Royal Carribean - Where are all of the speedos?
 

I am currently on a cruise on Royal Carribean hitting Bermuda, St. Maarten, Puerto Rico, and Haiti....I have to say, I am disappointed in the number of speedos I am seeing! I have only seen ONE speedo, thats all! I was expecting to see a lot more, and hoped to wear mine if there were more wearing theres....however I do think there are a lot of guys wearing their speedos under board shorts due to the very low number of speedos around the boat.

Go on and bust out your swim briefs!

Hopefully you can encourage others to do the same and greatly improve the situation.

Cruise
 

What is the makeup of the passengers.
The one where I saw a lot of speedos was heavily European and Latin American.

Why worry about what the other guys are wearing??
You're never going to see any of them again. I think we all can agree that it can be a little embarrassing to break out the speedo, but feeling the sun and breeze on the upper thighs feels good enough to not worry about what a bunch of strangers think.
Just do it

Speedos
 

Agreed. I had only packed speedo solars for swimwear on my cruise, but it was still reassuring to have a lot of company wearing them.

Cruises and beaches have changed in the past decade. People just travel with their own group of friends and everyone else is "invisible" to them. It is rare for "cruise directors" to hold group activities around the pool. My partner and I asked to be seated at a large table for dinner, they gave us the table but did not seat anyone else there. Mingling with fellow travelers is discouraged.
So do whatever you want, no one will notice or care. Management does not want a scene or bad reviews so they won't intervene either, for better or worse.

I was on the NCL Getaway last Christmas. And I wasn’t the only one wearing Speedo Style swimwear. I personally like the 2xist swim briefs. I wear my swim briefs all the time. I’ve only ever got one negative comment and I didn’t let it bother me. Everyone else loves them. Swim briefs are also great at clearing out crowded hot tubs on cruise ships.

Hot Tubs
 

Didn't clear out hot tubs on my cruise. But as I said before, there were a lot of European and Latin American passengers for whom speedos are normal swimwear.

On one of the cruises I went on. the pool area was always busy, bur no one was in Speedos, so I went up one deck to the sundeck which wasn't crowded at all. I pulled my swim shorts off to reveal my Speedos and stretched out on a lounge. Some people strolled past--no issues. The next day, I went to the same deck, and soon there were 5 guys in Speedos up there with me. The third day, there were about a dozen. Guys DO want to wear Speedos, but just don't want to make a spectacle of themselves.

Right on! That is exactly why you need to just do it and not worry about what other people have to say about it. Be yourself, be comfortable, and just do it.

It is surprising how other guys will come out of the woodwork and join in when they see it is all good!