CanadianCruiser21

I see it too! Not a lot of detail and not too organized. Still interesting!

So essentially, those who managed to book for a low fare benefit the most.

it won’t be double, but you might get a lift and shift with bonus loot, which would be better for you in this case.

In the last few months, it’s been 125% to 150% FVC. this time, I am seeing reports of $300 to $600 sailor loot. No FVC so far, but things can change, maybe if more of us complain.

Yes, that is correct. The Valiant will not be replacing Brilliant for the TA from PR to Lisbon.

“Generous” is relative.

Holy ***** 44 nights!!! Finally, Resilient Lady will set off on a 44-night repositioning from Athens to Australia in October 2024, making stops in bucket-list destinations like Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore and Bali along the way. Once Down Under, Sailors have the option of 15 brand new itineraries and nine new ports including Broome, Albany, Adelaide, Newcastle, Mooloolaba, Port Douglas, Brisbane, Eden and Kangaroo Island.

Bonus Sailor Loot: Upon moving their booking, customers will receive an additional $300 in sailor loot. Moreover, those booked on the Mermaiden will receive an extra $500 in onboard credit. $300 OBC for rebooking?! that’s the smallest amount of compensation I’ve seen so far, especially since a lot of these BL sailings are so soon.

Things are definitely happening! Can’t book Resilient Lady Greece cruises after mid August 24. As previously posted, they are moving RL to Portsmouth

I’m surprised they would use Resilient Lady instead of Brilliant Lady if true. BL doesn’t currently have anything scheduled/booked after April 20 so they could do this without cancelling on anyone. I guess it is about a year out though, so it wouldn’t be too bad. The Athens cruises didn’t seem to be selling well, though they cost more per night on average.

This is correct. Full refund including deposit within 7 days for cruises more than 120 days out. However, VV has cancelled a few cruises this year (charters and Austrailia itineraries) and the compensation was full refund (nothing more), or 125% - 150% FVC of what you’ve paid so far. It hasn’t been 2x in a while.

I wasn’t sure if they allowed it in case they thought you were sharing with someone, like other posters talking about not being able to order multiple drinks at a bar.

What if I am cruising solo and want to order drinks delivered to my room. Can I order more than one drink (non alcoholic if that matters)? I do plan to leave a tip so I don’t want to order drinks multiple times.

This would be great! I wish they opened Salty Dog for lunch too though.

But RL is scheduled to be in Athens on Aug11 and Aug 18 Aug 11 is “sold out” but Aug 18 is still for sale

There was a code before for $200 off but it didn’t work. you can call sailor services to see if they can see if you will get the credit. Using an access code like this means not getting the bar tab though.

If it’s the Ardner one, it won’t work.

Interesting. Both BL and RL are scheduled to stop in Zeebruges next summer.

I thought there were rumours/reports that BL is pretty much done and they are just decorating. I really regret not booking the SL TA from Miami to BCN instead. I wanted to go to Lisbon, but I could have just taken a short flight or train, especially since TAP has a free stopover program.

If you put half on red and half on black, there is a 4% chance you lose all your money every round.

While I have been checking almost daily as well, I also follow a ton of VV Facebook groups and I’m sure there will be a lot of posts once new sailings are up.

This might not be enough for recovering alcoholics, though I guess almost everything on a cruise might be tempting for alcoholics. I’m alcohol intolerant, but I’ll still check out GB. Thanks for the tip of letting the server know.

Recent reports say that the Brilliant Lady is on schedule and is being decorated now.

https://www.virginvoyages.com/health-safety Before the voyage: If you test positive for COVID, or were exposed to COVID within 10 days of departure, Virgin Voyages will allow you to change your voyage date, or provide a full future voyage credit to use toward a booking at a later time. Taxes and fees and bookable amounts are refunded to the original form of payment.

Still no announcement, but I really think it will be this month. They are going to lose business as people will be booking other cruises.