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Plenty to spend it on onboard-beverage packages, laundry, specialty restaurants.

It’s priced by the piece. Sometimes they have specials-$40 for a bag. Depends on what you squeeze in it whether it’s worth getting the special. Sometimes they offer 3/5/8 bag specials, and those are a better value as far as I’m concerned.

We had the Essentials package included on one of our cruises this year. We were an Le to upgrade to the Ultimate drink package at the bar by paying the difference less our loyalty discount.

I’d like to see the included bag of laundry apply per person instead of per cabin. My husband and I have the same status-why shouldn’t we each get a complimentary bag? Diana

We took our first Azamara cruise in 2012, and drinks were not included then.

Anytime-there are specific brands included and there are upgraded drink/wine packages you can purchase.

Liked it well enough that we would do it again. I was disappointed because they didn’t serve the shrimp that was supposed to be part of the meal (I’m allergic to some seafood but they didn’t even check with me-I no longer put my allergies on the forms) and the champagne was not what it was supposed to be. We liked the service and the meal we had, and enjoyed having the pool to ourselves. I think we ended up going to our cabin during the night because of rain.

Even though I don’t particularly want to go to Greece in July, I went ahead and switched my 7 day Greece Intensive that was booked for next October to the 7/15/23 11 night cruise. The July cruise visits almost all those small islands that you visited, so we’re really looking forward to it! Diana

We used spa credit for it on Quest sometime between 2016 and 2019. I asked about it when we were on Pursuit in 2019, and was told then it was only available on Quest and Journey. I haven’t asked since, but it also wasn’t advertised the 4 times we were on Quest this year.

I started the roll calls for two cruises we were on in August and September. We were also on the cruise prior to those. While on the first cruise, I asked the Hotel Director when the Meet & Mingle would be for the following cruise. He said he’d have someone get back to me. A few days later, I had a note from the Assistant CD saying it would be at 4 p.m. on Embarkation Day so I posted to the roll call (with a reminder to check “The Insider” as soon as they boarded in case of changes). It turned out to be at 6 p.m. I was working with the Concierge on something for the following cruise, and she said it was scheduled at 6 p.m.- Insider had that one listed at 4 p.m. There weren’t any servers with drinks so that time took everyone by surprise! Someone found the Hotel Director and that was quickly remedied. I’m going to start taking blank name tags with me since they aren’t provided anymore!

From the sound of the letters I received, it sounds like we will board in Fusina, and return to Chioggia (October 7 Croatia Intensive round trip Venice). It’s the first of a B2B and the next cruise sounds like it’s departing Fusina. I’m disappointed that we aren’t going to Bologna-my husband really wants to visit the Ferrari Museum! Diana

After seeing the special pricing offers for Atlas, I started reading reviews on this board. Most of them seem to be from last year. Does anyone have any recent experience cruising with Atlas, and have there been improvements since last year? We’re looking at Mediterranean cruises.

We’ve sent out laundry at least a dozen times-the only problem we’ve had is they keep refusing to wash a “shirt” without my permission because it has a tear in it. It’s a tear on my pajama top which has been there for years. Always comes back pressed and on a hanger! I do always specify “cold water wash” for everything I send to the laundry.

I’m enjoying reading about your ports and seeing your pictures. Enjoyed the Greece ones so much that I went through all the Greece itineraries trying to find a similar one, but the only one I could find that was close was in mid-July and I don’t think I want to visit Greece then! Diana

We cruise with Azamara because of the officers and crew! Everyone is so friendly and helpful. We’ve been on other cruises where the Captain never engaged with the passengers, and Azamara Captains are always around and approachable. It also seems like passengers are a lot friendlier.

They also offer specials to send laundry out to be done. You can squeeze quite a lot in the little laundry bags. We did 3 back to backs this summer and I only did laundry twice (embarkation day because we’d already been in Europe for a week and on a port day when we were back early). They offered bags for $40 a couple times, and on our last cruise they had an offer for varying amounts of bags-I think we paid $100 for 5 bags. We did have a lot of OBC.

6 washers and 6 dryers on deck 7-Azamara provides laundry detergent. It can get quite crowded.

We had the Enjoyment package included on our Quest cruise in August. We were able to upgrade the drink package to the ultimate package at the bar for $7 per person per day less our loyalty discount (which they had forgotten to apply even though they marked it on the upgrade form, but Guest Relations quickly resolved that when I brought it to their attention).

We normally purchase the package that includes the 2 specialty restaurants and the Chef’s Table. They normally offer a French Chef’s Table, Italian Chef’s Table, and another a couple times during the cruise. It’s limited to about 14 people, and the wines paired with the food is more upscale than the normal wines served.

Yes, we’re on the 10/7/23 cruise as well as the Greek Intensive following that. Diana

I’ve commented on that each cruise, as well as discussing it with officers on board!

I wear dress slacks and nice tops to the speciality restaurants-there were people dressed more casually than that. Never felt underdressed.

We got off yesterday after 3 back to backs on the Quest-patio seemed to be open most nights.

I just booked a cruise for next October while onboard, and was told that they are working on getting approval for Venice.

Yes- we're on the Quest now and it took effect this sailing. $5 more per night is reasonable given that the price of food has increased so much.