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		<title>Ship Review: Oasis of the Seas from a gay cruise expert</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oasis of the Seas cruise ship gay ship review]]></description>
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		<title>Could piracy affect your cruise plans?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randall Shirley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s face it, if Johnny Depp boarded my cruise ship as Captain Jack, well he could have his way with me. But modern real-world piracy is a completely different thing. While it&#8217;s been a lot of years since pirates killed a passenger onboard a cruise ship, it&#8217;s interesting to note that pirates and cruise ships [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alaska sailing this fall? Don&#039;t miss Wicked (at recession pricing!)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randall Shirley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re sailing from Seattle to Alaska (or repositioning) this fall, you may want to arrive a day early and catch the Broadway touring musical Wicked at the Paramount Theatre. Of course you&#8217;ll get lots of great entertainment on your cruise, but Wicked is musical theatre at its best. If you&#8217;re not familiar with Wicked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cruise to the Vancouver Winter Olympics, then stay on the ship!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randall Shirley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sail to Vancouver from Los Angeles on a cruise ship for the winter Olympics in 2010. Then stay on the ship for the Games! Sounds like a perfectly gay vacation to me.]]></description>
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		<title>Interesting repositioning cruise, good pricing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randall Shirley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Morning cruise fans, I get a LOT of emails about different cruises and deals, from a variety of sources. This itinerary struck me as very unusual (New Orleans to Boston, with several interesting stops) and I know there is some great pricing available on it. I&#8217;ve seen it advertised as low as $549/person/inside. That&#8217;s only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High seas and a gay old time!</title>
		<link>http://meetmeonboard.com/blog/2008/12/high-seas-and-a-gay-old-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randall Shirley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sounds of ukuleles fades farther away as the Mercury continues toward Ensenada, Mexico. We’ve got 72 hours at sea before that happens. Tonight is Celebrity’s version of Dancing with the Stars, and two gay guys are participating—one is our pal who owns a dance studio in Canada, the other is one of the onboard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gays at Sea…somewhere near Hilo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 05:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randall Shirley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s Christmas Eve eve, and onboard the Celebrity Mercury plenty of creatures are stirring as we finally feel Hawaiian breezes blow across the decks. The gay guys are all having plenty of fun. Sun, gym, sublime food, dancing, connecting. Gay staffers have noticed us and are warming up. (As yet, haven’t met any lesbians). It’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We have officially Met On Board! Gay cruise passengers connect…</title>
		<link>http://meetmeonboard.com/blog/2008/12/we-have-officially-met-on-board-gay-cruise-passengers-connect%e2%80%a6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randall Shirley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome aboard the M/V Celebrity Mercury! It’s 7:20 a.m. on our second morning at sea, and the ship’s position is someplace between California and Hawaii: Within minutes of boarding the Mercury in San Diego on December 19, and during our first wander around the 1,800 passenger boat, Kevin (my partner) pointed at two guys and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gays love Celebrity, so we should love this ship!</title>
		<link>http://meetmeonboard.com/blog/2008/12/gays-love-celebrity-so-we-should-love-this-ship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randall Shirley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Baker, owner of Aquafest Cruises (an agency that organizes gay groups on mainstream ships, among other things), was super lucky&#8211;he got to check out the brand new Celebritiy Solstice on a recent agent preview cruise. Tom&#8217;s a shutterbug, and has a couple hundred photos posted at SmugMug, including the shot at right. Check them [...]]]></description>
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