There are piles of towels everywhere. Every time you go to sit down, you get a new towel to sit on.
I’d never heard of a nude cruise, but if you’re worried about hygiene, you should probably be just as worried about the couch or chair in any hotel room, any money you touch, the handle on any public bathroom door, or even elevator buttons. There’s probably a lot more hygienic issues with food handlers in restaurants than most of us care to think about, too. There’s really no way to get away from germs.
But perhaps people are wearing what they want–or not wearing–to please themselves, not you.
“There are piles of towels everywhere. Every time you go to sit down, you get a new towel to sit on.”
I wonder how well those towels are sanitized. A towel that has not been completely dried is a perfect growth media for all sorts of nasty stuff.
That’s totally fine, garland, but it doesn’t mean I have to enjoy looking at them. My viewpoint is every bit as valid as theirs that they want to be naked. It’s all good. I hang out with people who generally wear clothes! Others choose a different social group on occasion. No problem at all. I live in a world where the people around me generally try to meet the expected norms. We wear business casual to work, we exercise in appropriate athletic clothes, we dress for church the way most others do (a wide range here) and we wear shoes to the grocery store and the mall.
@MaineLonghorn is right. The protocol is that when you go any place where you might be sitting, such as a clothing optional restaurant or resort lobby, you bring a personal towel to lay over the seat. How do I know? I’ll never say. 
It’s actually more hygienic than sweaty bums partially covered by skimpy bikinis. The restaurant has extra fresh towels for those who need them.
White towels laundered with bleach and dried in a drier, just like the towels you use to dry your face in your hotel room. Everyone gets a fresh towel.
I find it amusing that people judge people with imperfect bodies at nude beaches but not at beaches where those same bodies are barely covered. Do people somehow get more attractive when they slap on a bathing suit? And even if they did so what? I find the whole idea that some people deserve to enjoy the feel of the sun and sea on their skin while others don’t reprehensible.
I never said anyone doesn’t get to enjoy the sun and sea on their skin. I just said I don’t enjoy viewing their bodies. I don’t care for flabby bodies in swim suits, either. Too bad for me! I deal with it! We all have our preferences. I like thin, athletic bodies. I have plenty of friends and relatives who don’t have those sorts of bodies. I love them anyway!
@MomofWildChild, I was responding to your post but more so to this:
I’m not a fan of fat shaming or body shaming in general.
I get what your saying. No one is body shaming anyone. Viewing preferences are just that, viewing preferences.
When I was much younger, I spent a weekend camping with a whole bunch of people completely nude. It was freeing and natural and very comfortable, after awhile.
Then was then and now is now. Went to a resort in Jamaica this past March that has a nude island a small ways off its main resort. Every morning tons, of mostly middle aged or older, folks were waiting to get on the dingy to take them to the island. D and I said no way. Would have to use way to much sunscreen. And the chance of missing a spot goes way up if naked!! Don’t you think?
It hasn’t been a problem for me!
Regardless of the nude/not nude question, I’ve always found the best way to apply sunscreen is buck naked because you can cover every inch of skin. Most of the bad burns I’ve seen are from people trying to apply sunscreen around clothing. They apply around the shirt straps or bathing suit bottom but then the clothing shifts and they end up with unprotected skin exposed…and burned.
Stating a preference to not look at some kinds of people is a bit crude, whether or not you say it to be shaming. In this day and age, it’s just unusual to hear people say things like what kind of human they prefer not to look at. Sure you can think it, but it’s just a bit jarring to hear people say things like that out loud, to be honest.
^Fashion and entertainment are based on providing what kind of human that people prefer to look at (hence omitting those humans who people prefer not to look at).
^Sure, but the people on the beach are not in the entertainment industry. They did not ask to be judged based on their bodies.
This is the kind of attitude that keeps overweight people from exercising. They have the voices of judgmental people running through their heads as they jog down the same streets where everyone else jogs without having to think twice. I understand preferences but I think some attitudes are thankfully mostly kept unskpoken.
This is a topic being discussed on an Internet forum. We can state our opinions, and I think it’s preferable to be honest. By the way, I have helped plenty of larger women and men work towards fitness goals and I am very encouraging of everyone’s efforts in that regard. They do wear clothes, though! I think a few of you need to be a little realistic.
Very true that it’s an anonymous internet forum. They do bring out all kinds of things you wouldn’t see or hear in real life. Hey, you do you.
I just like the cruises because they’re harmless fun and I don’t have to be around any kids for two weeks. I’ve made friends from all over the world. And believe it or not, I’ve found people to be very judgement free. They’re happy to be there and don’t worry about what other people do or look like. It’s awesome. 
I did a carnival cruise and it was great. Lots of people covered in tattoos. I find people covered in tats tend to be pretty non-judgmental about body types.
I want to go on a cruise again…
(I have no other cruise lines to compare to. I just remember that there were a LOT more tattoos than I’m used to which is why that’s what is stuck in my mind.)
We have gone to many topless beaches as a family - European beaches and Clubmed, and never participated. It was strange for the first few minutes, but then we got over it. The etiquette was only be topless by a pool and beach, but cover ups were required indoor and by a bar/restaurant.
The funniest instant I remember was when someone we just met at a resort came over to talk to us and she was topless, my ex was so uncomfortable because he didn’t know where to look. Then there was another time when we were walking on a beach and my ex saw someone from work topless. He walked by without saying hello and she also pretended that she didn’t know him.