beatnix

On 4 cruises last year and one in June - yes.

56 minutes ago, Dynacruiser said:

Does anybody know if it is easy to visit the Guggenheim museum by ourselves?

• is transportation (taxi? Uber?) from and to the port easy to find?
• Do tickets have to be purchased ahead of time and for specific times?
• Any other tips to visit the museum?

 

Any help would be appreciated.  

There where a few taxis in Getxo. We visited the museum, was easy to buy tickets there. Also not overcrowded. 

From the shuttle bus stop it is about 5 minutes walk to Guggenheim. 

Yes they did in June.

The bus stops at Euskadi place and it took arround 30 minutes.

42 minutes ago, GUSGB said:

I just checked my account on Seaware. OBC vouchers now have values assigned to them. Progress at last. We cruise in Nov 23.

Same here, but still no coupons for B2B OBC.

I do not know, if your status is honored online. We upgrade on board because at the moment it is easier to use OBC.

You will get a discount depending on your status.

22 minutes ago, scottmcelmeel said:

Well, I have yet to step foot on an Azamara ship but I am so frustrated with their dismal website and slow customer service that I can confidently say that I will not be going on another cruise with this cruise line. There are too many cruise lines with excellent onboard experiences AND an excellent website. What is a consumer to do if their website doesn't allow you to book an excursion and customer service simply ignores your emails?  I have sent a 5th request to purchase an excursion with zero response. There are too many good options out there...I would skip Azamara if you are thinking of booking a cruise with them.

Booking excursions works on the website in your account if you do not want to pay with OBC.

Looks like because you have to reach 150 for the next level. 

I tried to get a smaller one and was told the robes are one size.

1 hour ago, uktog said:

Thanks for the suggestion, I suppose I have resisted as it means something else to carry over and above the iPads that have to come for work.  I have tried Kindle on the iPad and it just did not work for me,  I will look again at the Fire though before our Antarctic trip (though it looks like Quest will still have the library then)

I started reading books on an Ipad - and it was not my thing. Then I changed to a Kindle paperwhite - and I love it because the display is quite different and much more convenient. For books with a lot of pictures (cooking or travelling) I still use Ipad. 

The ships are over 20 years old - this was standard size in these times.

I prefer these small ships that can reach ports bigger ones can not and I am able to deal with the shower size. 

8 minutes ago, takemewithyou said:

On Pursuit in June in a regular veranda, we had ice bucket (didn’t need to request) and it was replenished every day, at least.  We had plenty of water supplied which we used.  There were soft drinks in the fridge.

I was also on Pursuit in June - so there may be no general order for the staff how to deal with.

I just asked to fill the fridge with Coke Zero and it was delivered immediately. The filled ice bucket we never used so we do not miss it.

Empty cans where replaced with new ones in the fridge. Maybe it also depends on the stewards. 

@ECCruise so I misunderstood your post, sorry.

1 hour ago, ECCruise said:

Yes.  We booked it as soon as it was available.

But strangely, the 12 day Africa Intensive following had an Azamazing Night in Durban scheduled (and we booked) and then it disappeared and now no Azamazing Night shows.  And definitely not a crossing.

Azamazing Evening still bookable. The description maybe is wrong. 

But by the way I found out thate now we have 0 loyality points. Those were shown correct before. 😕

18 minutes ago, Grandma Cruising said:

Sour Capetown to Canaries cruise doesn’t seem to have one either. I guess it counts as a transatlantic. Can’t think where they might have it anyway!

We are on Canaries to Capetown in November. Azamzing Evening is announced for Walvis Bay where we will be overnight. 

15 minutes ago, Travelingwithstyle said:

Below is the form we filled out even though we have a TA.    We just returned from being on 3 b2b in June/July 2023 (33 days).  The benefit was applied after I filled out the form earlier in the year.  After a week I did call Azamara and they had to  "link" all 3 different booking numbers before we received the $400 per leg extra of OBC.  Hope it works out.

 

https://www.azamara.com/cruises/back-to-back-cruises

 

Thank you, @Travelingwithstyle! I filled out the form and nothing happened. After a month or so I asked my TA to require OBC and he was told by Azamara that because of 2 booking numbers no OBC!

As I and also TA had never heard about that I asked to insist and finally we got a written receipt that our bookings are qualified for OBC. Azamara said that in the new IT-system you have to have all your following cruises within o e booking number. 

It is not mentioned in my account.

Also for our cruise Gran Canaria to Capetown St. Helena is announced docked. 

1 hour ago, Riocca said:

...But I can assure you that even if your cruises are booked at different times the b2b OBC applies, I have this confirmed by email and it’s been applied to our now combined booking.

 

 

We had the same situation. Azamara told our TA that we are not qualified for B2B OBC because of two booking numbers.

I asked TA to insist, because also on the website they do not say that.

Two days later I got the written confirmation that OBC is OK. Our TA was also told that this is caused in their new software.

41 minutes ago, lexdisic said:

Due to the current account problems, I am unable to book the "Experience More - Essentials " package for our upcoming cruise. Am I able to book this once on board ?

 

TIA

Yes! If you want to use OBC I think it is the easiest way at the moment.

If not log in and got to "Manage my reserveration"

Click on the edit symbol in the section "Add ons"

then click "Available"

There you can book it like the excursions.

Unfortunately because of IT change the OBC coupons show $ 0. We do have 3 coupons showing 0 instead of 1200.

11 minutes ago, Dr H said:

... Oh, asking for a friend, does Azamara sail with diet tonic water?

2022 on Journey, Quest and Onward available, but not on Pursuit in June 23.

@sofietucker If you are not addicted to one specific table in MDR during your cruise you usually get one when you arrive. Sometimes there are no tables for two available. So you are asked if you like to share or to wait at the bar.

As there is such a lot of food, we never ordered canapés or something else from room service. I am happy with the drinks in the fridge.

Download Beverage Packages PDF 

https://www.azamara.com/static-assets/beverage-packages.pdf

Our OBC for two cruises shows up as coupons with $ 0. But we do have the amounts on the receipt of our TA.

But there are problems to get OBC for B2B. Azamara says we are not qualifiyed as we do have 2 booking numbers. I hope they sort it out till November.