When it comes to stated 'facts' in a fore mentioned post, to amount of guests that remain in their bathing suits do not affect the vibe they have come to enjoy at Desire, I would have to disagree
Perhaps my post was poorly worded, but I think we are saying the same thing, that the vibe most certainly changes when there is a higher percentage clothed, for the worse in my opinion, at least for the type of experience that we enjoy.
I don't have any personal judgements about what people should or should not do, that's their choice and rights within the rules but we definitely do have a preference for less textiles, and it's not technically about whether or not someone is clothed but rather what the effect of higher clothing percentage is, at least so far as we have noticed.
We just got back from RM this week and we were also there in Oct. This time there was a higher clothing percentage overall and was also the least interactive crowd we've seen. It was totally different in October where it was essentially like all the previous trips. Could be related to textiles in some way or just luck of the draw, I'm not sure but it was definitely noticable. It was better overall for what we like when it's mostly nude.
If I were to speculate, I'd say it's human nature to form subgroups and when most everyone is naked this happens to a much lesser degree. We noticed this time that generally the groups with the guys who wore swim trunks stuck together and didn't socialize as much with the naked crowd. This pattern was the same at the pool, lobby bar, disco and hot tub, but at the hot tub they spent much less time there. Interestingly, girls going topless but with bikini bottoms were seen the same as if they were also bottomless, which has been our experience all along.