I just finished the full SA cruise on the Mariner. We had emails in advance about port changes due to the pod problem. While on the cruise all the changes appeared to be complications with the ports and not speed. In fact, on the revised schedule we were consistently early arriving at ports - 2 to 4 hours ahead and often the captain extended the stay. I believe they now have the average speed calculated and itineraries should now be accurate (we hope.)
