Just booked a last minute VV cruise for July 10th - no dinner reservations to be had

[lynnber]

Have never sailed Virgin and had this last minute opportunity to book. Did so today and immediately went to the app to get reservations - there are no dinners available! Does this mean we will be dining in the food court for the cruise? Is there something we can do to make sure we get actual sit down meals? Kind of looking forward to trying a new line, but am equally uncomfortable with not knowing the ins and outs.

 

[Cloud9 Bob]

No worries...They hold back many reservations. On embarkation go to the Razzle Dazzle restaurant. There you can book your meals for any restaurant. Have a general idea of which restaurants you want and when beforehand.. Be flexible, if you dont mind 6 PM, its a plus. You will be fine. Walkups are usuallly possible too, but not as reliable and you may have to wait .

[kaysha2004]

Virgin doesn't open their dining reservations for booking until, I think, 90 days before the cruise, so when the floodgates open, everything is booked really fast.  It's not as bad as it sounds.  My experience has been that after the first night, people start cancelling or booking elsewhere because there are evening activities they want to attend.  Do go to Razzle Dazzle to start the process.  Pink Agave has a bar where you can have your dinner at the bar as a walkup if there's no tables available.  Earlier is better.  Depending on the length of your cruise, you may not get to eat at all the restaurants, anyway, unless you go to two of them on the same night.

[jon81uk]

Less than half of the reservations are available in advance, they hold most back for booking onboard.

[cantgetin]

Reservations open for normal cabins 45 days before cruising.  A large number of reservations are not available at that time and are held back until after boarding.  As noted, there will be a location where people will be available to assist you in making dining reservations on board.  While in the past it has been in the Razzle Dazzle restaurant, on our most recent cruise on Scarlet Lady it was done in Pink Agave.  Whichever is used on your trip, there will be crew around to direct you to the correct location. The sooner you get there, the more options you will have. These will also be available on the app....but you can go to the restaurant location and stand there trying to get them on th app while you wait your turn to be helped!

No, you will not be stuck in The Galley for all meals.  However, the nightly dinner specials in The Galley are often very good.

Edited June 25 by cantgetin

[Eric&Pam]

There will be a team of folks to help book dining reservations at Razzle Dazzle.....head there when you first board.

[cantgetin]

7 hours ago, Eric&Pam said:

There will be a team of folks to help book dining reservations at Razzle Dazzle.....head there when you first board.

As I said above, on our last cruise (May 2024, Scarlet) the dining assist was in Pink Agave. On previous cruises, it was in RD.   There were plenty of crew members on the 7th floor to direct you to the right place.

[MNcruisingcouple]

You can also make dinner reservations through the app on embarkation day as soon as you connect to the ship's wifi.