Or you may be simply more comfortable wearing a smaller bikini that shows a little cheek. But you likely know that there are all sorts of people on board the ship, including everything from retirees to kids and families. Therefore you might be wondering if risque swimsuits like thongs or other minimalist bikini cuts are allowed. Yes, you can wear a thong swimsuit on a cruise. Nowhere did we find any sort of language mentioning thong swimsuits or restrictions against them. In fact, many of these same ships that sail in the United States also sail during the offseason in European ports, where smaller bathing suits are the norm.
One of the problems with being a new dad in wintertime is that the incentive to spend what few off-duty hours you have in front of the TV rather than, say, doing aerobics is very, very strong. Then you begin to contemplate summer. At some point, you know that you'll be on a ship in the Mexican Riviera or the Caribbean and you'll have to put on a bathing suit, and maybe even take off that ever-so-slimming black t-shirt. You start to panic.