Grandma Cruising

In a topic about the included drinks Combine noted that “ Always more than one of each type of wine. We had four reds offered in October, I believe similar with white. There’s a sparkling and a Rose also in the included wines.” I’ve added this to the spreadsheet. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15Deg-GaeZYLml8NN3PVwoh_jUkQ8QmYUe1wxnVAlODE/edit

Forgot to say that you get an invitation to the Best of the Best dinner with the Captain which is for the top suite guests only. In addition you will be designated as VIPs for the Azamazing evening and have reserved seats at the front.

Firstly, free Wifi on 1 device is included in the Owners Suite. You can also eat in the speciality restaurants every night at no charge (but make sure you book as soon as you get onboard). In addition you get $300 OBC and a free bag of laundry every 7 days. You should get some free spirits in your room. Exactly what seems to vary at the moment, as I think there are some supply issues. It might be 1 large bottle or a few smaller ones. You can talk to your butler about which spirit(s) you prefer. In order to decide if you want to buy the Indulgence Package you need to work out if it’s worth it for you. You will already have 1 free Wifi, laundry and the Speciality Restaurants plus some OBC. It might be better value for you to just buy the Ultimate Drinks package. I’m really not sure about having wines in the cabin if you have the Ultimate package - others here may have a better idea about this.

Thanks for this - I’ve added it to the spreadsheet.

Did you know you can have any of the soufflés they offer in the speciality restaurants, so long as you give 48 hours notic.

You could try through the website https://www.azamara.co.uk/azamara-upgrade-programme

We got our invitation to bid for our 7 March 23 cruise on 23 January, 39 days before the cruise.

I can confirm that this 'trick' also worked in my case. I had booked my first Azamara cruise, then canceled it and from that moment on my points and tier would not show up anymore on Azamara, Celebrity and RCI. Deleting the loyalty number on my profile and then re-adding it fixed the issue. I did this on my Celebrity account, but I guess it would also have worked if I had done this on either the Azamara or RCI website. Worked for me too - I did it on Celebrity and can now see loyalty points on both Celebrity & Azamara.

Hope you have a wonderful cruise.

Thanks for the information. I remembered there was a change but couldn’t remember when or what the old system was.

Don’t know. We did book beforehand. Its very easy to find, it’s just a short walk along the front from where the ship docks.

We did a great excursion in Lofoten which we booked on line. It was a RIB tour that took us into Trollfjord and to see Sea Eagles. https://www.lofoten-explorer.no/en/ I know we also went into Trollfjord on the Journey, but it was a very different experience in a RIB.

I thought you could order room service from the MDR menu in any stateroom during dining room hours.

I noticed the inconsistencies in points - same route in the same type of cabin in different years gives 2 points and 51 points. However I do remember that at some time the points system changed altogether, tho’ I can’t remember how or exactly when.

Quite agree that this package is excellent value for longer cruises, provided you are sure you will use what it offers (Wifi, laundry, spa, speciality restaurants, drinks package, excursion OBC etc).

Midnight sun was Azamazing. We had white night in the arctic circle and it was quite mild

It can vary so much. We did a Norway cruise with Azamara and it was actually much colder in Flam than in the Arctic Circle. It was snowing when we got off the Flam railway. At the North Cape (furthest north we went) it was not as cold as it was further south.

What a good idea, I’ll do that today.

Just reposting the link to the spreadsheet again to save people looking for it. Usual health warning that some of is pretty old now - pre COVID. & pre Sycamore. If you see something that you know has changed, please let me know. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15Deg-GaeZYLml8NN3PVwoh_jUkQ8QmYUe1wxnVAlODE/edit

Yes, they do - very unfair. Have to say that we’re sun lovers, so if it’s a sea day we’ll be on Deck 11 where there’s plenty of space.

That’s chilly! We had 14C (57F) yesterday.

I’ve always had answers from Circle, but it may take a while. After 2 weeks I usually follow up with an email,saying ‘I wrote you you on … regarding …. and haven’t yet had a reply’. That usually get a reply back pretty quickly.

We’re fine thanks, Brenda. Regards to Jim!

I would have expected at least 15% off the price of the cruise. As a matter of interest is the new 9 day price less or more than the price at which you booked?

I think it was Guest Relations on Quest who are poor, not Onward