruises to target their fans. If you're a big
lover of music you're likely to find a cruise for you. You'll find all sorts of band
specific cruises, and also you'll find themed cruisers like Monsters of Rock,
Soul Train and Country Music. Pop and music star cruises are growing
and if you are big fan of a particular artist keep an
eye out as it's high likely, particularly if they are bands from the 80's 90's or in
the 2000s, it's highly likely they're going to pop up on a cruise quite soon.
Linked to that is another really popular, and fast-growing, cruise are cruises that
take you back in time particularly the 80s and the 90s.
These are cruises normally organized by a cruise company, although there are
organisations that are set up to run these, and they'll run
80s and 90s themed cruises. They're proving really popular,
particularly as more people from the 80s and the 90s generation are
starting to go cruising. For example, a recent 80s cruises had bands like the
B-52s, Berlin, Patti Smith, Tony Hadley, Dire Straits, Midnight Star, the Jets and
on the 90s there were popular boy and girl bands from the 90s. So, certainly
if you want to step back in time and relive your teenage or twenties, cruises
themed around the 80s and 90s are really popular and growing. One of
the first areas that tapped into the whole cruising world and themed
cruises was the whole area of TV shows, particularly cult type TV shows.
You'll find increasingly whole ships are being charted by fan clubs or groups.
Star Trek was one of the first ones, but you'll find Game of Thrones, Walking Dead and
Golden Girls. Huge amounts of big popular TV shows are increasingly
running themed cruises. The cruise lines are keen to embrace and support
these because they often brings a lot of people new to cruise on board for the
first time. If you're a big fan of a TV show, particularly cult TV shows,
you'll find if you go and search online for the name of your TV show with the
word cruise added, it's highly likely you're going to find a themed cruise. The
great thing about those is they will normally bring on board many of the big
actors, actresses and people involved in that show, and will be lots of
inside information and behind the scenes stuff. It's like attending
a kind of a comic-con event on land but it happens at sea. It's a really
popular and growing type of cruise. One of the things that I found really
interesting, and I think is going to grow more, is if you have a
particular hobby, np matter how unusual it is, you're likely to
find there's a cruise themed around it. These currently don't necessary
take over the whole ship. You'll find if you have a particular interest, so even
if you're into knitting or quilting, there are many cruises which charter
part of a ship and focus on that. You'll find there are ones around
motorcycling, Zumba, martial arts or pretty much any hobby you can think of , there's
likely to be part of a cruise or a whole cruise dedicated to that. So, again if you
have a particular interest or hobby it's a really good idea to search that plus
the word cruise and find out if there's one. If not, it is easy to organise one and
increasingly I'm coming across people that are part of groups or interest groups that
are starting to form their own groups on board. Bear in mind, many cruise lines
will give you free cabins. If you can sell eight twin occupancy cabins, the
cruise line will give you a free cabin. So, even if everyone ends up spending
what they would normally spend but if you put it all together and do it as
through one agent, or through the cruise line, you can very easily organise a
group around your particular hobby. The next, and also an incredibly interesting
and unusual cruise, is a cruise where you have no idea where you're going. Whilst
these cruises are not that big, there are a couple of cruise lines like Fred Olsen
for example, that sails out of the UK and every year they sell a mystery
cruise where the captain decides the itinerary. Of course, I'm pretty sure
that the ports are decided beforehand because they have to have booked berths and
excursions and all that kind of stuff, but when you book the cruise you have no
idea where you're going. Sometimes on the cruise they give you options
where you can vote between two possible destinations. If you love cruising and
want to be a bit adventurous, mystery cruises are also a great idea.
Cruising doesn't have to be ordinary. It doesn't have to be all the same. You can
still go to great destinations and live out your dreams and fantasies, whether
it's nudism, swinging, love of the Golden Girls or knitting, there are lots of
unusual, wacky and (as we've discovered) some rude cruises that you could go on.
I have lots of other tips about cruising and cruises, so why don't you watch another
one of those videos right now?