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I note from UK times that azamara has been paying compensation for loss of enjoyment on south Africa portion of this cruise paywall so unable to link

Nearly as good as the recommendations for Newcastle on Tyne.

Enjoy a game of  footie. .on a Thursday in August!!!???

Also enjoy Newcastle famous night life when the boat leaves at 7.00 pm at least an hour from the Bigg Market.

Tony Markey must still be spinning

Google maps is your friend

As an aside to corkage fee how long has it been 10 dollars.I think it has been at least 10 years so a 50 cents a year is hardly excessive.

I accept nobody likes  increases but an extra 5 dollars a day is swallowable unless if course you are drinking 3 or more bottles a day in which case you have bigger problems with alcohol than 5 dollars will cure

I know pricing is always an emotional issue but I have just laughed until I almost cried.

Ritz Carlton bottom grade suite 

17500 English pounds I.e.2500 per day for 7 day cruise ex Istanbul Sept.

300 square ft 

There must be a lot of folks/fools with a lot of money for RC to think they can run 3 ships at these rates in 2 years time.

Sad news indeed

Does anybody KNOW where she is going?

My 2 Pennoth is Ritz Carlton with Philip .

Has her partner left Azamara as well.

Not 110 sure if transatlantic will be revenue as Pursuit is going to South Africa empty it appears as no reposition voyage on planner. 

Maybe visa requirements for ports etc make it too complicated and I would not want to be unable to get off ship for 17 days or so. 

Not sure if Best of Best is offered on cruises of 7 days or less now. We have stayed in CW several times and do enjoy the inside space as well as private veranda. Agree deck 6 then 7 and lastly 8 because of noise from above 

Now that voyages are likely to be weekly for a while this will create tremendous demand on speciality. I wonder if they will allow prebooking for suites as otherwise it may become an unusable perk.

My other dream would be for Dale to return for the first rotation of Onward as we never got the chance to thank him and say Goodbye 

I think the issue is as much about hanging round a baggage carousel if like me your bags are always the last off. 

Well Greece is 45 worst in world for rate of 7 day change vs UK at approx 123rd so not sure if Greece is a paragon of vitue although it needs the money. 

Will your vote for 5th ship be upwards then????!! 

Things I would like would be 

1: Return of harpist.

It just gave a bit of class to wherever they played.

I equally realise that this will not happen.

2: Return of proper cheese board/trolley in Speciality diing venues.

To pretend thar the standard cheeses are "artisan" is more than a breach of the Trades Description act .

Thanks for all comments.

My main concern was that a £3000 price for 5 Cruises on the belt smacks of some fairly extreme price cuts.

By the  time you factor flights   £500 

3 nights hotel   £500

travel comission 10%?

£1300

you are in the realm of fire sales some 16 months out.

We did same cruise last year and I would not like to say how much that cost but we did fly first.

Does anybody know what his position is?

As he stated he would be having more time at home so is he likely to be shore based and involved in recruiting staff rather than being ship based .

Although with only 1 ship at the moment this may bve his initial standard setting.

Would love to know if any body has info.

Hi there,

Just wondering if amybody can expain the catch.

A TV channel in UK is offering on Jan 27 departure as follows

Flight from UK and return hopefully   

4 days hotel in Cape town including 1 day safari

12 Nights continent suite £4099  Not bad for azamara with normal deposit £80 

Azamara are offering 12 night cruise only £4014.

probably large standard deposit also non refundable 

what am I missing 

The only quick way to get these fixed is to involve the Advertising standards authority in the UK.

Iad cause to call out misleading advertising on Azamara and they got on the case and it was fixed.

A screen shot and confirmation of actual tatoo dates should fix it.

i think the pullmantiour ships are being stripped of anything that could be used elsewhere so more drastic than a cold layup unfortunately.

Cannot link but saw the report yesterday from a trade journal.

5 hours ago, Grandma Cruising said:

What a load of doom and gloom without any evidence. The Pullmantur ships are in a cold layup, whereas the 3 Azamara ships do not seem to be that way - you wouldn’t leave 40 crew on each ship for a cold layup.

Just read on destination blog a piece from favourite bar man Dale.

It is not clear if he is still sailing with Azamara but he is about the only thing that would persuade me to part with money for Azamara. at the moment

I thought he and Victor retired a little while ago

Cannot link to page currently  dated 18 June but banner headline on the page details covid suspension to 20 May.

I think they should have kept Bonnie and furloughed the proof reader/website editor as it is obvious they are not doing their job properly..

Well the Continent and even Club world were available on Saturday  morning when I rang.

No doubt if similar pricing was available in USA the likely cruise price would be under $800.

What price  2 American airline (quoted as carrier ) flights transatlantic and a hotel.

£600 for flights and £100 for hotel?

Just filled this in but this is COMPLETELY USA centric.

I know of hardly any of the hotel brands and I certainly do not go to semesters at university and I doubt if many Azamara customers are worth $5,000,000 

(question in survey)

They  really need to get some face to face surveys rather than these.

Maybe a $50 credit for passengers on actual cruisers for participation.

Even better maybe a special chefs dinner FOC to enable a 2 hour interaction  

Fee for this suggestion   $500 

Bonnie,

With respect to the "senior manager" this is a  massive cop out!

I do not believe that within the whole RCI organisation? there is not anybody with entertainment agency contacts that could not have fixed this within a week of phone calls.

1: Establish which ports are time feasible i.e. make an evening departure

2: Contact agencies to see what venues are available.

3: Contact appropriate acts in conjunction with above.

4: Hire coaches for above.

I dare say I could do it if tasked 

There is a REAL disconnect between shore and sea.

I remember the blurb for Newcastle visit

"Enjoy Newcastle nightlife" when ship leaves at 6.pm..

Who actually proof reads these things.

We have a Cape town voyage in owners suite but I fear this may well be our last if these LAZY mistakes continue to be made and we certainly will not be booking until last minute in future

17 voyages and not happy.

Sorry Bonnie but this excuse does not cut it!!!. 

Compensation is not the answer.

When I had cause to complain re Azamara not booking  a return flight I took the time to write personally to both the Chief Legal Counsel and Larry Pimental bit did not even get an acknowledgement of letters!!

Ann,

Whilst i agree with the sentiments re waiting to clear until last is finished I do agree  that it should be  good practice to make sure as soon as last has finished  waiters should clear quickly.

It is so frustrating if you are waiting for a table and people have obviously finished but need a "nudge" to get up and allow others to sit down.

Well it looks as if web maintenance also affects Elliot advocacy also as they think Azamara only operate 2 ships???!!!

Good to see that it not just Azamara