SunnyNy Posted September 26 #1 Share Posted September 26 I had always enjoyed the guest lecturers on Azamara cruises, but they were not present on my last few (2021-2022). I assumed it was a casualty of the post-pandemic cost cutting. Has anyone had a recent cruise with lecturers aboard? I recently returned from a Windstar cruise where a lecturer gave a series of great lectures relevant to our itinerary, so apparently it's still a thing on some lines and I'm hoping Azamara has resumed them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc Posted September 26 #2 Share Posted September 26 Definitely on Intensive France 3rd to 13th September on Onward 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjfan417 Posted September 26 #3 Share Posted September 26 We had them in Norway and Iceland in July/August on Onward. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PirateWife Posted September 26 #4 Share Posted September 26 Some are relevant to the itinerary; some are relevant to the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExArkie Posted September 26 #5 Share Posted September 26 Any rationale as to which cruises have them and which don’t? We are on the Journey transatlantic starting from Lisbon in about a week and a half, and I just assumed for a trip with only one port in nine days, there would be no guest lecturers. No factual basis for said assumption, just an impression I got from discussions on the talks being mostly about the ports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JK300 Posted September 26 #6 Share Posted September 26 3 hours ago, ExArkie said: Any rationale as to which cruises have them and which don’t? We are on the Journey transatlantic starting from Lisbon in about a week and a half, and I just assumed for a trip with only one port in nine days, there would be no guest lecturers. No factual basis for said assumption, just an impression I got from discussions on the talks being mostly about the ports. I think it is the opposite, you will have lectures on board, one way to keep passengers 'busy'. 😅 John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatnix Posted September 26 #7 Share Posted September 26 (edited) This July, our 9th cruise with Azamara, was the first with no lecturer. Maybe because it was port intensive with no sea day. On Westafrica cruise last year we had 3 lecturers with different focus. Edited September 26 by beatnix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sczcardfan Posted September 26 #8 Share Posted September 26 7 hours ago, SunnyNy said: I had always enjoyed the guest lecturers on Azamara cruises, but they were not present on my last few (2021-2022). I assumed it was a casualty of the post-pandemic cost cutting. Has anyone had a recent cruise with lecturers aboard? I recently returned from a Windstar cruise where a lecturer gave a series of great lectures relevant to our itinerary, so apparently it's still a thing on some lines and I'm hoping Azamara has resumed them. There was a lecturer onboard for the Spain Intensive cruise I was on last year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrodsfan Posted September 27 #9 Share Posted September 27 We have a dear friend, a world renowned archeologist, wonderful lecturer, kwho was a port lecture on a back to back Azamara cruise we took a few years ago. She has traveled with many cruise lines doing this. She said Azamara treated her the very worst. Horrible tiny cabin. She would not do it again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackdogmolly Posted September 28 #10 Share Posted September 28 We had very few lectures on our just ending B2B Spain and France intensive cruises. Probably because there were no sea days. On our Antarctica cruise last February there were many lectures and many sea days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandma Cruising Posted September 28 #11 Share Posted September 28 We had some lectures on our Spain Intensive on Onward which we finished on Thursday 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrissieB Posted October 14 #12 Share Posted October 14 We were on Onward last Christmas and had a very interesting lecturer talking about the CIA and MI5. Funnily enough, we had been to his lectures on another AZ Christmas cruise a few years earlier but still went again because he was so interesting. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shank63 Posted October 15 #13 Share Posted October 15 We had two excellent lecturers on our Chilean Fjords cruise with interesting and relevant information. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisiamc Posted October 16 #14 Share Posted October 16 On 10/14/2024 at 10:33 PM, ChrissieB said: We were on Onward last Christmas and had a very interesting lecturer talking about the CIA and MI5. Funnily enough, we had been to his lectures on another AZ Christmas cruise a few years earlier but still went again because he was so interesting. I think we’ve met this lecturer a couple of years ago. He was excellent, to the point that I’d go listen to him read the phone book! Really interesting speaker. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Huntingdon1701 Posted Sunday at 12:38 PM #15 Share Posted Sunday at 12:38 PM None on Pursuit for 12-20 Oct '24, which felt a shame given how many historical sites were being visited. I left feedback to that effect. I've had some excellent lecturers on previous voyages. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marinaro44 Posted Sunday at 05:13 PM #16 Share Posted Sunday at 05:13 PM Two lecturers on the 10/24 Montreal to Miami. Both quite good so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare uktog Posted 21 hours ago #17 Share Posted 21 hours ago 15 hours ago, marinaro44 said: Two lecturers on the 10/24 Montreal to Miami. Both quite good so far. What topics are they covering thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc Posted 20 hours ago #18 Share Posted 20 hours ago Onward had a lecturer on the Southampton to Bordeaux cruise. We watched the televised version as the live lectures didn't fit into our schedule. They were informative about the area, history, etc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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