scotpom Posted January 2, 2016 #1 Share Posted January 2, 2016 When we booked this cruise many moons ago there were a few shipboard excursions for Haifa which have now disappeared. There is nothing for May 14th and just a couple of "Insider Access" for May 15th. Meantime, looking at the forum everyone seems to be joining up and doing their own thing for Haifa! Are there any shipboard excursions planned? and if so when. Peter and Janet (New Zealand) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minz56 Posted January 2, 2016 #2 Share Posted January 2, 2016 I was on this cruise and unfortunately had to cancel. I rebooked for a similar cruise in 2018 and when I looked at the shore excursions for Israel there were a wide variety to choose from already. So, I cannot understand, like the OP, why there are none for this year's cruise. There has already been a thread about this and despite Bonnie checking there has never been an answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexdisic Posted January 2, 2016 #3 Share Posted January 2, 2016 When we booked this cruise many moons ago there were a few shipboard excursions for Haifa which have now disappeared. There is nothing for May 14th and just a couple of "Insider Access" for May 15th. Meantime, looking at the forum everyone seems to be joining up and doing their own thing for Haifa! Are there any shipboard excursions planned? and if so when. Peter and Janet (New Zealand) Hi Are you against private tours ? We have room in our small group for Jerusalem/Behlehem on the first day. There are a couple of references to it on our roll call. Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotpom Posted January 2, 2016 Author #4 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Hi Are you against private tours ? We have room in our small group for Jerusalem/Behlehem on the first day. There are a couple of references to it on our roll call. Hi Adrian Not against private tours at all! Have had some wonderful ones and some not so wonderful. It's just that we've got lots of OBC to spend. Have read up on the tours available on the forum and might well get back to you. Regards Peter and Janet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBMacLaird Posted January 2, 2016 #5 Share Posted January 2, 2016 When we booked this cruise many moons ago there were a few shipboard excursions for Haifa which have now disappeared. There is nothing for May 14th and just a couple of "Insider Access" for May 15th. Meantime, looking at the forum everyone seems to be joining up and doing their own thing for Haifa! Are there any shipboard excursions planned? and if so when. Peter and Janet (New Zealand) Hello scotpom, I'll ask for you. Give me a few days to respond since it's a holiday weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRUISERTN Posted January 4, 2016 #6 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Peter and Janet - I have asked Bonnie about this also. We are on your sailing on the Quest on May 1 and while we are not opposed to private tours, we have a lot of onboard credit also and, therefore, wanted to use it for ships tours. Hopefully Bonnie will be able to find something out for us. Bonnie - I have found this thread, and, thanks again for looking into this matter for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotpom Posted January 13, 2016 Author #7 Share Posted January 13, 2016 When we booked this cruise many moons ago there were a few shipboard excursions for Haifa which have now disappeared. There is nothing for May 14th and just a couple of "Insider Access" for May 15th. Meantime, looking at the forum everyone seems to be joining up and doing their own thing for Haifa! Are there any shipboard excursions planned? and if so when. Peter and Janet (New Zealand) Hi Bonnie It's been 10 days since I mentioned this and I guess you have heard nothing back and as I understand there has been another thread about this also with a nil result so do you now think I should organise some excursions myself as other people seem to be doing? Scotpom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUCHIK Posted January 13, 2016 #8 Share Posted January 13, 2016 We've had this discussion before, back in June (to November) http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2228495 The price we paid for the Azamara cruises were just too good to give up. So we decided to keep with this cruise - and the Singapore to Dubai - keep the Constellation on May 19 and cancel the TA. If we bypass Israel so be it. We also have a large amount of OBC, and as we are doing a private overnight tour to Petra there will be limited opportunities to use it on ship tours (and we are unable to use it in the casino). I follow the Azamara forum and Bonnie your responses have always been first class. I cannot understand why there is no official (or unofficial) comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBMacLaird Posted January 13, 2016 #9 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I do apologize for the delay. I am expecting there will be Land Discoveries offered. I believe the tour department is working on them. If I hear otherwise I'll let you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penzance Posted January 14, 2016 #10 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Peter and Janet - I have asked Bonnie about this also. We are on your sailing on the Quest on May 1 and while we are not opposed to private tours, we have a lot of onboard credit also and, therefore, wanted to use it for ships tours. Hopefully Bonnie will be able to find something out for us. Bonnie - I have found this thread, and, thanks again for looking into this matter for us. CRUISERTN We too are interested in using our generous OBC on ship excursions but as first time Azamara cruisers, really don't understand the procedure to book online. I have read that we must wait until we board and then take a chance that all tours may be filled. We are on the 4th June cruise out of Istanbul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amunhbuu Posted January 14, 2016 #11 Share Posted January 14, 2016 CRUISERTN We too are interested in using our generous OBC on ship excursions but as first time Azamara cruisers, really don't understand the procedure to book online. I have read that we must wait until we board and then take a chance that all tours may be filled. We are on the 4th June cruise out of Istanbul. We are in the same boat so to speak. :p New to Azamara and wondering if we can use our OBC to prebook items. This is especially true as we have the "Like" package which contains OBC reserved for excursions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penzance Posted January 14, 2016 #12 Share Posted January 14, 2016 I found an interesting thread titled " $1000 OBC Question " started on Feb.7th 2015 by mara01 which asks the same questions and there are a few explanations too. I thought it may be helpful. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amunhbuu Posted January 15, 2016 #13 Share Posted January 15, 2016 I found an interesting thread titled " $1000 OBC Question " started on Feb.7th 2015 by mara01 which asks the same questions and there are a few explanations too. I thought it may be helpful. :) Thanks! That gives the unsurprising answer. The real question is with the new promotion, some of the OBC is reserved for Excursions. I am not sure why anyone would upgrade those packages if they couldn't take advantage of the OBC to book early. What happens when I have OBC I can't use for anything other than an excursion, yet the excursions I want are gone because I had to wait until boarding to use it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penzance Posted January 15, 2016 #14 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Exactly !! Hopefully, Bonnie will enlighten us or some kind, experienced Azamara cruiser will have a solution. :) Not sure what the "Like" package is. We have generous OBC which, as far as I know, doesn't contain restrictions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBMacLaird Posted January 15, 2016 #15 Share Posted January 15, 2016 UPDATE: The tours for Israel on the Azamara Quest voyage May 1st are now available. They will be shown in the downloadable brochure as of tomorrow, 1/16/16. Thank you for your patience! Bonnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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