Tag Archives: Atlantis Events

Gay Cruise Company Boycotts Russia

From the San Diego Gay & Lesbian News: Tuesday night, Atlantis CEO Rich Campbell outlined the new cruises in store for 2014, including the return of the popular Baltic European cruise. This time, however, one port of call that had always been included in the past was pointedly excluded for the 2014 cruise: St. Petersburg, Russia. Campbell said that while …

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Atlantis Cruise Passengers Confess:
We Were Fucking On That Balcony

Queerty has posted a message from the Atlantis Events cruise passengers arrested on board their ship earlier this year while moored at the Caribbean island of Dominica. An excerpt: Yes, we were having sex on the balcony. We were fucking. There, I said it. The complaints came from Dominica dock workers, who were offended. I’m sure if it had been …

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Gay Cruise Passengers Speak Out

The two men arrested on their Dominica cruise ship tell quite a different story than that told in the press release issued by Atlantis Events president Rich Campbell. The Washington Post reports: Dennis Jay Mayer, 53, told The Associated Press that he has no doubt they were arrested in Dominica because they were gay. [snip] “He said: ‘You’re being arrested …

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Atlantis Events Responds

Atlantis Events president Rich Campbell has posted a message on the company’s Facebook page.

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DOMINCA: Gay Cruise Passengers Plead Guilty, Receive Two Months Jail Time

The court system on Dominca moves swiftly. It appears that the jail time will be waived if the fines are “paid immediately.” The charges were later reduced to indecent exposure – the charge on which they were found guilty by a Roseau magistrate. John Robert Hart 41, and Dennis Jay Mayer 43, were fined EC$2,400 each. The fines are to …

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Man Overboard On All Gay Cruise

I started getting emailed tips and tweets early this morning that a passenger had gone overboard on the all gay Atlantis cruise of the Caribbean. Now the story has hit the news. Eyewitness News has learned a passenger has fallen overboard from an Atlantis cruise liner off the coast of Mexico on Friday. An ABC7 photographer aboard the Royal Caribbean …

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Passenger Dies On Atlantis Cruise

Three months after GLAAD board member Spencer Yu died on an Atlantis Cruise to the Mexican Riviera, yesterday an as yet unidentified 37 year-old male passenger of the all-gay cruise company was found dead in his Liberty Of The Seas cabin while the ship was moored in the Cayman Islands. Local police are investigating and have not released any cause …

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GLAAD Board Member Spencer Yu Dies On Atlantis Cruise

GLAAD board of directors member Spencer Yu, 46, died of cardiac arrest while on board an all-gay Atlantis Cruise to the Mexican Riviera. According to sources on board, Spencer Yu, a Los Angeles attorney, suffered cardiac arrest October 21 while on the Royal Caribbean Mariner of the Seas, which was chartered by Atlantis for a seven-day trip along the Mexican …

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PlanetOut Unloads RSVP Cruises

Continuing to shed lackluster properties, PlanetOut has sold their RSVP cruise business to main rival Atlantis Events for an undisclosed amount. The sale will not affect RSVP’s scheduled itinerary or passengers already booked. According to reports, Atlantis plans on maintaining the RSVP brand. In June this year, PlanetOut sold SpecPub, their adult magazine division. CEO Karen Magee says the latest …

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