We were on the nude cruise with Bare Necessities (BN) and it was good, yet after 11 days of 14 days we were beginning to feel the need for home. The crew was very good and we enjoyed our interaction with them, they are service orientated! We enjoyed the "silent dance" night, there were plenty of loungers to sun your self (of course there were about 1400 passengers on board). The ship deck plan was good for a nude cruise and I thought better than our previous Carnival ships with BN cruises. Buffet food reminded me of "day-old bread", just not good. The dining hall served good food, most of the time.
BN apparently offers special benefits and events to those who have traveled repeatedly with them as a couple times we were not allowed access to some decks and places on the ship. Wish we know what it took to get invited?
The Ports of Call were mostly good and we really liked our Ocean to Ocean Tour in Panama. Panama is really a pretty county. Cartahenga was totally a surprise, very engaging and the Old City Tour was real good. Bonaire; we took a bus ride tour which was just that, a bus tour. Three short stops and slow-down drive-bys made up the day. Not too great of a tour. Curacao we stayed in town and found it to be friendly and wonderful place to stroll around, have lunch and a few cold-ones. Dominican Republic is really beautiful too, we toured the Ocean World park and swam with dolphins; so much fun! San Juan; we really like, what a wonderful heritage this territory owns. When we departed the San Juan the USCG escorted us to sea, that was very cool. Nassau was a bust, nether of us want to return or least we would like to dock somewhere other than the main port. Nothing but a hassle after leaving the pier and returning to the pier. I got offered Cuban cigars in a plastic bag multiple times. Can you spell harassment?
After three BN cruises on Carnival we decided that the premium you pay to go nude is just not that much of a value. We also are tired of Carnival ships, thus we are taking a break from Bare Necessities and Carnival. However if you have never done a nude cruise I would recommend it.
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