I understand wanting to maintain the illusion of the family, but a lot of characters that chose the cruise did that so that they would not be upset by the insane families and forgetting of their old CR.

Also, people who are staying in the retreat (I have two) but are not losing their castle memories will still be able to poke at the residents via action.

Is there a way that people on the cruise can be given a manifest of the residents at the "island" or some way for them to be aware that those people are safe? It's hard to enjoy a cruise when you are worried that 3/4 of the castle is missing. Even if the journal is just one-way so that people on the cruise can hear what is going on, that would be something to assure people on the cruise that it's just a castle thing and they are lucky that they haven't been tangled up into all of that.