Apologies, I commented on this earlier but maybe on a wrong thread. i don't get the view expressed by some that it is out of Azamara's control if you book a private tour (Football Match). The cruise was advertised as a World Cup event but they didn't provide tickets so what else are you supposed to do? My reading of the Azamara notification is that they could dock but those without match tickets can't get go ashore. In my view that is too bad as it is the people who bought match tickets on a cruise that is badged "World Cup" that are being penalised. My view is that as they will have to reimburse those that have non-football related excursions booked through Azamara (as they cant now get off the ship) it is a commercial decision as they can now sell excursions in Abu Dhabi. Really catch 22 as cant be sure we can't a refund and in the meantime alternatives are few and far between. 5 hour coach travel each way to Qatar from Abu Dhabi is a non-starter especially for those of us attending matches on consecutive days.
