Cruising Librarian

Those preference notices have legs! In 2011 I sailed on the Navigator and requested ginger beer in my suite (I was in a Dark and Stormy phase). This spring, I sailed on the Voyager, made no special requests, but found 2 cans of ginger beer waiting in my suite. I was impressed by the gesture.

I requested a wedge pillow upon boarding the Voyager this spring, and one was in my cabin within 24 hours.

Thanks for posting DeepFreeze63! I love live reports. We played trivia with Andy on the Voyager this spring, agree he does a great job. I think only twice did a team get 15 during a 14 day transatlantic.

We got an upgrade recently on the April Voyager transatlantic cruise. Booked the lowest cat, received a concierge cabin mid ship, 8th floor. Obviously didn't receive the many pre-cruise benefits of the concierge class. Our friends who booked the same class, same situation, also ended up on 8 but in the stern. Reportedly the ship had 50 unsold cabins. Our Seven Seas society status changed from silver to gold early in the cruise, so that might have had something to do with it. As you likely know, the concierge cabins are the same size as the GTY class, so it was a nice surprise but not a wow!

I second this. They will give you a list of the wines that are being served/featured that cruise. I like dry European white wines and they had several to try. During the cruise, if the evening's selection was not to my taste, I requested one of the ones from the list that I did enjoy. Well worth the time.

Jeb_bud, internet on Voyager was abysmal. Never could connect in our room, I would go to other places on the ship (pool deck, coffee connection, Horizon lounge) to check email, etc. At one point during the Transatlantic, no connectivity for at least 2 days. I was annoyed at first, but after a couple of days, it didn’t bother me. I found checking in once or twice a day was plenty (retired) and taking the iPad to a pleasant location on the ship was not a problem for me.

Also have sailed on both Azamara and Regent. We did 2 Transatlantics and enjoyed them very much. Other passengers are very friendly, the port excursions were nice and food and service was good. We had a cruise to Iceland and Ireland booked for August 2020 that we were very disappointed to miss. That said, we just got off our 7th Regent cruise, another transatlantic on the Voyager, and the experience was superior in just about every way. The Voyager is more luxurious, the suites larger and food and a wider variety of drinks are excellent. Crew is very friendly and can't do enough for you. I'll sail Azamara again with an interesting itinerary but I do really dislike the small bathrooms in the nonsuite rooms.

Many thanks to all who posted about the availability of Paxlovid before a positive diagnosis (US). I would not have known otherwise and am relieved to have a Rx before we embark on our transatlantic next month.