I'll have to chime in here for occasional solitude. While we really enjoy interacting with others (ala MINT), on our cruise to Bermuda recently we simply chose to have an US vacation.

Not that we were trying to be antisocial, but with all that has occurred over the past few months, we felt we just needed to 'reconnect' and relax. However, dinners still seemed to be a long affair as we drank :) and ate quite a bit.

We dined alone every night although we talked to a number of older couples at various gatherings. Would we do this again? Under similar circumstances maybe, but not on a cruise where we aleady knew numerous people (like MINT).

Anthony