marinaro44

This "common cold" comparison is nonsense. There is no such syndrome called 'long cold' as there is 'long Covid.' A good friend has been incapacitated for more than a month after contracting Covid in early May, and that's after quadruple vaccinations and a five-day course of Paxlovid. Would have been disastrous if he had been on a Spain-intensive cruise or something similar. "No impact on travel?" Rot.

It isn't "normal" when passengers on two ships are isolating with Covid.

Would you really have passed up the Alhambra to go to White Night?

No formal night...no captain's night...no required jacket or tie

Really sorry to see this.

We have friends on the June 29 Pursuit sailing. Would appreciate someone on Pursuit posting the captain, hotel director and cruise director. Thanks.

Have always enjoyed the Nero D'Avola.

I guess I don't accept that concept when it can deceive and therefore unnecessarily hurt a business. If the headline had added "but I didn't find that" (or words to that effectl it would have told the story without having to watch a dull video. Better still, just make the headline "Is Azamara what it was pre-Covid?"

With some cooked to order: omelet/egg station; pasta station.

Yes. Only.

I think the point people are making is that passengers on high-end cruise lines may prefer, or at least are accustomed to, sit-down dinners rather than traditional dinner buffets. Covid may have been the primary reason for Azamara deciding to serve a plated dinner in Windows post-Covid, but other reasons (e.g., waste, health, passenger preference) may result in retaining the served dinner in the long run. Fine by me, as long as it's served in the outdoor area.

Dim sum brunches, too.

Zadar is lovely. IIRC, Opatija has a long seaside walk.

This article has the La Terrazza venue on Silversea serving buffet at breakfast and lunch but becoming a sit-down restaurant at dinner. https://cruisereport.com/dining-reviews/la-terrazza-restaurant-on-silversea-silver-muse Regent also does this, as did Crystal before it folded. Seabourn, too.

But it might be on yogagal47's cruise. Or on someone else's reading this thread.

The Patio is outdoors but under cover.

Yes, clickbait is becoming a plague and I will now ignore Gary as he has apparently succumbed to it.

I don't think it was removed prior to Covid. When we disembarked in Capetown on January 21, 2020, there were still evening buffets. Shortly after that, cruising stopped.

And others, as in posting #11 above, say "no issues with service." Or did you miss that, Les.

I follow Azamara and Windstar boards and that's true for both. Crew members serve tables, tend bars, make up rooms, and all day come in contact with unmasked passengers who have been in cafes, bistros, shops, tourist venues, etc., and then return to the ship. Difficult to socially distance for many crew positions, and from other crew on the crew decks. No surprise if a ship is short crew.

I am seeing postings that only 10-20% of passengers are wearing masks inside the ship. If I were a prospective crew member I would be hesitant to sign or extend a contract. Frankly, as a prospective (and already booked on 60 days of cruises this fall) passenger, I'm more than a bit hesitant to go, myself. Isolating in a foreign city does not appeal when your expectation was for an enjoyable holiday.

Elisabeth was new at the time and her initial cruises were complicated by having the assigned food and beverage manager abruptly quit right at the time Elisabeth was to 'step up' from f&b manager to her first stint as hotel director. We were on Pursuit two or three cruises later and she had settled in by then and was able to join us and the couple we were cruising with at one of the ship's brunches. If you cruise with her again ask her to tell you about her encounter with Placido Domingo.

Ryszard was certainly visible and available on our Quest cruise in February, despite having to deal with the impact on many crew members of the invasion of Ukraine. I'm sensing an over-reaction to maiden voyage glitches affecting Onward.

Chinos and a collared shirt are fine in any dining room. Jacket or blazer if you choose, but never necessary.

We do that most of the time.