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Mrs. Trap and I just returned today from a very nice 7 night Caribbean cruise on the Celebrity Silhouette. We did not meet any Villagers on the cruise but did hear earfuls about the Villagers who were on the previous sailing of the Silhouette (January 17-24).

There were quite a few passengers (not from The Villages) who were on for back-to-back sailings and when we mentioned we were from The Villages, they let us know their feelings real fast about Villagers!

It seems there were around 300-350 Villagers from the Second Honeymoon Club that were on a club vacation together. The group - we were told - tended to take over entire venues en masse. What upset passengers the most was the saving of entire rows of seats in the theater. The Villagers would have a few of their members sitting in the prime rows and save the rows for their club members who would come to the theater just before show time. Yes, Celebrity does make an announcement about no seat saving but it is not enforced.

Clubs who take cruises together should respect the other passengers so they project a good image of The Villages instead of the entitled image that was seemingly projected on the Second Honeymoon cruise.