laurieb

Yes we are! Azamara is offering an excursion to the Grand Prix for only 1399.00 pp!!

I have an OBC that equals 0 at the top of my available excursions on every one of my future sailings.

They seem pretty clear to me. Whether or not it works is another matter.

Just got this email: Using Onboard Credit to Book Shore Excursions To use your onboard credit (OBC) to book shore excursions, after logging into your account: Scroll down to Shore Excursions and select “Book” on the $0 Onboard Credit item to authorize use of your onboard credit Book your desired Shore Excursions Once your Shore Excursions are booked, navigate to the payment screen and click “Cancel" Your selected shore excursions are now booked, and onboard credit will be applied

I'm on the phone having it done right now! Took about 15 minutes to have it changed to OBC and the pending refund is already showing on my credit card!!

I wonder if they’re maintaining the old price if you purchase online pre cruise, charging more on the ship. Same with the specialties.

So, my Azamara cruise in May we are docked in Nice; we also have a different day where we will tender in to Villefranche. Hope this clears up the confusion

what happened to make it horrendous?

The beverage packages are showing up on all four of my upcoming cruises, into 2025. 26.96 pppd for Ultimate; they show up under add-ons

Those cruises should be released soon. Azamara does have wonderful Australia/ New Zealand itineraries! We’ve done two and I would happily do another 😊

I’m understanding that obc can now be rolled over to the next cruise if doing a b2b; I don’t know if the second cruises obc can be used on the first cruise though, hopefully someone with current experience will chime in. As far as the package upgrade, I don’t believe that applies to packages purchased by guests but to complimentary packages included through a promotion when the cruise is booked.

Oh, I'm aware.

Just looking through our upcoming cruises this May/ June; we are scheduled for an on shore Azamazing Evening in Lisbon.

we won't be seeing early 2026 until probably March (not too long of a wait, hopefully). Late 2026 and 2027 probably March or so next year.

actually, the Living Room maight be a good place, when the tapas are available

ask?

You can call covid an excuse, I'm sure many people that lost their livelyhood due to a year plus of no business would not call it an excuse. I don't understand how anyone can expext everything, especially in the travel industry, to just pick up where it left off. It would be wonderful if that could happen, but let's face it, nothing will ever be the same. Very possible that Azamara is finding that the availability of everything necessary to pull off Azamazing Evenings around the world isn't there.

There are also loyal folks like me, who perhaps haven't cruised quite as long or as many times (started in 2012, working on 20 this year), I am not feeling alienated at all. I am quite happy with the progress that Azamara is progressing, and my TA has had no issues whatsoever.

I had an interaction with an agent that was definitely working from home, and she was not good. I ended the conversation, called back and talked to someone else

Yes, as soon as your cruise is under deposit, you can purchase online.

Celebrity has changed their "All in" package which used to include upgraded drink package, wi-fi and gratuities; now it's a "some in" package as they have removed the complimentary gratuities. This is even for those staying in the Retreat. So yes, other cruise lines are also scaling back and increasing prices.

Sorry you did not get the responses you had hoped for. I do have to agree that the tour operator makes the calls regarding cost. I have also noticed on my May/June cruises that some of the tours have gone way up in price.

I would guess that it may have to do with transportation issues more than anything else. Covid caused a lot of companies to go out of business and transportation companies were hit very hard. It taks a lot of busses to transport a whole ship worth of guests to and from a venue, and of course the busses are then tied up for the whole evening. I'm sad that the evenings aren't happening as they have in the past too. An upcoming example for me, I'll be on Quest in May, and we have a destination celebration in Livorno; the Pursuit is there the day before, and they have a real Azamazing Evening onshore. It is very disappointing.

The website still has the old price if you were to purchase before your cruise, but of course no loyalty discount. Would still be cheaper...

I've had it confirmed by a F & B manager 😞