Fatfish Posted November 16, 2021 #1 Share Posted November 16, 2021 (edited) https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Azamara-doing-world-cruise Azamara on Nov. 18 will unveil a world cruise, associate vice president of sales Katy Gerhardt said at the Dream Vacations/CruiseOne Together conference on Monday. The cruise will sail in 2022 for 155 days, she said, with details coming on Thursday. Edited November 16, 2021 by Fatfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare uktog Posted November 16, 2021 #2 Share Posted November 16, 2021 Wonder if it will be a real world cruise and not a part world cruise as was offered before? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riocca Posted November 16, 2021 #3 Share Posted November 16, 2021 Can’t see it being 2022 as itineraries are already out and on sale besides it’s too soon for people to organise being away for that sort of time. There’s nothing for Onward in 2024 so that might be it, on Facebook saying information is due today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatfish Posted November 16, 2021 Author #4 Share Posted November 16, 2021 6 minutes ago, Riocca said: Can’t see it being 2022 as itineraries are already out and on sale besides it’s too soon for people to organise being away for that sort of time. There’s nothing for Onward in 2024 so that might be it, on Facebook saying information is due today. I guess we will find out on Thursday? Onward would seem the likely ship but in 2024..jmo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare uktog Posted November 16, 2021 #5 Share Posted November 16, 2021 Or is it like the last one just a branding of a number of cruises in succession and selling them as a bundled World Cruise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
combine Posted November 16, 2021 #6 Share Posted November 16, 2021 Correct Fatfish its Onward 2024 not 2022 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riocca Posted November 16, 2021 #7 Share Posted November 16, 2021 Much better itinerary than the 2018 World cruise, very clever move by Azamara as the World Cruise on Pacific Princess was always popular with Princess passengers. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
combine Posted November 16, 2021 #8 Share Posted November 16, 2021 34 minutes ago, uktog said: Or is it like the last one just a branding of a number of cruises in succession and selling them as a bundled World Cruise? It is Anne. 10 segments which I presume could be booked separately? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatfish Posted November 16, 2021 Author #9 Share Posted November 16, 2021 (edited) Full itinerary... Azamara Circle members have exclusive access to book until December 7, 2021 https://www.azamara.com/azamara-world-cruise?fbclid=IwAR1Uf2wO9lJoDyxS77V2vY3-vI4JhH1D_b21eCoWVnWpViU4CkUERR6dTAo Edited November 16, 2021 by Fatfish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audobon_tx Posted November 16, 2021 #10 Share Posted November 16, 2021 3 hours ago, Fatfish said: Full itinerary... Azamara Circle members have exclusive access to book until December 7, 2021 https://www.azamara.com/azamara-world-cruise?fbclid=IwAR1Uf2wO9lJoDyxS77V2vY3-vI4JhH1D_b21eCoWVnWpViU4CkUERR6dTAo Price is per person presumably? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackdogmolly Posted November 16, 2021 #11 Share Posted November 16, 2021 29 minutes ago, flyingshoes said: Price is per person presumably? Sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpgrneyes Posted November 16, 2021 #12 Share Posted November 16, 2021 I’m curious as to when they’ll open up the individual segments for sale, as there are some interesting ones. There is NO way I’d get DH on a cruise for 155, particularly with as many sea days as are involved! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChucktownSteve Posted November 16, 2021 #13 Share Posted November 16, 2021 (edited) How many people actually cruise for 155 consecutive days? Why not do a 365 day cruise so you don't have to have a house or any other responsibilities? But we have to pay $25/day for someone to dog sit. Not to mention he loves us so much he would be heart broken. 🙂 So will the Onward become like a hop on hop off bus for those who don't want to go the world cruise? Edited November 16, 2021 by ChucktownSteve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare uktog Posted November 16, 2021 #14 Share Posted November 16, 2021 (edited) 15 minutes ago, ChucktownSteve said: 🙂 So will the Onward become like a hop on hop off bus for those who don't want to go the world cruise? That was how they handled it when they did the "half world cruise billed as round world" in the past. After a while they opened up the legs and eventually there were about 60 guests on the whole event and most guests came on and off as they wanted. It was a kind of weird dynamic onboard (we did three legs arriving towards the end of the long cruise) as the world group were well set in to certain seats in venues, places in the restaurant etc etc Edited November 16, 2021 by uktog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare oddjob16 Posted November 16, 2021 #15 Share Posted November 16, 2021 There are some smashing segments to be had here. Will definately pick a few at random. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riocca Posted November 17, 2021 #16 Share Posted November 17, 2021 We did a World cruise with P&O back in 2009, it was also sold as 2 x half world cruises and 8 sectors ( which were combinable) only 12% of the passengers did the complete cruise. In total it was 101 nights so shorter than Azamara’s offering, we enjoyed it but wouldn’t do another, it’s a long time to be away, the logistics of keeping everything at home running are probably easier now but you do feel isolated from your family. I agree with Anne the world cruise group became a strong influence of what happened onboard and there was some resentment from those only doing segments. We encountered it the other way round on Journey when we did one sector of the 2018 world cruise. World cruises make good headlines but in reality very few have the time to the whole thing especially the longer ones. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare uktog Posted November 17, 2021 #17 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Hopefully newco Azamara might approach how they handle this group onboard differently learning lessons from before. I think it’s really important they do for guests who book individual legs. I have to say the three legs we did were our worst onboard experience in relation to “ambience” not helped by them messing with the entertainment so the world group had variety resulting in a disaster for everyone. It’s inevitable that those who spend so much even for an ocean view might develop a sense of entitlement but it was so awful. We were invited to be on the first bus for the Azamazing evening (we were top cruisers for all three legs) but this and the second bus was also for World Journey guests. Let’s just say on that first leg it was the most uncomfortable journey to what should be a lovely evening being challenged when we boarded and then all the mutterings and loud comments during the journey highlighting this was “their bus” and what they had had as specials or we’re getting. We declined first bus on the subsequent legs. We got on the ship again as the Journey group disembarked and the atmosphere was back to what we were used to, the crew were back to giving equal attention to everyone and we’d returned to a one class ship. Let’s hope there’s better thought given to this balance - I suppose it will depend how many are on for the very long haul but be aware it could well feel like a part chartered ship 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ithikan Posted November 17, 2021 #18 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Your experience sounds dreadful, uktog. We also cruised in 2018 on a b2b which was within the World Cruise itinerary, but had a somewhat different reaction. True, we did not share a bus, but being perpetually casual Americans we were unfazed by the "specialness" of the World Cruisers. We teased a few about their World Cruise medallions and kidded others about which upcoming ports could offer new clothes for ever-expanding waistlines. For the most part, those weeks were akin to sailing with Perry Golf - except they remained onboard rather than going off together. There are some interesting segments in 2024 which we may add to our contemplations... Happy Future Cruising to all of us - no matter our tenure onboard! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare uktog Posted November 17, 2021 #19 Share Posted November 17, 2021 18 minutes ago, Ithikan said: We teased a few about their World Cruise medallions and kidded others about which upcoming ports could offer new clothes for ever-expanding waistlines. For the most part, those weeks were akin to sailing with Perry Golf - except they remained onboard rather than going off together. There are some interesting segments in 2024 which we may add to our contemplations... Happy Future Cruising to all of us - no matter our tenure onboard! Oh I forgot about the medallions! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audobon_tx Posted November 17, 2021 #20 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Met with onboard sales. Pricing is still in progress on Azamara systems. Prices are per the link that was distributed (per person) plus about 7% taxes. For US pax in a CC suite, 1500 USD pp non-refundable due at reservation, then 2 weeks later you will be invoiced for the down payment of approximately 22000 USD/pp. That 30% down payment, so far in advance, kills it for us. You also get between 5-10% onboard booking discount (7% in our case, which essentially pays the taxes). Note that Onward will reduce ship pax count by replacing all the deck 8 Veranda Plus forward cabins with suites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baynanno1 Posted November 17, 2021 #21 Share Posted November 17, 2021 12 hours ago, uktog said: Hopefully newco Azamara might approach how they handle this group onboard differently learning lessons from before. I think it’s really important they do for guests who book individual legs. I have to say the three legs we did were our worst onboard experience in relation to “ambience” not helped by them messing with the entertainment so the world group had variety resulting in a disaster for everyone. It’s inevitable that those who spend so much even for an ocean view might develop a sense of entitlement but it was so awful. We were invited to be on the first bus for the Azamazing evening (we were top cruisers for all three legs) but this and the second bus was also for World Journey guests. Let’s just say on that first leg it was the most uncomfortable journey to what should be a lovely evening being challenged when we boarded and then all the mutterings and loud comments during the journey highlighting this was “their bus” and what they had had as specials or we’re getting. We declined first bus on the subsequent legs. We got on the ship again as the Journey group disembarked and the atmosphere was back to what we were used to, the crew were back to giving equal attention to everyone and we’d returned to a one class ship. Let’s hope there’s better thought given to this balance - I suppose it will depend how many are on for the very long haul but be aware it could well feel like a part chartered ship Wholeheartedly agreed! We were on the last leg of the "World Cruise" and the first leg of the one following. Fortunately did not experience what you did on the Azamazing Evening transport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TX Red Posted November 25, 2021 #22 Share Posted November 25, 2021 We booked this trip last week. We can’t wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWayne60 Posted November 25, 2021 #23 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Interesting feedback on the previous “full world cruisers” crowd. Nevertheless, we might be interested in the first 4 segments of this new world cruise, so we could float (instead of fly) from Florida to Sydney… then just have to deal with the flight home (and subsequent recovery 😎). Will stay tuned for when segment sales open up. Jeff 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodlander1 Posted January 29, 2022 #24 Share Posted January 29, 2022 We haven't cruised with Azamara (or any other line for that matter) since 2017. We are looking at the first 3 legs of the 2024 world cruise as a means to get to New Zealand to visit our family and be part of a longer visit to NZ and Australia. It would make a nice change from the 24 hr flight! Does any know when booking for individual sectors might open up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkNC Posted January 29, 2022 #25 Share Posted January 29, 2022 On 11/25/2021 at 2:11 PM, TX Red said: We booked this trip last week. We can’t wait! We are booked as well, now the wait….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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