Here's a fun fact: At one point, topless sunbathing was fairly common on cruise ships, and not just those in Europe. On Carnival ships, the top deck around the funnel was well known as place where women could work on their tans, sans lines; that designation seemed to disappear sometime in this recent millennium. In today's era of family-friendly cruising, just what is allowed onboard? We reveal all on this hot topic of topless sunbathing on a cruise ship. Most major cruise lines that cater to North Americans do not permit topless sunbathing onboard their ships. Carnival has gotten rid of its special sun decks, and Norwegian states clearly in its Guest Conduct Policy that "topless sunbathing is not permitted. Cunard stipulates that "should you wish to sunbathe topless, this be done on the privacy of your own balcony. If you do want to work that perfect tan, look to the European lines. For example, German cruise line Hapag Lloyd's Europa features a topless sunbathing area on its very top pool deck.
Not Everyone Follows the Rules
Cruise Lines Say No to Topless Sunbathing
Don't have an account yet? Get the most out of your experience with a personalized all-access pass to everything local on events, music, restaurants, news and more. In the fall of , a Florida woman boarded the Carnival Breeze with her year-old daughter and set sail for the Caribbean. It was October 3, the last leg of the eight-day voyage. As she had done several nights of the cruise, the girl stopped by Deck 4 to check out the ship's alcohol-free club, which catered to toyear-olds. While inside, the girl says, she saw a group of drunk men being kicked out of the club after someone noticed they were too old to be there. It wouldn't be her last encounter with them: A lawsuit filed last week in federal court says the teen was attacked by the men as she left the club to get ice cream on another deck.
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Reports say the girl fell overboard on Saturday morning somewhere between Mallorca and Menorca in the Balearic Islands. Emergency services have been looking for the missing passenger since morning time Saturday, June 8. At one point, other passengers on board the Norwegian Epic liner were asked to line the deck to help spot her. People are saying it was an American teenage girl. People are saying it was an American teenaged girl.
That is a hard truth. Ending sooner rather than later is much easier and less painful for everybody. Too often, I think, priesthood holders think that being overly controlling, they are simply wielding their authority in the home. But my son will be 14 then and I will feel that I've already done the work of raising a child. I'll keep being me and we'll see what happens.
