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@uktog I am glad you made it home... finally! To answer your question about perfection - it is a utopian drean. However, I the cruise experience using this equation: Reality - Expectations = Satisfaction/Happiness Sorry for the maths. So interms of reality the cruise ticked all the boxes - killer price, I finally got to Antartica, met some fine people and had a good time - and no serious 50 foot waves on the Drake. And overall a very good cruise experience. Expectations - formed on the basis of AZ efforts/information and stuff I found on CC and the interwebs. Based on the foregoing, my expectations were admitedly set high. Especially when suites are involved. And Reality is the small things that chip away at expectations. I do not expect a major fail on a luxurious cruise line. And I did not really experience one. But were there numerous small things that erroded some of my satisfaction with the cruise. However, not to the point of saying it was not a very good experience. Yet, part of the experience - our first with Azamara - was comapring it to how we felt after we disembarked from 2 other cruises - also first time cruises. We felt that these expereinces will inform our future cruising choices and more closely reflect what we are looking for. And part of the less than ideal experiences are woefully inadequate customer service and some website issues I encountered and - in my opinion - are hard to talk away. As a cruiseline agnostic, I will not catagorical say no AZ. But if all other things are equal (never are) AZ will lose out to other lines we've cruised on. But as I observed from you posts, you are always seeking common ground and a positive message - I relate to and appreciate that. So I will sign off with this: I am glad we tried AZ, elated we got to Antartica and wish all happy cruising on your line of choice. Bon voyage

@uktog hope your journey home has started without any additional drama from airline. Safe travels

You may also want to try checking the roll call (on cc) for your particular sailing.

Cruise director actually answered the question and said that it was her call to make the change. adding that an airline strike caused delay in comedian's arrival yadda yadda yadda......

x2 for @uktog comment on halibut. It bordered on inedible. way overcooked. so obviously a kitchen thing - not a one off bad serving.

@uktog was it you who asked Captain during Q&A about the ill fated scheduling choice?

Agree with @uktog on comments - especially about lunch. We bit on the Shackleton seafood bait. Unfortunately, nothing special with a couple of wine pairing misses included... The couple next to us agreed. And the group dynamics just were not conducive to a special evening. Oh well...

I respectfully disagree. You note that it is all out of the hands of Azamara. Yet you say Azamara gave wrong details on where to go. Azamara could have done better no doubt in my mind about that.

but it really should not be this difficult and this many hoops. Hearing about fellow cruiser problem (on board recent Feb Quest sailing) with future booking pricing and related problems (noted in Roll Call post) - decided to wait for terra firma sales to minimize hassle factor and protracted back and forth to resolve any potential issues.

We were on Quest 18 Feb sailing. Liked Prime C. Aqualina was meh. Completely underwhelmed by MDR for any meal we tried. Overcooked fish, beef on par with buffet offering and omlettes with unmelted cheese. Would be terribly disappointed if I ponnied up 100$ for specialty dinning nonetheless.

we booked a suite guarantee in Sept 23 for Feb 24 sailing. Cabin was assigned a couple of days after deposit.

Update - from Quest - current prices Feb 2024 are: $125 for chef's table (each for Italian, French or Arabian ) and $50 each for Prime C and Aqualina. All prices are pp.

Not receiving email notification for about 2 weeks. In app notifications are working fine.

I chacked earlier this week for an upcoimng cruise and the price is still USD 35 pp as @Grandma Cruisingnoted in post 2380. Chef's Table is USD 95 pp.

H/T to you @Mercruiser for keeping us informed and in real time basis. Much appreciated. Open and frequent informative communications are key to dealing with unexpected situations. Based on your posts the Captain indeed merits kudos.