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I will contact Azamara Club cruises and ask how they can alter a contract on their own. Those of us who have booked passages sailing after January 1, 2015 did so with the information provided by Azamara. The features internet and laundry were part of the legal consideration for the agreement. This is not a situation in which an "at sea" issue arose; but was simply a business decision by Azamara. I believe a good legal argument can be made that all passengers who have made initial payments for a cruise are legally entitled to what was promised by Azamara.

Truckmaker;

We are doing this cruise this year on AmaVida. We are doing the full excursion, starting with three days in Madrid and ending with three days in Lisbon. So the itinerary start date (not a "sail date") is July 5.

I started a roll call but have had no activity.

I write reviews, so there will be one posted here after we return. They are not short reviews so you can look for it in late July or early August.

We will soon be sailing off on cruise nunber 27. Our first was in 1999, aboard Carnival's Elation for a 7 day Mexican Riviera cruise.

It was marked by an early, unscheduled stop off Cabo San Lucas to allow a tender to remove an ill passenger to the hospital there, since we were still one day away from our first scheduled stop - Puerto Vallarta.

The trip was also marked by rough seas on the two day homeward leg off Baja California.

But we truly enjoyed it and it started a long line of cruises. Never sailed on Carnival again, not because we did not like it, but because we found better itineraries on other lines.

I toured Independence in New York Harbor before its maiden voyage in 1951. My brother had worked for American Export Lines for several years and arranged it. I was in college at the time, and enjoyed this beautiful ship immensely.

My wife and I also sailed on Commodore Cruise Line's Enchanted Isle on its last voyage, docking, as it always did, in New Orleans on December 23, 2000. This ship had been built in the United States in 1965, I believe, and was then, along with Independence and Constitution, one of the few American built passenger ships still sailing.

With 450 passengers, it was a fun little ship; and I will never forget the Caribbean steel drum band playing Christamas carols on the open rear deck in the evening.

I know the company filed bankruptcy the day after our return, and I have no idea about what happened to the ship.

I was delighted to see this thread. We sailed on Enchanted Isle's last cruise for Commodore, landing in New Orleans on December 23, 2000. This was the second half of a RT from Big Easy. We caught it in San Juan for 11 days. I remember many chats with the ship's doctor, a "retired" GP from New York who had attended Regis High School with a couple of guys who were my classmates at Georgetown. I also remember - an entertainer whose claim to fame was that he could juggle bowling balls - a very cute singer who did her own great arrangement of "Summertime" - a two man real Jamaican steel drum combo playing Christmas carols on the back deck at night - the Captain who was very available around the ship. We have been on fancier ships, but this was our second cruise after a Carnival Mexican Riviera, and the contrast was delightful.

Rent a car. Not only will it be cheaper, but you will be free to go to the top, past where the tour buses go, and even can walk out from the topmost lot at Kalalu Lookout to Puu a Kila Lookout. Whe we were there, the cloud cover broke for a minute and we could see clear down to the ocean at Pakala. Get a Nelles Map and the Moon Kauai guidebook - borrowing it from your local library. There are other good guides also which you might be able to borrow. There are two routes - we went west on Route 50, past Waimea and up

the westernmost road, Route 550 from Kekaha, and on the way down took the left fork down Wamiea Canyon Drive which ends in Waimea Town. Remember, the islands are small and distances short, but all the roads are two lanes and often very curvy. 40 mph is about the top speed, but who is in a hurry in Hawaii anyway?