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Metropolitan Community Church, the predominantly GLBT Christian denomination, had clergy on board to perform wedding ceremonies and conduct interfaith services and there was also discussion groups for kids and a panel discussion where teens could share their experiences of growing up with gay and lesbian parents.

Recalling a 2004 incident between Norwegian Cruise Lines' all gay cruises and Christian "protesters chanting anti-gay slogans" in Nassau, Bahamas,[8] Kaminsky claimed that Bermuda, which he incorrectly believed had tourism as its main industry, would face economic repercussions if a similar event occurred in the British overseas territory,[9] which has long held a reputation for being anti-gay[10] and only the year before the local legislature refused to even consider outlawing sexuality-based discrimination.

[11] While the trip was supported by Premier and Minister of Tourism and Transportation Dr. Ewart Brown,[12] it was opposed by one of his close political allies, Andre Curtis, the organiser of a controversial "Faith-Based Tourism" initiative,[13] who organised some eighty churches into an interfaith group called "United by Faith" to oppose the planned visit[9] alongside local African Methodist Episcopal churches.

"Dottie", portrayed by actor Jen Plante, appeared on the cruise to the Mexican Riviera, March 15–22, 2008, and marked the first time the LGBT families and friends will be "entertained by the main character of a kids' show that is set in a lesbian household".

[17] A documentary film about the trip looked inside the lives of some of the 500 families that cruised from New York to the Bahamas.