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23 Mar 2009

First all-gay Asia cruise to set sail Mar 28 from Hong Kong to Singapore

Over 600 gay men are expected to cruise from Hong Kong to Singapore on the first all-gay voyage in the region this weekend.

The first all-gay Asia cruise will set sail this weekend across the South China Sea from Hong Kong with port calls in Hue, Nha Trang, Ho Chi Minh City, Bangkok and Ko Samui, before arriving in Singapore.

Photography and imagery courtesy of Atlantis Events.
The 10-night cruise on the 684-passenger Azamara Quest is organised by Atlantis Events, an US-based travel company that charters entire cruise ships and resorts for gay and lesbian travellers. It marks the company's first voyage in Asia.

Organisers say the cruise was organised due to demand by its repeat guests known as 'Atlantis alumni' and is sold out with North Americans making up an estimated 80 to 90 percent of guests. Although the company declined to reveal the ratio of gay men to lesbian guests on the upcoming cruise, it says it expects to have a "percentage of women that's consistent with their other cruises." According to the web site, women typically represent between five and 10 percent of all guests. (Olivia Travel specialises in women-only cruises and vacations.)

Spokesman Stephen Roth told Fridae: "Atlantis has a very loyal core customer base, and when we release a new cruise on a highly anticipated new itinerary, it tends to get booked mostly by 'Atlantis alumni.' And our frequent alumni tend to be mostly Americans, although this is changing in recent years as Atlantis attracts an increasingly international customer base."

When asked if the weak economy has lowered demand, Oscar Yuan, Atlantis' Vice President of Sales and Marketing credits its "very loyal customer base" for its sell out or very near capacity cruises this year.

"We've introduced back-to-back Asia cruises and the first ever gay cruise to sail from Auckland to Sydney for Mardi Gras - all in an effort to make sure that our brand continues to be cutting edge and exciting for our guests," Yuan said. "At the same time, mindful of the current economic circumstances, we're rolling out even more cost competitive cruises and increasing capacity in our lowest priced markets - Mexico and the Caribbean."

Although it has not been announced on its web site, Atlantis told Fridae that the two back-to-back Asian cruises scheduled in 2010 will be on the Azamara Quest. The Shanghai to Hong Kong voyage will depart on Mar 20, 2010 making calls at Busan (South Korea); Hiroshima, Kyoto and Kagoshima (Japan); and Taipei (Taiwan) before returning Hong Kong on Mar 30. The Quest will then depart Hong Kong on Mar 30 and sail along the Indo-Chinese coast (as per the 2009 itinerary) before arriving in Singapore on Apr 9.

The Auckland to Sydney cruise in 2010 will be the first ever all-gay cruise in the Asia-Pacific region on the 1,400-passenger Volendam sailing from Auckland on Feb 17 and arriving in Sydney on Feb 27, the same day as the Mardi Gras Parade and Party. Most room categories are sold out, with waitlists for several categories.

Fares for the Shanghai to Hong Kong voyage (2010) start at US$1,999; and Hong Kong to Singapore cruise (2010) from US$1,899. All fares are based on double occupancy and do not include port taxes, gratuities and airfare. Bookings are currently only open to Atlantis alumni and will be open to the general public at a later date.

讀者回應

1. 2009-03-23 19:51  
wow, Great
2. 2009-03-23 20:08  
OMG ... i wanna be on it ... huhuhuhuh
3. 2009-03-23 20:15  
A better reason to get on a cruise! Coz it's all PLUs! LOL
4. 2009-03-23 20:17  
there must be fun~
5. 2009-03-23 20:21  
Welcome to Singapore! Wonder how the higher ups will feel about that
6. 2009-03-23 20:43  
oh. my gosh!!! I wish be there........
7. 2009-03-23 20:56  
I love it so much .. i wish i wanna be there .. but i dont have a chance :(
8. 2009-03-23 20:56  
90% of the guest North Americans? Cool : " Asian" Gay Cruise :o)
What are they up to, invading Viet Nam again?
9. 2009-03-23 21:08  
Yay, all the gwms for the potato queens.
10. 2009-03-23 21:11  
Wow, it seems nice.
11. 2009-03-23 21:13  
Another reason for promiscuity....
12. 2009-03-23 21:13  
pink dollars, ha ha
13. 2009-03-23 21:32  
Wow.... a dream cruise! I wonder where will the cruise dock when it arrives here in Singapore...Hmm...
14. 2009-03-23 21:50  
Yes! The power of PINK DOLLARS!!!
15. 2009-03-23 21:50  
Just beware guys - they'll probably put you through a urine test upon arrival and throw you into jail if it is tested positive for drug abuse!
16. 2009-03-23 22:11  
Loverman2611...I think you have a point there! SG government is capable of doing this kind of things!!! Sigh!
17. 2009-03-23 22:38  
Literally cruising.
18. 2009-03-23 23:12  
*yawn*
19. 2009-03-23 23:29  
I think I would end up staying forever... :)
20. 2009-03-23 23:39  
oh man!!! wish I could come! the ticket is extremely expensive! hope ya guys have fun and let loose!
21. 2009-03-23 23:48  
is this will be another kind of show then..?!excuses..
22. 2009-03-24 00:05  
i wonder how many people will be arrested when the boat arrives in singapore.
23. 2009-03-24 00:55  
like to get on board and fuck my brains out!
24. 2009-03-24 00:56  
i do hope that these guys had thier cruise in the cruiseship that i am working now!!!hehehehe
25. 2009-03-24 01:08  
just what we need, even more of a reputation for sex, drugs, promiscuity, and hedonism. give it a rest. i am going to the beach and mingle with the normal ones out and about.

will there be any condoms on board?
26. 2009-03-24 01:57  
Come on, 600 gay men and women in the same boat sailing from HK to Singapore for almost 2 weeks? Who wouldn't want to get on THAT love boat aye? *wink wink nudge nudge*

Before you let your lusty hormones get the better of you, as great as it seems, its just another show of superficial "Pride" to encourage stereotypical 'gay' behavior that consists of random multiple sex with strangers of unknown health status.

Bon Voyage to the passengers and enjoy your Ei-Eye-Dee-Es. Thank you very much.
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28. 2009-03-24 03:08  
sighhh =.
29. 2009-03-24 05:01  
For those anti-sex prudes and party poopers, I suspect your low levels of testosterone might make you more comfortable on a lesbian cruise... by the way, Miss Faye, you don't get "Ei-Eye-Dee-Es" from "random multiple sex with strangers of unknown health status"... you get HIV from UNSAFE anal sex.
30. 2009-03-24 05:19  
90% are North American guests?
*yawn*
Not the "Asian" cruise I had in mind~
31. 2009-03-24 05:25  
I DID SEVERAL GAY CRUISES TO THE CARIBBEAN WHEN I WAS STILL LIVING IN THE U.S. EACH TIME IT WAS A RIOT...SO WONDERFUL...WITH ONE'S LOVER IT CAN BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES IF YOU ARE THE FRIVOLOUS TYPE (I WAS NOT).
ANYWAY, I WONDER WHAT KIND OF RECEPTION THE GUYS WILL HAVE WITH IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS ON ARRIVING IN SINGAPORE...WILL MR LEE BE THERE TO GREET THE BUNCH OF JOYOUS ROOTING PASSENGERS ?

HAVE A WONDERFUL TRIP, GUYS.
PLAY IT SAFE, TOO.

JPS
32. 2009-03-24 05:48  
Does anyone need a bunk mate? Hehe

33. 2009-03-24 08:52  
please do a follow-up story...some of us want to read the sorrid details, especially if there are "events" (urine tests, jail terms, deportations, scuffles with authorities and things of that nature) at any ports-of-call. Posters below make some interesting points and valid predictions. I'd personally prefer to be amongst a 10% caucasian client base "held captive" on-board a 10 day, 90% Asian-men poplulated cruise throughout Asia....now THAT, would be fun :)
34. 2009-03-24 09:49  
for those 10% may be that's new to gay cruise. please make sure to, keep ALL your valuables in the safe and be (a bit) alert once u're in open water cause under the international law u'll be left in the hands of your crew (captain) basically and there's ALWAYS a spare doors key somewhere. ^_-
Enjoy it but stay alert, alright?!
35. 2009-03-24 11:51  
You have to love the casual racism posted here. So what if they are North American? That doesn't mean they'll all be white. Secondly, for the poster who mentioned 'Asian' cruise, let's look at another way. Am I am allowed to make a similar remark if they set up a European gay cruise and 90% of the passengers are Asian?

I would guess that this poster is Singaporean. By 'Asian' I suspect he means Chinese anyway - there is another wonderful site in this city where some of his 'Asian' brothers were complaining about the amount of Indians at one establishment. But I guess Indian isn't the same thing as 'Asian'.

Same old double standards when it comes to race on this site and this city in general. I am at the point where I will laugh in the face of anyone from this place who complains about racial stereotyping abroad. Look in the mirror first...
36. 2009-03-24 11:53  
You have to love the casual racism posted here. So what if they are North American? That doesn't mean they'll all be white. Secondly, for the poster who mentioned 'Asian' cruise, let's look at another way. Am I am allowed to make a similar remark if they set up a European gay cruise and 90% of the passengers are Asian?

I would guess that this poster is Singaporean. By 'Asian' I suspect he means Chinese anyway - there is another wonderful site in this city where some of his 'Asian' brothers were complaining about the amount of Indians at one establishment. But I guess Indian isn't the same thing as 'Asian'.

Same old double standards when it comes to race on this site and this city in general. I am at the point where I will laugh in the face of anyone from this place who complains about racial stereotyping abroad. Look in the mirror first...
37. 2009-03-24 11:56  
How much one person???
38. 2009-03-24 12:55  
1 cruise, 4 countries, 10 nights, 600 gay men and endless dramas.
39. 2009-03-24 16:10  
this is called news? even Fox News wont post this kind of stuff. Please empower the Asian Glbt community, not lower the standards.
40. 2009-03-24 17:02  
Wow! I wonder how many of those guys will be infected with HIV after 3 months of cruise??

I think I better buy a ticket to bahamas, fly there and get my lazy ass down on the beach with my bf.

Anyway...for all those guys...have fun and let me know the outcome of your voyage! (or blood test)

:-)
41. 2009-03-24 17:09  
如果"Gay"一词有高兴、欢谕、自由的含义,一艘打着载满情欲的船是绝对有能力赚取PLU百万钞票的!Gay的商机到处都有,只要商品与服务加上Sex的号召力,就无往不利。有"性之船"还有谁会在呼"爱滋"味?还有一场国际传染疾病"交流"会正式上演.....船上的床好不好睡也不重要了。船在公海,法律与道德在陆地,任由教宗再三反对Gays的淫乱行为的吼叫也没用。有了过度自由的性,毒品也可能出现在船上.....我只想强调这不是全部Gays的价值观所在。
42. 2009-03-24 18:20  
I wish I could join the cruies too:)
43. 2009-03-24 18:38  
kentaroo....agreed with you regarding the "outcome" :P

But I guess it is very interesting for single gay asians as we are not exposed to such mega gay holiday cruise ever....

For the 600 boys....play safe...be moderate with your chem fun/orgies....u dun want any OD case or accidentally fall off into the sea..... :P
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46. 2009-03-24 19:30  
Probably not be allowed to disembark on Singapore soil. So better pack your army rations party bois and girls. Maybe they'll allow take away tarts on board. Am sure the notorius, know it all, done it all (yawn), Fridae forum member, Kampong Girl (gymwhorebod) from Singapore, will kill (she's brain dead anyways) to get a piece of 'em dim sum on board and moral pontificate & b.i.t.c.h about it later here. LOL.

Have fun. ;)
47. 2009-03-24 19:43  
Wow...
Very nice voyage... Hehehehe! ^_^
48. 2009-03-24 23:33  
Sleazy cruise like this is for sleazy people. What a typical gay stereotype. Sad...
49. 2009-03-25 00:34  
I hope this works but I have seen this image before, it was used to promote that failed gay Cruise about 2 years ago, remember.... I recall the cute Asian guy is wearing Canadian Maple Leaf shorts.

Times are tough so lets trawl the gay market for the Ponk Dollars? Cynical but maybe true.
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51. 2009-03-25 08:12  
This cruise is not aimed at the Asian gay market (which for all intents and purposes is still too incohesive and closeted to support such a venture). Asia is simply the background for cruise-loving North Americans and Europeans. What is newsworthy is that cruise will include probably hostile ports of call, notably Singatopia. Using such a small ship (600 passengers compared to up to 3000 for European and North American cruises), Atlantis is obviously expecting some problems in this testing of the waters (literally!). With this in mind and considering the cost and long flights from North America and Europe, I don't think you can expect the boatload of hot party boys that you get on Atlantis's other cruises to Mexico, the Caribbean and the Mediterranean . More likely to be middle-aged and coupled. Sorta like the gay equivalent of a straight old-white-folks cruise to Alaska. Nice scenery but not very "hot".

Just to add my own peevish response to some of the prissy remarks made here: It's kinda mindboggling that any self-respecting homosexual can turn around and condemn any other gay guy for his sexuality by labelling it sleazy or inferring that it is abnormal or sick. We get enough condemnation from hate-mongering straights for just being what we are without adding our own condemnations and prejudices. After all, we are all in the same boat.
52. 2009-03-25 18:07  
Well said Mr pheramones! It is an old used stereotypicla sales image, but why does gay sex have to be labelled as sleazy? I think that says more about the commentator than the event itself. Some of these guys desperately need a gay cruise!
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54. 2009-03-26 08:55  
for those on the cruise, please remember to use condoms..........................
55. 2009-03-27 08:04  
Looking at some of the inane comments posted about this cruise, no wonder it's so hard to get these kind of things organised for the gay community in Asia. Very sad.
56. 2009-03-27 11:42  
Shame on the organisers who refused to work with the local gay owned businesses on Koh Samui. They prefered to give the business to the straight tour operators. Hey Stephen it must be nice to have such a very loyal customer base, lets see if you can keep it...
57. 2009-03-27 23:54  
Where will the ship dock and when
need to know the time n date when the ship arrive,cos want to meet all the chubby n fat guy on board,any japanese chubby guy on board
58. 2009-03-28 14:34  
its awesome,,maybe i suggested to the management to have a give a way like lubricants or condoms ...dont you thinks guys?lols(",)
59. 2009-06-15 17:04  
any updates from anyone who was on tis april HK- sin cruise ?

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