I love your "gossip" it is fun to read. Meeting the other passengers and observing people is half the fun of a cruise I think. You never know when you are going to meet people you really enjoy and will become really good friends with for the future. I have a lot of groups of 6 - 8 that all met on a cruise and now travel together. I think that is really neat.

We met a mother and son on the Crystal cruise. She looked like his wife. They were truly delightful people and we ate with them twice. Big crystal cruisers they managed to get me into the alternate restaurants with them so I did not have to eat at my set table and we could also go at a reasonable hour like 7.30 that way. They made the cruise for us really - a lot of fun to be with.