I've done two other cruises with Paul Wagner. I never get tired of listening to him talk on wine (he's also written four non-wine related mystery novels). The first was the 2019 Rhone River AWS cruise. We completely filled the AmaCello except for three staterooms but we immediately coopted the occupants of those into our events. The next one was a non-AWS cruise with Paul in NZ on Azamara Journey.
I've not missed an AWS convention in years. I don't really have the option now, I'm one of the board members. So, yes, I'll be in St. Louis and in Winston-Salem after that (which is hard for me to miss as well as I live only an hour away).