Kitekat

Ooh! I do hope there will be some! Thank very much you for the update. We are only hoping for a trip to Matsue - castle, river trip and a brief walk around. Ship's tour seems expensive for this trip and the public transport is a bit of a drag to get there and back. We'll keep our fingers crossed!

Thank you so much - I am now going to use my Google translate to see the detailed information. And thank you for your updates on what you did ashore. I'm sure this will be useful, not just for us, but our fellow passengers on the next cruise.

Thank you very much. And thank you and other contributors for your information on this cruise. It's so helpful to us future passengers. We plan on taking the ship's shuttle and exploring from there for most ports. Roll on 3am on Tuesday when the adventure begins

If you happen to pass the desk with a few moments to spare, please would you post the taxi info for port Sakaiminato. We would like to go to Matsue... Counting down to Tuesday morning.

Glad you are safely back! Plenty of time for clearing the washing, having a brief rest before packing and heading out for the next one. Looking forward to meeting on board Journey next month!

Not what you need at the end of a holiday! I do hope it gets sorted for you! I know that the internet access is not always good on board ... Lufthansa say you can rebook your flights yourself if they have cancelled and not offered a change. And you will be entitled to overnight accommodation! I do hope you don't need it. Wishing you the very best of luck!

Your whale pictures are really great! I was always JTL! - just too late! (as against JIT - just in time). It is such an amazing experience. So glad the weather is generally being kind.

The cabins are most definitely smaller than Celebrity Solstice class cabins in both room and bathroom space. But there is good hanging storage with an extra hanging area above the drawers in the third cupboard. Below are four small drawers and and there are four more in the desk/dressing table. Plus other small amounts of storage alongside the safe etc. Suitcases can be stowed under the bed(s) and you could always leave stuff in there. Having just come through Drake Passage in Force 12 winds (gusting Force 16) on Quest which is exactly the same as Pursuit... we certainly felt the motion in the heavy seas but she held up really well and the only things which broke were a few plates and glasses. But I would rather be on board Azamara ships than the huge ones in bouncy seas.

Yes! Fabulous voices and great range of music from classical to modern stuff - and their outfits shine too!

We saw these wonderful singers/keyboard player on board during the later covid years and the concert was almost as good as the theatre experience we had before covid. Highly recommend it!

The sign was up to prevent through traffic on the day of the BBQ on deck - all of the food and the barbecue itself were located in the Patio area. The notice was removed as soon as the area was cleared

Wow! That is interesting. And a new CFO as well...

Now wondering what the chef's table might be on our South American cruise in a few weeks. As we have just spent a month and half in France and our village has several excellent restaurants, we are in no hurry to eat more French food. It must be so disappointing as the Arabic menu reads really well but a poor rijstafel sounds awful. We can't wait to get back for a curry...

Oh yes! Have seen them twice - once in the theatre and once on board and definitely fabulous both times! Would happily see them again.

That's quite possible especially as MSC embark and disembark at most ports on their cruises.

If this is the same women singers (and keyboard player) it will be equally fabulous having experienced this Azamazing Evening in both locations - ashore before covid and on board after.

Once uktog highlighted the article in the Daily Mail, I investigated a bit more and discovered that the Guardian reported this back in April this year and it's been on the cards for several years. It's just they have now set a date to enact it. I also discovered that Tarragona, which is about an hour down the coast from Barcelona, is building a new cruise terminal which should start operating early next year and be fully open in 2025. It's an old town with roman remains and a gothic old quarter. The nearest airport is Reus (approx 8km). It's certainly possible that some cruise lines will relocated here as their start point.

Thank you for this info but as we are leaving Japan by ship, we won't be able to return one. Google is definitely going to be our friend...

This is very interesting - where can we pick one up and for those of us who are on B2B and not flying out, how would we be able to return it. Oh, and how much is 'pricey', please?

Good luck with renewing your passport, we'd hate you to miss the cruise!

We have sailed mainly Celebrity with some Azamara and P&O before we sailed Viking Ocean. We would not rush back to Viking - we would describe it as bland. The food was of good quality but spoiled on one occasion with stale oil. Breakfast was limited choice with Celebrity options being far superior. The afternoon tea can be good but we had dried sandwiches on one of few occasions we tried it. As this was a cruise in Feb '22, we were confined to the ship unless we were on a tour so we were able to test all the furniture and found much of it to be uncomfortable. If you do not book a suite, many of the tours can be full by the time they open for regular cabins. You can go on a wait list but you do need to monitor availability and contact them directly to book the excursion. We had a great time ashore and saw the northern lights. But we would not rush back to Viking...

It took some time but Infinity leaves from Terminal C. Here is the link... https://contentv5.portdebarcelona.cat/cntmng/gd/d/workspace/SpacesStore/e4ec9294-0697-4254-abfd-b23405e01811/en.23-05.pdf

I filled out the form giving the details of our missing cruise (the others were visible from day 1) and it has at last shown up followed by an email from Azamara a few days later stating that they had updated our account and we should now be able to see our cruise. Our loyalty points are still incorrect but I am now more confident that things are progressing in the right direction if they have found the cruise. But they do have a long way to go...

It's not VAT but the all up price including gratuities which have to be included in UK and European cruises. Fortunately, I believe it's only Spain which includes VAT on drinks and other purchases while the ship is in port.

At the moment the Roll Call for this particular cruise is very quiet! But hoping more may join us, so please do and connect on the roll call! We have not done this trip before but have seen whales on cruises to Alaska and Hawaii. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. We are on the preceding cruise, and are staying on in Rio for new year followed by a trip to Iguazu Falls.