August 2026:
We are going on the Vacaya Total Eclipse Med Cruise, which departs from and returns to Barcelona. This is an all-gay (LGBTQ+) cruise that will include being in A Coruña, Spain on August 12 in the path of totality for the total eclipse of the sun, and Bonnie (Total Eclipse of the Heart) Tyler will be on board. In addition to ~2500 gay men, our friends Wayne & David will will also be on the cruise and about 16 cabins down from ours on deck 10! Port calls include:
- Barcelona, Spain
- Ibiza, Spain (overnight port call)
- Tangier, Morocco
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Porto, Portugal
- A Coruña, Spain (The solar eclipse will be in totality here at this time.)
September 2026:
We’re going on the Oktoberfest & Danube Riverboat BearCruise, which starts with a 3-day pre-cruise stay in The Royal Bavarian Hotel in Munich for sightseeing and Oktoberfest, followed by an all-gay (LGBTQ+) 180-passenger riverboat cruise on the MS Bellejour, on which we have a French Balcony Stateroom. We’ll cruise the Danube, starting in Passau, Germany and ending in Budapest, Hungary.
Our itineraries:
Pre-cruise days in Munich:
- Day 1 – Lunch, exploration, and welcome reception at The Boilerman Bar & Library
- Day 2 – Neuschwanstein Castle and Oberammergau Hamlet
- Day 3 – Oktoberfest
- Day 1 – Munich / Passau, Germany and embark Bellejour
- Day 2 – Český Krumlov, Czech Republic
- Day 3 – Train ride on Majestic Imperator and day in Salzburg, Austria
- Day 4 – Sailing the Scenic Wachau Valley to Vienna
- Day 5 – Vienna, Austria
- Day 6 – Budapest, Hungary City Tour
- Day 7 – Budapest, Hungary Group Sightseeing
- Day 8 – Transfer from Budapest to airport