I will be thonging on Duval street from the 20th to the 30th. I wish you luck in thonging on your cruise and maybe will see you at Fantasy Fest.

We were supposed to go on a VV cruise in January 2024 , but with all their cancellations, we rebooked to January 2025. When you get back, let us know.

Glad to report, that I thonged proudly aboard Scarlet Lady this past week wearing my Bruno gstring with no problems. On deck 17, there is the Perch which allows topless sunbathing and thonged on deck with no issues but later on I decided to get brave and thong on the deck above the pool in full view of people walking the deck and no one said anything. It was refreshing to be able to just be yourself on a cruise.

I was looking into a Virgin cruise because of the adults only aspect, with the thought of being able to thong (speedo at worst) being a potential bonus. Orlspeedo: your report sounds very promising. Am I seeing things correctly in that they only have one pool and a single hotub on the ship? That sounds like it would be super over crowded. Overall how spacious would you say the places to get some sun are? If just on a sea day is there enough deck space to actually be able to move around? Wounded if doing laps on the running track in a thong would be ok? exercise and a tan would be awesome multitasking:-)

Anyone know if those cabanas she's pointing out at 18:00 are made for private nude sunbathing- seems that would be ideal- when they are in the sun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaz9Gs7RAD0 The toptional deck seems to get no use?? 19:30

Copied from the Virgin Voyages website: “Is there a topless/nude area on board? We have a beautiful sun deck on Deck 17, called The Perch, where you can feel comfortable sunbathing topless at sea.” That is the only reference I could find regarding nudity on their ships.

Well no surprise - they're not going to advertise or sanction it! The 99% of people who aren't going to use it don't care, and there are 15% of people who'd take a morality stand online to criticize the cruise line! when she said in the video "why not just go join the party at the main pool" that summed up a clueless view of what the areas are for! I was looking for a first hand account from someone who's been on the ship or one like it.

Many cruise ships have a top deck where topless is allowed but full nudity is not. Not unless that week is advertised as a nude cruise. I guess they have had too many problems with nude wankers who don't know how to behave.
You can go nude if you have booked an outside room with a private balcony. However they are not going to turn the ship around so you get sun on your side. In port there may be a similar ship alongside, with their rooms looking into yours.
So just keep your thong on and have a good time. Either on a quiet upper deck with the topless women, or if you are more bold party with the people on the pool deck.

If you really want to be nude, then book a nude cruise. Read the following Reddit thread for more insights"

 https://www.reddit.com/r/Cruises/comments/1wmkiu6/we_went_on_the_big_nude_boat_heres_what_its/

No nude use on The Perch is technically the rule, but I would not be surprised if it happened if no one complained. I thonged freely up there and even went to the bar and restroom one deck down. Oddly, while there were few women topless, I was the only one in a thong, and the suits up there weren't even particularly cheeky. I saw several women in thongs around the pools and net area and at the parties, however. The standard balconies are fairly private, but the furniture layout doesn't really work for laying out nude, though the hammock is kind of fun. As far as I can tell, the only line that services the North American market primarily that still explicitly allows topless use is Virgin. A few Eurocentric lines may allow topless, and German line Aida (owned by Carnival Corp) has FKK decks.

Thanks for the information ML. Don't want a nude cruise- love nude hate nudists.