Another HQ "you got to wonder" note

[ghstudio]

Received today:

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We note from our records that you have booked the SXM-AE1 – AzAmazing Evening - Caribbean Rhythms : Harry Belafonte Tribute in Philipsburg, St. Maarten. Due to limited system capabilities, your event reservation will need to be rebooked under the new event code shown below. Your previous AzAmazing Evening reservation has been cancelled and replaced with a new AzAmazing Evening event. More information on this event will be available on your booking soon.

 

SXM-AE2 – AzAmazing Evening - Caribbean Rhythms

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Does it need to be rebooked as it says????   Answer: no, they apparently rebooked it themselves.

 

So why the note???  

Edited August 15, 2023 by ghstudio

[uktog]

Particularly as you do not really need to book to go to the Azamazing evening in the first place especially the one in St Maarten which we did last year.  There is no transport involved as the event is at the end of the pier

[Zoey123]

On 8/15/2023 at 2:52 PM, uktog said:

Particularly as you do not really need to book to go to the Azamazing evening in the first place especially the one in St Maarten which we did last year.  There is no transport involved as the event is at the end of the pier

Can you elaborate? We are looking at an Azamara cruise that appears to have an Azamazing evening there…would love to know what to expect. The description essentially describes it as a night of Caribbean music. Was dinner on the ship or off the ship? 

[takemewithyou]

29 minutes ago, Zoey123 said:

Can you elaborate? We are looking at an Azamara cruise that appears to have an Azamazing evening there…would love to know what to expect. The description essentially describes it as a night of Caribbean music. Was dinner on the ship or off the ship? 

Dinner is always on the ship earlier.  The proceedings for the evening usually start about 7 pm or so.  Announcements are made and people start going off ship according to decks. There will be lights snacks like rum cake, etc and there will be some sort of themed drinks offered like rum punches with the Caribbean evening.  There is a big stage and chairs all set up.  The front rows are reserved for suite guests, who usually come off the ship first.  There will be steel drums, singers and elaborately costumed dancers, stilt dancers, maybe a marching band, etc.  we have been there twice and it was fun both times.

 

Following the end of the evening, there is a special buffet served in Windows cafe.  

[ChucktownSteve]

5 hours ago, takemewithyou said:

Following the end of the evening, there is a special buffet served in Windows cafe.  

So that means a mob all trying to funnel through the gauntlet of offerings?

[royallondon]

12 minutes ago, ChucktownSteve said:

So that means a mob all trying to funnel through the gauntlet of offerings?

Mob & gauntlet are two words I’d never associate or personally encountered with Azamara.

[ChucktownSteve]

13 minutes ago, royallondon said:

Mob & gauntlet are two words I’d never associate or personally encountered with Azamara.

I agree everywhere else but trying to get through the tight space where the food in Windows is served. It reminds me of that with people moving both directions obtaining the food while others are trying to maneuver between the two lines from both directions just to pass through at peak usage.

Yeah I know there's the option to go out on the deck to get around which I sometimes do.

Edited September 3 by ChucktownSteve

[marinaro44]

2 hours ago, ChucktownSteve said:

So that means a mob all trying to funnel through the gauntlet of offerings?

You don't have to go.

[excitedofharpenden]

2 hours ago, marinaro44 said:

You don't have to go.

Some will always focus on the negatives. I have never ever had an issue. They do their best. 

 

Phil 

[takemewithyou]

5 hours ago, ChucktownSteve said:

So that means a mob all trying to funnel through the gauntlet of offerings?

Come on!  You are sounding like an old Curmudgeon!  😂

 

[DS]

15 hours ago, ChucktownSteve said:

So that means a mob all trying to funnel through the gauntlet of offerings?

Hummm... its almost 11 PM, and some people ( most people?) will not be queueing up for more food?

[uktog]

It all depends when the evening starts and how long any transport took back from the venue. There’s actually less people go to Windows than at the normal lunch time peak because

a. The buses come back over a 30 minute span typically- if it’s people walking back the span is longer

b.  Not everyone is wanting more to eat

c.  Some go for a drink first some go to eat first

 

We usually enjoy some sandwiches (there is often a favourite cheese and pickle on) out on the veranda watching the returners and usually the ship getting ready to go

[ghstudio]

For those that are inflexible or refuse to wait for others, these type of nights should be skipped.  It's not a mob scene, but there are 4-500 or so people so at times, there may be a line....and you may not have a perfect seat in the 5th row center.  Try to relax and just enjoy the fact that you're having a nice, somewhat unique, experience.  Try to ignore the "special people" (who have anointed themselves as special) and just enjoy the evening.