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@JennKach nice balanced review. Hope its ok, Ive shared to the Azamara board.

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/3025973-we-cheated-on-ncl-and-liked-it-review-of-azamara-by-a-frequent-ncl-cruiser/#comment-67847885 Always good to read reviews from guests who try Azamara from other lines.

To be honest it was fine for what I wanted . Emails, Facebook, watched a few links, read newspaper online,WhatsApp etc. There is an upgraded offer available called Unlimited Plus for an extra $9 per day, if you are into serious file downloading. We have not used that but in the past husband managed a zoom meeting in our cabin in Turkey on the regular wifi and it was perfect, no delay or interruption and no one had any idea he wasnt at home !

Yes in my experience, you can purchase with your percentage discount partway through the cruise. I did just this last month on Journey. It was a port intensive cruise so used my phone providers package on land but about 4 days before end of cruise I wanted to use it more whilst at sea. I clicked on full voyage unlimited package and the price quoted reflected just 4 remaining days. My 75% loyalty discount was then applied upon completion. BTW when you receive your key cards in the little leather holders , there is a paper card with a QR code on to scan and log into internet sign up. Worked very well.

This was our recent cruise, the information was in our welcome voyage booklet. They dont seem to have this information on the website only the price of the packages which do represent some savings.

Journey 2 weeks go 👏👏

Journey 30 July, docked in Chania. 11.23am 681 guests. We never had a problem getting sunbeds either on pool deck or deck 11. The spacings were better than on previous cruises. I think they have taken out a couple of beds in various places, and there were blocks of 2 or 3, making them more accessible. Yes, we noticed the arm rests got hot, but it’s a touch it once and then you’ll remember for the next time and wont do it again ! Ouch 🔥!

We disembarked Journey last week. The crew were phenomenal and choice and quality of food in all venues was superb. Because of the enforced re routing around Africa in May and June without passengers, alot of deep cleaning and incidental repairs were done and everything was spotless.

Our % obc also showed online as $US rather than UK£ and was added to our other obc. We were losing out with the exchange rate when it showed like that. On querying it , they apparently could see it as a UK£ amount at their end and separate from our other $US obc, which was good to hear! We have just used the % obc to book an excursion for our day of departure and the remaining $US obc is correct. Im not touching anything again until we get onboard !

Yes they will be standing as you exit the luggage reclaim area into the arrivals hall. There were several members of staff with signs waiting to the right hand side last year .

That’s excellent information.

If you go to the Before You Board section on the website you can find the information on the FAQ. But here’s what you need.

I called this morning to book a couple of shore excursions. Call answered very quickly and when I asked where she was , she replied Welwyn Garden City. Thats the first time in years Ive spoken to a UK based representative.

If you take a look on Azamara website even without a booking , the Azamazing evening is listed as an Onboard Destination Celebration on 13 June with two start times . White night could easily be 16 June in Sibenik as it’s a 10pm departure and docked. . White nights tends to be in the last few days of the cruise so Sibenik looks favourite. They are always weather dependent.

Thankyou , we are all hoping it’s Nantes. 🙏. It may all become clear nearer the time. Appreciate your reply .

@aliaschief. apologises for hijacking this thread, but looking for info from you. I see that you were on Azamara last year when it visited Nantes. We will be visiting there next month on Quest and there is some confusion over where Azamara will dock. Did you dock at Saint Nazaire which is about 40 miles from Nantes? Azamara has given this info to someone on the roll call that it is SN or did you manage to get further down the river to Nantes itself? Which would be the answer we are hoping for ! You mentioned in one of your posts how locals lined the shoreside watching you sail in, so possibly you managed to get nearer to Nantes? Any info would be helpful . Thankyou in advance.

Yes that is our experience also. Tender to Athinios for ships tour , so no cable car journey up in the morning. We have taken two ships tours the last two summers and the cable car ticket was included in the ships tour.. The length of time to wait for cable car down is totally dependent on how many and how big the ships are. Both times we were on Azamara and never stopped walking, straight through ticket booth to the car and straight down. This was about 1.30pm for our return to the ship.

You may be alone on this one. Nothing untoward on my page. Have you tried different browser, clearing history etc.

These were the options last July with Azamara indicating that an 11am flight was doable with departure from port at 7.15 am. We took the second transfer for a 1pm flight. Transfer time was approx one hour.

The previous cruise which was sailing through the Suez Canal to get to your cruise from Athens had to be cancelled because of the conflict in the Suez area. The ship is now sailing around Africa to get to the Mediterranean for the summer schedules. Sadly it will not get to Athens by 29 May so it is cancelled also. On some other online forums there has been information regarding all your options and reimbursement of flights. If you used a travel agent they will have further information for you.

There is some obstruction in these balconies with the angled ironwork. But otherwise all balconies are equal, its just location, if you’re fine with that.

We did ! April 2022 on Quest. Hope you get sorted out. Adding those two cruises together will make a great trip.

I just did a dummy booking in a balcony V3. ( its a quiet night on the TV!!) Both cruises come up with $500 obc per cabin which is from the ‘up to $1000’ promotion currently running. The 4 nighter will have $150 per cabin for a b2b making it $650 but the 7 nighter has $300 per cabin for the b2b making it $800. Which ties in with the figures you mentioned in your first post of £800 not £850 as above. These are the figures I would be expecting not £650 for both cruises as per your TA. You may also be eligible for the ‘pay in full now and receive 10% of price less port taxes in obc’

Is it the 4 nighter and 7 nighter ? The b2b obc is less for the 4 nighter and it could well be less for this $1000 obc promotion. It says up to that amount but isn’t explained in the t&c s

Ok thanks Denise. Ive just looked online and it does say 2 🤷🏼‍♀️ I’m hoping that the 4 choices are there for a while!