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How was Guadeloupe?

It looks like they changed up the show a bit from last year. I loved the St Maarten Azamazing evening last year for the convenience of just walking off the ship and walking right to the show….no buses. The food is a new addition from last year……the lady with her dress had rum punches on her table- skirt. Were they offering any cocktails this year? The Azamazing evening at St Maarten in 2021 was also good. We had three ladies singing Motown and they were brought onboard due to Covid precautions….we were still all wearing masks onboard.

Maybe join us next year on Journey?! Would love to see you!

We are living vicariously between you and @PAtravelbug!! Wish we were there. We will be on our first Christmas and New Years cruise next year on Azamara.

Merry Christmas to you and DH! Is there a brunch on Christmas Day? I am sure you must have had the Christmas carols and cookies!

I can’t believe you and @tgg haven’t seen each other yet! It’s a small ship! Merry Christmas to all! How was Christmas Eve and Christmas morning meals and activities?!

We just stayed at Avenida Palace Hotel in Nov. We loved it also. It does have quire an area around it that is flat and walkable. quite a few shops and restaurants around it. they also offer nightly entertainment which we enjoyed.

So sorry to hear that. So it seems they are not even bothering to list it in the Insider now?! I wonder if that is across the fleet? It may be new policy as it was listed on Pursuit in June or just not consistent amongst all the ships.

Sorry about the rough ride, @tgg. So different from last year! We did a transatlantic recently and the sea was so flat and calm! You just never know! How did your CC meet and greet go?

Hope your trip is as good as last year! Keep us posted!

Thanks for your continuing review which I interpret as honest and balanced.

We can agree to disagree.

That seems to be a reduction in quality to me. Noodles and pastas are cheaper to supply than roasts and better cuts of meat. They are carving all kinds of roasts on Oceania lunch and dinner. Turkey, stuffed veal roasts, lamb loin, leg of lamb, steamship rounds of beef, pork roasts, beef tenderloin.

Interestingly we are just finishing a 13 day Transatlantic cruise on Oceania where the food quality has been excellent. Much better than what we have experienced on Azamara as recently as June and last Dec. Chateaubriand in Main dining room tonight. Last night was Beef Wellington. Will say the lamb is better on Azamara. Fish has been excellent. Had the best halibut of my life the other night in main dining room! And the price of the TA was not more than comparable accommodations on Azamara…actually less. These reports of further reduction in food quality on Azamara have me a bit concerned!

I assume the Onward CC suites still has the same hard plastic balcony chairs on the balcony? Can you confirm if this is still the case?

To my knowledge there is always a “destination food offering” i.e. local food offering in windows and some kind of carvery on every sailing we have done.

Just watched the Onward sail into Lisbon. We are here in Portugal for a different cruise.

Sorry it didn’t work for you. It seems like, for some people, it still works as usual and for others, there is a problem. Maybe it depends on browser used?

It works the same for me as it always did. Click find your roll call- select ship- select month- then drop down menu appears with all roll calls in that month.

Too late to edit my post above, but it should be noted that Azamara was started in 2007, not 2006.

Dan Hanrahan has served as an Advisor to Sycamore Partners since 2021 for Azamara. He is now Chair of the Board of Azamara, as far as I can see with some research. I am sure he will do a fine job managing Azamara until the new CEO takes over. I do remember when he was CEO at Celebrity, the loyalty benefits for repeat cruisers were good. Currently….is there even a Loyalty Ambassador for Azamara? When is the last time anyone received a loyalty newsletter? That seems to have gone by the way side. Hopefully that will be corrected soon. Also, Dan Hanrahan was the President of Azamara Cruises back in 2006 and then Larry Pimentel came onboard in 2009

I was very happy when Dan Hanrahan was in charge of Celebrity. Those were the good old days of Celebrity.

Thanks. They do take up quite a bit of space and may have been removed for other equipment that is used more often.

@jazznrubyThanks for your reply. I am starting to hear of some cruise ships acquiring reformers. Maybe O will get a few one of these days.

I think I have seen Pilates classes mentioned as available in the spa/fitness area. Does anyone know if they have a Pilates Refomer machine available? Thanks