Rosie O’Donnell boards ship with one of her kids for inaugural gay family cruise, which the former talk-show host promoted.\uffa0
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Ahoy, the USS Rosie!<\/STRONG><\/P> Hundreds of gay and lesbian families from across the country donned leis and beachwear as they set sail yesterday on Rosie O’Donnell’s first-ever gay family cruise.<\/P> The weeklong voyage from New York to Florida and the Bahamas drew travelers willing to fork over between $999 and $15,000 for a chance to meet other families led by same-sex couples.<\/P> “My 3-year-old daughter is so excited. She said, ‘Are there going to be other families with two mommies and two daddies?'” said Lyn Moorefield, 46, a high school teacher from Long Beach, Calif., who was with her partner and their two children, ages 3 and 1.<\/P> “We had to be here – it’s history-making,” she added as they boarded at Pier 88, near W. 48th St.<\/P> Cruisegoers gaped as they caught a glimpse of the glitzy new Norwegian Cruise lines boat, which features 10 restaurants and a camp for kids and teens.<\/P> “This is our first vacation since before she was born. We thought – what a perfect way to do it,” said Jane Fantel, a real-<\/P> estate agent from San Diego, who was traveling with her 2-year-old daughter and her partner.<\/P> O’Donnell, a former talk-show host, was on board for the ship’s maiden run.<\/P> The comedian founded R Family Vacations with her longtime partner, Kelli Carpenter O’Donnell, to promote getaways that are gay family-friendly. Other upcoming trips include ski vacations, fishing trips and safaris.<\/P> Families were expecting more than just a pleasure cruise. Included among the classic cruise entertainment is educational talks about adoption and pregnancy.<\/P> Travelers who signed on for the first voyage praised the star couple, who married in February in California and have four children.<\/P> “Rosie O’Donnell is very smart – as more gay families are getting more exposure, they’ve got a place where they can go,” said Jeff Harris, 43, of Atlanta.<\/P> BY NICOLE BODE, DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER<\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bahamas Becoming ”The” Gay Vacation Destination<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245521\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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