So…..I posted the original question about LGBT meet ups.
Am now back from the cruise (my first), had an amazing time on Arvia and think I’ve well and truly got the cruise bug.
To answer my original question, there were LGBT meet ups advertised daily in Horizon. Not that well attended but we met a lovely couple who we ended up meeting most evenings for a drink.
Only one negative experience, a couple in the Limelight club talking and laughing about my partner and I. At least she looked mortified when she saw I’d noticed. Most people couldn’t have cared less that we’re a gay couple and most people we chatted to were lovely.