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Not wanting to get in a discussion about E class. To get back to the topic at hand: I would like at least one lounger on S class sky suite balcony as there has always been and as pictured on web site when I booked it.

Way, way too big a ship! No forward lounge. Not interested in fancy new X ships. Prefer Azamara, Oceania currently.

?????? I have never sailed on E class and never will. No interest. I just booked a simple 7 day Alaska cruise on Solstice.

Just got a call from Executive office. Diana. 1. She first tried to tell me that there are NO loungers on Sky suite balconies. She said they are not big enough (lie). I know better and told her that. Been sailing X since 2009. Told her loungers are pictured on Celebrity web site on SS balcony, also. 2. then she told me that ALL loungers have been removed for “safety issues”. 3. I pressed further and she said you can ask for one once onboard and since you are in the retreat, you should receive it. Really ? Are they nuts?! This is ridiculous. We are not Wed to X anymore. We sail other lines and probably will not be back after this sailing. SAD. The impression I was left with is the Celebrity Executive Office could care less whether we ever return.

Bought it. DH is from Annapolis 😀

Happy to see an IT specialist who is very experienced with versonix reservation system!

You must have found the last one! Doesn’t come up in an Amazon search for me. I did print out The NY Times cucumber salad with roasted peanuts and chili recipe.

I really, really enjoyed your live postings. I looked forward to each one! So you made me very happy! I loved your pics of the food and your descriptions. I share your love of good food, recipes and cooking. May I suggest that you look in to Oceania? We did a long TA from Lisbon to Miami last Nov and we really enjoyed the food. I think you might just love it, too. Edited to add: and Oceania has a great culinary center where you can cook in the kitchen with a chef and taste what you make. A special cocktail is made during each session which you get to enjoy! You get to leave with a glossy copy of all the recipes! I think you would enjoy that as well. I took 3 classes on my TA and enjoyed every one! The chef was Julia Childs assistant for years! chef Steph….you can look her up. Thanks again.

Thanks to @aliaschieffor all the contributions from the World cruise on Onward! It has made for great reading and the pictures were wonderful! Thank you for taking us along with you. I hope that this tread will continue to be active from other passengers who are onboard any Azamara ship and that they will feel free to drop in and tell us about what’s happening on their cruise! 😀

Looking forward to meeting you on the Christmas and New Years cruise. I know you are on the roll call 😀 We started sailing Celebrity and Azamara at about the same time…2008 -2009 and we flipped back and forth and then just stayed with Azamara. I think you will love Azamara. You should get a good taste for Azamara on our Journey Christmas cruise. We love the passengers on Azamara and always have found them to friendly and interesting and well travelled. It’s easy to find like minded folks to chat with! The crew on Azamara is the best ever! If you make any effort to talk, they will reciprocate and you will make instant friends! They have a remarkable memory and will soon know you and all your likes and dislikes! Every cruise has a White Night. Our cruise it should be in Barbados on New Years Eve and then our Azamazing Evening will be in St Maartens on the dock. For a tip, I would say be sure to visit the specialty restaurant reservation desk as soon as you board! There you can make your reservations for specialty restaurants, Chefs Table ( which is a must do at least once) and they will have a calendar marked with White Night, Azamazing evening, and any other special meals such as Christmas Eve dinner, Christmas Day, etc. Come ready with some nights that you might want your specialty restaurant reservations. Looking forward to cruising with you and welcome to Azamara!

Well, guess what I just found I my junk mail folder? The welcome to the Venetian Society e mail you were talking about with the number at the end!

This is more of a general e-mail. It doesn’t go over the benefits. It is personalized to me because it says Welcome and my first name. There is no VS number. Thanks. Maybe this is just the first of the emails …..

I did the status match when the announcement first came out. Today I got a “Welcome to Silverseas” e mail. Like you, I thought the number would be there. It isn’t. Oh well….no cruise planned yet.

Were you then given a membership number for Venetian Society? If so, I can not see how to do it.

We were on a Perry Golf cruise Ireland Intensive 1 year ago. We are former golfers ourselves. We would have loved to have met some golfers and heard about their “golfing adventures” in Ireland. Our cruise was not impacted by the Perry Golf group in any way. We hardly knew they were onboard except for embarkation day when we saw the “check in” for golfers in the Living Room in the front ( port side) as you enter where the big table is. They are a small group and they blend in to the rest of the passengers onboard. I would not hesitate to book another cruise that had a Perry Golf group onboard.

Are those on the Luminae menu? I know they used to be available on the MDR menu? I don’t think I have seen any chicken on the menus you posted. Is there a chicken that is always available?

Thanks for your suggestions. Keeping that all in mind 😀

Lois, I think you are in retreat, correct me if I am wrong. If so, How have you found the food in Luminae? Since you are on a S class ship, can you order from the MDR menu, also? Thanks for your review!

Can you suggest some entrees that you feel are outstanding? Just trying to get some ideas on what to order.

Oh my goodness! We would be struggling on these meals. Even the ones I think might be good are not ! We are looking at an S class…..I sure hope we could order from the Main Dining menu!

I am with you on all this. Did you happen to see the webinar with the new CEO? She is interested in wine herself and has recently been onboard some of the ships in the last week, so I would expect she has been looking at what’s being offered onboard. She said she has had a lot of feedback from guests about needing better wine, so fingers crossed she can make some improvements.

Hi Jim, We were avid Celebrity cruisers, then mixed in some HAL, interspersed with Azamara. We did one O cruise in 2015. It was good, but a bit repetitive for us…17 days. We still love Azamara, but there have been some hiccups since separating from RCCL. We have a Christmas cruise on the books with them. We tried O again in Nov., Marina TA Lisbon to MIA in a PH. We were blown away!! It was fabulous. We booked another while onboard. Having read many, many of your LIVE Reports on X, I think you and Iain are going to love it. I hope you do a LIVE report on your first O cruise!

Following along…… Have had similar problems with my IPad in last few days. Seems to not be such a problem using my IPhone, but I need to see things on a larger screen than the phone!

Sound machines work quite well to squash out noises. Also, can use sound apps on your phone. They help!

Agree. We have only had pleasant encounters there. Been cruising Azamara since 2009.