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We are in Ft Myers and have emerged only minorly wounded. We leave next week for the ONWARD from Ravenna to Rome.... NEVER LOOKED FORWARD so much being onboard! The damage across the Ft Myers area ( a large area, that goes from the coast to almost 30 miles inland) was varied, but in areas was horrendous and will take a year or more to repair. We, living well inland, were lucky. CAn't wait to be taken care of by the Azamara staff!

Ah so.... but the question is two homes or more cruises.... we've made our choice

In my view, a chance of a liittle rain and wind every 15 years or so, sure beats sub zero weather and snow every single year... from N West PA, ( where we expected snow from Halloween to Easter...) to Fla...

We once got an acceptance as we sat in the airport on the way to the cruise.... last minute is not at all unexpected... unfortunately...

ahh, pink catawba....

We are on ONWARD back to back starting 10 October 2022. The first cruise has a Destinination celebration listed in the shore excursion listing. The second has an AzAmazing Evening listed: FLAMENCO FUSION IN PUEBLO ESPAÑOL Enjoy an enchanting performance of a flamenco fusion at Palma's historic Pueblo Español, in the Sala Magna.

Thank, UKTOG.... I'm just emerging from a rabbit hole that made me go down! Appears to start in summer 2023 with one ship, adds a ship a year for several years there-after. One nit-pick about their web site ( similar complaints to Oceania). They list their cruises, sort of backwards- starting with a very long journey that is really 4 or 5 or more smaller trips, and then give all kinds of combinations, but not the individaul pieces. I'd rather build my own B2B to meet my time standards, etc. Its hard to do the way they arrange it. Azamara gives you the building blocks to build as long a trip as you want ( I admit, I have not compared the prices of the "whole" versus the "parts"... that will be a task for another day...) Again, Thanks for the update on Heike

It clear that the Journey is Athens centric But the ONWARD spends Sept to Nov in the Med. And the Quest is in the Med from April to June and from Sept to Nov. Admit that neither goes to Athens, but…The Pursuit spend the whole summer in the Med, with 6 cruises to/from Athens As to Northern Europe, the ONWARD is there from end of June to beginning of Sept. The Quest is there from mid June to Sept. Northern Europe/Scandinavia is given short shrift… perhaps two to Norway, one to the Baltics (lots of very interesting place even if you don’t go to St Petersburg…), a couple to Iceland. No Greenland, no Canadian provinces If Azamara’s summer 2024 is not Athens-centric, although it the most common port line-wide, than at least it is Med centric. I’d prefer to see each ship make the whole circuit from Istanbul to Spain to northern Europe and Scandinavia and back, not in sync with the other ships, so that one can go where one wants at several times of the year.

We have had 12 cruises cancelled on various lines between April 2020 and June 2022 and 3 modified itineraries... so I AM aware of the difficulties. I'm more intereseted in trying a new cruise, than worrying about another "modification." If you want to be more secure in your planning, only include Rome, Barcelona, Lisbon, England and Copenhagen in your planning.... BUT there is a whole rest of the world beside the Med and Europe... half of it is still "summer"

I understand the situation with the world today. But I think you have to plan optimistically, not pessimistically, especially 18 months / two years in the future, if you want to be competitive. A rival cruise line just announced its 2025 World cruise; other lines have much more varied 2024 itineraries – I know because I get mailings and emails from them daily and weekly---- but not much heard from AZ. Seventeen cruises into/out of Athens in a row is overly conservative, even vis-à-vis the world situation, in my view, and not conducive for frequent/ experienced cruisers. Don’t get me wrong, Azamara is our favorite line—mostly because of the onboard service and staff. If shore-side would raise their game to ship-board level, they would be unbeatable!

Bright NIghts was a pandemic substitue for White Nights. In think White Nights has returned on all ships. The difference was trying to cut the audience size by having two performances, and no on-deck dinner for all

We have looked at the whole 2024 offerings (see attachment... hope its useful to you). Thanks for the info on why so few Norwegian intensives. As with others who have been to many places, I am underwhelmed with the schedules: for example, from May thru October every JOURNEY voyage begins or ends ( sometimes both) in Athens. We often look for the ability to stack multiple cruises together ( B2B2B...) as it cuts down on air travel. We've identified very few options for summer 2024 ( probably exacerbated by few northern Europen trips... only the Quest and the Onward leave the MED... and the Quest essentually repeats the Iceland itineraries on consecutive cruises, making B2B unattractive) I also note that the itineraires appeared on the Azamra site last night, as noted by many of you. Normally, Azamara provides advance notice to Azamara Circle members, usually even a day or so so to book before making the itineraries availabl2024 Apr Nov cruises.pdfe to the general public. THAT DID NOT happen this time... we received an email at 3 PM EDT today from Azamara announcing the itineraries were available.... many of you had already booked, accourding to you posting above! I hope this is just another (UNEXCUSABLE) error on the part of "Miami," and not a deliberate disregard of their most loyal customers...

on the Azamara site... thru Nov 24.... at first glance not impressed with new itineraries, although have not looked at ports along the way... next task to try to follow each ship and see if a good multi cruise itinerary is available...

It would be prudent to check.... it also depends on whether you booked before or after they announced the change to Ravenna

I'd like informed replys that don't take two weeks to get here. The first response did not indicate that the staff member was knowledgable... they did not answer the question, but asked for information that was already included in my original email. This together with many other posts about hours long waits on the phone tell me that the "customer support" arm of the enterprise needs some help.

JazzBlue.... hope to meet you on this excursion.... I would note that your "quote" might be considered more offensive than a two letter English phrase I was blocked for...

That's my experience. A Post on "Anyone currently onboard" board from 4 April lists the source of the Azamara branded wines.... most are from Le Union de Vignerons...not exactly a high end entity It would be much nicer to have the Chateau St Michelele! OR BETTER yet, wines from the country that is the subject of a Country Intensive voyage!

We have book an Az shore excursion from Ravenna to San Marino on our 10 Oct ONWARD sailing ( still in Ravena on the 11th). Truly hope that it still goes! A country not yet visited!

We are on a cruise from Ravenna on Oct 10. Our travel agent arranged for Azamara transfer from Venice to ravenna on sail day. We had nothing in writing-- and were thus concerned. I wrote the Az Circle email address, and after 2 weeks and a initial non-informative reply, received a reply today that indeed they did have us as confirmed on the list for transfer. LESSON.... keep asking the question... INQUIRY: Why did both Az Circle replys come from Witchia Kanas, on weekends, and one from a UK email address and one from a US email address.... but from the same person? They need to augment their HQ staff!

In April on the Quest there was a shuttle in Valencia

I'm following the roll call on the Nov 29 Journey cruise from Lisbon to Capetown.... this is the first cruise to Africa since the pandemic, and they have a lot of visa discussions. We are on the "return trip" in March 2023 from Cape Town to Lisbon. I'm hoping the visa questions will be mostly answered by the time the Nov 29 cruise sails That roll call is here: https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2775892-november-29-2022-western-africa/page/12/. FYI there are differences to the various answers depending on if you have a US or UK or Italian or.... passport

VERY minor changes from what we had on Pursuit July ( e.g. no Chilean Sea bass on menu ( but it was available if asked for) in Prime C

Yes, simply ask at the reception desk for a table with "Brian" or "Eveta" or whatever.... as noted timing is important.... early works better than mid evening

Let me try for a third time… If it’s truly the best food and wine, why are not all passengers allow to attend? There is NO evidence that it refers to the food and drink…. And all kinds of evidence that it refers to big suite quests! The are other options for the executive chef to show his/her mettle. For, example, the shore excursions AZAMARA CHEF EXPERIENCES, when the chef takes a group of passengers (independent of cabin) to a local market, buys local foods, and cooks a special dinner for those folks…. We’ve been on several and LOVE them! Again, I have not problem with recognizing those who pay the most for a given cruise… give them a very special dinner, with good food and special wines…Just don’t refer to them as the Best of the Best