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These major ones in the US are open on Mondays . . .

  Los Angeles Museum of Art

  MoMa (New York)

  Smithsonian (all sites . . . except now during gov. shutdown!)

Several financial institutions offer reimbursement of all (domestic and foreign) ATM fees.  I always use an local bank ATM upon arrival at a foreign airport. The exchange rate is usually the best, and I have all fees automatically added back into my account.

Not on an Azamara cruise, but a few years ago (on sister company Celebrity) we used Red October for our group of 10.  All of us were very pleased with our tour itinerary (very flexible) and our tour leader.  The US office is based in New York.

It's only our second Azamara voyage coming up, so we wouldn't be involved in a loyalty event . . . but I do believe that those who have many (I don't know what the cutoff number would be) cruises with Azamara should be entitled to a loyalty event, whether it be a luncheon, dinner, special excursion, or another special event.

A possible advantage of purchasing the Indulgence package (or any of the Experience More packages) prior to boarding may be to use the included Shore Excursion OBC to book Azamara excursions that could sell out early.

Bonnie . . . I don't know if this has been asked previously. If you purchase the Experience More Indulgence package which includes two bags of laundry, do you still get the LVC two bags of laundry benefit?

Thanks,

Jerry

AllisonJames . . . Same here for our cruise next year. The lowest interior price is now more than what we paid for our V2 when the cruise was announced and we booked!

Alsun . . . Thank you so much for your enlightening commentary and your fantastic pictures. We are on Journey's Norway and Midnight Sun cruise next July. Even though we are on a sister ship and there are differences in our itineraries, recapping your daily experiences was like living next year's cruise today.

Have a safe journey home.

Jerry

hubofhockey . . . Thanks! I found that reply from Bonnie to you, and I have bookmarked it. Just in case, I'll take a hard copy of it with me.

Jerry

Bonnie . . . somewhat off-topic, but related to OBC. We have OBC for early booking. Can that be applied to the Experience More Indulgence package? We booked a veranda when it was first announced for our Norway cruise next year, so the increases in price more than offset the cost of the package.

Thanks,

Jerry

16 Night Norway & Midnight Sun Voyage

https://www.azamaraclubcruises.com/voyage/1561953600/16-night-norway-midnight-sun-voyage

Not a sale, but an ongoing promotion . . . Experience More

https://www.azamaraclubcruises.com/booked-guests/onboard-packages/experience-more-packages

According to the Senior Officer's Schedule at https://www.azamaraclubcruises.com/life-onboard/crew/senior-officer-schedule

Captain José

HD Philip

CD Russ

Yes . . . US$. $8,599 + $210.36 (fees/taxes) per person.

No savings for us!

We booked the July 1, 2019 Norway & Midnight Sun cruise back in March of last year when it was announced. The cost then was $17,618.72 (including fees & taxes) for a V2 stateroom. The Save or Spend promotion is the first promotion offered for this cruise. The cost now, including the $2,000 promotion savings, is $18,071.80 . . . $453.08 more than when we booked.

We are also Select on Celebrity. Our first Azamara cruise was last year’s Australia & New Zealand cruise. We were listed as being at Explorer level and given Explorer benefits.

Jerry

We’ve done wine tastings on almost every cruise and land tour we have been on. We went to several during our Australia & New Zealand cruise last year on the Journey. My favorite was the Puddleduck Winery in Richmond, Tasmania. I enjoyed all of their wines, but their Riesling is excellent. It’s a dry Reisling, not that “stuff” in the skinny-neck bottles :'). Several bottles came home with me!

New opening page on Azamara web site . . . https://www.azamaraclubcruises.com/life-onboard/entertainment-activities

Montereyman . . . Were these transfers booked through Azamara, or through a third party ("the guy that sold us this turkey")? I can see how Azamara would not know anything if this person was not directly connected with them.

On our February/March Australia & New Zealand cruise, we used FaceTime several times to video chat with our grandchildren in the United States. I don't remember having any connection problems.

rabin1 . . . I believe that there are several Ritz Camera stores in your area. I have found their personnel (although I have not been to a Ft. Lauderdale location) to be both knowledgable and helpful.

Looks like Azamara (and I’m sure every other cruise line) can change booked costs if there were errors in their pricing.

“The Company is not responsible for pricing, typographical, or other errors and reserves the right to cancel without liability any bookings made at erroneous rates.”

https://www.azamaraclubcruises.com/legal-information

We booked the July 1, 2019 Fjords Cruise when it was first announced in March. A big “bucket list” item for me. Being in the US, we can take advantage of Azamara’s price guarantee if the price drops . . . if no drop in price, we’re stil doing what we wanted to do.

Hope to see you all on board.

Jerry

If you look for synonyms of QUEST on thesaurus.com, you’ll find both JOURNEY & PURSUIT among the most relevant choices.