Naturalist on cruise?

[AuntieKels]

We are doing a Mexican Riviera cruise this spring and I was wondering if they would have a naturalist on the ship. I've heard of them having NPS Rangers or similar on the Alaska sailings. Our kids are obsessed with the Junior Ranger program and we love any change they can get to talk to an expert! Thanks

 

[happycamper47]

The only other time we've had similar was on the Panama Canal.

 

[_auroraborealis_]

Nope.

 

[Dug720]

Phew. NOT what I thought when I saw the title. My parents long ago had a friend who preferred to eschew clothing at his home and when my sister and I said nudist he would correct us and say naturalist (fortunately when he visited or when he went to the beach with us he followed OUR family style and wore clothes).

 

[GoingSince1990]

Phew. NOT what I thought when I saw the title. My parents long ago had a friend who preferred to eschew clothing at his home and when my sister and I said nudist he would correct us and say naturalist (fortunately when he visited or when he went to the beach with us he followed OUR family style and wore clothes).

That would be “naturist”.

 

[Dug720]

That would be “naturist”.

He said naturalist.

 

[Her Dotness]

That would be “naturist”.

He said naturalist.

You're both correct.

Either label is commonly understood as "no clothes," sez Merriam-Webster.

It's "nudist" that has become the impolite term for naturists/naturalists.

 

[bobbiwoz]

We had a guest lecturer on DCL EBTA in 2013.

 

[PezRuth]

Phew. NOT what I thought when I saw the title. My parents long ago had a friend who preferred to eschew clothing at his home and when my sister and I said nudist he would correct us and say naturalist (fortunately when he visited or when he went to the beach with us he followed OUR family style and wore clothes).

I thought the exact same thing.

 

[Geomom]

The answer to your question is 'no'. They tend to have talks on longer cruise (Panama Canal, Transatlantic), and specialty cruises like Alaska. On our 2018 Baltic Sea cruise, I attended talks on amber and matryoshka dolls...but those may have been 'shopping' talks with some interesting info thrown in there.

 

[Dug720]

I thought the exact same thing.

Flashbacks to the episode of The Love Boat where there was a (of course) very attractive young woman who eschewed clothing and Gopher and Doc had to try and deal with telling her to cover up.

 

[kiford]

We once got to hear an Imagineer on a Caribbean cruise but generally, you only see them on the longer cruises. We've had historians giving talks daily on our Med and Baltic cruises.

 

[TCRAIG]

Phew. NOT what I thought when I saw the title. My parents long ago had a friend who preferred to eschew clothing at his home and when my sister and I said nudist he would correct us and say naturalist (fortunately when he visited or when he went to the beach with us he followed OUR family style and wore clothes).

Same here - was a bit worried that ‘Naturalist’ was lingo for ‘Clothing Optional’..

 

[TCRAIG]

You're both correct.

Either label is commonly understood as "no clothes," sez Merriam-Webster.

It's "nudist" that has become the impolite term for naturists/naturalists.

Or as they say in the South ‘GIT NECKID’..

 

[Her Dotness]

Or as they say in the South ‘GIT NECKID’..

Weeelll, my understanding of that expression is that a particular purpose for doing so is the intent.

'Nuff said.

 

[Calantha]

So, I was just reading the AbD forum about Antarctica, and all I could think about was the "naked" "naturalists" giving the excursions, and how cold it must have been.

 

[mlayton14]

Anyone know if they have any lecturers on Norwegian fjords cruises? The overal vibe should similar to Alaska so why not ?

 

[JM_97]

I did not have this topic of conversation on my DIS Boards bingo card.