Grandma Cruising

Yes they do, sofas and comfy chairs up along the glass at the front of the ship

On the spreadsheet there is a report of 6061 on Quest which says no issues with noise. The cabin is in the same place on Onward so it should be the same. It’s over Discoveries bar which is quiet during the day and after about 9-9:30 at night.

If you book a cruise that has OBC as a promotion, you can’t really expect to cancel & keep the OBC, unless you are lifting and shifting your booking!

That’s normal practice!

We use the Halifax Clarity card too. It’s recommended by Martin Lewis/MoneySavingExpert. No card fees, no currency transaction fees and gives a very good rate of exchange.

Wow, looks amazing

So make sure you take a screenshot when it’s there!

Thanks for your informative & interesting posts. Your Destination Celebration looks fantastic, what a varied and interesting programme.

We felt like that about Journey in November, but totally different on Pursuit in February, despite the GI issues, pool closure etc.

It may depend where they provision the ship. Our Pursuit cruise, which did have lobster, had spent the winter season in South Africa where all seafood is relatively cheap (all food was very very cheap in Cape Town).

Did you click on the paper/pencil icon, then on available, then on each excursion?

Great photo!

Sounds like they’ve decided not to risk the Red Sea, even with only a ‘skeleton’ crew.

Thanks for the info Debbie, all added into the spreadsheet

No obstructed balconies, the only obstructed view cabins are the obstructed view Oceanview cabins on Deck 6 (6046-6033 on Quest) which are behind the lifeboats. If you don’t mind where you are on the ship then I would say that a guarantee veranda could be a good bet for you.

No it wasn’t cold in Aqaba, but because Wadi Rum is the desert, it does get cold at night. The best Azamazing evening we’ve been to was in Bangkok where we were taken to a park called the Ancient City which is full of one third size replicas of the famous old Bangkok buildings. We went on a little land train through the park to an area where they had set up a stage. There were cocktails and snacks to greet us as we got off the train. The show was great, traditional dancing and a kick boxing display. After that there were fireworks, then we were all given a little floating disk with greenery and a lit candle which we were invited to float off down a stream. We were then taken back to the buses on the land train through the park where the buildings were all beautifully floodlit, a really magical evening which couldn’t have been replicated on the ship.

Thanks

I quite agree with you. We live in an area where cold water lobster and prawns (shrimp) are available and I don’t like the warm water versions at all. Rarely order prawns (shrimp) on Azamara as they are all the tasteless warm water variety.

Thanks for the information, added it to the spreadsheet. Can you tell me when you made your bid and what your loyalty level is?

Was your Azamazing evening in Jordan a show of local music and dancing outside a large hotel in Aqaba? That’s what our last Jordan one was and we were completely underwhelmed - lots of standing in queues, no food, a glass of wine and a mediocre show! Our previous Jordan one was at an amphitheatre at Wadi Rum which was a lovely setting, but was men dancing, doing what looked like the same dance over and over, and it got very cold!

They did on Pursuit in February, but the food was set out in Windows buffet rather than in the Patio.

Good idea to take a screen shot of your account.

Book for both of them, only 1 of them will happen

Go into Manage My Reservation for your cruise. Scroll down until you come to excursions. Click on the paper/pencil icon on the right hand side. That will bring up excursions, divided by a tab at the top into booked and available. Click on each excursion to get details. The Azamazing evening is the excursion with zero cost.

But Crystal Symphony went without passengers