Angus0121

We are on the AMA Kristina June 25, 2018 Amsterdam to Basel with the following 4 day land trip.

We are looking forward to our first river cruise, would like to connect with any others on this sailing.

Cathy and Doug

You might want to check out the Pros and Cons comparison on Cruise Critic of Glacier Bay vs. Hubbard Glacier. We are Elite status with Celebrity however decided to sail on Princess in Alaska in 2014 and will again this year with our adult children for the same reasons mentioned by many others above. In our opinion, Glacier Bay should not be missed when visiting Alaska.

Thanks as well for your thoughts, likewise we have considered Viking but have decided to stay with Celebrity/Azamara (in Europe) for now. Even though our last Azamara cruise in January (Miami to Cuba, through the Canal and ending in Costa) was enjoyable, we (at 61 and 64) were on the younger side. We're not big gamblers but think we would miss not having the option to play the machines before or after dinner.

My husband and I are currently booked on the Celebrity Eclipse Antartica cruise in January 2019 and are thinking of switching to the Azamara Pursuit sailing.

Can anyone advise if a larger ship may be better in rough seas?

Neither of us are prone to sea sickness however, we've never experienced really rough seas.

I have some concern about the number of passengers disembarking from the Eclipse in the small ports and would definitely prefer the Pursuit there on that.

While we've enjoyed sailing Celebrity, we prefer Azamara.

Any input is appreciated, likewise, we are not considering a sailing with landings.

We have sailed and enjoyed the Azamara small ship experience and are wondering how the Windstar - Star ships (old Seabourn ships, apx. 200 passengers) compare.

Some of the Windstar itineraries look very interesting.

Input is greatly appreciated.

We were thinking of sailing Tahiti on Windstar and decided to try a Caribbean cruise on the Wind Surf in March 2018 to see if we liked them before committing to Tahiti.

In looking on the Windstar website last week, I found no listing for our March 2018 sailing so I called them to inquire if the ship had been chartered; I was told there was no issue with our booking.

Our TA also contacted Windstar, was also given a vague response, only to be contacted by them a few days later to be told that our sailing had been chartered.

Windstar provided a full refund, but no incentive to rebook another cruise despite our TA's advising them that we were experienced cruisers and of our interest in booking Tahiti in addition to the Caribbean sailing.

Very disappointing, not sure if we will decide to try Windstar again.

We have sailed Aqua class on our last 3 Celebrity cruises, are Elite Status, and have yet been able to use the Persian Garden.

On one cruise, my husband had a seat for a few minutes after his massage.

I joined him by taking the chair next to him after my massage.

Within 5 minutes a couple emerged from the sauna claiming the chairs we had were theirs.

We left as we did not want to cause a scene.

Celebrity needs to do a better job on limiting the usage time or discontinue promoting it as an Aqua class "perk"/selling PG chair usage.

Was the hostess the dark haired woman from the Ukraine? I forget her name. She was excellent and a real sweetheart! All the waitstaff in Infinity Blu were the best ever!

The hostess in Blu on our Infinity Pacific coast sailing was from the Maldives.

We were greeted by name each morning and evening.

There was a short line a few evenings, she would take names so couples could go to the bar and would come to get them when their table was ready.

We have not waited more than 15 minutes for a table on the three Aqua class cruises we've taken.

We ate a couple lunches in the MDR on the last cruise and feel the quality of food there was not as good as it had been on past cruises.

We were on a Pacific Coast sailing in Sept. - Infinity, Aqua class.

Received superlative service from the sommelier and seating hostess in Blu.

The wait staff was attentive and the menu selection/food at both breakfast and dinner was excellent.

Windstar has started posting its early 2018 sailings.

We anticipate booking Classic Caribbean sailing as soon as those sailings post.

Thanks for the input on this policy being "standard practice".

As such, it would have been nice to have been provided that information as "FYI" from on board booking agent.

Passengers on the 5/30/16 Quest sailing (12 nights Nice to Southampton) were advised that a future cruise credit value = 2 nights would be provided due to the ship's inability to sail to and dock in Seville due to a propeller issue.

We were not advised that any restrictions may apply.

We received our FCC voucher yesterday which is noted that:

1) The sailing must be taken by 6/30/17

2) Is not redeemable for inaugural or holiday sailings

We booked an 11 night early January 2018 cruise while on board thinking we would use the FFC.

Our TA is checking with Azamara on this.

We are wondering if other passengers also booked a post 6/30/17 Azamara sailing while on board thinking they would use the FFC.

Hi Bonnie,

The Honfleur Explorer guide currently posted on Azamara's website shows the top 3 Land Discoveries as:

1) Paris sightseeing w/lunch

2) Mont-Saint Michel

3) Deauville and Pays D'Auge

So it's curious to me as to why none of these excursions are being offered by Azamara.

Personally, we are not interested in visiting the D Day landing beaches, we were there on a private tour a few years ago.

However, I understand other passengers' interest as it was a very moving and memorable experience for us.

Can you also advise on why none of the excursions noted above are being offered?