A rocking… or swinging cruise ship !

(Alpha is telling)

One of the most attractive features of a full charter lifestyle cruise is the night time activities. There is actually a full programme for the whole cruise, with a theme party scheduled every night. The travel agencies had announced them far ahead of time so that everyone could plan and pack the necessary outfits in his / her luggage. Contrary to most other clothing optional trips, this one requires a lot of sexy attires and shoes… because even daytime nudist swingers don’t go out naked at night. It’s a matter of charm and seduction, sex is just the consequence: swingers also like to savour prospective beautiful sex partners in their sexy packing outfits!

The first night at sea was, surprisingly, a « beach party »… It was a bit disappointing because not everyone followed the dress code. Moreover, it was also the evening when the big show and the cruise director welcome took place in the main auditorium, until past 11 p.m… Not very favourable for first time encounters, plus we were just at the beginning of the cruise, many participants probably wanted to rest a little and take advantage of the following day activities.

The second night appeared more promising. It was supposed to be the formal night of the cruise: “formal dress, dress to impress, tux’s and gowns” was the motto. Of course, the dress code was this time respected by the vast majority of the cruise participants. Many French people who only know of Americans from the summer tourists in T-shirts, Bermuda pants and Converse shoes walking down the Parisian Champs-Elysees can’t imagine how American citizens like to dress up when they go out for a concert, a theater or merely a cocktail party with the rich and famous in the large cities. This second night on board was no exception: even before the restaurants opened their doors at 6 p.m., many elegant women in long gowns with cascades of shining jewels were walking down the ship corridors, holding the arm of chic men in black tuxedos with assorted ties. We really were impressed, we thought that we might be in the Paris old Opera, for the “premiere” of a new play!

On that very day, we had met a Swiss-French couple with whom we decided to have dinner. Another couple joined us, a French guy married to an American woman, who apparently already had some reputation on the ship: this was not their first lifestyle cruise, and many people had told us of them as soon as they realized that we are French.

We all meet at the entrance of the « Cascades » restaurant, the largest one on board. My darling wears a long gown that I had never seen before on her, it is actually the first time that she accompanies me so formally dressed! I put on my dark blue “ceremony” suit, a tie and an assorted handkerchief in the small pocket on my chest. Our new Swiss friends are also very elegant, as are our new French-American friends too.

We sit ourselves around a large, well-decorated table and enjoy an excellent dinner in good company, French being the official language between us all. Only the American woman is a bit disoriented sometimes because she doesn’t fully master our native language, but everyone keeps talking to her in English too, so that she doesn’t feel abandoned on the side. After dinner, we all move to the jazz lounge to sip a cup of espresso.

During the lively discussion, we realize that the other people sex practices do not exactly correspond to ours: the French guy only wants a full swing in different rooms while we prefer playing all together and, in any case, never separated from one another. After a lengthy exchange of arguments, time is running fast and it’s already midnight, the 4 others are still negotiating the conditions of possible sex together, but we feel more and more drifting away. We finally get up, say good night and go back to our room, to make love just the two of us before falling into a deep sleep.

The sun rises again for the third day of the cruise and we can see the deep blue of sea waters moving along our bed through the porthole. Today is a special day, because a stop is planned at the Mexican harbor of Cozumel. This island is renowned for its diving possibilities, with some of the most amazing underwater sceneries in the world, plus its duty-free shops along the main avenue of the small city. There is also an option for a side trip to a neighboring island: a naked cruise and a beach party with a BBQ, sunbathing and watersports for the whole day. This may be fine for people who already know Cozumel but we prefer to visit the city and its shops. Actually, we are not missing nude BBQs that we can organize in our French garden all summer long! We are back on board at 2 p.m., just on time for taking advantage of the buffet lunch at the “Windjammer Café” on deck 11.

Tonight, the theme is “Mardi-Gras” (New Orleans style)… Mmmm, this sounds promising. During the whole afternoon, people were selling New Orleans artifacts, particularly beads in all three colors: green, purple and gold…  We were told a few days before in Key West that the tradition is: when you give such a collar of beads to an unknown woman, she has to do you a favour and uncover (at least) one of her tits. But here, on a naked cruise, this loses a part of its appeal! Anyway, we can expect many people to follow the dress code tonight, with beads and feather boas, masks and hats of all kinds. We’ll love it.

In the meantime, other activities are attracting us on board: the swimming pool, the hot tubs… and a conference about BDSM. Ok, we decide to attend that conference, but on our way to it we cross a nice indoor hot tub and we can’t resist the temptation to dip in for a while.  A few people are already in and we start to discuss with them. An older couple from California seems attracted by our interesting conversation, the man, Bernard, is very kind, almost precious, with my darling. His wife, Cheryl, is sitting left to me and, after a while, she grasps at my dick and also at another one at her left - the owner’s name is Tom (as we’ll learn afterwards)- and begins to masturbate us synchronously.  

Cheryl keeps masturbating the two of us for a long moment, while continuing to chat with the rest of the crowd as if nothing particular has happened. Bernard started to caress my wife and she is already rolling her eyes. They tell us that the 4 of them (Tom’s wife, Patricia, is lying in a nearby sun chair) are old friends and propose that the 6 of us continue to play in the afternoon playroom, at the rear of deck 4, which is fully equipped with large mattresses and fresh bed linen.

A few minutes later, we lie in the afternoon playroom. Bernard and Tom are playing with my Caresse and I’m playing with Cheryl, Patricia is going from one group to the other, alternatively. What else to say? We spent a long, delicious moment there, and totally forgot about the BDSM conference! Towards the end of our games, a noisy group entered the room and went to a corner for a demo… We found out that it was for… a new fucking machine!

Dinner was not formal but rather relaxed on that evening. After it, we go back to our room to get dressed, or disguised…  We have brought our carnival masks, we dress in the appropriate colors, with plenty of beads and feathers. I look a little bit like a crazy sultan, while my Caresse could pretend to be a belly dancer…

Then we climb to deck 13, to reach the « Starquest », the night discotheque. In the elevators, plenty of people are disguised and wear masks, also many wear bead collars. The party is great with a lot of excitement and excellent cocktails, music and lighting… We danced almost the night away and had a hard time the next morning when we woke up at the rattle of the ship anchor getting down into water. It was quite early, maybe 8 a.m…. and this was our second stop in Mexico: Costa Maya.

Never heard of it before… Costa Maya is actually an unknown dot on the Yucatan map. It is basically just a huge pier for cruise ships, with a small duty free zone at the end, for cruisers to drink tax-free margaritas and mojitos all day long! Other activities include expensive restaurants serving junk food, sunbathing on an artificial sandy beach or swimming with the dolphins in a small swimming pool… We rather choose to take a side trip to an unknown Maya pyramide in the jungle, one hour away: Chaccoben.

That was a strange expedition, in a minibus fitting for 8 tourists. We knew, we had to be back at 4 p.m. at the latest or the ship would leave without us… What is it like being stranded in a remote swampy jungle of Mexico with just one or two hundred dollars in your pocket? While your belongings are heading back to Florida on a beautiful ship packed with sexually insatiable swingers? Well, we are not really tempted by the experience…

Chaccoben proved to be interesting and even amazing. The straight road through the swamps (reminded us of the Everglades) was monotonous except for two intersections, and a military checkpoint with armed personnel. We were happy to be in a group, with local natives piloting us… instead of renting our own car as other tourists did. In the end, we were back on board at 3 or 3:30 after a last margarita on shore, but we heard that 2 people did not return on time. We never heard of them any more after.

That 4^th evening is the one we had been waiting for… It’s “fetish night: dress extravagant, slut wear a plus”…

We dress up again: Caresse puts on her black dress with black high heel shoes, vinyl gloves and her spike collar. For me: black leather trousers, black Italian shoes, black lycra and a dog collar with nails. Unfortunately, we forgot to take the leash! I add a Japanese bondage called “karada” with a white rope under the black clothes, as well as tit clamps and a chain…

Again, the dress code is well followed by participants. Many fetish dresses at dinner, as well as in all the bars. Elevators are full of fetish people, those overlooking the atrium are also used as theatre scenes for those downstairs sitting in the lounge. We can see a very nice catwoman with a mask and infinite high heels… very sexy, at the bar. Our Austrian friends introduce us to another fetish couple: all dressed in leather and latex, the sexy woman holds her companion by the leash (they did NOT forget it…). We are eager to go up to the Starquest for the fetish party night which starts at 11 p.m.

We also know that our travel agents, Laura and Philip, who are also here, have some inclination for fetish attire, as we discovered while discussing by e-mail for preparing our journey… We expect to find them upstairs at the party.  As soon as we get out of the elevators, we find them sitting on stools at the bar of the Starquest, sipping long drinks. They offer us a drink with them. Laura is perched on her stool, she wears a vinyl corset which emphasizes her large breast. She also wears long black vinyl boots… Philip only has a black leather bolero, with cuffs and a leather collar.

I take off my lycra to show them the white karada… and the clamps! Big success, Laura is amazed, as other people around also are. She could not refrain her curiosity and checked whether the clamps were for real by pulling at them a little! The white karada will also have plenty of success on the dance floor, with the violent light strokes through the darkness of the room. My Caresse told me later that she felt a lot of eyes staring at us in the dark!

The last theme night will also be a great success : « white night » is the theme for our last night on board. For sure, it’s easy for everyone to get an adequate dress or shirt. Nevertheless, some people will not respect it and wear colored clothes for dinner: what a pity! But many others were dressed all in white, we even saw a true, sexy angel (of female gender) with large feather wings in the back!

Still many exciting outfits on that night: small golden strings, white feathers, white boots, some with white fur, high heels… My darling wore her high white boots (“cuissardes”), her white satin corset and a white mini rock. Her white lace collar was linked by a small chain to her wrists, also equipped with white lace. I also was in white, shirt and pants with my white shoes. We spent that last evening with a charming couple from Colorado, whom we met earlier in the afternoon in the same, fatal indoor hot tub!

Tomorrow we’ll hit U.S. ground again. But we already know that we could not book another cruise which would not be 100% for lifestyle couples…

P.S.: In the meantime, we have booked two other swinger cruises, a fabulous one for 2012 and another one, which should be extraordinary, for 2013 !