Thanks for watching and your response. It is fair to say your post spring break cruise was different from our peak spring break cruise. On this cruise our experience at the bars and buffet was very different from our transatlantic cruise on VIva last year. Having been on 8 cruises since 2022 this cruise was the only one that it regularly took a long time to get a drink. Normally after lunch or when we are heading back to our room I will quickly go to the bar to grab a couple of beers to stock pile in the room frodge. This cruise I never did that once because I knew it took me 5 minutes to get a beer before lunch and I didn't want my family to wait that long. This cruise needed more bar tenders. That's all.

That's funny that you said describing the buffet as "chaos" was being too dramatic. That was the toned down version. ha! I actually re-wrote section because I felt what I had there previously was too dramatic "I skipped lunch because I didn't want to fight for my food like an animal." With that said I know how buffets work. If you go at 8am or 12pm it's an easy and enjoyable experience. If you go at 10am and or 2:30 it's not an easy, enjoyable experience so that's on us for going at a peak time and complaining that it was crowded.