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I have had several birthdays onboard Azamara. I got the cake and a birthday song but never received a discount coupon for anything. .Just got off birthday cruise on Journey last week.

Was just on Journey in Japan. Also a full ship. People complained that Windows was a madhouse for breakfast as people wanted to get off for early shore excursions each day. No where to sit and service was slow. This is why they decided to have buffet in Discoveries - to give people another choice for a quicker breakfast before shore excursion and not have a problem in Windows where one could hardly move around. The buffet in Discoveries seemed to have less variety but was a more calm place to eat

Thank you, Uktog, for this wonderful blog of your adventures . I am just off of Journey a few days and enjoying your posts, remembering an equally great time on Journey. And , yes, Ryzard worked hard at making each day memorable.

I was on this sailing, as well. Well done, Azamara Journey!! We were welcomed by the locals in every port ( except Hiroshima) with music and dance, and colorful local garb on the locals. They were all so kind and helpful. The shore excursions were all good , with some guides being great and a few others not so great and struggling a bit with English words. I took the ship shuttle into a few port cities and had great experiences. In Hiroshima I got off the shuttle and a local volunteer guide approached me and took me around for two hours to the Castle, grocery story and Peace Park, giving me her family history of the aftermath of the WWII devestation. I had booked the shore excursions prior to sailing and the prices went up allot by the time we sailed. I also did back to back sailing , having embarked in Hong Kong . We sailed north to the southern Japanese islands, ( Ishigaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa, Kochi, and Osaka which were all wonderful; more so than I had expected. Richard the HD and Stephen CD did a wonderful job of bringing on local talent and food daily. This was a fairly exhausting cruise as we only had one sea day first day. I walked 5-10 miles daily .Often up slopes and high, ancient steps. The Japanese Ambassador, Tomoko, was very helpful with local information and I even bought an Haori ( Japanese robe) from a consignment vendor at the Amori port, on her suggestion to visit this place, walkable from the ship.It was only 1000 yen, which is about 6 USD. Wonderful sailings!

Please let us know what "someone in authority" tells you as to why guests on one ship are charged so much more than guests on Azamara's other ships . And why then are we misled by the price listed on Azamara's website for the Ultimate Beverage package Thanks

Thanks, ACM. I will be on the Journey next month, so will book the bev package beforehand, to get the price before it is increased. It is too bad Azamara employees give conflicting information

So to be even more clear (!), you are onboard ( not sure which ship) , and Guest Relations tells you that the Ultimate Beverage package is $39.95 per day before discount, and today the Azamara rep on the phone tells us that the price is and will be $27.95 before discount when we board . Azamara has conflicting information. . So with all this, I am not sure if I should book prior to sailing next month with lower price reflected on my account but not loyalty discount or wait and book on board ( with two possible prices being given so far and risking losing the lower price albeit with no discount

More confusion! My traveling companion called Azamara today and was told that the best thing to do is book Ultimate beverage package onboard for $27.95 and then the 20% loyalty benefit will be given towards it ( Discoverer Plus tier). I called today and the rep was totally clueless. She knew nothing. Not even the daily price .

I am thinking of pre purchasing the Experience More package but I have already booked all my shore excursions and do not want to cancel them in order to use the $350 excursion credit onboard, as the excursions I want could be sold out. Has anyone had any problem getting the Experience More excursion credit credited to one's already paid for shore excursions?

the three tour says one dinner at Aquilina, one dinner at Prime C and third dinner at either one, your choice. Although I did purchase this package pre cruise for my last sailing and I was able to go to Prime C only with last minute change of plans

For my upcoming sailing, I received an email offer for dining packages. Three table tour for $85 which now sounds like a deal. I guess it is only for pre sailing and there is a cancellation fee if you change your mind

Thanks!

Can anyone tell me the current cost of going to one of the specialty restaurants? It had been $30 pp but I am not sure if it increased and I can't seem to find the info on Azamara website. Thanks!

Thank you. That would explain it. They told us it was an equal exchange but they were not quite correct in saying that

Disembarked Explora Journeys last week to find my credit card charged ten percent higher than my final bill. Does Explora add a final tax on things? No one ever mentioned that the bill would be higher