jcruizer

We have our evening in Livorno early next month. I an so glad it's back to onshore. Its at the Goldoni Opera house as well. 

We are on Travelmarvel in Budapest and it was cancelled late yesterday after noon. We are curious as to whether they would have known before we boarded Sunday or at least early Monday?

Not a lot of help. Just told contact your insurance company and your travel agent. It's a difficult situation I know. We are from. Australia and 4 more weeks of travel after this. Hoping Munich is OK as that's where we are flying to.

We are due to board tomorrow from Budapest to Amsterdam... Time will tell..

Ours seems to be ashore now in an opera house. Yay they listened...

Can the share benefit (OBC) still be combined with the military benefit?

Wow. Very nice. There's hope for us on ours.

I thought it said that they would not recommend this cabin. Something about a vent that made the balcony unusable..

Best I look again...:)

Has anyone stayed in Cabin 6061 on the Onward. We are on for 30 nights so the cabin is important.

Thanks, Janice

2 hours ago, Grandma Cruising said:

No it wasn’t cold in Aqaba, but because Wadi Rum is the desert, it does get cold at night.

The best Azamazing evening we’ve been to was in Bangkok where we were taken to a park called the Ancient City which is full of one third size replicas of the famous old Bangkok buildings. We went on a little land train through the park to an area where they had set up a stage. There were cocktails and snacks to greet us as we got off the train. The show was great, traditional dancing and a kick boxing display. After that there were fireworks, then we were all given a little floating disk with greenery and a lit candle which we were invited to float off down a stream. We were then taken back to the buses on the land train through the park where the buildings were all beautifully floodlit, a really magical evening which couldn’t have been replicated on the ship.

That sounds wonderful... 🙂 I guess we see what the future holds....

I would consider paying for the evening ashore if it was in a historical or interesting location. Its just a shame that we only just discovered Azamara...

Grandma cruising that was our first Azamazing evening, so from our perspective we thought it was such a special event to put on for passengers. We have only ever experienced cultural events onboard which has been like a show... We didn't feel cold...obviously the Wadi Rum would have been amazing...

We just did our first Azamara cruise to Egypt Oct'23 with an Azamazing evening in Jorden. We were blown away that a cruise line would do such a great event. Was it perfect? No, but it made us book again. It was this bonus that made Azamara stand out for us and we loved it. We have Italy Intensive coming up in Oct and its changed from Opera at the Fort (which would have been fabulous) to onboard. Not my fav. music even though I have been to lots of them, but the setting, OMG would have been great. So now we may not go.

It becomes like other ships where they bring entertainers on... no difference...

We only got the 5% for our October cruise but we are happy with that.

What is the White night 20% discount that was mentioned?

I am keen to see what is happening end of 2025 to Quest. What cruises they are replacing our cancelled Grand voyage with... 

1 hour ago, shireboi said:

 

Same - only 20 more days (you can spot me in red on Scarlett Night or in Pjs on the first night  🙂

 

VV has to take into consideration that this season was quite quick, short cruises, limited ports (mainly Tasmania) - and ask is that what consumers are after ??  It was very much a trial !!  

 

I've love to do the Athens to Australia trip - and all the ports in btw (maybe 2025) - but I wouldn't be planning / booking anything that far out  (I got a good deal - with a $U900 bar tab) 

Yes we got the same deal... we have red tops but no pj's... 🫢  We are spending a week in NZ.. A Big trip later this year...

We are cruising VV to NZ on the 5th March. Only cruising this one, as it was a great price... Not normally our kind of ship but food reviews are good and it will be interesting to try this one...

We had booked the Grand voyage which was 3 b2bs that was cancelled for more Canada cruises. Sad… Just wish they would show the cruise after the Canadian/Colonial cruise… Nov’25. Patience I guess…

We were on the Journey through the Suez this last Oct/Nov 23. There was security of course, as we spoke to a couple of them. They did see some activity alongside but nothing to worry about.
The talk with the Captain and top officers was reassuring with sailing at this time. 

A great cruise and we were so glad to get into our bucket list ports.

This was not our first Suez Canal cruise but our first with Azamara. 
 

Let’s hope things improve, for all in this area.

We had our match done but it only lasts till the end of 2024.

We love Singapore. It's more of a local stop for Australians. Getting off a cruise wasn't a problem but that was post COVID.

Whats wrong with a bit of rain... See the sights 🙂

Following along as I am on the 2024 world cruise from Australia... and enjoying

I think its sensible that Princess are removing balloons and plastic straws (except straws for people with disabilities).

Its fun for some but I care more about the planet.

Surely there is something else that can replace the drop...

I think an online copy is fine considering I used to waste so much paper. Amazing what an expedition to the Antarctica will do to you.

Thanks for the links 😄

We did the 6 day pre land tour with Princess and it was excellent. Great hotels and very good meals. The guides were very good too. 

I have a question about the ship too. Are the decks that run across the back open to passengers?....

Wow we have never seen this on our cruises. Is this why the steak is not available every night as an option in the main restaurant?

But it is good to have no bill at the end of a cruise especially as we do a land trips at the beginning or end of a cruise....