trebor111

I agree with most of the Azamara comments. Crew to passenger ratio means you cannot turn round with a plate or a glass without someone putting it on a tray and taking it to your table. Ordinary food choices, in my opinion, not that much better than Marella but they do have a separate vegan menu so I loved it for that. The two biggest differences - you return to the ship from a port to receive a very unBritish and effusive 'welcome home'. You get used to it! The second, and I know this is not important for many, the cabins are well designed but tiny, especially the bathrooms. You have to spend crazy money to get anything like a Marella balcony/junior suite. Forget anything as big as an Executive Suite.

As promised, luggage is bonded to and from Jamaica and it worked perfectly. Bright labels put on at airport - SHIP or STAY as required. Bags arrived in our cabin after a couple of hours.

I'm going next week and will confirm when I get back. Agree about TUI's replies - ambiguous puts it mildly.

On Quest a few weeks ago - told it was the first cruise when crew could mask or not as they felt comfortable. Beginning of the cruise many not masking (good to see they felt comfortable making their own choice) but as C cases rose all customer contact crew were masking and even the Captain (obviously and sensibly) masked when not speaking on the stage.

Plant based menu. Apologies if this has already been covered & I understand if I am the only one interested... The recently introduced plant based menu is excellent although it seems to be a bit of a secret on board. It is available in Discoveries, Aqualina and Prime C. BUT you have to order 24 hours in advance. I did this through the Head Waiter in Discoveries. There is also a vegan station in Windows at breakfast and plenty of non meat/fish options in Windows and The Patio during the day. Strangely the only thing not marked as veggie or not is the cheese.