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My 10"x7" tablet fitted in all right.

Just finished our Christmas dinner after two days filled with reviving our house, shoveling snow, grocery shopping, and unsuccessfully trying "Azamara-like" cooking after coming back from AZ Caribbean cruise right into the snow storm 🙂 Merry Christmas everyone!

I’m on Onward at the moment. Went to Prime C for dinner tonight, brought my own wine, was charged $10 corkage.

Escargot is finally available on Onward tonight. Iwan is arguably the most visible and available of all officers on board; he really takes care of all food related issues, which are quite a few. There was no cottage cheese available for a day or two; mentioned that to Iwan at lunch time; by dinner time, he got back to me with the news that the problem was solved.

You may wanna read the recent posts in the " currently onboard" thread - several Onward posts therein. Looks like you're gonna have full house on that Xmas cruise.

Thanks - I was reading about it in another revievw, it sounds quite impressive. We'd prefer an outdoor venue due to COVID/flu paranoia but this one will sure work well.

Agree. Vista cruises belong to a different segment: luxury, port intensive, destination oriented rather than party driven. It’s a part of Atlantis offers I’m personally looking at with great interest. (My friends who went on Marina this year, however, complained about the party component they felt was just neglected on that cruise) Prima is twice the size of the Vista though and its itinerary does not seem to be that exciting for those looking for a destination cruise. And with more days at sea, I would expect more party activities there as well.

I haven’t tried Estancia so cannot compare. Meiomi was not really for my palate: with sugar content of 17 g/l, it tasted too syrupy. It’s just me though; in that price range, my favourite Californian Pinot Noir would be Three Thieves.

From the deck plans, it looks like Prima does not seem to have large open air public spaces suitable for massive parties, similarly to Virgin ships. As of the size, it's 7% longer than Virgin ships and has 10% higher passenger capacity so seems to be fair comparison, especially taking into account that a big chunk of its outdoor space is restricted to the Haven guests. That's why I cannot help but compare and wonder if Prima cruise experience is in many aspects similar to the one on Virgin ship.

What about Prima? Atlantis president was saying, it is designed similar to Virgin ships...

We're gonna go on the next cruise after you and with such a long lineup of wine connoisseurs, I'd better bring some with me 😉

If you click on the bold "Anybody onboard currently?" title next to the brownish circle with the capital D in it, then the original post will show up with the three pdf files attached. The last one is the one with complementary wines list.

This seems to be the most recent list of included drinks:

1. Anywhere/any time on the ship (except Atlas bar on the Onward). 2. Not with room service. https://www.azamara.com/es/booked-guests/onboard-packages/complimentary-beverages?_aiid=14597&aqet=clk&idsite=12&teng=go&beng=g&deng=t&peng=&ieng=&kieng=&cieng=&cpieng=17143435092&feng=&cleng=Cj0KCQiAveebBhD_ARIsAFaAvrEfqjWUHho1H0FpEYIiMd_xp-dNjgZNept8icohZcc_sbOtqDEKkLkaApvxEALw_wcB&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=performance_max_non_brand&uid=~~c~_aimg_id~~&aqet=clk&idsite=107

After Azamara Circle Program Independence Day of February 1, 2023, what sort of program changes would one envision that might work better in retaining the loyalists and making incentives for new guests to come back? Any thoughts?