Don't miss the boat! Our roundup of upcoming lesbian and gay cruises to hop aboard.MARDI GRAS Mardi Gras (mär`dē grä), last day before the fasting season of Lent. It is the French name for Shrove Tuesday. Literally translated, the term means "fat Tuesday" and was so called because it represented the last opportunity for CELEBRATION GAY CRUISE DATES: February 14 to March 3, 2007 DESTINATIONS: Mexico, Belize COMPANY: Aquafest (800-592-9058, Aquafest.net) CRUISE TYPE: Mainly gay male group on large ship HIGHLIGHTS: Special gay Mardi Gras events, film festivals, and parties on otherwise straight cruise COSTA RICA Costa Rica (kŏs`tə rē`kə), officially Republic of Costa Rica, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,016,000), 19,575 sq mi (50,700 sq km), Central America. + PANAMA CRUISE DATES: February 24 to March 3, 2007 DESTINATIONS: Pacific coastlines of Costa Rica and Panama COMPANY: Travelpride (877 774-3342, TravelPride.com) CRUISE TYPE: Small ship, mainly men HIGHLIGHTS: Windstar vessel with real sails, Miss Coco Peru performing GRAND PACIFIC PASSAGE DATES: March 11 to March 28, 2007 DESTINATIONS: Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. to Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. via Honolulu COMPANY: Above and Beyond Tours (800-397-2681, AboveBeyondTours.com) CRUISE TYPE: Mixed gay, lesbian, and straight group on large ship HIGHLIGHTS: Elegant service on upscale Crystal Cruise, with gay group escort and customized excursions HAWAIIAN ISLANDS CRUISE DATES: April 23 to 30, 2007 DESTINATIONS: Oahu, Big Island, Maui, Kauai COMPANY: Atlantis (800-6-ATLANTIS, AtlantisEvents.com) CRUISE TYPE: Large ship, mainly men HIGHLIGHTS: Norwegian Cruise Lines' new and elegant Pride of Hawaii Pride of Hawaii is a cruise ship for Norwegian Cruise Line's, NCL America division. She was christened in a ceremony at the San Pedro Pier in Los Angeles, California on May 22, 2006. She represents the third in a series of U.S. , the largest-ever U.S. flagged ship TRANSATLANTIC CROSSING DATES: May 29 to June 4, 2007 DESTINATIONS: Transatlantic cruise from New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. to London COMPANY: RSVP (ReSerVation Protocol) A communications protocol that signals a router to reserve bandwidth for real time transmission. RSVP is designed to clear a path for audio and video traffic, eliminating annoying skips and hesitations. Vacations (800 328-RSVP, RSPVacations.com) CRUISE TYPE: Large ship, mainly men HIGHLIGHTS: First-ever gay charter of the highly rated and classically glamorous Queen Mary 2 MEDITERRANEAN CULINARY CRUISE DATES: May 29 to June 8, 2007 DESTINATIONS: Venice, Athens, Greek Isles COMPANY: Olivia (800-631-6277, Olivia.com) CRUISE TYPE: Large ship, women only HIGHLIGHTS: Onboard dessert artist Elizabeth Falkner (2006 Bun Appetit pastry Chef of the Year) and Josie Smith-Malave (from Bravo's show Top Chef) GALAPAGOS ISLANDS DATES: June 15 to June 25, 2007 DESTINATIONS: Quito, Galapagos Islands COMPANY: Romance Voyages (866-456 1269, RomanceVoyages.com) CRUISE TYPE: Small ship, mainly men HIGHLIGHTS: Daily shore excursions and encounters with exotic wildlife made famous by Charles Darwin BERMUDA DATES: July 7 to 14, 2007 DESTINATIONS: Bermuda and the private R Island COMPANY: R Family Vacations (845-348 0397, RFamilyVacations.com) CRUISE TYPE: Large ship, LGBT LGBT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender families HIGHLIGHTS: Tons of outdoor kids' activities and parties, both on board and on shore |
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