chucknmarilyn

Thank you!!!

I would love to see your dailies. We have been on Koiningsdam and loved the ship but it was a very port intensive Norwegian Fjords itinerary so activities and entertainment were not important. Now I'm looking at a longer sailing with a LOT of sea days. I'm about to change my mind. Thanks so much. mkfirquain at g mail dot com

We've loved them on 5 cruises so far!!!!

The Miami and KC markets don't require Peacock so I'm not sure if they will have any way to pull from Miami. Doubtful.

Well, I found half of your lost weight!!! The most I've gained on a cruise in many years. My only food complaint was the changed cookies. We had a lot of really good food. Solarium Bistro was our least favorite. Odyssey is one of my favorite ships. We all like different ships and enjoy different foods and activities. And we are both in the 75-80 range! It does sound like you would prefer something like a smaller Celebrity ship. Hope your wife is feeling better.

The car service I have booked says 2 hours and 10 minutes for usual transfer from VCE.

I understand you don't want to sail from Ravenna but I don't agree that "no-one wants to go to Ravenna". Probably not for a lengthy visit but it is very appealing to many for a shorter stay. Bologna and the nearby Ferrari sites are a bonus. Many prefer those options over Venice. The main question is what would your immediate solution be?

We stayed in Bologna prior to a cruise from Ravenna. Unfortunately we didn't have time to spend in Ravenna to see the mosaics. For this year we booked from there again on Azamara. They changed ports to Choggia so I guess we'll have to try again!!! A bit of research in advance can prevent a lot of issues.

Mercedes is a fun and energetic CD. We really loved HER.

I really am not but apparently this is becoming a thing. I did browse the pre-owned items on Celebrity a couple of months ago. They also had a lot of beautiful purses. I assume this is by a new company or I just haven't noticed before.

I think we are on the same cruise on the 4th. For the most part I thought the prices were on par with our other non-Azamara cruises. Maybe just the ones I was interested in. I've only booked 4 so far. Hope they stay "booked". I used OBC and now it says I have $66 due. I should still have a few hundred credit left. Yikes!

Thanks for all of the feedback. I do plan to look at dining options but am not able to yet. The excrsions just opened up yesterday. This is only an 8 night cruise and all port days so that pretty much eliminates a need for laaundry and internet. We have unlimited data on our phones. I'm sure I can figure out a way to spend it. 🤩🤩🤩

Last night I was able to book some excursions for Quest in October so apparently progress is being made. At least I hope they are booked since the procedure for using OBC was a bit quirky. The prices looked comparable to what I would expect. I think mine ranged from $69 to $179pp.

Thank you so much. I'll have to look at the dining whenever I actually can.

This is an unusual dilemma for us. We have more OBC than we would normally use. Most excursions are bought and I believe gratuities are included. Not big drinkers. May use a bit in the spa but what else will we need credit for onboard? First time on Azamara but not new to cruising.

Beyond frustrated with this. I can't even find "featured excursions". I'll go try on PC later.

I meant to say on any other cruiselines. My experiences are mostly Celebrity, Royal, and HAL. Did Azamara have these large increases before the ownership change?

I have rarely found that to be the case on any cruiselines. We do often take advantage of some sales that are a better price earlier but the base price rarely changes. Even then the difference is minimal.

I believe Odyssey should have Mike S on until 7/9 instead of 9/9.

Well, this sounds like there is still hope. One of our most fun cruises was on Odyssey in October 2021 for a B2B. You always have the best activities and make everything extra special. Bonus that Nick Wier and crew and Ken Rush were also onboard and fun to talk to. Incredible shows. Have a great President's Cruise. Wonder if Abe will hop on since that's his territory now. We miss him.

That's definitely a good bet. I was SO in hopes he would have our TA in October but doesn't seem hopeful.

There are usually more changes as the transatlantic and transpacific cruises begin.

We had her on a TA several years ago and she is still is one of my all time favorites. Our friends had her prior to covid and thought she was great. We all like different types. There is one CD a lot of people really like that just hits me wrong and I hope to never see again!

You just said everything I was going to say. I often restart my phone to update the app. That helps a lot. Every once in a while the invoice does find it's way to spam but I've always got ours on disembarkation day.