From here on in, the service turned to sh*t. For the entire flight, it seemed as if the service was exceptionally un-coordinated and messy. The crew appeared to trip over themselves – almost as if the concept of a full flight was too much to cope with. Row 5 didn’t have any menus/headphones/menus and there was confusion amongst the crew as to who was going to get what. It was the most bizarre display of team work I have ever seen. I wish I could provide more examples, but you just had to see it to believe it.The doors were closed and we were soon taking off. It was interesting to hear the FA’s chat amongst themselves during the takeoff/first ten mins, I love hearing them ***** and moan about their rosters and other crew related issues – interesting, yes – professional, no.Once the seatbelt sign was turned off, the crew jumped up into action. Or appeared to jump into action. I don’t really know exactly what they were doing, as it was a good 30+ mins before pre dinner drink orders were taken. Then another 15mins to get the drinks delivered. The trolleys came out a good 1 hour after departure, delivering the entre. Then we waited.And waited.The main course came out about 2 hours into the flight – I was watching the clock as I was very well aware that with a flight time of 7.5 hours, the more sleep we get the better. We ate the mains and waited, and waited and bloody waited. Dessert was provided at about the 3 hour mark, and it was at this point that I made a point of speaking to the FA about the shocking amount of time it was taking to get the service out (on a night flight nonetheless).Me: “Is it normal to have a meal service take three hours on a night flight?”Her: “I know, I am so embarrassed – it’s the way they make us serve/deliver the service – your more than welcome to provide feedback via the IFE?”Me: “Sure – but this is a 7.5 hour flight, we are three hours in and we have just started dessert – AND we have a breakfast prior to landing in MEL?”Her: “I know, I know – I am so embarrassed – please provide feedback because otherwise nothing will change. You’re the 7th person that has complained about the length of this service”Etc etc etc. She was very good in handling my objection, and she seemed to be obviously embarrassed. She was one of the better FA’s on this journey, though the majority were fumbly and all over the shop.Once dinner was finally cleared, I closed the curtains and put the bed into “bed mode”. Well, I thought it was bed mode, but for some reason the upper backrest didn’t go back as far as it should. This meant the bed was not lie-flat, but semi sloping - I didn’t cause a scene knowing that there were no other seats to move to. I sucked it up and attempted to sleep.I don’t know what it was, but I found it extremely difficult to drift off – the seats felt really hard and lumpy and I couldn’t find a groove. I popped a Xanax which helped me drift off into a light sleep, but as I was about to drift off into a deepish sleep – you guessed it – I heard the clunking of plates and glasses signalling the start of the breakfast service. Spewing. My partner also had a very difficult time sleeping, saying it was the worst flight he’s had to date.I didn’t take many pics on this flight, as the flash would have been offensive to other pax and the DSLR I use takes crap night shots if not on a tripod. Nevertheless, it wasn’t a flight to rave about so photos weren’t going to be of much value.We arrived into Melbourne at about 5:30. Our driver didn’t arrive until 6:30. Not the happiest camper by this point! Our driver took us to our room at Crown Metropol where we quickly crashed out until about 3pm.On Saturday night, we went out to dinner with friends and gambled our lives away at Crown. We checked out on the Sunday morning for our 1:15pm DJ flight back to Sydney.Check-in was over and done with quickly and it was my first time experiencing the DJ lounge in MEL – wow. I love it and it is by far the best DJ lounge I have been to. The views are great and the pool table is awesome (I didn’t play, but if I was there with mates I probably would have).The flight was delayed about 30 mins, and once onboard there was a deplaning of two pax which delayed the flight a little further. We were the only Y+ pax on board, with all other Y+ seats converted into Y seats. The flight looked fully booked. The crew were fantastic and took care of us: we fit in two G&T’s on this short 56min flight.The VA flight to HKT was awesome and the crew deserve gold stars for their impressive service. The FSM appeared to have the FA’s co-ordinated and everything went like clockwork. The return flight was the polar opposite: I really do not want to be on a full J flight with VA again if this is the norm. We are lucky in that we know that this is not the norm for VA so will give them another chance.Cheers