All this talk about cruises reminded me of this couple with whom we shared the dinner table at the last cruise we took.
This nice couple along with a son were taking this cruise itinerary as the 4th or 5th time. Each year, they flew to Florida to go on the same week-long Caribbean itinerary on this Royal Caribbean ship. The husband was a professor at a medicine school. Surely, they could have tried something different each year, but no. I guess they found what worked for them, so did not bother to change.
And then, a stewardess volunteered that on the ship, there was an elderly wealthy woman from New York who would book a nice suite on the ship for an extended period like a month or two every summer. She just stayed in her suite, and had food brought up. One night, she did not feel well and did not eat much, and the crew noticed that. As a special customer, she was paid a visit by the ship captain to make sure she was all right.
I guess I am the type who likes to have some variety.