Our Journey or Quest for Perfection on Pursiut Sept 12 Barcelona to Athens 2018

[uktog]

1 hour ago, Host Grandma Cruising said:

Procter, thanks for your review. Your overall experience sounds like the good, the bad & the downright ugly! I’m glad to hear that by & large your experience on Pursuit was good.

A couple of observations: - 

Aqualina’s menu was changed recently. https://www.azamara.co.uk/sites/default/files/pdfs/aqualina_2019_april_2.0.pdf

We had the new menu on Journey last month  - I wonder if they’re still using the old one on a Pursuit  (no Dover Sole on it now).

 

If you’d prefer smaller food containers at breakfast, have you tried Discoveries. As well as offering a menu of served dishes, they also have a buffet with most of the same items as Windows, including the egg cook. We tried it for the first time this year and loved it. Very peaceful and quiet.

The review is from 2018!

[Grandma Cruising]

4 minutes ago, uktog said:

The review is from 2018!

You’re right - I didn’t pick that up.

[BBMacLaird]

3 hours ago, Biker19 said:

The last ship the yard built was a ferry for the Ministry of Defence in 2003, while last year it carried out a £50m refurbishment of the cruise ship Azamara Pursuit. Outfitting specialist MJM Group managed the refit – the first time that Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., owner of the Azamara brand, had chosen a UK shipyard for such a project.

 

All a far cry from the yard’s glory days back in the early 20^th century when it was the world’s leading builder of ocean liners – including the ill-fated Titanic, constructed at the yard between 1909 and 1911. At its height Harland and Wolff employed more than 30,000 workers.

 

https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/news/featured/harland-and-wolff-declares-bankruptcy/

Very sad news for the company, the industry, the town and the local workforce. Hopefully they can reorganize to come out of bankruptcy.

[excitedofharpenden]

1 hour ago, Belfastman said:

There has been a suggestion that MJM are trying to buy Harland and Wolff perhaps through the administrator but do not want the current workforce.

I heard from a good source that Azamara wouldn’t use MJM again if the opportunity arose. Which is odd because I spent quite a lot of time talking with Brian Mc Conville of the company and it seemed to have been a great relationship.  Pity.

 

Phil