oceanpark

We weren’t able to carry over the OBC on our B2B in October. Used the remainder of our OBC on the first cruise to buy a few bottles of expensive wine and drank them on the second cruise.

The scheduled choir in Tito Square in October was also cancelled and three tenors gave a performance on the ship instead.

We are taking our second cruise on Azamara next year ( 25 days) and wondered if many people take this package which includes $300 shore excursion credit, unlimited wifi plus ( don’t know what the plus means) and premium drink package for $699. Last cruise we had more OBC than we could possibly use and had the ultimate drink package, but can’t justify the cost for it now. Not sure if there is better wine with the premium package. We definitely want wifi, but if I remember correctly, on the second day of the cruise you could get wifi for 20% off.

I am also considering Japan with Oceania in 2025, so am very interested in any responses as I am not sure if a cruise is the best way to see it. I have compared the ports with Azamara and like the Oceania itinerary slightly better, but would be very upset if they changed the ports after final payment. We loved our first Azamara cruise last year and have never sailed with Oceania. Price and itinerary will be the deciding factor.

My mistake. It was the Ultimate drink package. I was thinking of the Premier drink package we had on Viking where we noticed a great difference between their included white and rose wines from the premier package wines. We did BTB cruises with Azamara and as we had so much OBC left at the end of our first cruise which wasn’t transferable to the next cruise, we bought four expensive bottles of wine and drank them on our second cruise. It was the Sommelier who made the suggestion. As my husband wasn’t upgrading to the Ultimate package he was able to enjoy the lovely wine.

Lynda, it will be in US dollars when you get onboard. I had the same issue with Azamara before we left on our trip in September, but once onboard everything was fine. OBC was in US dollars. Call me if you want to discuss. R

We have done many cruises and decided to do an Azamara cruise three months ago. We loved everything about it, especially the staff. If you wait until the second day of your cruise you will get a discount on the wifi. We had lots of onboard credit and I upgraded to the premium drink package, but my husband was content with the basic package. I won’t have paid to upgrade as other than wine, I didn’t notice a big difference.

Our evening was in Valencia where we were bused about 20 minutes to a beautiful events building where we sat in an area that was outside, but covered and watched an amazing acrobatic/dance performance. Our Azamazing evening on our second cruise was cancelled for some reason. It was supposed to be a performance in Tito Square in Koper, but instead some performers came onboard.

Just saw other post. We were given new key cards at 9:00am on the day we arrived in Rome. Once on the ship, explain the situation as the staff is very accommodating.

Don’t know why you were told you have to disembark as in our result BTB, staying in the same cabin, we were able to leave the ship when we wanted. We were given cards that said we were in transit so that we could board again at any time. Call Azamara, but don’t be surprised that with each phone call you could get a different answer. Not impressed with the poorly trained people in customer service.

I started this post when I had been on the Journey just a few days and I have just completed 18 days on the ship. The food and staff impressed us the entire time and the White Night parties (we had two as BTB cruises) were fabulous. We had two very impressive meals with officers and really enjoyed the specialty restaurants.

Having cruised many times on Holland America, Celebrity and last year Viking river, and reading lots of negative things about Azamara lately, I wanted to give my thoughts as someone new to Azamara. I was very concerned after all the problems I had getting confirmation of our SBC, but think it was due to poorly trained staff. Embarkment was easy and we have all our SBC and we were able to easily book specialty restaurants immediately after we boarded. The ship does look a little worn, but that does not concern us. The staff have been amazing and the food very good, especially brunch today. Our veranda cabin on deck seven is like most other veranda cabins, but the balcony has openings on both sides that make it less private than other balconies we have had. Bed and bedding are lovely, small shower is fine for us, but toilet paper is like we have had in third world countries. The positives very much outweigh the few negatives and with only 550 people onboard, we are loving our first time on a small ship. Looking forward to Azamazing evening tonight!

We are going on our first Azamara cruise this month and it has been a nightmare for ourselves and our travel agent with regard to our ship board credits. We have BTB cruises and over a period of three months and too many phone calls, it was finally sorted out. They are obviously not training their staff properly as many did not know about the SBC per cruise for BTB, and one person even argued with me about it until I read the information directly from Azamara’s website. I was told by three different people that the issue would be sent to a supervisor to look into, but nothing was resolved. It seems to be hit and miss when calling Azamara. Our friends who are joining us have had the same problems and they have said they would have never booked these cruises if they knew it would be this difficult. Depending on how the cruise goes, Azamara may have lost four customers.

If I book a 3 table tour of the specialty restaurants online, can I pick dates and times? The only explanation given online is that one of the nights must be the first night of the cruise. I am presently on hold to Azamara to ask them, but not confident I will get through in a timely fashion.

Thanks for all the great information.