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Really? This was our first one so I don't have anything to go by, but we found it super easy to get our food. Much easier than on other lines in their crowded buffets and we never had a problem getting a seat either. Maybe we were lucky and always missed the true peak times. We have a couple more booked (one in the Caribbean and the Panama Canal transit) so I guess we'll see how comparable it will be.

We were also on that cruise but never had to wait when walking up and ordering at each station during any meal. We also had no problem flipping up the flag and ordering through a server. With only 1,400 sailors onboard we never found the Galley (or any place) overly crowded even during peak times and there were plenty of servers walking around to take your orders.

From the few photos I've seen, it appears that Decks 7 and 8 are inset more than the other lady ships (which matches the new sea terrace cabin type on Deck 8 with the shallower balcony). So , it appears that one would still be able to circumnavigate the exterior on Deck 7.

We got our coffee credit on disembarkation day last week on Resilient Lady with no problem. Everything worked like a normal morning would. Got our free juice as normal (Splash of Romance) and our free coffee for DBE.

We ordered a couple glasses of Dom last week on Resilient Lady and the bottle had been previously opened and it was still very fresh and very tasty. It did appear to have the covavin on the bottle.

My wife and I train in Krav Maga and this will be the longest that we have been away from our training since we started over 6 years ago. We're pretty stoked to see that Virgin has a boxing ring on Deck 16 where we could potentially practice sparring. But we would rather not fill our luggage with our sparring gear. Does Virgin offer gear for this? If so, do they clean them? Or are you expected to bring your own gear? We have 12 sea days on our upcoming cruise so being able to train and spar some would be awesome. Thanks!

I think it's going to depend a lot on the length of the cruise. On shorter cruises where shows will only be performed once, might be a bit crazy trying to get in. But on longer cruises with shows being performed multiple times, it will probably work as the crowds will be spread across the shows. This is how it always was on Carnival when we cruised with them and it always worked out well. There was a lot less stress trying to book everything and planning your whole vacation out as soon as you boarded. We really prefer to go with the flow while on vacation so we're looking forward to this change.

Thank you. I was afraid you were going to say that. That's pretty steep. I took my daughter on one of these years ago on Carnival and it was the same places on the ship. Neat to see but not sure it's $200 worth of neatness!

Is it $200 per person or per cabin?

They are testing it out currently on the Auckland to Sydney cruise that is going on right now on the Resilient Lady. You only have to book paid events like Another Rose. All other shows are first come, first served.

I use both Photopills and The Photographer's Ephemeris (TPE). I use Photopills on my phone and TPE on both my computer and phone. I tend to use Photopills more for calculations and TPE more for planning out my shots in advance when traveling.

I used the chat function online and got VV to book all of my restaurants for me. No sense banging my head against the wall. Got all my restaurants booked at the times I wanted in about ten minutes. Easy peasy.

We have Gunbae booked on our first full evening onboard the Resilient Lady and again a little over a week later. From what I've been seeing on various YouTube reviews, it appears that they just bring everything out to you to eat amongst the table. So that has me wondering if it is worth doing it more than once if you are going to be eating the same meal again. Or does the food change up?

We changed to the same itinerary and received confirmation back about 4 hours later. I thought that was pretty good compared to the week for our Brilliant Lady cancellation.

I wonder if they would cancel the Singapore to Dubai leg as well and sail it straight across the Indian Ocean towards South Africa instead of sailing it north to Dubai and then backtracking south along East Africa. Would that give them enough time to make the extended run to the Med without impacting any of the Med cruises? I hear that there is a lot of talk in Israel on starting to scale down the war in Gaza. I wonder if that would be enough to make the Houthis simmer down some or if they would continue until Israel completely left Gaza which probably won't happen for quite some time.