tiggertom

1 hour ago, Host Grandma Cruising said:

Do come back here and tell what happened when you turned up early.

Will do. 

Just noticed that the guest ticket booklet shows boarding time as 1300 but boarding pass says 2.30 -3.00.

I’ve just noticed that our boarding passes for our cruise on 20/3 on the Pursuit app shows a boarding time of 2.30. We weren’t asked what time we wanted to board and our transfer from our hotel in Rio is arranged for 12 noon, so we will be arriving at the port around 12.40 so hopefully we can board early. I don’t remember boarding so late before and we have never been allocated a time so I hope they don’t keep us hanging around.

5 minutes ago, boco010 said:

I tried, but it seems I I not eligible, our cruise is next wednesday:)

Me too, but it doesn’t explain why I am not eligible. As Phil says, there may be no cabins left but surely that should be explained.  Is it me that is not eligible 😪 or are there no cabins left 🧐

We have never been lucky with the LCV upgrade, and I don’t suppose this new system will increase our chances as I assume the bid system will benefit those willing to pay more than $395. I won’t be playing. 

I’ve just tried it and the webpage isn’t working. I’m sailing next Wednesday and have already applied for the LCV upgrade, so I don’t know if I am eligible.

Great to see a new menu, looking forward to tasting the new dishes  next week 

We paid from home in sterling and used OBC and got 10% discount. You don’t need to pay for them on board. 

When we were on Journey last February in Australia, we were offered 10% discount off future cruise excursions if we bought three or more trips. We enquired but they had no information on excursion for our next cruise, which is Rio to Lisbon in March. We left our contact details and last month, a really nice person from Miami emailed the full excursion list and we chose 4 excursions and we got 10% discount and used our OBC to pay for them. Very easy. 

Kotor is also amazing with the beautiful walled town. Here is the lovely Journey in Kotor 

You will enjoy the gentle cosmopolitan feel of Hvar. We visited it on Journey two years ago and loved it so much we returned the following year to spend a week on the island. We had a great holiday and would visit Hvar again anytime.

30 minutes ago, Werangels said:

Thank you Molly.  I’m not overly bothered about oysters.  Just looking forward to wandering the lanes in Dubrovnik.

 

Tiggertom - Hvar is somewhere I have looked at for holidays for a while so looking forward to this 

Hvar is a pretty tender port surrounded by nice bars and restaurants 

Yay, looking forward to seeing them when we join Pursuit next month 🕺💃🏻❤️

Sorry, I cannot tell you about the weather in the South Pacific in January but I can tell you that Azamara’s biggest letdown is lack of indoor space and we noticed this last year when we had poor weather on a sea day going around Australia and there was nowhere to sit, all the public areas were full so we had to go to our cabin!  

I hope you enjoy this cruise, we have always wanted to go to Hawaii and this is Azamara’s first visit but the timing wasn’t right for us so I hope they will go again. 

Must depend on the time of year as we did this journey in April and in November and had no trouble with flies at all 

Thanks for your responses. It so good to hear from people that know Azamara and can give a real comparison and to get information on the best position for cabins, and  it is a long time since we had a great choice of entertainment in the evenings.  

I wonder if you cou,d tell me what kind of menu Blu has, and what facilities are available for Aqua passengers at the Persian Gardens. 

Thank you

2 hours ago, munch1 said:

Thanks Bonnie ...but there is no person icon on mine either.  Thus no way to  log off.  Our cruise is paid in full ( March 20 th TA )

Sharon

It works fine for me and I have the person icon at the top of the page on the right

What a great app, works fine for me, even though I have 45 days to go before I join Pursuit. 😄

We are frequent Azamara passengers who want to go to Hawaii. Azamara are visiting Hawaii for the first time in January next year but dates don’t suit us. Celebrity have a few trips to Hawaii so we are looking at some of the itineraries. My question is - can anyone who has been on both lines tell me what the differences are between the two cruises lines please? The size of the ships is the obvious difference and the reason whe have not tried Celebrity before. We are looking at an Aqua cabin on Solstice on 17/9/2020 but would appreciate any advise on the various cabins. We have loyalty points that makes us Elite on Celebrity, if that makes any difference. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/articles/321534/azamara-makes-play-for-fourth-r-class-vessel

anybody heard about this?

On our last two cruises on Azamara Journey we had to request the account when we were home as it didn’t arrive automatically. 

You pay more but get excellent service. That’s why we keeping sailing with Fred. We cruise with luxurious lines as well but Fred. offers excellent customer service and a traditional sailing experience. There are plenty of choices out there so you can choose what to spend your hard earned cash on. For many it’s the traditional  high class standards of Fred. Olsen. 

Balmoral Is far superior to Black Watch. The cabins are larger and there is more lounge space. The outside areas on Balmoral are nicer and there are better restaurants. This is my opinion of course but the worst cabins I had were on three separate occasions on Black Watch. 

We were in Leixoes in September at the new cruise terminal and there was a shuttle bus that took us from the ship to the port gates. There was a hop on hop off service from there in to Oporto but I am not sure about the public bus service. I didn’t  see any trams in Leixoes.  

1 hour ago, RJHNorthyorks said:

We are having the same concerns as we are due to fly to Japan to join Azamara Quest in early April. We have had an interview with our MP who tells us that we may/ will have problems if the UK leaves the EU without a deal. We are considering cancelling our cruise if the position is still uncertain when we are due to pay the full amount for the cruise as our insurance company will not cover any Brexit related losses. 

Wow, has your insurance company actually told you that you are not covered for “any Brexit related losses”? Did they explain what they were? 

I’ve not received an email either, thought this problem was sorted as I have received some emails....obviously still a hiccup somewhere 🙄