

Remember, before the internet, people would have to go to some great and unusual lengths to find other people with the same interests. On my recent cruise on Azura, I saw pineapple handbags available for sale in the onboard ship. P&O Cruises is pretty on-board with the whole pineapple thing. I suspect that most people who order them will have absolutely no idea what pineapple means on a cruise. I’m definitely not saying that these pineapple drinks are anything to do with swinging. My pineapple-themed cocktail on Iona last night… /KQO5ALQ2ve- Dave Monk August 12, 2021 On P&O Cruises’ new ship Iona, you can order a pineapple drink that comes in a cup that’s shaped like an upside-down pineapple! Available in countless colours and sizes.Not A Swinger, Just Like Pineapples T-Shirt This funny t-shirt comes in ten different colours.Suitable for men and women with a choice of seven colours.She confessed on day three of the cruise! He was a great sport though and kept it up for the whole eight days! One cruiser named Christee played a little joke on her friend by placing this pineapple sticker on his door without telling him what it meant. Of course, just because you see an upside-down pineapple on a stateroom door, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the person inside is into the pineapple lifestyle. If you ever see a message in a Facebook group asking who else is on a particular sailing and it uses the pineapple emoji, you can be pretty confident that the person is looking to meet others on board for sex.

With the popularity of social media to help with cruise planning, some swingers now plan to meet up with like-minded people on board before they cruise. If you have actual experience of this and aren’t shy, there’s a comment section below! Of course, these are just hypothetical problems. How embarrassing would it be to knock and then change your mind after seeing who opens it? Meaning that swingers on different decks could never find each other.Īnother problem is that you just don’t know who’s behind the door. One obvious problem with this is that on a cruise you only ever see the doors that are on the same corridor as your own. If you see an upside-down pineapple on a cruise cabin door, it means that the people inside are actively searching for a swinging party. Photo: Ashley Wheeler Mikel How do cruise ship swingers identify themselves?ĭecorating cruise cabin doors with pineapple magnets from Amazon is an obvious way for swinging couples to attract attention. However, just as swingers on land might have secret signs like pampas grass in the front garden, wearing a black ring on one finger or a toe ring, on a cruise ship, the secret symbol of swingers is the pineapple. Swingers don’t tend to introduce themselves by saying, “Hi, we’re Barry and Wendy, do you both want to come up to our cabin tonight?” On a normal cruise, you would never really notice swinging behaviour. These people are likely to keep open minds about who they might meet on board and what they might get up to. Suggested read: 6 Best Cruises For SwingersĪside from these ‘lifestyle cruises’, as they’re known, there are also plenty of swingers who go on regular cruises.

Swingers cruises are pretty popular and have been around since 2008 when the first cruise for swingers, YOLO Cruises, was launched. Some of these are nude cruises where clothing is optional all day and night, and some are party cruises with couples-only ‘red rooms’ where all kinds of shenanigans happen after dark. Some couples opt to go on special ‘ swingers cruises‘ where everyone on board is all up for the same thing. Is swinging on a cruise ship a big thing?
