Tronoboy

Regarding bed and couch location within the room for Epic, it appears that when you view the deck plans on NCL for Epic, you can determine the location of the bed. Every cabin has one curved wall with two bulges, one 'into' the cabin and one 'out' of the cabin. The bed is located in the curve bulging 'out' from the room and the couch is located at the bulge 'into' the room. I have verified this for a number of rooms using this topic: Does seem logically correct though, doesn't it? But I may be wrong, so please correct me if I am.

For what it is worth, I was on a 7-day cruise on Getaway to Bermuda on Nov 19. 2023. The "Day 9" menu in this link was served to us one evening. I did not track each night's menu to tell you which one was skipped (we missed some evenings), but definitely we had the "Day 9" menu one evening during our 7 day cruise.

Regarding use of tables in the "Lido" area, is this referring to the tables within the restaurant/buffet area or is it also tables within the area that is outside by the pool, on the Lido deck? If within the buffet restaurant (which in many ships is on the "Lido" deck) then it would seem appropriate that the tables be used only for eating meals and not for passing the time in whatever manner during mealtimes (or maybe whenever). But if the tables are outside, in the pool area, as many are, then what? I think that those are dual-purpose tables and can be used both for meals and non-meal activities. Then I say, stay as long as you wish to occupy the table, even if not eating. However, if we are going to require that these outside tables be considered part of the buffet restaurant during mealtimes and therefore not for other purposes, then those times would have to be specified by the ship or by consensus wouldn't they? Maybe we should tackle the issue of poolside chair-hogs before the non-meal users of the "Lido tables" - after all, at least the table users are actually using the tables while the chair hogs are..... (just occurred to me, there are times when the chair-hog is using a buffet table at the same time as a poolside lounger!) In the end, I do like to live and let live - this sort of "misbehavior" I can deal with, as many in this thread have pointed out. It can be irritating however, of course.