The "cougars" hitting the open seas will be the type more likely to prowl cocktail lounges than the wild frontier -- older women who prey upon young, virile men.

(See 50 essential travel tips.) The current Miss Cougar America, 42-year-old single mother and Silicon Valley business consultant Gloria Navarro, who was on last month’s cruise, agrees.

Carnival Cruise Lines' decision to drop any further International Cougar Cruises groups from its ships, after hosting the first group last month on the Carnival Elation, was curious.

Young men, older women were heading to the ocean to find love. Jan. 12, 2010 — -- It looks like there will be no more love on the high seas for cougars, or at least on Carnival cruises. Last ...

Namely, a group of disparate individuals ranging in age from 25 (cub) to 72 (cougar) looking for love, sex, companionship, an inexpensive cruise, a little Ramp;R - or some combination thereof. p ...

Cougars also have their own convention, and 42-year-old Gloria Navarro recently was crowned the first “Miss Cougar America.” As reigning feline, she will preside over the Cougar Cruise.

Manderino ended up declining the young man's post-cruise marriage proposal. But she continued to participate in cougar events. In 2011, she was named the first Miss Cougar International.