kmurph22

thank you, I look forward to following! We are considering this cruise for 2025 as well as a Princess cruise that does not include Antartica but goes further up the Chilean coast, ending in Santiago. Can't decide what to do.

Thank you! Sounds like I should get back on the phone. I agree with you - if the l last thing you saw was good, don't jinx it by logging back in, ha ha! Happy cruising.

Whitby, does your booking show an amount due? I also called them to book excursions using OBC. The excursions are showing as booked but it says we have a payment due for the amount of the excursions (the cruise itself is paid in full). Just wondering whether that is correct or I should call them back,..

Thanks Invicta, I feel better that I'm not the only one. Sorting it onboard is not my first choice either but I'll give it some time and call again in a few weeks. Happy cruising!

Following up on this topic.... I called Azamara to book my selected shore excursions using OBC. Everything seemed to go well on the call. My cruise is in September and is paid in full. Now, however, when I look on my reservation, I see the selected shore excursions as "booked", but I also see an invoice for the total amount due for the excursions. Has anyone else experienced this? Is this just Azamara's placeholder until they can actually apply the OBC on the site?

Hi all! I have a September cruise booked. The cruise is now showing in my account, but I do not see the OBC anywhere. I had booked this trip while onboard another Azamara cruise, with a lot of promotional OBC. Interestingly, I played around under "Add ons" today, and added the "Chefs Table plus 2". I clicked "apply" and now it shows Chefs Table plus 2 under "booked" add ons. I did not pay anything to book it although the price said $290. Not sure if it's accounting for my OBC? Or just a placeholder. I didn't receive any kind of confirmation email. I'm fine if it's just a placeholder, or if we get it for free 🙂 . We shall see!

Awesome. Thanks! It's a job making sure that Amex pays for itself!

Does anyone know, if I booked using Cruise Next deposits but make final payment on my Amex, will that qualify for the program? Thanks in advance

We were on the Jade in April in a 2 BR Haven suite and the. master shower didn't work (no hot water). We did have a second, small shower in the room. We were given an FCC for about 35% of the what we had paid, which we felt was fair compensation for our situation. Your situation is a lot less tolerable for sure, I agree with others who say nothing short of 100% FCC or refund would suffice.

Thanks Host Jazzbeau, great idea, I'll give it a try!

Great, that's very good to know! Thanks!

Hi there, Azamara newbie here... I'm booked on the Onward B2B France Intensive / Italy Intensive in April 2023. I've started looking into shore excursions, and some of the smaller ports only have 2 or 3 choices (not including the $1500pp "private driver for a day" ones). Will Azamara add more shore excursion options as the trip gets closer, or is what's posted today likely to be all that's offered? Thanks in advance!

I tested at home before traveling because it gave me a little peace of mind - although not a guarantee, I was hoping not to test positive right from the get-go!

Ha ha we probably were too. I recall singing along . I believe that was the night we discovered the “Rum Cake” martini 🙂

Keith it sounds like you had a wonderful trip! my brief review from the Haven (we scored a nice upgrade through the bidding process): a couple of overall pieces of info : the Jade is just 2 weeks out of dry dock and her public spaces look bright and new. We were told there were about 1200 passengers on board. The staff was wonderful throughout the ship. We didn’t attend any of the big theater shows or bingo - just not our thing. We did an NCL tour of Ephesus in Kusadasi due to the short port time , a private tour in Istanbul and Volos, just walked around Mykonos and Rhodes, and rented a car to explore Santorini. ‘PROs boarding and the testing process at the port. was seamless probably took 45 minutes total. haven cabin was so nice to have , Bruno is a great concierge and seemingly everywhere he needs to be. Mykonos and Santorini are wonderful in April although many shops and restaurants were just opening for the season - but we definitely avoided the crowds but still had some prime people watching. The long port time on both islands was very welcome, it was great to stay on land for the famed Santorini sunset. Rhodes was a pleasant surprise to me , I really loved the old town and atmosphere. we didn’t run into many pushy vendors in any port. specialty restaurants were all good. We especially loved the sushi bar - if you use a dining package there they give 4 rolls PER PERSON plus an app…. We were able to split our dining package and use one of our nights to go there twice Le Bistro escargots Cagneys shrimp cocktail and great waiter, Rajesh Moderno was great too - try the capriniha and grilled pineapple is a must. we enjoyed concerts every evening in the champagne bar and frequently a before dinner drink at the Whiskey bar. we both won money in the casino (! That never happens !) - not a lot, but we went home happy. The casino was generally a bit quiet - I noticed that the slots didn’t have any volume turned on - maybe I’m a geek but i enjoy that beep beep boop action! However - after I mentioned this to one of the bartenders in the whiskey bar, magically the sound was on later in the cruise! disembarkation was also smooth, just 10 minutes in total but we disembarked fairly late as we are staying in Athens and didn’t have to rush. Disembarkation was the only time we experienced crowded elevators! we got a $25 room credit just for stopping by the Cruise Next desk and being Platinum. We also got Platinum pins! CONS Our master shower had a slight problem, but they corrected it and made it right. thanks Bruno! vs another Haven cruise (on the Getaway) , we did miss having a dedicated bar, restaurant, and concierge desk. Nice to have coffee and breakfast options in the room, pool, and Moderno though. Rainy and cold weather in Kusadasi and Istanbul put a literal damper on those ports, of course not NCLs fault. This is the risk of an early season cruise . the only really poor meal I had was in O’Sheahan’s. I ordered a lunchtime burger that was truly inedible. The meat was just gross. We have always enjoyed O’Sheehans on other ships. the hot tub in The haven was nice to have , but not quite hot enough. Maybe because there were a lot of kids staying in the Haven? at the end of the Ephesus tour we were taken to a “carpet making demonstration” near the port. Not sure if we could have skipped this, but it felt like a hard sell and we had to walk through a fairly pushy jewelry store to exit. It was a little uncomfortable. overall a great cruise. It is so nice to return to travel ! also if you are staying in Athens, highly recommend the King George hotel and Welcome pickups transfer service - ask for Andreas, who this morning presented us with a little Greek Easter basket! I will write blog posts and post here when I have some more time after digging out of work ! KMurph22