LGBT or Friends of Dorothy Meet up on Solstice to Alaska

[Surfguyxxx]

9 minutes ago, kwokpot said:

On Carnival they change up the times on each cruise to avoid these issues, which I think is a great idea.

Royal does this too.  I've seen them at 10pm on some evenings.

[GateGuardian]

Talk to customer service. If enough people ask about it they will re-arrange the time. It's usually at the Martini Bar or World bar and it's always packed anyways, so it's pretty hard to meeting people there regardless of the time.

[Jim_Iain]

Wanted to give an update from Summit.    I think first night they had a LGBQ Gathering at 5:30.  Maybe they listened to the uproar here and after that they are on the schedule for 7:45.

 

In reality there seems to be a gathering - usually at the oblong table aft of the bar starting around 6ish and continuing on until 8:30 or so.   I may just be stereotyping or just Gaydar in my observations.   We have not attended due to being on a B3B and trying to be distanced from others until our third cruise. 

[jakebloke]

On my recent Summit cruise it was called LGBTQ+ gathering. (I think they did away with Friends of Dorothy ages ago).   It was at 8:00 every night at the martini bar.  Nothing organized, just a show up kind of thing. Some nights were quite busy with gay men mostly, and some nights we were the only couple.  8:00 was difficult since we had 8:30 dining so we always went around 7:00.   I like the idea of different times tho.

 

As for the upside down pineapple.  I just heard about this last week.  Too funny.  

[calicakes]

On 7/31/2022 at 4:41 PM, letsgogogo said:

The gays generally like to eat later.

The lesbians( my wife and I) like to eat early.  LOL. 

[Gatordad1967]

6 hours ago, jakebloke said:

On my recent Summit cruise it was called LGBTQ+ gathering. (I think they did away with Friends of Dorothy ages ago).   It was at 8:00 every night at the martini bar.  Nothing organized, just a show up kind of thing. Some nights were quite busy with gay men mostly, and some nights we were the only couple.  8:00 was difficult since we had 8:30 dining so we always went around 7:00.   I like the idea of different times tho.

 

As for the upside down pineapple.  I just heard about this last week.  Too funny.  

I thought we had friends of Dorothy last week on Solstice, but could be mistaken.

 

[sbcs5390]

6 hours ago, Gatordad1967 said:

I thought we had friends of Dorothy last week on Solstice, but could be mistaken.

 

Sure hope it was not - I’d speak up. We don’t need a closet created for us. 

[Turtles06]

3 hours ago, sbcs5390 said:

Sure hope it was not - I’d speak up. We don’t need a closet created for us. 

Totally agree with you. 

[kwokpot]

5 hours ago, sbcs5390 said:

Sure hope it was not - I’d speak up. We don’t need a closet created for us. 

Especially with marriage equality in the US we're part of the mainstream. 

[Jim_Iain]

Currently on Summit and it is posted in the daily and on the App each evening of the cruise.    Looks like a pretty good turn out.   

 

We don't mean to avoid it but due to being on B3B we try to avoid all close contact until the last cruise.    Nice mixture of guests.  

[ScottC4746]

On 8/4/2022 at 12:02 PM, Dolebludger said:

So, perhaps more back to the original intent of the OP, I do feel that 6:00 PM is a rather poor time for any group event. Too close to dinner time, and 5:00 PM would be better. 

As of today the app still shows 6 PM.